Dash! volunteers Cynthia Aanestad and Terry Kratzer were among a number of service club members who participated in a food drive this week for the Salvation Army Food Bank. Generous donors including Michael Cook and Jane and Alan Fantel made generous donations after shopping at The Market at Anacortes. Dash! is a 25-member community service […]
Basketball players Lauren Kyllo, Deanna Kohl and Kendle Smithee were among several dozen Anacortes High School athletes who conducted a food drive Saturday, November 20. The food drive, sponsored by the Seahawk Athletic Booster Assocation, put student athletes on the street to replenish supplies at the St. Vincent de Paul Food Bank, St. Mary’s Catholic […]
Dozens of winter sports athletes from Anacortes High School committed a few hours of their day Saturday to a seasonal food drive. These young ladies are members of the AHS girls basketball team. Among other teams rolling in with food around 2 p.m. were wrestling and boys basketball. Cheerleaders were also out in force. As […]
Dozens of student athletes including these girls spent Thursday evening collecting food for the Salvation Army Food Bank. Pictured here are M. Hartsock, S. McWhirter, K. Fiskum, J. Olsen and C. Holt. The Anacortes High School food drive is a seasonal tradition among AHS athletes.
Once again, KLKI Radio station was “home base” for athletes conducting a community-wide food drive on behalf of the Salvation Army Food Bank. Among dozens of Anacortes High School spring athletes participating in the drive were track and field teammates (l. to r.) Tracy Seebeck, Jon Ruckdaschel and Jenny Chin. Among those on hand representing […]
Due to food caterer Laurie Kinslow’s Christmas spirit, a team of tired volunteers at the Salvation Army Anacortes Corps was well fed today on the first of two Christmas basket distribution days. Laurie donated burgers today out of her shiny “diner on wheels,” and said she will be back tomorrow to feed another crew. Anacortes […]
Anacortes residents responded in a big way last Saturday to a community-wide food drive held on behalf of the Salvation Army Food Bank. KLKI radio station served as “base” for the food drive, conducted by student athletes from Anacortes High School. Also featured during the day was the kickoff of the Christmas Kettle campaign, the […]
It’s a dual purpose day for the Salvation Army in Skagit County. Saturday serves as kickoff day for the 2005 Red Kettle drive, and also as a community-wide food drive conducted by student athletes. The event, hosted by KLKI Radio on Commercial Avenue, features live music and refreshments for volunteers. Pictured here is Anacortes Corps […]
Salvation Army Food Bank volunteers Cheri Coward and Jan Penrose work in the canned food bank Monday morning. The cupboards aren’t bare, but supplies are low as the holiday season approaches. To make a donation, visit the Salvation Army at 3001 “R” Avenue. If you have questions, call 293-6682. Student athletes will conduct a community […]
For dozens of student athletes returning to Anacortes High School next week, a “what I did last summer” list will include important volunteer work in their community. Once again last week, students participating in fall sports took part in a food drive, gathering almost two tons of food for the Salvation Army Anacortes Corps Food […]
For Anacortes spring athletes, Saturday, March 12 was not about competition, but cooperation as they teamed with the Salvation Army and KLKI 1340 (next door to the Tesoro station) to gather tons of food for the needy. Totals are still being tabulated from the city-wide food drive, the third such conducted by AHS student athletes […]