Lynnwood High Schools robotics team – Royal Robotics – is headed to the national championships. That’s if they can raise $30,000 for the trip to St. Louis on April 25-28. The team recently placed in the top eight out of 50 teams at the regional competition, building a robot that can play basketball. The Lynnwood students also won the Engineering Inspiration Award, which recognizes success in advan... »
Lynnwood-based Clothes for Kids is holding its first ever bowl-a-thon fundraiser. It will be held Saturday, April 21 at Lynnwood Bowl and Skate. Teams will be made up of five bowlers each. Registration is $20 per person and includes three games, shoe rental and a t-shirt. Register on-line or print the registration form. There are three choices for bowling times. The next step is to collect pledges... »
Tragedy struck on Christmas Day for the family of a Jet City Rollergirl. The Everett-based roller derby league holds many of its matches at Edmonds Community College. Nine-year-old Tobiah “Zippy” Leonard, daughter of Julie Janeshefski, was in the back seat of her family’s Ford Explorer when a tree toppled on top of her during a windstorm on Whidbey Island. She died on the scene. ... »
We’ve been following the story of Northside Youth Program, a non-profit that was displaced from its planned fundraising fireworks stand at Detroit Auto Works. They had hoped to open today, but the car company went into receivership on Wednesday. That’s a form of bankruptcy in which a third party controls the assets. Neither the bank nor Detroit Auto Works can legally allow the stand. T... »
(Editor’s note: We earlier reported that Detroit Auto Works was being foreclosed on. We’ve just learned from the bank that it’s actually in receivership, which is different than foreclosure. Neither the bank nor Detoroit Auto Works have any control over whether the fireworks stand would be allowed to operate. The story below has been updated to reflect that.) — It was supp... »
A little walking will go a long way toward helping one Lynnwood school mend massive budget cuts. The Legislature cut millions in education spending when they passed the budget in May. Lynndale Elementary is hoping to make up some of the difference with a fundraiser later this week. The second annual Jungle Jog walkathon will take place Friday from 1 to 1:30 p.m. at the school. Everyone is invited ... »
Clothes For Kids — a Lynnwood-based organization that provides clothing to needy children — is competing for a large donation. Umpqua Bank is offering a $10,000 grant to one of three local non-profits as part of its Community Action Campaign to spur volunteer efforts. Voters will decide who gets it. Clothes For Kids is the only non-profit in Snohomish County that’s participating.... »
By Teresa Wippel, My Edmonds News The student councils of all Edmonds School District high schools are sponsoring a talent show this Thursday, April 21 to benefit Megan Brookins, an Edmonds-Woodway High School sophomore diagnosed last November with stage two cervical cancer. Admission for the show — to be held at the Mountlake Terrace Theater at 7 p.m. — is $5 and all proceeds will be used to offs... »
As you clean out your closets this spring, a Lynnwood-based non-profit would like the clothes your kids don’t need anymore. Clothes For Kids could use gently-used children’s clothing including shorts, t-shirts, swimsuits, dresses and flip flops. The charity provides wardrobes for low-income families. “Providing spring and summer clothing to students in preschool through twelfth grade a... »
Over the weekend dozens of people gathered at Lynnwood High School to play basketball for a good cause. The Hoops for Humanity event raised $1500 for Kayla Healy-Manes, a 17-year-old senior at Mill Creek’s Jackson High School who has cystic fibrosis and needs a double lung transplant. The cost of the lifesaving the surgery is a staggering $600,000 to $1 million. Kayla’s insurance will cover all bu... »
Blue C Sushi at Alderwood Mall will be donating ten percent of sales from today and tomorrow to the Red Cross for Japanese earthquake and tsunami relief. “As a restaurant that owes everything we do to Japanese culture, and we are greatly saddened by the destruction caused by the earthquake and ongoing challenges Japan faces,” the company said on its Facebook page. »
Anna Ketola — a Meadowdale High School senior — is launching a campaign to save lives from malaria in Africa. In partnership with Go the Second Mile, a non-profit in Shoreline, Ketola is trying to increase awareness and raise money to provide mosquito nets for a community in Rwanda that houses more than 80 orphans and 60 widows. According to a recent study, malaria kills a child somewh... »
Lynnwood city employees have kicked off their annual “Dollar for Denim” fundraising campaign. They can either donate one dollar or non-perishable food for the privilege of wearing jeans to work on Fridays. All of the donations go to the Lynnwood Food Bank. “This program has been very successful and has been a fun tradition for the employees in the city,” said Julie Moore, administrative assistant.... »
The first annual Winter Fun Fair is happening this Saturday to benefit the Lynnwood-based non-profit Clothes for Kids. It will take place at Beverly Elementary School (5521 168th Street SW) from 1o a.m. – 3 p.m. Twenty vendors will be there to promote their businesses with free kid’s activities, live entertainment and fun door prizes. Kids can have their photo taken with Santa for free from ... »
Lynnwood High School is hosting an event called “Vendor Splendor” today until 4 p.m. A variety of crafters will be there including soap, jewelry, wire art, flower arrangements, birdhouses, ornaments, etched glass, dog collars and soy candles. There will also be consultants from Lia Sophia, Scentsy, Miche Bags, Tupperware, Usborne Books, Cookie Lee, Mary Kay, Part Lite, Pampered Chef an... »
Pacific Chamber Ballet, a Lynnwood dance studio that’s been around for 27 years, is facing closure due to declining enrollment. Owner Judith Ross said she must close the non-profit school Oct. 1 because she didn’t have enough students to stay open. She needs at least 20 more students to continue operation. As a result, Ross was $1300 short on rent this month. But someone has stepped up... »
The Edmonds Public Schools Foundation’s second annual Street Strut is set for Saturday, Oct. 9. This year’s fundraiser is dedicated to Vic Bennet, a Lynnwood High School cross country coach who passed away last year. Bennett was a life-long runner and ran almost daily until he lost his battle with leukemia in November. He also taught history in the Edmonds School District for almost 40... »
The Everett Silvertips and the Red Cross of Snohomish County are teaming up at today’s Green-Grey game to raise money for the Lynnview fire victims. Usually the Green-Grey game is free, but this year fans are asked to donate $5 for entrance into the game, which begins at 12:30 p.m. at the Lynnwood Ice Center. With training camp being held at the Lynnwood Ice Center, Silvertips Director of Bu... »
Help is still needed for the more than 30 families that are now homeless as a result of Monday’s fire at the Lynnview Apartments. The families are staying at a temporary shelter at Trinity Lutheran Church at 6215 196th Street SW. Earlier the Red Cross asked that donations of household items be held until the families are in new apartments, but now they’re accepting clothing donations a... »
The Snohomish County chapter of the Red Cross is helping the victims of yesterday’s fire that destroyed the Lynnview Apartments. More than 30 families were left homeless by the fire that quickly spread through the building. The Red Cross is working with apartment managers to find apartments for residents who lost theirs. Until then, they’ll keep the shelter open at Trinity Lutheran Chu... »
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