Libraries offer free backpack buddy kits

Youths can stop by a local North Olympic Library System branch to pick up a free Backpack Buddy Take & Make kit and create their own plushie to clip onto a backpack.

This kid-friendly take and make craft is recommended for grades 2 and up. Adult supervision may be required because of the use of a sewing needle. Supplies and instructions included, all users need is a pair of scissors.

Kits are available at all branches while supplies last.

For more information about the kits, email to discover@nols.org.

Soups On fundraiser concert set

“Party in the Park II,” a concert fundraiser featuring local group Buttercup Lane, is set for 5-6:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 17, at Ursula Sell Park, on West Fir Street next to St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 525 N. Fifth Ave.

The event is a fundraiser for St. Luke’s weekly Soups On, a free lunch program held on noon each Wednesday at the church.

The event includes homemade soup. Attendees are asked to bring a lawn chair for seating.

The event is free; donations are encouraged.

For more Information, call 360-460-9135.