The Mill Creek Women’s Club is having a luncheon at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 20, at the Mill Creek Country Club.
The Savvy Traveller, Penny Todd, will give a presentation “Let’s Pack Up and Travel.”
Participants are encouraged to wear something red in honor of Go Red Women’s Heart Month. Reservations are required by Friday evening, Feb. 15. For more information, call Suzanne Eklund Grayum at 425-344-6554 or Kathy Poeschl at 425-478-1660. You may also visit the Web site at www.millcreekwomensclub.com.
The Mill Creek Women’s Club meets at 11 a.m. on the third Wednesday of each month at the Mill Creek Country Club the third Wednesday of each month.
Read it: ‘Love in a Time of Cholera’
The Mill Creek Evening Book Group will meet at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 20, at the Mill Creek Library to discuss Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s “Love in a Time of Cholera.”
The discussion will be led by Jocelyn Robinson.
The monthly book meetings, supported by the Friends of Mill Creek Library, are open to the public. For more information, call 425-337-4822.
Red Cross to honor local volunteers
The Snohomish County chapter of Red Cross is seeking Humanitarian Award nominees for the chapter’s second annual recognition event scheduled for May 8.
The awards are given for outstanding involvement and dedication of volunteer service resulting in the enrichment of the lives of others and the welfare of humanity. Categories are adult, family or group, and youth.
Nominees must be connected to the county through residence, employment or military assignment. Documents supporting humanitarian acts, such as news articles, letters or other awards, can be included with the nomination form but are not required.
Nomination forms are available at the Web site by visiting www.snohomishcounty.redcross.org. Forms can also be picked up at the Red Cross office at 2530 Lombard Ave. in Everett. For more information, contact humanitarian awards coordinator at 425-740-2324.
Advocates needed in Snohomish County
Adults living in assisted-living facilities throughout Snohomish County are in need of community help.
More than 2,500 residents of these facilities lack a volunteer ombudsman, who serves as an advocate and problem solver.
Volunteer ombudsmen come from all walks of life, various age groups and educational levels. The common thread is a passion for older adults and persons with disabilities. Volunteers receive four days of training and are asked to volunteer four hours a week. Expenses, including mileage, are reimbursed.
The Snohomish County Long Term Care Ombudsman Program will offer a four-day training session on February 28 and 29 and March 6 and 7.
Mussel power: Class to focus on mollusks
Community members are invited to a presentation about freshwater mussels at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb, 21, at the Northwest Stream Center at McCollum Park.
Dick Schaetzel, former president of Water Tenders, a conservation group based in Woodinville, will discuss the significance of mussels in the ecology of Northwest streams and lakes. Schaetzel says mussels play a critical role in preserving water quality.
Free booklets, posters and field identification cards will be provided to audience members. Tickets are $5 for Adopt-A-Stream Foundation members and $7 for Non-members. For more information and to purchase tickets, call 425-316-8592 or email aasf@streamkeeper.org.
The Northwest Stream Center is located at 600 128th Street SE. Everett, Wash. Directions are available on the Web at www.streamkeeper.org.
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