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The Rotary Club of South Everett-Mukilteo showed that it is nimble on its feet.

With only a few days notice, the club organized a pop-up food event that distributed 35,000 pounds of food for more than 2,000 people Saturday, March 13, at Lighthouse Park.

Rotary Club members loaded 960 boxes of food and 100 boxes of potatoes into vehicles.

"I think it went great," Rotary Club president Sheila Countryman-Bean said. "I expected long lines, and the way they came through the park was fine. We also took food to the food bank in Mukilteo. Everything was given away."

Twenty members from the Rotary C...