Around the Peninsula

Soldotna chamber to meet

The Seavey family, mushers from Sterling, will give a recap of their 2005 Iditarod experience at the Soldotna Chamber of Commerce at noon Tuesday at the Riverside House. For more information, call Shanon Hamrick at 262-9814.

Food bank seeking donations

The Kenai Peninsula Food Bank is participating in the eighth annual Alan Shawn Feinstein Challenge. The Feinstein Challenge will divide 1 million dollars among agencies fighting hunger.

From March 1 through April 30, the total amount of food donated to the food bank will count toward the challenge. Food donated is valued at $1 per pound of donation.

Last year, the food bank received $1,714.80 from the Feinstein Foundation. For more information, call Linda Swarner at 262-3111. Donations may be dropped off at the food bank at 33955 Community College Drive in Soldotna.

Child development workshop set

Project GRAD Kenai Peninsula will host speaker Jeanne Soreson from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Ninilchik School library. The topic will be raising self-reliant children in a self-indulgent world, "Seven Building Blocks for Developing Capable Young People." Door prizes, appetizers and refreshments will be provided. Childcare also will be provided. For more information, call 567-3714.

Genealogical society to meet

The Totem Tracers Genealogical Society will present a class on preserving your family history and scrap booking at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Kenai Community Library. For more information, call 283-4481.

'Dunker' training available

The U.S. Coast Guard, Federal Aviation Administration and the Alaska Aviation Safety Foundation will hold a shallow water egress training workshop. Classroom instruction will be from 2 to 4 p.m. April 30 in Room B-200 at Homer High School and in-water training will be at 1 p.m. May 1 at the school. Participants who complete classroom and pool instruction will receive a certificate of participation from the Federal Aviation Safety Administration

Safety day scheduled

The Soldotna Safety Day will be held May 21. Interested agencies and community members can call Nancy Mitchell at 262-4440.