New food program seeks donations
The Foundation for Edmonds School District is collecting funds for its new Nourishing Network program, a weekend meal program to serve the district’s homeless and low-income families.
A Dec. 6 benefit concert by the Mosaic Choir and Orchestra, North Sound Church and Campbell Nelson VW/Nissan helped bring the group closer to its goal of raising $20,000. The foundation has a donor who will match up to $20,000 in donations. The Campbell Nelson car dealership also will match 10 percent of the group’s fundraising, up to a total of $50,000.
To donate, visit www.foundationesd.org or mail to P.O. Box 390, Lynnwood, WA 98046. For more information, contact Foundation Executive Director Deb Anderson at 425-431-7260 or foundation-ed@edmonds.wednet.edu.
A ribbon cutting was held Nov. 19 to celebrate the official opening of the Nourishing Network pantry, which is located at the Old Woodway High School campus. Attendees toured the pantry full of donated food items and helped pack bags of meals and snacks. Once the bags were ready to go, technicians from Frontier Communications loaded the bags onto their service trucks to take them to school sites for distribution.
Music students get 13K food items
Lynnwood High School’s TriM club organized its third annual food drive. TriM stands for “Modern Music Masters,” and is essentially a music honor society. A total of 95 volunteers gave over 400 hours of their time soliciting donations from the community in front of 10 local grocery and drug stores. They collected over 13,000 food items and $3,600 to benefit the Lynnwood Food Bank.
They also collected hundreds of personal care items which will be split between the Lynnwood Food Bank, an Adopt-a-Family event and a spring service project.
Meadowdale grad in St. Olaf Choir
Nathaniel Hendrix from Edmonds is a member of the St. Olaf Choir that recently performed the group’s famous annual Christmas Festival concert. Hendrix, a Meadowdale High School graduate, is a music education major at the Minnesota college.
An encore broadcast of the concert will be aired on Minnesota Public Radio at 8 p.m. Central Dec. 18 and can be listened to online at http://minnesota.publicradio.org/radio/services/cms/.
Lake Stevens staff honored for hard work
Lake Stevens School District employees were recognized Dec. 10 by their peers with Apple Awards: Chad Brandt, teacher, Sunnycrest Elementary School; Megan Britton, teacher, Lake Stevens High School; Sean Duffy, teacher, Lake Stevens Middle School; and Diane Sanders, food service, Early Learning Center.
UW planners honored for Ballinger Park work
A University of Washington student team won an honorable mention award from the Joint Planning Association of Washington/Washington American Planning Association for the team’s Ballinger Park Design Options. The students worked with Mountlake Terrace city staff to develop design concepts for use in the future Ballinger Park comprehensive planning process. The students are Vera Hoang, Tabitha Manalu, Cayla Stahley and Jun Wang. A copy of their report is at www.cityofmlt.com.
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