The sewing community is invited to join Snohomish County Clothing and Textile Advisors from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17 for a “Sew Thoughtful” event as they make menstrual care items for the Days For Girls project. Kits will be provided, but participants are asked to bring a sewing machine or serger, sewing…
Challenged by a church leader to complete a community service project, a group of boys from several local schools decided to spend a few hours Saturday, Nov. 19 picking up trash and litter in the Lynnwood area. The seven boys, ages 12-17 and from three different families, attend Edmonds-Woodway, Meadowdale and Lynnwood high schools and…
Due to a lack of a quorum for its April 18 meeting, the Woodway Town Council will be holding a virtual meeting on Monday, April 25 at 10 a.m. This will be a continuation the adjourned April 18 meeting, and will include consideration of a American Rescue Plan Act funding resolution, There will also be study sessions…
Verdant Health Commission recently approved more than $1 million in grants to local nonprofit organizations in support of community health through its recent competitive application process. The requests granted by the Verdant Board of Commissioners will support 10 different programs run by various local nonprofits, totaling in $1.27 million. The following grants were approved, with…
A warm winter coat can do a lot to improve the attitude of a student waiting at the bus stop. This year, Lynnwood-based Clothes For Kid will provide a warm winter coat and a light-weight coat to each of the over 5,000 low-income students who we serve, including those in the Edmonds School District. The…
Cafe Louvre in downtown Edmonds is running its fourth consecutive supply drive for YWCA’s Pathways for Women, a nonprofit that provides emergency shelter for single adult women and mothers with young children for 45 days. Some of the supplies that the shelter needs include personal care and cleaning products, hypoallergenic beddings, and kitchenware. While cafe owner…
A Lynnwood man is seeking the community’s help to send 300 holiday messages to military families. This is the third year Patrick Crosby has erected a Christmas tree in front of him home — located at 6406 208th Street Southwest — and decorated it with photographs of military members who died in combat aiming to…
Volunteers for Lynnwood-based Washington Kids in Transition (WKIT) have been hard at work during the past several days packaging donated holiday gifts for 650 students experiencing homelessness in the Edmonds School District. According to Executive Director Kim Gorney, the gifts — which include toys, books, pajamas and winter coats — were received from a range…
The Hazel Miller Foundation on Tuesday announced the award of eight grants for its final cycle of 2021, along with five additional winter season giving grants. They include: Lift Every Voice, which will focus the grant on its virtual fourth annual event: a tribute to the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr – Inspiring a Beloved…
The Edmonds-Woodway High School Parent-Staff Organization is inviting the community to participate in its annual Joy of Giving fundraiser. Every year, this program collects funds to purchase grocery store gift cards for EWHS students and their families who face food insecurity during the winter break. Donations are collected thru Dec. 14 so that gift cards…
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Edmonds Bookshop is offering an opportunity to give books to children during the December Third Thursday Art Walk Dec. 16. Drop in Dec. 16 and buy books for Page Ahead Children’s Literacy Program at 10% off. Founded in 1990, Page Ahead Children’s Literacy Program provides new books and develops reading activities that empower at-risk children,…
The Edmonds Lions Club on Wednesday presented Edmonds Heroes’ Café with a check for $250 to support the organization’s outreach program for veterans. Edmonds Heroes’ Café meets the first Wednesday of the month at the United Methodist Church, 828 Caspers St. Veterans from all branches of the military are welcome.
This holiday season, Meadowdale High School Key Club invites you to support the Domestic Violence Services of Snohomish County while you do your Black Friday shopping. Buy a gift for an adult or a child age 0 – 18 and drop off your donation on Saturday, Dec. 4 from noon to 4 p.m. at the…
Giving Tuesday is the day to remember – and support – the many non-profit organizations that make a difference in our community all year long. PAWS Lynnwood — in partnership with Wings of Rescue and New Beginnings of Merced, California — has added a special twist to this year’s Giving Tuesday as it turned the tables…
The Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office is holding a community services fair for Snohomish County residents on Wednesday, Dec. 1 from noon-4 p.m. in the Safeway parking lot located at 520 128th St. S.W. in south Everett. Community services and resources that will be onsite include social workers, the Snohomish County Office of Neighborhoods, screening for…
The Edmonds Lions Club is sponsoring a warm clothing drive beginning Dec. 1, to benefit Clothes for Kids. The Lions are collecting warm clothes — including coats, hats, mittens, scarves, sweaters, jeans and pants — for kindergarten- to high school-age children. Collection boxes are located at Edmonds’ Ace Hardware, 550 5th Ave. S.; Edward Jones Financial Advisors,…
Here’s a fun way to give to the Edmonds Food Bank and support your favorite college football team. Seaview resident Laurie Barrow is known for her holiday-themed food drives for the food bank, using a tree in her yard as a neighborhood giving tree. This fall, Barrow has created an Apple Cup competition to see…
Edmonds VFW Post 8870 has once again arranged to collect toys at Teri’s Toybox (420 Main St. in downtown Edmonds) to benefit the Edmonds Food Bank’s Toy Shop program for families in need. The VFW has placed a decorated and labeled box where donations can be deposited. “We encourage all VFW members and friends to…
Community Christian Fellowship of Edmonds is hosting a Welcome Kit Drive, in tandem with World Relief Seattle, to help welcome the incoming refugees that are being displaced because of the situation in Afghanistan. The church is asking for people to bring either a kitchen or a bedroom welcome kit, but if they can’t afford whole…
In the age of COVID-19, “no-contact” delivery is now commonplace. An Edmonds woman has launched a “no-contact” way to help the Edmonds Food Bank. Laurie Barrow, who lives in Edmonds’ Seaview neighborhood, began the contactless food drive in her yard, under a “Giving Tree” located at the corner of 88th Avenue West and 192nd Street…
It all started with a visit to the Swedish/Edmonds emergency room. “Last Tuesday evening my 7-year-old was playing with our pet guinea pig when it bit her on the finger,” explained Edmonds resident Tiffany Sjong. “It looked like it might need stitches, so I packed her in the car and drove over to the Edmonds/Swedish…
Members of Edmonds in Bloom gathered at the Edmonds Center for the Arts Saturday to refresh the garden beds of the performing arts center. While this is Edmonds in Bloom’s 25th anniversary, plans for spring/summer projects and special events are a little uncertain, President Carol Murray notes, “gardeners by nature are hopeful and resilient.” Murray…
When Edmonds restaurant owners Andrew Leckie and Shubert Ho received a call from their food delivery service, they got a surprise that lets them help schools and food banks during the COVID-19 epidemic. Now, their cooler at Bar Dojo is filled to the top with milk — five pallets of fresh milk; that’s 80 cases….
