Play: Go on scavenger hunt for food bank
A Hunt for Hunger scavenger hunt in Marysville to raise money for Operation Marysville Community Christmas and the Marysville Food Bank is set to kick off at 3 p.m. Saturday at Jennings Park, 6915 Armar Road. Find 30 places on a map to rack up points. Cost is $10 per individual, $15 per team.
More info: 425-238-6273, www.runningtogivewa.com
Cower: Forget Santa, pose with Darth Vader
Bobakhan Toys again offers photos with Darth Vader, Boba Fett, Stormtroopers, Imperial Officers and more in a fundraiser for Volunteers of America, noon to 4 p.m. Saturday at 2916 Hewitt Ave., Everett. Cost is a can of food for the food bank.
More info: “Bobakhan Food Drive” on Facebook.com
Plant: Live Christmas trees for salmon
The Adopt A Stream Foundation again is holding the wild Holiday Trees for Salmon sale, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Northwest Stream Center in McCollum Park, 600 128th St. SE, Everett.
There will be 200 trees of different varieties, from three to six feet, with costs raging from $35 to $50. Trees returned after the holiday season will be planted next to salmon streams in spring 2015. Purchase includes a 2015 membership to Adopt A Stream Foundation.
More info: www.streamkeeper.org
Volunteer: Hospital gift shop aids kids
The nonprofit Providence General Children’s Association needs volunteers at the Providence Regional Medical Center Pacific campus gift shop at the Women’s and Children’s Pavilion, 916 Pacific Ave., Everett, for four-hour shifts, day or evening, one or more times per month. Gift shop proceeds benefit Northwest children in need.
Volunteers must complete hospital volunteer forms, get a TB test, undergo a background check and take training.
More info: Maureen Welly, 425-348-9433
Donate: Food bank to serve 420 families
The Snohomish Community Food Bank seeks donations as it prepares to feed 420 families for Christmas. The food bank requests specific donations, especially by groups who would like to pledge a large number of a certain food item.
“This way, we can control the inventory, receive exactly what we need and offer the same menu to all families,” said Elizabeth Grant, food bank director.
Meals will be delivered Dec. 18. Donations can include canned vegetables, canned fruit, cereal, cream of mushroom soup, stuffing and more. Financial donations also are welcome.
More info: 360-568-7993, snohomishfoodbank.org
Hang: Calendar blends Edmonds past, present
The Edmonds Historic Preservation Commission offers its 2015 “Historic Edmonds” calendar, which depicts important events, places and people from Edmonds’ past. The calendar is free while stock lasts at City Hall (121 Fifth Ave. N), the Frances Anderson Center (700 Main St.), the Edmonds Historical Museum (118 Fifth Ave. N) and the Ganahl-Hanley Log Cabin (120 Fifth Ave. N).
For each month, Edmonds-based artist Andy Eccleshall created a composite image that blends a historical photo from the museum with a corresponding current photo.
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