PORT TOWNSEND — Port Townsend Main Street’s “Girls’ Night Out,” sponsored by the Port Townsend Main Street Program, Jefferson Healthcare, OZONE Socks and other businesses, starts at 7 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 1.
This year’s theme is “Beautiful, Healthy You” and begins with an early morning free Fun Run/Walk called “The Tiara Trot.”
Meet at 213 Taylor Street (next to Lehani’s in the Mount Baker Block Building) to register for this 1.47-mile walk/jog/run.
“Girls’ Night Out” participating businesses will offer special events, in-store promotions and refreshments from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
The evening ends with the popular “Wrap Party” at 8 p.m. at The Belmont, 925 Water St., with a no-host bar, appetizers, dessert and door prizes.
There is a $5 suggested donation at door.
Goodie bags, valued at $10 each, are filled with OZONE socks and small gifts and will be on sale Oct. 1 at About Time, April Fool and Penny Too, Bickie’s Cotton Casuals, The Clothes Horse, Glow Natural Skincare, Maricee Fashions, Port Townsend Fudge Co., Posh Hair Salon and Day Spa and Tickled Pink.
“Beautiful, Healthy You” raffle tickets will be on sale in advance for $5 at participating merchants, with prizes valued at over $700.
Prizes include the following:
■ An overnight stay at the Bishop Victorian Hotel.
■ Deja View Photography studio session and print.
■ The Belmont $100 gift certificate.
■ Port Townsend Athletic Club one-month membership.
■ Rose Theatre tickets/treats.
■ Two haircuts at Seasons Hair Salon — one with Jolene and one with Mary Lou.
■ Posh Salon gift certificate.
■ Wine Seller wine club membership.
■ Pampering gifts, jewelry and more.
Proceeds benefit the Jefferson Healthcare Foundation to help provide breast and cervical cancer screenings, care and treatment for low-income Jefferson County residents and the Port Townsend Main Street Program, a nonprofit.
To date, the “Girls’ Night Out” event has raised nearly $30,000 to assist women in need of cancer screenings.
For program updates, visit www.ptmainstreet.org and follow the Port Townsend Main Street Program on Facebook and Twitter.
Nonprofit receives aid
PORT ANGELES — Serenity House of Clallam County recently received a $3,000 award in support of the agency’s Housing Resource Centers from U.S. Bank Foundation.
Lisa Meyer, U.S. Bank assistant vice president and manager of the U.S. Bank Port Angeles branch, said the bank has consistently supported Serenity House for 15 years.
The award supports the agency’s Housing Resource Centers, which help prevent and end homelessness in Clallam County.
Meyer also presented three backpacks filled with school supplies, collected by her employees, continuing a local U.S. Bank tradition of helping children whose families are in need, including those housed through Serenity House Family Services programs.
For more information about Serenity House, phone 360-452-7224 or email serenity@olypen.com.
Adviser joins
PORT ANGELES — Ray Chirayath, a financial adviser, has joined D.A. Davidson & Co. in the firm’s office, located at 917 E. Front St.
Chirayath helps individual investors, businesses, endowments and institutions plan and implement tailored financial strategies.
Chirayath joins D.A. Davidson after a professional career in sales, customer service and marketing.
Prior to joining the firm, Chirayath most recently served as managing partner of Datacare Solutions LLC.
He earned his bachelor’s degree in business from St. Joseph’s College of Commerce in Bangalore, India, and an MBA in finance and marketing from the Wehle School of Business at Canisius College in Buffalo, N.Y.
He and his wife, Marion Chirayath, M.D. (hematology/oncology), reside in Sequim.
Chirayath can be reached at 360-565-7500 or rchirayath@dadco.com.
