Around the Valley

Volunteer garden party planned for Saturday

PROSSER -- Bearing garden tools and work gloves, volunteers will gather Saturday to spruce up the Prosser Community Playground.

Volunteers will work 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the playground, located in City Park on Seventh Street across from Prosser High School.

They meet every year to reseal the wooden playground and perform some landscaping work, such as replanting trees, pulling weeds and replenishing the bark floor.

More hands are welcome. Bring garden tools, gloves and some sanders if you have them, suggests Desiree Mains, a volunteer coordinator.

The playground was built in 2000 by volunteers and paid for by private donations under the direction of a paid engineer.

For more information, e-mail prosserplayground@yahoo.com.

Bake sale fundraiser Saturday in Naches

NACHES -- A yard and bake sale will be held for the benefit of a terminally ill Yakima native on Saturday from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 1612 Old Naches Highway.

Kirsten Schuler, 20, was recently diagnosed with terminal cancer.

Donations will be accepted at the sale or can be made payable to "Benefit Donation act for Kirsten Schuler" at any Wells Fargo Bank. Call 930-9540 for more information.