Nonprofit Briefs

Polar Bear Plunge benefits emergency services

The Hood Canal Lions Club hosts the 12th annual Polar Bear Plunge fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 12 at the Alderbrook Resort and Spa.

Proceeds benefit Mason County Emergency Services. The plunge is open to anyone who raises at least $25 in donations. The top emergency worker fundraiser, and the top resident fundraiser, will be recognized.

The event includes free coffee, hot chocolate, clam chowder and raffle prizes. The donations are tax-deductible. For more information, contact Lion Ian Roberts at [email protected].

Master Gardeners host winter workshops

Mason County Master Gardeners hosts annual winter workshops on Zoom starting with managing fruit trees from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday and continuing at the same time with landscaping for a drier climate Feb. 5, bringing life and color to your garden Feb. 12, and planting veggies on Feb. 19.

The cost is $15 for the series. Register at http://www.mgfmc.org.

Soup & Song benefit helps people in need

Love INC (In the Name of Christ) of Mason County hosts its annual fundraiser Soup & Song Benefit Concert at 4:30 p.m. Feb. 5 at the Shelton Presbyterian Church, 1430 E. Shelton Springs Road, Shelton.

The event includes raffles, eight homemade soups, a live auction for 22 “high-end” desserts, a silent auction for simpler deserts, and performances by Christian rock singer Jay Jenkins and Hoodsport harpist Megan Cylwik. Tickets are $15, and are available at the church the day of the event, or beforehand at the Love INC office at 109 S. 2nd St. in downtown Shelton or by calling the office at 360-462-5683.

Love INC and its 25 partner churches will use the money to help people in need by providing goods and services such as clothing, blankets, furniture, backpacks for children, diapers, medical equipment and financial help. The pandemic prevented the fundraiser last year.