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NONPROFIT BRIEFS
Shelton Elks
for children
The Shelton Elks
Club hosts a Special
Needs Kids Fundraiser
Throwdown Party Fri-
day at its lodge at 741
SE Craig Road, Shelton.
The event includes
a barbecue dinner for
a minimum donation
of $20. Admission to
the dance, without din-
ner, is $9. Performing
is the band 8 Second
Ride. There will also be
a silent auction. Learn
about the program at a
presentation at 5 p.m.
Enter your truck to
win prizes, which will
be awarded at 5 p.m.
The categories include
the muddiest, oldest and
tallest trucks. For more
information, call 426-
2322.
STEEL BUILDINGS INC.
4Car Garage
with Shop
24'xnS'x10'
1724 Cole Street
Seattle I Enumdaw Prices do not include permit, site excavation,
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$19 945 Contractor's Ucense
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Pet will host
yard sale
The Shelton nonprofit
animal rescue group
Adopt-A-Pet has its an-
nual fundraising yard
sale from 9 a.m. to 3
p.m. Saturday through
,Monday at 940 E. Jen-
sen Road, just off Brock-
dale Road in Shelton.
, The organization
saves the lives of home-
less dogs, and places
Shem in loving, respon-
sible homes. The shelter
can accommodate 35
$]ogs, and provides adop-
tions, a low-cost spay/
nueter program, and
distributes dog food to
amilies in need. For
more information, call
432-3091.
United Way
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Chiropractic
Accepting Medicare
Sarah Newman, DC and most Insurances
Work Injuries
Car Accidents
Wellness Care
OPEN 6 DAYS A WEEK
2211 Jefferson Street, Shelton WA 98584 ~ I
As part of its efforts
to increase access to
early learning, United
Way of Mason County is
offering free kindergar-
ten readiness calendars
to Mason County fami-
lies with children ages
i to 5.
The 1,500 calendars
are available thanks to
partnerships with Boe-
ing, the state Depart-
ment of Early Learning,
Washington Head Start
and United Ways of
Washington. They are
available in English and
Spanish, and are avail-
able at schools, librar-
ies and early learning
centers. The 12-month
calendar -- from Sep-
tember 2014 through
August 2015 -- includes
ideas for activities and
contact information for
schools and libraries in
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Mason County.
lO-week
class begins
Sept. 17
St. David of Wales
Episcopal Church and
Sound Learning, a
nonprofit adult literacy
organization, offer a 10-
week Spanish language
instruction series that
begins Sept. 17 at the
church at 324 W. Cedar
St., downtown Shelton.
The classes are pre-
sented each Wednesday.
The level two class
meets from 4 p.m. to
5:30 p.m., and the begin-
ning class from 5:30 p.m.
to 7 p.m. The sessions
emphasize conversation-
al Spanish.
For more informa-
tion or to register, call
Jo Ewart at 432-9474 or
Carolyn Carlton at 427-
5460.
County in a news re- Retired & Senior Volun-
lease. "In keeping the teer Program (RSVP).
homes affordable, we The opportunities
have a minimal budget include being a role
available for landscap- model by mentoring
ing. This gift from our children through Big
community partner to Brothers Big Sisters of
Habitat families is won- Southwest Washington;
derful." helping serve clients at
The homes are sold the Saint's Pantry Food
to partner families at no Bank; taking care of
profit, and are financed simple repairs and light
through low-interest or housework for seniors
no-interest loans, through Faith in Action;
To be eligible, the working on the Mason
family must have lived County Senior Activity
in Mason County for at Association's monthly
least one year; be will- newsletter, and helping
ing to work with Habitat them deliver meals to
for Humanity; have a homebound seniors; vol-
steady gross income of unteering at the Faith
30 percent to 60 percent in Action thrift shop;
of the current median for driving seniors to medi-
Mason County; be will- cal appointments and
ing to work 400 hours of other essential errands
"sweat equity" as a down through Catholic Corn-
payment toward the new munity Services; help-
home; and be in need ing clients at the North
of a safe living environ- Mason Food Bank; and
ment. advising tourists at the
To volunteer or get ~ Hoodsport Visitor Infor-
more information on be- mation Center.
ing a potential Habitat For more informa-
homeowner, call 426- , .tion or to volunteer,
8134 or go to www.habi- call RSVP coordinator
tatmasonwa.org. Jennifer Thompson at
..943-2773, ext. 21, go to
unitedway-thurston.org.
sought for
program '
The Northwest Liqns
Eyeglass Recycling Cen-
ter is seeking volunteers.
For more informatier~, go
to lionsnwlerc.org.
Business
The AG3 Garden
Center in Allyn donated
75 trees and shrubs to
Habitat of Humanity
of Mason County to be
distributed to owners of
local Habitat houses.
The trees and shrubs
are worth about $5,000,
the nonprofit group re-
ports.
"We know that land-
scaping really makes a
house feel like a home,
and we had the opportu-
nity to donate to a great
cause, and we are happy
to provide Habitat ho-
meowners with shrubs
and trees," Kathy Arnold
of AG3 Garden Center
said in a news release.
"Habitat's mission is
to build simple, decent,
affordable homes," said
Tammey Newton, execu-
tive director of Habitat
for Humanity for Mason
' Learning
seeks
Online food
volunteers .. offered
w
The Shelton-based
nonprofit Sound Learn-
ing, which educates Washington State
adults to help them , ~ Univ4ersity Extension
l~etter succeed, is seek- is offering a new online
ing volunteers to tutor food preservation pro-
adults in reading, writ- ' grant called Preserve the
ing, math, GED prepa- Taste of Summer.
r, ation and English for - The class is a series of
Speakers of Other Lan- eight online lessons for
guages, begi[/ning and veteran
Sound Learning is . . canners. The lessons
also seeking volunteers provide the most cur-
who can provide office rent USDA approved
and technical support, food preservation recom-
help with creative proj- mendations. The topics
ects and help with the include food safety, the
children's program, basics of canning and
Volunteers are provided specific food preserva,
with the support, train- tion methods. A certifi-
ing and tools needed cate is awarded at the
to assist in instructing end of the course.
students. For more infor- To participate, you
mation, call 426-9733 or need a computer that
email staff@soundlearn- was made in the last
ing.com, five years and a stable
Internet connection. The
cost for the series is $25.
For more information,
call Lisa Dewall at 427-
9670, ext. 680, or Jeanne
Rehwaldt at 427-9670,
for seniors ext. 688.
To register, visit pre-
Persons ages 55 and servesummer.cahnrs.
older have opportuni- wsu.edu.
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and skills volunteering Compiled by report-
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