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<< Previous   of   Next >> (click to enlarge) Lion's Club secretary Art Ruben (left) poses for a photo with James Yarborough (center), 11, of Bothell and James' piano teacher Lorilee Brasseur of Everett. James attended an Everett Symphony Orchestra concert especially for the blind. (click to enlarge) Morgan Sanchez, 8, of Burlington examines a kettle drum or timpani at the Everett Symphony Orchestra performance on Nov. 6. (click to enlarge) Pam Murray (left) and Sherry Peterson, two employees of the Fireplace Bar in Everett, recently organized a taco fest that raised $950 for the Everett Animal Shelter and the Humane Society at Happy Paws Farm in Arlington. (click to enlarge) Tasha Lavalle (left) and Debbie McLeod recently helped unfurl the Cascade Bank's Live United banner. (click to enlarge) Members of the Edmonds Exchange Club recently passed out brochures on Shaken Baby Syndrome at the Westgate QFC in Edmonds. Volunteers who helped were (from left) Roger Dalzell, Don Harshberger, Tim Yost, Jim Braun, Dick Harsin and Chuck Ewers. Not pictured is Dan Hartmann, manager of QFC and a member of the Edmonds Exchange Club. (click to enlarge) Garfield Elementary School students (front, from left) Sophia Palekha, Gillian Smoody, Victoria Woeppel, Bayley Lee and Cade Brecht display their dictionaries with teacher Sylvia Ra (back right) and Everett Elks member Ann Hall. Everett Elks Lodge No. 479 recently donated new dictionaries to students.   ADVERTISEMENT   Related Stories • Celebrations 11/20/08   CONTACT THE HERALD Robert Frank, City Editor frank@heraldnet.com   Published: Thursday, November 20, 2008 Applause: Salon raises $10,000 to fight breast cancer Studio 5 Salon and Spa recently raised $10,000 for the National Breast Cancer Foundation through Pink Hair for Hope, an event organized by salon owner Chris Elliott. Tavern raises $950 to help dogs, cats Two employees of the Fireplace Bar in Everett, Pam Murray and Sherry Peterson, recently organized a taco fest, raising $950 for the Everett Animal Shelter and the Humane Society at Happy Paws Farm in Arlington. In addition to the money, patrons at the bar donated 670 pounds of dry dog food, 70 pounds of dry cat food and 30 blankets, 16 boxes of dog treats and a variety of other supplies including plastic bags, paper towels, toys and large dog pillows. Bank launches its United Way campaign Cascade Bank recently unveiled a 20-foot "Live United" banner at its downtown Everett location to begin its annual United Way campaign. Two bank employees, Tasha Lavalle and Debbie McLeod helped unfurl the banner. Cecilia Johnson and Judy Austin are leading the campaign efforts for the bank. Johnson is a senior vice president and credit operations manager. Austin is a credit analyst. The two were honored by United Way last year for being the top two employee campaign managers in Snohomish County. Cascade Bank hopes to raise $80,000 during this year's campaign, an increase over last year. Education effort on shaken baby risk Members of the Edmonds Exchange Club recently spent a Saturday morning passing out brochures on Shaken Baby Syndrome at the Westgate QFC in Edmonds. The club hoped to raise awareness for the syndrome, a form of child abuse that occurs when an abuser violently shakes an infant or small child, creating a whiplash-type motion that can cause brain and other injuries. The injury is estimated to affect between 1,200 and 1,600 children every year in the U.S. Elks give third-grade students dictionaries Everett Elks Lodge No. 479 recently donated new dictionaries to third-graders at Garfield and Whittier elementary schools in Everett. The club also plans to deliver dictionaries to Liberty Elementary School in Marysville. Service club helps Matthew House The Monroe Kiwanis Club recently delivered 50 bags of wood pellets to Matthew House to be used to heat the first floor of the two-story building. The wood pellet donation has become an annual event for the Monroe service club. Matthew House is a prison ministry in Monroe that houses wives and children of men incarcerated in the Monroe Correctional Complex on a short-term basis. Quilter awarded third place for quilt Coupeville quilter Kathy McNeil recently won a third-place award for her quilt "Monkey Business at Grandma's" in the bed quilts innovative category of the American Quilter's Society Quilt Expo at the Iowa Events Center. McNeil's quilt was among 261 quilts from 38 states and 13 countries in the competition. Center raises $218 for cancer unit Residents, family and friends of Windsor Square Retirement Center recently received $218 through "A Pretty in Pink" ladies tea fundraiser for the Linda Bazell Cancer Patient Assistance Fund at Providence Cancer Care Unit. Guest speaker Jean Vye of Team Survivor Dragon Boat Racing of Seattle shared how she has battled breast cancer. Other cancer survivors, Nina Martin, JoAnn Buckley and Mary Anne Hoenow also shared stories. The event included a fashion show featuring "Fashions of Yesteryear." Costumes were donated by Gussie and Gerties Costumes of Arlington. Lunch and dessert was donated by Safeway and Fred Meyer of Marysville. Author donates books for Veterans Day Mountlake Terrace author Patrick Higby recently donated 500 copies of his book "Spirit of the Law," to the troops at Fort Lewis to be handed out for Veterans Day. Higby also donated 200 copies of the book to be sent to deployed troops overseas. The book is the first title published in "The Adventures of Jim McClair" a contemporary-style western set in the late 1800s. Everett woman joins AmeriCorps Everett resident Courtney Hay recently deployed to begin work on her first service project of the year with the National Civilian Community Corps, an AmeriCorps program. Hay began training in October for 10 months of full-time service with the AmeriCorps program. Hay will be responsible for completing a series of six- to eight-week-long service projects as part of a 10- to 12-person team. Hay attended Cascade High School. She is the daughter of Barbara and Tim Fane. Founded in 1994, AmeriCorps is a residential national service program created to assist with disaster relief, improve the environment, enhance education and increase public safety. $250,000 raised for mental illness Bridgeways, an organization that helps adults suffering from severe mental illness, recently raised more than $125,000 at its second annual fundraiser at the Edward D. Hansen Conference Center. Amy Clancy from KIRO-TV was emcee and Anthony Zuiker, creator and executive producer of the "CSI" series, was keynote speaker and auctioneer. Zuiker and his wife also gave a matching gift, which brought the evening's total to more than $250,000. Event sponsors included Rodland Toyota, Boeing, Providence Regional Medical Center, AstraZeneca, Everett Ear Nose and Throat, Frontier Bank, Northwest Staffing, Alfy's Pizza, Gaffney Construction and Rubatino Refuse Removal. Established in 1981, Bridgeways is a private nonprofit agency licensed and certified by Washington state to serve adults in Snohomish County with chronic mental illness. Lions host symphony concert night for blind Lions Club secretary Art Ruben recently organized a VIP or Visually Impaired Persons night out on the town for dozens of blind people who attended an Everett Symphony Orchestra rehearsal concert at the Historic Everett Theatre. Roughly 40 members of the symphony held their dress rehearsal for their "Ala Boston Pops" concert. Selections included the "Romanian Rhapsody" by George Enesco and Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture." Along with the adults, several blind children arrived at the dress rehearsal. They met some musicians and touched the instruments. Among those children attending were Morgan Sanchez, 8, of Burlington, and James Yarborough, 11, of Bothell. READER COMMENTS Be the first to comment. 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