September 5, 2004 in Features

Walk event will aid tissue, organ donations

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The Living Legacy Foundation at LifeCenter Northwest is hosting a 5-kilometer (3.1-mile) walk to raise awareness and funds for the critical need for organ and tissue donors.

Right now there are more than 85,000 people across America and 1,200 in this region on the waiting list for an organ transplant. Seventeen people die every day while waiting.

LifeCenter Northwest is hoping this walk will help to spread the word about the need for donors.

Participants will begin registration at 9 a.m. Saturday at Spokane’s Mission Park. The cost is $15.

There will be prizes for the top fund-raising team and individuals. The funds will go toward education and awareness of organ donation in Eastern Washington and North Idaho.

To register for the walk or to become an organ donor, visit the Web at www.livinglegacyregistry.org or call (877) 275-5269.

Adult literacy program

Rural Resources Community Action, a nonprofit organization, is providing educational services to Ferry, Pend Oreille and Stevens counties.

Some of the programs that will be provided are English as a second language, adult basic education, GED preparedness, individual tutoring, family literacy and homeless/institutional education.

For more information about these programs call Jackie Henderson at 685-6132; Alva Palin at 685-6133; or (800) 776-2178.

Raffle and fund-raiser

Maraco Medical and Therapeutic Massage Center, 9209 E. Mission Ave., Suite D, is donating $5 of every treatment toward the cancer treatment of John Kendrick.

Kendrick has been fighting lymphatic cancer and has a daughter, Nicole.

Mary Couch, the center’s owner and Nicole’s mother, is also offering raffle tickets for $1. Prizes include a dinner for two at Clinkerdagger’s, a queen-size crocheted blanket, gift baskets and gift certificates.

For more information about the fund-raiser and prices of the center’s services, call 922-2490.

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