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MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: June 28, 2021 Items set up at the Jean Kim Foundation’s hygiene center in Lynnwood. Jenna Nand at Camp United We Stand by St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church in Shoreline.
Led by Edmonds attorney Jenna Nand, a group of area residents spent their weekend distributing supplies aimed at helping homeless people in Edmonds, Lynnwood and Shoreline beat the heat.
According to Nand, the group including Robert Gariepy and Sabrina Connaughton of Edmonds, Alan Charnley of Shoreline, and Rosamaria Graziani and Shirley Sutton of Lynnwood organized and distributed supplies donated by the community and purchased with donated funds.