Volunteers: United Way to say ‘thanks’
Do you volunteer? If so, there’s a free ticket to the Everett AquaSox game on Aug. 10 waiting for you.
United Way of Snohomish County, Cascade Bank and the Everett AquaSox are offering free tickets to all community volunteers.
This year’s annual Volunteer Appreciation Night at the AquaSox begins at 7:05 p.m. Aug. 10 at Everett Memorial Stadium.
To get your free tickets, call 425-374-5534 or e-mail michelle.morris@uwsc.org.
Donate: Teens to collect supplies
Do Something 101, a nonprofit effort to provide school supplies to children from low-income families, is encouraging Snohomish County teens to help with an effort run by the Boys &Girls Clubs of Snohomish County.
Volunteers are asked to collect school supplies in their neighborhoods and then drop them off at Staples stores. Boys &Girls Clubs then plan to distribute the supplies to disadvantaged youth.
The school supply drive runs through Sept. 19. Staples stores are located in Everett, Lynnwood, Marysville, Mill Creek and Monroe.
For more information, go to www.DoSomething.org.
Donate: Firefighters to collect for MDA
Lake Stevens firefighters plan to be out in the city on Friday and Saturday with boots in hand, as they kick off the annual Fill-the-Boot fundraising campaign for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
Firefighters will stand at the intersections of Market Place and 91st Avenue NE, and Main Street and 20th Street NE in downtown Lake Stevens, asking motorists to drop donations into their boots.
Lake Stevens Fire Department staff have volunteered many years for the Fill-the-Boot campaign. Money raised during the street-side campaign goes to support research and services for those with muscle-deteriorating diseases
For more information, call 425-259-4078.
Volunteer: Spartina removal work day
The Nature Conservancy is offering volunteer opportunities for people who want to get involved with the conservancy’s Port Susan preserve.
Volunteers are invited to help remove the invasive plant spartina at the 4,122-acre preserve, where the Stillaguamish River empties into the bay and creates a biologically rich area of saltwater marshes and tidal mudflats.
The work party, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Aug. 8, will involve a short boat ride to a sandy area where spartina seedlings can easily be pulled by hand.
More information and to sign up, e-mail bfrench@tnc.org or call 206-343-4345, ext. 361.
Classes: Learn English, computers
South Everett Goodwill’s Job Training and Education Center, located on 228 SW Everett Mall Way, is now registering people for free classes in the next eight-week session that runs from Aug. 10 through Oct. 1. These courses teach people with significant barriers to employment valuable skills to find and keep jobs.
Sign-up is on a first-come, first served basis.
Classes will be offered include English for speakers of other languages and basic computer skills.
These introductory courses are for people with very little or no computer experience.
For more information, call 425-267-9718, ext. 103 or e-mail rebecca.jacobson@ seattlegoodwill.org.
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