Capturing the Olympic windfall
SnoGold 2010 is scheduled to host a forum from 1:30 to 3:30 this afternoon at the Weyerhaeuser Room at Everett Station, 3201 Smith Ave., Everett, to introduce businesses and organizations to 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics opportunities.
The free forum is open to all.
A panel discussion will focus on how businesses and the community can benefit from the 2010 Winter Olympic games in British Columbia’s greater Vancouver and Whistler areas. British Columbia’s 2010 Commerce Centre, the Tulalip Tribes and the Washington State Department of Transportation are among the panelists.
RSVP by e-mail to SnoGold2010@snoco.org. For more information about SnoGold 2010, visit www.SnoGold.com or call Katie Kuciemba at 425-388-3783.
Send information for our giving list
The Herald plans to publish its annual Ways to Give list on Nov. 18. Ways to Give lets readers know about charitable groups that need help during the holiday season.
Here’s the information we need: the name of your organization, what services you provide, hours, address, Web site, a phone number to be included in the listing, a phone number for confirmation and what items or services your organization needs.
Submit information by Nov. 8 to Herald Community Extra coordinator Gale Fiege, P.O. Box 930, Everett, WA 98206, or e-mail community@heraldnet.com.
Mannheim Steamroller to play
Mannheim Steamroller offers a holiday concert at 8 p.m. Dec. 2 at Comcast Arena at Everett Events Center, 2000 Hewitt Ave., Everett.
Tickets range from $30 to $152.
In addition to new music, Mannheim Steamroller offers music from its six Christmas albums. Bring cameras to snap the 2,000-square-foot Christmas Village and costumed characters. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday. For more information, go to comcastarenaeverett.com.
Correction
Auburn resident Joe Hanna is 61 years old. His age was incorrect in a story on Page B1 on Sunday about the St. Mary’s Coptic Orthodox Church’s 19th annual Egyptian Festival in Mill Creek on Saturday.
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