Around Town

North Creek Presbyterian Church’s Katrina Action Team is forming a volunteer work team to serve in Bay St. Louis, Miss. This team will work for a period of one week, Saturday, March 3 to Saturday March 10. The team will stay at the First Presbyterian Church work camp in Bay St. Louis.

The town sits on the Bay of Saint Louis, which opens into the Mississippi Sound. The surrounding area was obliterated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005; the town itself sustained serious damage.

North Creek’s team will work with site coordinator Topher Goodenough and Rev. Richard Jones, the interim minister of First Presbyterian Church Bay St. Louis, Miss.

This will be the third such crew from North Creek Presbyterian that is heading to Bay St. Louis.

The church is looking for people who are able to work with others on a common goal, self-starters, have a sense of humor while living under difficult conditions and be able to follow prescribed safety guidelines.

The church is telling prospective members that they must be willing to walk alongside people in severe grief, and that the best thing they can do is listen and grieve with them – without offering any solutions or answers.

Other helpful skills are people with medical, mental health, construction or food preparation experience. The church, however, is welcoming all volunteers with all kinds of skills.

Cost is approximately $350 for airfare and car rental. Lodging will be provided free of charge.

For more information, or to volunteer, call the church at 425-743-2386.

Pathways benefit at Mill Creek Library

The Mill Creek Library is accepting donations of new (handmade or store bought) mittens, gloves, socks, scarves and hats. All donations will go to YWCA’s Pathways for Women. Pathways for Women provides shelter and other services to local homeless moms and their children.

The library will accept donations of new items through Feb. 9. For more information, call 425-337-4822.

TV celebrity visiting women’s club

The Mill Creek Women’s Club has a local TV celebrity coming for a visit next month.

John Curley, host of KING-TV’s “Evening Magazine” will be the featured speaker at the club’s Feb. 21 luncheon at the Mill Creek Country Club.

The event is open to members and non-members, but reservations are required. Deadline is noon, Feb. 16.

Call Sue Kincaid at 425-948-1441 for reservations. Members can visit www.millcreekwomensclub.com and make reservations there.

Around Town is a weekly feature of the Mill Creek Enterprise dedicated to happenings in and around the community. Photos from the community can also appear in this space. For more information, contact John Santana at 425-673-6533 or send an e-mail to him at millcreek@heraldnet.com.