Pizza for Paws
Benefit Sunday
Friends of Sitka Animal Shelter will host the fundraising event Pizza for Paws at the Mean Queen Dungeon 2-5 p.m. Sunday, July 17.
The public is invited to stop by to support the new local non-profit, enjoy some pizza on the house, listen to live music, and get to know some of the furry faces of the shelter.
Email sitkaanimalfriends@gmail.com for more information.
Life Celebration
For Chuck Bovee
The Sitka community is invited to help the Bovee family honor the life of Charles “Chuck” Bovee (https://charlesbovee.com) 2 p.m. Saturday, July 30, at the Odess Theater in Allen Hall at the SJ Campus.
He was ‘‘a loving husband; devoted father, grandfather, and great-grandfather; perpetual storyteller; and a careful and attentive listener,’’ his family said. ‘‘Leave your sadness at the door, but bring rather your stories, your laughs, and your happiness over a life that was lived to the fullest.’’
Those planning to attend are asked to RSVP by Tuesday, July 19, to help with planning at https://bit.ly/ChuckBoveeCoL_22.
A reception will follow. Those who are unable to attend may link to a recording of the celebration of life that will be made available.
In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to any of the following organizations that he loved and supported over the years:
Sitka Fine Arts Camp: https://www.fineartscamp.org/bovee; Sitka Music Festival: email to director@sitkamusicfestival.org; and Sitka Young Life: e-mail to chris@sitka.younglife.org.
Life Celebration for
Marilyn Hanson
The celebration of life for Marilyn Hanson will be 6 p.m. Thursday, July 28, at the Odess Theater at Allen Hall on the SJ Campus. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m.
Remembrances, fellowship and food and beverage will follow. All friends and family are invited to attend.
Death, Grief are
Topic for Youths
Ages 5-9 are invited to join Alaska Way of Life 4-H Club, Brave Heart Volunteers, SEARHC health educator Erin Matthes, and Sitka Native Education Program for an educational series about death, grief, and hope.
The group will meet 3:30-5 p.m. July 22, 25, 27 and 29. Sessions will include an art activity and educational component related to topics including death, grief, and hope with an opportunity to share artwork with their peers at the end.
For information contact kathryn@braveheartvolunteers.org or (907)747-4600.
Emblem Club
Meets July 21
Sitka Emblem Club 142 will hold a brief business meeting 5:15 p.m. Thursday, July 21, at the Elks Lodge 1662, 412 Sawmill Creek Road.
Breakfasts, Books
Offered to Youths
Sitka Public Library and Sitka Conservation Society, with the support of the Hames Corporation, will have a free distribution of to-go breakfasts and copies of ‘‘Berry Song’’ to 100 youths ages 0-18 at 11 a.m. on Aug. 6.
The event will include a reading of ‘‘Berry Song’’ by local author, illustrator and Caldecott-award winner Michaela Goade.
Goade’s new book is a ‘‘joyous celebration of the connections between people and the land and foods that sustains us all,’’ the library said.
Quantities will be distributed on a first-come, first-served, basis. For more information call the library at 747-4022 or e-mail Maite at maite.lorente@cityofsitka.org.
