This community events calendar is the place to find fun activities and things to do throughout Lewis County, including Centralia, Chehalis and beyond.
Chehalis River Discovery Trail Field Studies (complimented by City-led tours of Centralia’s Wastewater Treatment Plant)
The Chehalis River Basin Land Trust needs your help!
We are looking for enthusiastic, nature-loving volunteers to assist with our May 2016 Chehalis River Discovery Trail, (CRDT) field studies for local underserved school children, grades 4-8.
During the field studies, students will discover the benefits of healthy riparian corridors to salmon, wildlife—and to humans!
The field studies are generally held from 9:30am to 1:30pm.
Share your love of the outdoors with the next generation!
Come to our May 11th field training, from 10:00am to 2:00pm at the Chehalis River Discovery Trail and become ready to be part of this hands-on science and nature program. Trained volunteers may also help with free summer nature walks along the CRDT for the public!
For more information, or to RSVP for the training, please contact Kathy Jacobson, kathyjacobsonCRBLT@gmail.com.
Funded in part by a grant from the Pacific Northwest Clean Water Association, Adopt-a School Program.
Community Clean Up
Saturday May 21 8:30-12 NOON
MORTON VISITOR CENTER
194 Main Street
Lunch Provided & Door Prizes
Sponsored by Morton Chamber of Commerce
360-496-6086
Join us for a fun day of running/walking, bbq, lawn games and more! Race will begin at 10 am in front of the Gym. Registration is available on our Facebook Page, online or in the Student Center on Campus. T-shirts are included with pre-registration! Race day registration is available. Check in begins at 9 am in the Gym Lobby.
Course consists of 3 laps around our historic campus. Top finishers will receive custom medals. Cost is $20 for general registration, $15 for Centralia College Students, and $8.00 for kids under 10 (kids can participate free if they do not want a t-shirt).
For more information please contact Staci Jacobson at 360-736-9391 ext. 630 or at sjacobson@centralia.edu. See you there!
If you haven’t been to a WSU Lewis County Master Gardener Plant Sale, you don’t know what you’ve been missing.
Thousands of plants, all grown by Master Gardeners, include over a thousand tomato plants with nearly 40 varieties, including many heirloom varieties.
Other plants include annuals, perennials, vegetable starts, berries, herbs, shrubs, native plants and much, much more.
In addition to plants we have lots of great garden accessories such as bird and bat houses, mason bee blocks, planter boxes plus raffle items.
If you haven’t been to a WSU Lewis County Master Gardener Plant Sale, you don’t know what you’ve been missing.
Thousands of plants, all grown by Master Gardeners, include over a thousand tomato plants with nearly 40 varieties, including many heirloom varieties.
Other plants include annuals, perennials, vegetable starts, berries, herbs, shrubs, native plants and much, much more.
In addition to plants we have lots of great garden accessories such as bird and bat houses, mason bee blocks, planter boxes plus raffle items.
Join the Breastfeeding Coalition of Lewis County for a free community screening of MILK, a documentary on the politics, commercialization and controversies surrounding birth and infant feeding.
Thursday, May 26
Screening begins at 6 p.m. (doors open at 5:30 p.m.)
Centralia College Campus, WSC 121 (Science Center)
Q&A with Director, Naomi Weiss, to follow!
Suggested donation of $5 welcome (cash only, please). All proceeds support breastfeeding promotion activities in Lewis County.
Join us to attack the invasive blackberry and Scots broom that threaten our beautiful natural area. We’ll also remove plant protectors that are no longer needed.
Bring work gloves, garden clippers and a water bottle; bring your lunch if you’d like to relax after the work and enjoy the trail (and maybe watch the eagles!!).
We will provide weed wrenches for the BIG stuff, and lots of encouragement.
Instead of burning branches and tree debris, bury it! Use nature’s technique for creating the same rich humus found on forest floors.
Colorful dye can be extracted from flowers from the garden for dying textile fiber. These floral dyes are eco-friendly and all organic, not like synthetic dye. Moreover the procedure is very cost-effective and easy to learn.
