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VANCOUVER: Organized in teams, more than 60 teams participated in a treasure hunt by Nifty and Thrifty Charity Resale on March 14.

Vancouver scavenger hunt thrills participants before stay-home order

VANCOUVER: Organized in teams, more than 60 teams participated in a treasure hunt by Nifty and Thrifty Charity Resale on March 14.

April 11, 2020, 6:04am Community

More than 60 teams participated in a treasure hunt by Nifty and Thrifty Charity Resale on March 14. Read story

Woodland Public Schools staff packed and delivered nearly 800 bags with breakfast and lunch.

Woodland families receive free meals from school district

Woodland Public Schools staff packed and delivered nearly 800 bags with breakfast and lunch.

April 11, 2020, 6:03am Community

Woodland Public Schools began food delivery services for families on March 18 following wide school closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. That week, an “army of cooks, paraeducators and other school staff” prepared 800 bags with breakfast and lunch items, according to a news release. Then bus drivers and paraeducators… Read story

VANCOUVER: Around 1,500 people participated in the sixth annual Couve Clover Run that was forced to go virtual due to COVID-19.On March 22, people ran independently near their homes or around the community.

Couve Clover Run goes virtual

VANCOUVER: Around 1,500 people participated in the sixth annual Couve Clover Run that was forced to go virtual due to COVID-19.On March 22, people ran independently near their homes or around the community.

April 11, 2020, 6:02am Community

One week before the sixth annual Couve Clover Run was scheduled to happen, events with more than 250 people were ordered to cancel due to COVID-19. Read story

Local sign company donates to hospitals

April 11, 2020, 5:36am Community

Seana Stong, owner of local sign design company Image360, has been busy lately installing signs that read “Heroes Work Here” outside of hospitals in the Pacific Northwest. Read story

Washougal schools donate food to families

April 4, 2020, 6:04am Community

Following the closure of its schools, Washougal School District decided to start delivering meals to local families. “To serve meals for our families in need during this school closure time, we have had to retool how we operated and fast,” Kris Grindy, WSD business manager, said in a news release.… Read story

HN Cory Creagan&#039;s first steps back on U.S.

In the Service

HN Cory Creagan&#039;s first steps back on U.S.

April 4, 2020, 6:03am Community

U.S. Navy Hospitalman Cory Creagan, a lifetime Vancouver native and graduate of Mountain View High School, was chosen to serve aboard the USNS Comfort on its assignment to New York City. There it will serve as a hospital for patients not infected with COVID-19, allowing other area medical centers to… Read story

Fort Vancouver National Historic Site volunteers make masks

April 4, 2020, 6:03am Community

Volunteers of Fort Vancouver National Historic Site’s costume department banded together recently to make Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-compliant face masks to donate to local health professionals. Read story

Share House employee sends message of love

April 4, 2020, 6:02am Community

Holley Walhood helps run the hot meals program at Share House in Vancouver. Like many around the world, she has been feeling helpless during the COVID-19 pandemic, so on March 20, she made a sign. “The world is suffering at the moment, and I was feeling a bit helpless over… Read story

You Can Help

April 4, 2020, 6:01am Clark County Health

Is your organization offering volunteer or donation opportunities during the COVID-19 crisis? Submit your information to amelia.fisher@columbian.com to be included in this listing. Read story

Luncheon raises $157,000 for nonprofit

April 4, 2020, 5:48am Community

More than 300 people attended the Clark County Spring Luncheon for Meals on Wheels People held on March 10 at the Hilton Vancouver Washington. Read story