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Some of the food collected during a monthlong drive by Windermere Stellar real estate agents, who also served food at all Meals on Wheels locations in the county as part of their Community Service Day.

Real estate brokers collect, serve food to families in need

Some of the food collected during a monthlong drive by Windermere Stellar real estate agents, who also served food at all Meals on Wheels locations in the county as part of their Community Service Day.

June 22, 2016, 5:55am Community

Employees of Windermere Stellar fed a few local populations in need last month. Read story

Donna Welker, second from left, earned the Life Saver Award from Clark County Fire District 3 for successfully administering the Heimlich maneuver and CPR to a choking man.

Fire District 3 hands out Life Saver Award

Donna Welker, second from left, earned the Life Saver Award from Clark County Fire District 3 for successfully administering the Heimlich maneuver and CPR to a choking man.

June 22, 2016, 5:55am Community

Clark County Fire District 3 honored Donna Welker with a Life Saver Award on June 8 for her efforts to save a choking man. Read story

Sarah Payne collected $700 for the Foundation for Vancouver Public Schools during Sarah&#039;s Give Back Campaign, where she raised money while running, swimming and horseback riding.

Hazel Dell student creates, completes unorthodox triathlon to raise money

Sarah Payne collected $700 for the Foundation for Vancouver Public Schools during Sarah&#039;s Give Back Campaign, where she raised money while running, swimming and horseback riding.

June 22, 2016, 5:55am Community

Before graduating from Hazel Dell Elementary School, Sarah Payne wanted to do something positive for her school. She came up with Sarah’s Give Back Campaign, where friends, family and classmates would sponsor her while she completed laps running, swimming and horseback riding, three of her favorite activities. Read story

Women’s tea raises money for local homeless, education in Africa

June 22, 2016, 5:55am Community

The annual Church of the Good Shepherd Women’s Tea fundraiser brought in $23,000 to support the Council for the Homeless Housing Relief Fund and Global Sojourns Giving Circle. Read story

A mural made from bottle caps collected and painted by Lara Alford&#039;s fourth-grade class at Fircrest Elementary School.

Fourth-graders collect bottle caps for art

A mural made from bottle caps collected and painted by Lara Alford&#039;s fourth-grade class at Fircrest Elementary School.

June 22, 2016, 5:55am Community

Last year, Lara Alford’s fourth-grade class at Fircrest Elementary School started collecting bottle caps for an Earth Day project, since in Clark County plastic bottle caps can’t be recycled in the regular containers because they are a different grade of plastic, Alford wrote in an email. Read story

The Liberty Belles quilting group delivered 112 quilts to the Veterans Administration Hospital in May, bringing the group’s total up to 1,000 quilts delivered since they formed.

Quilting group passes 1,000 quilts delivered to veterans

The Liberty Belles quilting group delivered 112 quilts to the Veterans Administration Hospital in May, bringing the group’s total up to 1,000 quilts delivered since they formed.

June 22, 2016, 5:55am Community

The Liberty Belles quilting group delivered 112 quilts to the Veterans Administration Hospital in May, bringing the group’s total up to 1,000 quilts delivered since they formed. Read story

From left: Deanna Camarena, environmental educator, Jane Bosteder, president of Environmental Awareness Programs, Mother Earth mascot and Karl Reddy, executive director of the Southwest Washington Center of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing celebrate a grant to help the nonprofit teach environmental education workshops.

Nonprofit hosts recycling workshops

From left: Deanna Camarena, environmental educator, Jane Bosteder, president of Environmental Awareness Programs, Mother Earth mascot and Karl Reddy, executive director of the Southwest Washington Center of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing celebrate a grant to help the nonprofit teach environmental education workshops.

June 22, 2016, 5:55am Community

Environmental Awareness Programs has formed a partnership with Tilikum, a local nonprofit that is a resource for the deaf, deaf-blind, hard of hearing and hearing-loss individuals and works with the Southwest Washington Center of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Read story

Washington State Trig-Star winner Jeffrey Mayolo, center, with Land Surveyors&#039; Association of Washington Trig-Star coordinator Rich Lang, left, and John Johnson, right, a math teacher at La Center High School.

La Center student earns spot in math nationals

Washington State Trig-Star winner Jeffrey Mayolo, center, with Land Surveyors&#039; Association of Washington Trig-Star coordinator Rich Lang, left, and John Johnson, right, a math teacher at La Center High School.

June 22, 2016, 5:55am Community

Jeffrey Mayolo won Washington state’s Trig-Star competition for high school students, sponsored by the Land Surveyors’ Association of Washington. Read story

North County Community Food Bank hosted an Alice in Wonderland Spring Tea and Fundraiser, featuring desserts from local bakers, including this entry from Nana&#039;s Tiny Cakes.

Alice desserts big hit for food bank

North County Community Food Bank hosted an Alice in Wonderland Spring Tea and Fundraiser, featuring desserts from local bakers, including this entry from Nana&#039;s Tiny Cakes.

June 22, 2016, 5:55am Community

The North County Community Food Bank hosted an Alice in Wonderland Spring Tea and Fundraiser, bringing in $28,000 to assist in providing educational programming and the distribution of emergency food supplies to those living in poverty. Read story

Spotlight on Youth

June 22, 2016, 5:55am Community

COMCAST LEADERS AND ACHIEVERS SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS Read story