If your organization has an upcoming and not for profit event, we'd like to add it to our Community Calendar. Submit your request by clicking here

American Cancer Society Announces Hope on the Slopes at Stevens Pass, WA March 6-7th, 2010

Stevens Pass, WA - Hope on the Slopes provides skiers and snowboarders an opportunity to make 24hrs of skiing or riding more meaningful by raising money and awareness for the American Cancer Society while competing for vertical feet and celebrating their fundraising efforts in a family friendly atmosphere.

Hope on the Slopes allows skiers and boarders to compete as individuals or on a team formed from friends, family, co-workers, etc. There are no age restrictions on event participants.

Prior to the event individual and team participants register online and fundraise for the American Cancer Society. Each participant and team will receive a personal web page that they can customize with their own messages and photos. Features of the site include the ability to easily fundraise online via email, track fundraising progress, and honor loved ones touched by cancer.

While at the Hope on the Slopes event, vertical feet are tracked through Stevens Pass RF system and are based on the distance from the top to the bottom of each marked run on the mountain. Both teams and individuals will compete for fantastic prizes on two levels: Dollars Raised and Total Vertical Feet. Past prizes have included lift tickets, skis or snowboard, and much more!

Information about how to form a team, sponsor the event, or become involved in Hope on the Slopes is available online at www.stevenspasshots.org

United Way free income tax preparation

United Way free income tax preparation sites open Jan. 21 to help low and moderate income families and individuals prepare and electronically tax returns.

Free tax preparation services are available at:

• Cedar Valley Community School (19200 56^th Ave. W, Lynnwood):
  Jan. 21-April 15 – Tuesdays and Thursdays (5-8 p.m.) as well as Saturdays (10 a.m. – 3 p.m.)
• North Middle School (2514 Rainier Ave., Everett)
  Jan. 21-April 15 – Tuesdays and Thursdays (5-8 p.m.) as well as Saturdays (10 a.m. – 3 p.m.)
• South Everett Foursquare (14 E Casino Road, Ste. D, Everett)
  Jan. 21-April 15 – Tuesdays and Thursdays (3-7 p.m.) as well as Wednesdays and Fridays (10 a.m. – 3 p.m.). Benefits and credit counselor available on site.
• Frank Wagner Elementary School (115 Dickinson Road, Monroe)
  Jan 21-April 15 – Tuesdays and Thursdays (5-8 p.m.) as well as Saturdays (10 a.m. – 3 p.m.). Benefits and credit counselor available on site.

The primary purpose of the sites is to serve low- to moderate-income families claim tax credits they may not even know they qualify for. One such credit—the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) —can be worth up to $5,657 cash back for eligible families with children.

Only basic individual taxes are prepared: no businesses and no rental income. United Way has volunteers who speak a number of languages. Call the 2-1-1 helpline for more information or to find the site in Puget Sound nearest you.

Sponsors are The Boeing Company, D2D Fund, Edmonds School District, Everett Public Schools, The Internal Revenue Service, Monroe Public Schools, Moss Adams LLP, South Everett Foursquare and Washington State Department of Commerce.

The Northwest Burn Foundation

Pancake Breakfast to benefit The Northwest Burn Foundation will be held on the 24th of April from 8:30 am to 1 pm.  The address for the event is 13421 39th Ave NE, Marysville, WA 98271.  The event is being hosted as part of the celebration of our new building, our belief around here is if you are throwing a party make it a benefit for charity, they really need it even more in the current economy. 

Servpro of Everett and Smokey Point has teamed up with Halo Construction to put on this event.  Guests are asked to donate whatever your heart moves you to do, everything you give will go directly to The Northwest Burn Foundation who will be there collecting donations.