Dawn Abbott, a Woodridge Elementary School teacher, was named STAR 101.5’s Teacher of the Week on Friday, Dec. 5. The fourth grade teacher was nominated by her student, Jayda Cook.

Z’Tejas Southwestern Grill is sponsoring a Tree of Wishes with Overlake Service League.

The restaurant’s employees also are adopting a local family for the holidays.

Through Dec. 15, people can select a tag from the tree that represents a “holiday wish.” All items will be delivered to Overlake Service league prior to the holidays.

Z’Tejas is located in The Lodge at Bellevue Square.

Goodfellas Deli in Factoria has put up a giving tree at its location in the Pacific Corp. building on 13555 S.E. 36th St.

The tree contains tags from the Issaquah Food Bank.

Customers who pick up a tag, then bring the wrapped gift back to the deli receive a free sandwich for each tag brought back filled.

Luther White, coordinator of Hopelink’s food bank, practices karate at the Koshin-ha Chito-ryu dojo in Bellevue. When he mentioned the current shortage of food donations to his fellow students, they immediately organized a food drive.

Within a week they had collected more than 275 pounds of food, enough to feed 25 families, and their teacher, Dr. Keith Dipboye, matched the cost of the food. Another local dojo, True Martial Arts, collected more 900 pounds of food for Hopelink during the month of October.