St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in Edmonds presented a $628 check recently to HopeWorks Social Enterprises of Everett.

Hopeworks representative Nick Montanari thanked St. Alban’s parishioners when he attended a recent Sunday service to accept the check from parish member Connie Forsberg on behalf of the congregation, which gave the donations to support HopeWorks.

Hopeworks Social Enterprises is an affiliate of Housing Hope, launched in January 2011 with the goal of helping families gain skills and training for in-demand jobs to enable them to start toward a living wage career. HopeWorks creates businesses designed to provide paid internships for low-income Snohomish County residents.

For more information on Hopeworks, visit their website: www.HopeWrks.org

St. Alban’s is located at 21405 82nd Pl. W.