News & Updates
Postal carriers collect more than 37,000 pounds of food
Longview and Kelso postal carriers collected 37,424 pounds of food Saturday on their mail routes during the National Association of Letter Carriers food drive. The food donated Saturday was 4,100 pounds shy of the 41,570 pounds collected during last year’s event...
CAP to move its transit service program from Longview to Kelso
Lower Columbia CAP’s transportation program is relocating from downtown Longview to the Kelso Train Depot and expanding its services to include selling Greyhound Bus tickets. Starting next Wednesday, Greyhound passengers can buy tickets from CAP Transit from 8 a.m. to...
CAP, AARP volunteers offering free help on tax returns
Lower Columbia Community Action Program (CAP) and trained American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) tax aide volunteers will provide free tax assistance to filers of all ages and incomes through April 15 at three sites in Longview: Lower Columbia CAP, 1526...
Weyerhaeuser donates 51,000 diapers to CAP
A Weyerhaeuser Co. charity drive has just helped low-income families with one of life’s essentials: diapers. Between Feb. 19 and March 8, a companywide drive collected about 630,000 diapers in the U.S. and Canada, and nearly 51,000 were collected by the company’s...
CAP seeking warmer, safer process for winter energy assistance registration
You shouldn’t have to freeze to sign up for heating assistance. Concerned that many people expose themselves to cold and wet weather, Lower Columbia CAP is rethinking how it signs up people up for an annual energy assistance program for the needy. Each year, on one...
Local agencies providing free tax help
Lower Columbia Community Action Program and two partnering groups will provide free federal tax return assistance this year. A “Tax Season Kick Off” will be held from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday at the Longview Public Library, featuring refreshments, information and...
