The next Southwest Washington Regional Transportation Council (RTC) Board of Directors meeting will be held at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Apr. 5, in the Sixth Floor Training Room of the Clark County Public Service Center, 1200 Franklin St. in Vancouver. Copies of the agenda are available here. Materials will also be available at the meeting. For more information, contact the RTC at meetings@rtc.wa.gov or visit www.rtc.wa.gov and click on “Board of Directors” under the “Information” tab.

The Southwest Washington Contractors Association (SWCA) Foundation is accepting applications for its Scholarship Program now through April 29. Applicants will be selected and awarded scholarships at a minimum amount of $500 based on their academic performance, work and volunteer experience, extracurricular activities, letters of recommendation, and a personal essay. Last year, the SWCA awarded over $10,000 to 12 local students pursuing full-time post-secondary education. For more information and to download an application, visit www.swca.org/swca-foundation. Any questions regarding the application may be directed toward Darcy Altizer at darcy@swca.org or 360-694-7922.

This month’s show at the Second Story Gallery features two women who started out early as artists and whose works, though very different in style, illustrate similar themes of Pacific Northwest nature and myths.

Kari Jensen will exhibit acrylic paintings of birds, trees and other images from nature with a hint of magical realism, while Aimee Reimschussel will be presenting examples of her unique totemic cut-out images of fish, birds and other animals of the Pacific Northwest.

An artist reception will be held in conjunction with downtown Camas’s First Friday, tomorrow, Apr. 1, from 5 to 8 p.m. Music will be performed by guitarist Michael Baker.

“Northwest Dreaming” continues through April 30. Second Story Gallery is located in the Camas Library, 625 Fourth St. The show can be viewed during regular library hours, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday through Saturday.

Gifts For Our Community awarded $25,000 in grants to local charities that serve the community in the areas of art, education and human services. Grant recipients include:

• Evergreen Habitat for Humanity
• Free Clinic of SW WA
• Friends of the Children
• Mullen-Polk Foundation – Our Next Generation
• Vancouver Dance Theatre
• Second Step Housing

Last year, GFOC donated over $65,000 to community charities, all of which were proceeds of the GFOC programs: Divine Consign and b. divine clothing boutiques. To learn more, visit www.giftsforourcommunity.org.