Gateway GMAC Puyallup and Bank of America Home Loans are sponsoring a free foreclosure prevention seminar from 6 to 8 p.m. Feb. 23 at the Gateway office, 850 39th Ave. SW. Information will be available about alternatives to foreclosure, including loan modification, refinancing, renting your home and short sales. For more information, or to register, contact Kym Knudson at (253) 227-5966 or Kristopher Shook at (253) 651-6160.

With diabetes, your eyes can be very susceptible to health issues. Monica Vuong M.D., a board-certified ophthalmologist, will be the speaker at Mason General Hospital's Allyn Diabetes Support Group meeting from 1 to 2 p.m. Feb. 25 in the downstairs meeting room at the Port of Allyn building. Vuong will discuss the importance of eye care and diabetes, "Are You Seeing Clearly? Up-to-date Information on Eye Care." The meeting is free and open to people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, their friends and family. For more information call Sue Barwick R.N., CDE, at (360) 275-8614.

The February League of Women Voters of Thurston County meeting topic is Early Childhood Education. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. Feb 25 at Tradition's Café, 300 5th Ave. SW, Olympia. Click here for more information.

Chef Bill Trudnowski and wife, Monique, owners of Tacoma's Adriatic Grill, Italian Cuisine & Wine Bar, have established a scholarship endowment that will help fund Clover Park's Culinary Arts Program. To launch the endowment, Adriatic Grill is having a "Party for Culinary Arts Education" from 6:30 to 11 p.m. Feb. 27 at 4201 South Steele St. Tickets are $100. For reservations, call (253) 475-6000.

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