This community events calendar is the place to find fun activities and things to do throughout Lewis County, including Centralia, Chehalis and beyond.
We are planning to have the biggest and best Annual Holiday Arts & Crafts Bazaar here at SAFE Family Ministries on November 10, 2018. Each table will be filled with incredible arts and crafts items. This arts and crafts bazaar will be huge and incredibly fun! Local crafters and artisens are lining up to feature their best. There will be family fun for everyone! Bring your friends and your families! Teachers bring your students! Students bring your teachers. Kids bring your parents and grandparents! Bring your aunts and uncles and your cousins! Pastors bring your entire congregations! YOU REALLY DON’T WANT TO MISS THIS!
Crafters and artists hurry up and call 360-740-9150 right away as early table space reservations are going fast for this Annual Holiday Arts & Crafts Bazaar! Bring your own tables (set up is between 8:00 – 10:00 a.m. day of event). *Late Registration Per Table Fee of $50 will be collected on day of event. *Early Reservation Per Table Fee is only $35 (postmarked by October 15, 2018 – MAIL TO: SAFE Family Ministries PO Box 935, Chehalis, WA 98532 – Make checks out to SAFE Family Ministries and please earmark your checks “2018AHCB-FEE”)
Chili Feed Tickets: $10.00 for adults, $7.50 for children over 6 years old.*
Ice Cold Soda Pop: $2.00*
Ice Cold Water: Provided*
Hot Coffee, Tea, Cocoa and Cider $0.50 per cup*
Tours of upcoming Childcare Facilities
Door Prizes, Raffles, Fun Booths and More!
Second Chance Sales thrift store will be open.
Event Coordinator: “Chuck” – Volunteer – SAFE Family Ministries
MC – Shirley Cunningham – Executive Director – SAFE Family Ministries
E-Mail: shirleyc@safefamilyministries.com
*All fees, raffles, soda pop, hot drinks and ticket sales will be considered donations to exclusively benefit SAFE Family Ministries.
On October 12, 1962, a windstorm fueled in part by the remains of Typhoon Freda struck the Pacific Northwest with deadly winds topping one hundred miles per hour.
The storm killed dozens, injured hundreds, damaged more than fifty thousand homes, and leveled enough timber to build one million homes. Join us for an author talk with John Dodge, former investigative reporter for The Olympian, as he reads passages from his new book about Typhoon Freda, “A Deadly Wind: The 1962 Columbus Day Storm.” This talk will include a slideshow and a question and answer session. A signing will follow the presentation, and copies of the book will be available for purchase.
Lunafest is a festival of films by, for and about women. Films are provided by Lunabar Company. This showing is organized by Lewis County Branch of American Association of University Women. Proceeds will benefit Human Response Network and local scholarships for women. Before the showing, attendees can enjoy complimentary appetizers and purchase raffle tickets for an assortment of baskets and other items.
Join the Chehalis River Basin Land Trust for a day on by river removing invasive plant species along the Discovery Trail. For all work parties, please dress for the weather and wear sturdy shoes. Volunteers are encouraged to bring a reusable water bottle. Youth under age 14 must be accompanied by an adult and all youth under 18 years of age must have a signed waiver to participate.
Coffee, Water, and Snacks will be provided.
We look forward to seeing you there!
The Borsts and other families built a “New Church” in c. 1872 … to gather together in fellowship and for weddings. Two of the Borst children were married in that church. As well as many other life events. Etta Keller, Reenactor has made a lovely mid-19th century wedding dress and will talk about weddings in that day. Miss Etta will lead the talk.
An Independence Day Celebration … mid-19th century style!
Putting up the bountiful harvest for a long winter. Activities and discussion of how to put up and store foods in the mid-19th century. Panel of our Living Historians. Mary Borst had a lovely, in that day, very modern cook stove. Joseph also built her a state of the art pantry, which kept things cool ~ one of my personal favorites in the house.
Join storyteller and Quinault Tribal Ambassador Harvest Moon to hear tales from the Northwest Coast Indian tradition. This program is part of Timberland Reads Together, featuring “There There” by Tommy Orange and Native Voices, focused on Indigenous Peoples history and culture.
Living Historian Beverly York will present Friendship Quilts, how the pioneers moving west would take a part of their friends and family history with them. Volunteer Coordinator Sara Light-Waller will show how to put a signature on the quilt block, as they did in the mid-19th century.
Gather Green, a local women powered sustainable event planning company, is hosting a women-led rewilding retreat, Women of the Woods, September 20-22 at Camp Singing Wind, in Toledo, WA. Over 250 women from the Pacific Northwest will attend to celebrate sustainability, nature, natural healing, art, and community building. All presentations and vendors are women led.
Lyla June and Bibi McGill are headlining the event. Lyla June is a nationally and internationally renowned public speaker, poet, hip-hop artist and acoustic singer-songwriter of Diné (Navajo) and Tsétsêhéstâhese (Cheyenne) lineages. Her music and message centers around intergenerational and inter-ethnic healing, as well as an articulation of Indigenous Philosophy. Bibi McGill is a DJ, producer, musician, and yoga instructor from Portland, Oregon. Bibi served as Beyonce’s lead guitarist and musical director for almost a decade, leading the ten-piece all female band that literally rocked the world.
Many skilled and engaging women will be presenting at Women of the Woods in the tracks of art, healing, sustainability, and connection with nature. A land blessing will be performed by the Cowlitz Tribe and an equinox celebration will be held Saturday evening. Music, yoga, and hiking with goats will also be a part of the retreat.
Camping for the weekend retreat will be held onsite at Camp Singing Wind, an ex-Campfire Girl camp with over 180 acres of natural beauty.
Tickets are available on a sliding scale basis. More information about the retreat can be found at www.gathergreenevents.com. Vendors, sponsors, and musicians are still being accepted for this event and can contact Gather Green through their website, Facebook page, or Instagram.
