GRCC presents volunteer resource fair | Briefs
Published 5:09 pm Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Green River Community College’s Continuing Education offers Together We Serve, a volunteer resource fair for the community from 4 to 7 p.m. Oct. 6 in the Lindbloom Student Center, 12401 SE 320th St., Auburn.
Approximately 50 nonprofit and community organizations will be available to provide information on volunteering opportunities. A panel of volunteer experts will be on hand to provide key points and answer audience questions on volunteering.
The fair is free and everyone is invited.
Together We Serve is designed for:
• Those working but wanting to give back to their community.
• Students/unemployed wanting experience for job résumés or an opportunity to look at career possibilities.
• Families wanting to set examples for their children on how they can make a difference.
• Retirees who want to stay connected to their community.
• Those who are curious about what types of volunteer opportunities are available.
The Auburn Food Bank will be represented and accepting food donations.
For more information or if there are organizations wanting to participate, please call Continuing Education at 253-833-9111, ext. 2535.
WAM succeeds
For a first taste test, the Auburn Wine and Music Festival (WAM) was a success, according to organizers.
The Aug. 27-28 festival featured live music, games, a car show and wine testing from nine represented wineries.
“For a first year, it was fantastic,” said Kelly Jensen, of Auburn Wine & Cavier Co., which co-presented the event with The Auburn Downtown Association. “We had real good support.”
Plans are for the WAM to return next year, perhaps offer food and other items suggested by feedback from inaugural festival-goers.
“We hope to be bigger and better,” Jensen said.
Iron Horse Casino and Trade Route Brewery sponsored this summer’s festival.
Elsewhere
• John Crowe recently was appointed president and CEO of Saint-Gobain Corp., a company with ties to Auburn, where it employs many people at its business unit Vetrotech. He also will serve in the same capacity at CertainTeed Corp., the largest North American subsidiary of Saint-Gobain.
Saint-Gobain is one of the the world’s largest building materials company, as well as a global leader in the production of high-performance materials and glass containers.
For 30 years, Crowe has served in a wide range of leadership positions within Saint-Gobain group, including president of the Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics and Saint-Gobain Crystals. He most recently served as president of Saint-Gobain’s global abrasives business, with responsibility for more than 13,000 employees and 75 manufacturing facilities in 24 countries.
In Washington State, Saint-Gobain has nearly 700 employees; overall the company employs 19,000 people in 265 locations across the United States and Canada.
• Proving once again its commitment to helping Washington homeowners avoid foreclosure, the Attorney General’s Office this week provided an additional $550,000 to provide free housing counseling to distressed homeowners.
“Housing counselors are lifelines for borrowers on the brink of losing their homes,” McKenna said. “The work of these counselors is important because preventing foreclosures – and stabilizing home values – is key to helping kick-start our economy.”
McKenna spoke from the offices of the Homeownership Resource Center in Shoreline, where thousands of calls come in every month from borrowers struggling to keep their homes.
The money comes from an October 2010 agreement with Wells Fargo concerning Wachovia loans and will be given to Washington State Housing Finance Commission to fund services available through the Washington State Homeownership Hotline, 1-877-894-HOME (4663) and www.homeownership.wa.gov.
