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Share your holiday cards

We’ve been collecting homemade holiday cards, and you can see them at www.heraldnet.com/holidaycards.

Today is your last chance to send in your card or pictures. E-mail photos or the card to Jim Davis, P.O. Box 930, Everett, WA 98206; or deliver them to 1213 California St., Everett.

The cards must be original work and you must be able to ensure they can be reprinted. Include a daytime contact number and a few lines about why your cards are better than store-bought ones. Online voting is set to begin Friday and run until Monday at 2 p.m. The Herald plans to publish the cards and results Tuesday.

Giving Trees on South Whidbey

Some special trees are lighting up south Whidbey Island this holiday season. The Giving Trees are decorated with ornaments made by more than 25 nonprofit organizations on Whidbey Island.

Trees will be on display through December at the Cash Store, 5603 Bayview Road in Langley, and at Neil’s Clover Patch Cafe, 14485 Highway 525 in Langley. The Giving Trees are sponsored by Goosefoot, a nonprofit organization.

Christmas bagpipes

The Kenmore and District Pipe Band from Edmonds plans on piping out a Scottish Christmas show at 1 p.m. Saturday in the parking lot of the Mill Creek Town Center, 15728 Main St., Mill Creek. The band is always looking for new members.

Monroe church offers memorial

At the Monroe United Methodist Church, 342 S. Lewis St., people can help sponsor the Tree of Lights through December.

Individuals or families may sponsor lights on behalf of those they love. For $10 per light, people can write a short message about their loved one in the remembrance book kept in the church. For more information, call the church at 360-794-8863.

Help others with English skills

Everett Community College Volunteer Literacy Program needs volunteers who can give a few hours a week to help adults improve English reading, writing and speaking skills. Math tutors are also needed.

Volunteers must be 18 or older and have literacy skills, patience and sensitivity to different learning styles and backgrounds. Tutoring times and locations are flexible.

Free tutor-training classes are required and are scheduled to start Jan. 8. For more information, call 425-388-9524.

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