A Girls to Grandmothers health fair is planned to focus on the importance of health in women of all ages. The free event will be held from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday at Everett Community College, 2000 Tower St., Everett.
Sponsors include the Positive Women’s Network, Providence Everett Medical Center, the Snohomish Health District and Everett Community College’s School of Nursing.
There will be free blood pressure checks; cholesterol, glucose, hearing and vision screenings; health information from local experts; and entertainment.
Help Lions Clubs’ White Cane drive
Members of local Lions Clubs will be out Friday and Saturday collecting donations during the White Cane Days drive.
The 37th annual spring fundraiser helps thousands of kids in the Pacific Northwest through the Northwest Lions Foundation for Sight and Hearing. In 2005, more than 100,000 children were provided sight and hearing services at no cost.
Since 1969, the Eye Bank has provided more than 28,000 corneas for sight-restoring transplants, provided funds for eye surgery for those in need, and last year screened thousands of children and adults for eye health and other conditions such as diabetes, a major cause of blindness.
The foundation also helps sight and hearing research.
This year, Lions will also accept donations of used eyeglasses and hearing aids for recycling.
Edmonds spring garden fest blooms
The Edmonds Museum farmers market will be open from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturdays through Oct. 28 at Bell Street, between Fifth and Sixth streets in Edmonds. Edmonds in Bloom hosts a spring gardening festival for families at the same time Saturday.
Young gardeners are encouraged to plant containers with flowers as colorful living gifts for Mother’s Day. Activities include demonstrations by master gardeners, garden clinics, live music, drawings for prizes, special events hosted by local merchants and a plant sale by the Edmonds Floretum Garden Club.
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