PORT ANGELES — Free assistance for Medicare Part D enrollment is available from Statewide Health Insurance benefits advisors from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. today.
Assistance will be offered at the Port Angeles Senior & Community Center at 328 E. Seventh St.
Medicare Part D open enrollment started Thursday and continues through Dec. 7.
Shred for food bank
SEQUIM — First Federal will partner with the Sequim Food Bank for the semiannual “First Fed Shred” event at Sequim High School from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.
This is an opportunity for people to safely dispose of personal documents at the school, 601 N. Sequim Ave.
There is no cost for the document shredding.
Instead, event sponsors hope each person who brings documents also will bring a donation of food (especially peanut butter, tuna, canned soup, pasta and rice) or a cash contribution for the Sequim Food Bank.
For additional information, visit www.sequimfoodbank.org or phone the Sequim Food Bank at 360-683-1205.
Low-interest loans
PORT TOWNSEND — Port Townsend Main Street Fall HUD loans are available to rehab commercial buildings in Port Townsend’s commercial historic districts.
The application deadline for these low interest loans is 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30.
These funds can help property owners accomplish historic preservation goals and safety improvements in their buildings and is available to commercial buildings in Port Townsend’s Downtown and Uptown Commercial Historic Districts, according to a news release.
With these funds, building owners have repaired roofs, fixed staircases, repointed brick facades, installed windows and improved the safety of their buildings.
The application can be downloaded from www.ptmainstreet.org.
Applicants should fill out the brief application, include a photo of the building, a total budget, a timeline for work, two estimates and funding amount requested.
Forms also are available at the Main Street office in the Mount Baker Block Building, 211 Taylor St., second floor, Suite 3.
Completed applications must be returned to the Port Townsend Main Street Program office at 211 Taylor St., No. 3, Port Townsend, WA 98368.
Loan amounts may be between $1,000 and $40,000 with a 10-year term.
Interest charges are set at 5 percent, but with early repayment, interest could be as low as zero.
The Port Townsend Main Street Program has coordinated the HUD Loan Committee since 1986.
For more information, phone the office at 360-385-7911 or email director@ptmainstreet.org.
