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Rotary Club to host virtual-meeting etiquette program over Zoom June 23
The main speaker during the virtual event is Arden Clise, a business etiquette expert.
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Seattle Jewish Film Festival goes virtual for its silver anniversary
The event was to take place earlier this year but was postponed due to COVID-19 concerns.
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Mercer Island PTA Council presents 2019-20 awards
Recipients were recognized during a June 10 Zoom event.
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WeLoveMI, Mercer Island High School class receive two awards for collaborative community work
The awards were given by the Mercer Island High School PTSA.
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Tie-dying for a good cause: Mercer Island teen’s new project supports Black Lives Matter
Olivia Tomaselli, with the help of her mother, launched Tie Dye for Black Lives Matter on May 31.
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Local production company seeking film, TV pitches from young minority creatives
The Big Pitch competition, put on by TLG Motion Pictures (“Hoarders”), started about six months ago.
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Mercer Island Community Scholarship Program honorees announced
The program has been going on since 1976.
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Pandemic shakes up long-running scholarship tradition; school, PTA innovate
Recipients of the MI Community Scholarship typically get their own ceremony. Not this year.
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Mercer Island Rotary Club shares update on COVID-19 relief contributions
The club announced large donations to the WeLoveMI.org campaign and the WeLoveMI.org Day fundraiser.
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Mercer Island woman’s centennial celebrated with surprise procession
Melba Jamerson, who has lived on Mercer Island since 1948, recently turned 100.
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Local musicians hold virtual benefit concert for mental health
The stream-a-thon supports NAMI Eastside and nonprofit Hold Your Crown
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Medic One Foundation’s Gratitude Meals offer support to first responders, local businesses
The initiative provides hearty lunches to first responders staffing the COVID-19 testing sites as they work to test…
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UW students create Spira app to gather COVID-19 data
The app was created to screen for respiratory diseases but the teen creators shifted their focus once the…