This week Queen Anne retirement community Merrill Gardens will be hosting a fundraiser for the four fallen Lakewood police officers. The event will be held from 5 to 7p.m. on Wednesday, December 9 at all of the 22 Merrill Gardens communities in the state.

The folks at the Queen Anne location, at 805 4th Ave. N., have planned a big pasta dinner, including fixings from baked ziti with Italian sausage and fennel, to Caesar salad and garlic bread, topped off with red velvet cupcakes for dessert. The suggested donation is $10, and all of the proceeds will be donated to the Lakewood Independent Guild Charity Fund.

For more information, or to see the other Merrill Gardens locations, see the attached media release (.pdf).