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Protect: Learn basic car seat safety

Safe Kids of Snohomish County offers a free child car seat class 7-9 p.m. March 5 — and the first Thursday of every month — at Providence Regional Medical Center’s Medical Office Building, 1700 13th St., Everett.

The class provides training on basic car seat instruction, state car seat laws, best practices and more. The class is intended for medical professionals, DSHS transporters, social workers, police officers and firefighters, as well as parents, grandparents and caregivers.

“There are so few of us technicians out there. To touch every seat in the county would be impossible,” said Shawneri Guzman of Safe Kids. These classes help the program reach more people.

More info: 425-304-6157, Shawneri.guzman@providence.org

Track: Beginning genealogy classes offered

“A Beginner’s Guide to Your Family History” will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays, March 11, 18 and 25 at the Oak Harbor Senior Center, 51 SE Jerome St. The classes will be hosted and presented by Whidbey Island Genealogical Searchers and members of the Genealogical Society of South Whidbey Island.

Basic genealogy research principles and strategies needed to find the pieces of your family history puzzle will be introduced with a focus on sources for basic family history documents, including digital resources.

The classes are free but registration is required by March 6. Class size is limited to 15 people.

More info: 360-279-4580

The Sno-Isle Genealogical Society offers its monthly “Basic Genealogy 101” program, 7-8 p.m. March 5 at the Lynnwood Library, 19200 44th Ave. W. The free presentation shows how to get started doing genealogy research.

More info: 425-775-6267

Attend: Clothes For Kids fundraiser

Clothes For Kids holds its annual Transforming Lives fundraiser breakfast, 7:30 a.m. March 12 at the Lynnwood Convention Center, 3711 196th St. SW. Jen Mueller of Talk Sporty To Me will serve as emcee. Alex Costumbrado from the Casino Road YMCA will speak. Free to attend with donations requested at the event.

More info: www.clothes forkids.org, 425-741-6500

Apply: Scholarships for Stanwood-Camano

Teens who live in Stanwood-Camano School District boundaries and are on track to graduate this spring are invited to apply for a scholarship from the Stanwood-Camano Area Foundation. The Foundation has more than $100,000 in local scholarships available this year.

Details on individual awards and application forms are at www.s-ccs.org. The deadline to apply is 4 p.m. March 9.

More info: 360-474-7086, info@s-caf.org

Serve: Island County seeks to fill openings

The Island County Board of Commissioners seeks applicants to fill a term on the Ebey’s Landing Historic Preservation Commission and to fill three positions on the Board of Equalization. The deadline to apply for either advisory group is 4:30 p.m. March 2.

Details and application information are at www.islandcounty.net.

More info: Pam Dill, 360-679-7353 or pamd@co.island.wa.us

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