Close to 30 area breakdancers stepped up Aug. 6 to promote the Marysville YMCA’s upcoming 360 B-Boy, B-Girl and Emcee Battle, and they did it with an assist from Marysville Regal Cinemas.
The theater hosted the breakdancing demonstration from 7-10 p.m.
MARYSVILLE — Ever since she joined the Marysville YMCA as its executive director July 26, Reeshemah Davis has been overwhelmed by her new community.
MARYSVILLE — On the same day that Marysville and Arlington churches are teaming up to provide free school supplies to area children, the Messiah Lutheran Church is hosting their sixth annual back-to-school clothing giveaway.
MARYSVILLE — Marysville’s Katie and Dave Edmonds are a quarter of the way toward their fundraising goal for the Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure fundraising walk in Seattle for breast cancer research, and while they appreciate those who have gotten them this far, they still need more support to meet their mark.
MARYSVILLE — Although the Ken Baxter Senior Community Center has only been going for 12 years, its 13th annual senior picnic barbecue drew more than 300 attendees Aug. 10.
With the cancellation of this year’s Poochapalooza, the third annual Scrub-a-Mutt fundraiser at the Strawberry Fields Park Aug. 21 is taking up many of that event’s activities, from pet-related merchant booths to “best in show” dog contests.
The dog wash fundraiser, which runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. this year, was created to support Old Dog Haven, the Northwest Organization for Animal Help and the Marysville Dog Owners Group.
MARYSVILLE — The Summer Jubilee was started more than a decade ago to provide school supplies for children in the community who otherwise would have been unprepared for their first days of school, and the organizers of the event this year will be expanding its locations while getting it “back to basics,” in the words of Stacy Henrichs.
MARYSVILLE — The Marysville Rotary and the Marysville Community Food Bank are teaming up at the Marysville Safeway to promote their community projects Aug. 13-14.
The Safeway plaza at 1258 State Ave. will host Food Bank volunteers and Rotarians from 3-7 p.m. Aug. 13 and from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 14, as they answer questions at information tables at both doors of the Safeway store about the Food Bank’s “Giving Gardens” campaign to receive donations of homegrown surplus produce, as well as about the Rotary’s sales of raffle tickets for a 2010 Camaro donated by Roy Robinson Chevrolet.
MARYSVILLE — The Marysville Masonic Lodge is teaming up with Deaconess Children’s Services to protect children at risk for abuse and neglect in the community.
“Hot August Nights” begins Aug. 8 with a classic car viewing at 3:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 6 p.m., at 419 Columbia Ave. in Marysville. All of the $100 ticket price and all other donations will go directly to benefit Snohomish County children and families.
MARYSVILLE — Katie Edmonds is only 17, but she’s already come close enough to losing someone she loves that she’s willing to do her part for the loved ones of others.
“In 2007, my mom was diagnosed with cancer,” said Edmonds, speaking at the July 28 meeting of the Marysville Rotary. “I was terrified that I was going to lose my mom. We were lucky that it was detected and removed early, and that she’s been cancer-free since.”
MARYSVILLE — Although the Ken Baxter Senior Community Center has only been going for 12 years, its 13th annual senior picnic barbecue kicks off at 11:30 a.m. Aug. 10.
Senior Community Center Coordinator Maryke Burgess explained that the yearly tradition began before the center even existed. Organizers are selling tickets this year for a suggested donation of $3 each until Aug. 5. Seating is limited to the first 300 people aged 55 year or older who purchase tickets, which will not be sold the day of the event.
MARYSVILLE — Jon Gordon hopes to give visitors to the Schaefer-Shipman Funeral Home some positive experiences there, which is why it’s hosting a block party from noon to 3 p.m. July 31.
A keen observer, 10-year-old Hunter Corbett was noticing a pattern.
Bouncing means no breaking.
“If an egg holder bounces, then they don’t crack,” said Corbett, a Webelos Scout. “You can tell by the sound.”
