The Order of the Amaranth, a women’s organization affiliated with the Masons, is sending packages to U.S. troops in Iraq. Needed are disposable cameras, socks and olive-green T-shirts, beef jerky, hard candy, protein bars and other nonperishable snacks, cookies in solid containers, hand wipes, lip balm, Frisbee discs or other flying discs, Nerf-style balls, hand-held-games, letters of encouragement, and donations for shipping costs.
Donations will be accepted from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. today at the Everett Masonic Center, 234 Olympic Blvd.
Bring your jug, get some cider
Faith Community Church is planning a homemade cider festival dubbed “The Big Squeeze” from 9 a.m. to noon today at the church, 10220 238th St. SW, Edmonds.
Old-fashioned hand-operated presses will be used to turn Yakima apples into cider.
Guests are asked to bring a one-gallon container in which to take home their cider. The event is free; donations and nonperishable food items for the Edmonds Food Bank are welcome.
Meet pastor from the Philippines
Pastor Benjie Loggias from Davao, Mindanao, in the Philippines, plans to speak at 10 a.m. Sunday at Monroe Baptist Church, 1405 W. Main St.
He also plans to speak at an Open Bible Ministries fellowship banquet at 7 p.m. Monday at Petosa’s Restaurant on U.S. 2 in Monroe.
Hurry up with those cards for Lebanon
Who wants to hear about Christmas already?
The U.S. Post Office, that’s who.
Mail by Monday to ensure packages get to the Middle East by Dec. 25.
The deadline has passed for surface mail going to Africa.
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