Member Announcements
To encourage a healthy, socially distant active lifestyle, Peoples Bank is holding a “Pay-it-Forward” Virtual 5K/10K. Designed to support individuals and families experiencing homelessness, local nonprofit organizations serving this community will receive 100% of all entry fees. In Skagit County, proceeds will be donated to the Anacortes Family Center. Participants can complete the Virtual 5K/10K…
Effectively Engaging Skills-based Volunteers ($15) Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2020 Time: 9 AM-Noon Details: All volunteers have skills. What distinguishes skills-based volunteerism is that they are engaged in roles that use their specific abilities, credentials, and experience. Now is more important than ever to harness the power of skills-based volunteers. You’ll have an opportunity to…
What does it take to create award-winning marketing campaigns? Stacie Zinn Roberts, president of What’s Your Avocado? Marketing & Public Relations, based in Mount Vernon, WA, details the process she undertook to create the campaigns recently honored with five national writing awards. The honors came from the Turf & Ornamental Communicators Association (TOCA), during the…
The Port of Skagit recently adopted a new policy in response to the growing challenges that many working families are facing. At its September Port Commission meeting, the Port of Skagit adopted a “Children in the Workplace” policy for Port employees. This policy creates some flexibility for Port staff who find themselves trying to balance…
Position Description: Immediate Opening For Construction Coordinator, Mount Vernon, WA. USA Purpose: Coordinates all aspects of Skagit Habitat for Humanity (SHFH) construction projects, including planning, permitting, site supervision, materials acquisition, subcontractors, inspections, managing/training, volunteers and rehabilitations/repairs. Implements and utilizes volunteer labor, provides maximum community involvement and produces quality economical homes for low income families…
COVID-19 Update September 8, 2020 With heavy heart, we are announcing that all public events at McIntyre Hall are cancelled through January 2021. We are hopeful that we will be able to open a reduced season in March 2021. We are committed to providing a safe and secure environment for all performances and events at McIntyre…
“Late on Friday, the IRS issued much-anticipated guidance on the payroll tax deferral that was ordered by President Donald Trump in a presidential memorandum on Aug. 8 (Notice 2020-65). The notice allows employers to defer withholding on affected employees’ compensation during the last four months of 2020 and then withhold those deferred amounts during the…
Bidding will open at 4pm on Monday, September 14th. Bids will close at 8pm Saturday, September 19th, 2020. COVID-19 has had a huge impact on our organization. We appreciate all of your support and we are eager to see the turn out for this online auction event. Please take the time to help us spread…
An Essential Business, Christianson’s Nursery is Open Daily 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Fall is For Planting! As the summer garden begins to wane, there are many things that need buttoning up for the Autumnal months ahead such as harvesting the last of the summer garden vegetables as well as tilling and preparing the soil…