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.
Join renowned local historian Dan Duffy and the Historic Preservation Commission for the opportunity to see inside a few of the most beautiful and historically interesting buildings in downtown Centralia.
Because we are limiting the tours to 40 participants, you will need to call the Community Development Department, (360) 330-7662, to register for the tours. We will fill up the 10:00 o’clock tour first – and if the demand is as we hope – we will fill up the 2:00 pm tour. If, for some reason, you are unable to attend, please call to have your name removed from the list. Buildings on the tour will include:
•Ayala Brothers
•Liberty Theater
•Lewis & Clark Hotel Ballrooms
•Rectangle Door Gallery
•Historic Grand Theater
•Field and Lease Building
•Fox Theatre
•McMenamins (Olympic Club and Hotel)
•Centralia Square Hotel and Ballroom
•Shady Lady Bordello Museum
Each tour will last approximately two hours and will begin at HubBub at (505 N Tower Ave.). Please arrive fifteen minutes before tours are to begin. Things to note: •Wear comfortable shoes
•Prepare for the weather
•Although many of the buildings are ADA accessible, some are not. There are at least six staircases to negotiate.
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 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.
Featuring a live pie auction with Todd Mason, entertainment and live performance by Chris Guenther with wonderful emcee, Peter Abbarno.
Bring the family and a blanket to sit in the shade! Don’t forget fan favorite chicken bingo, candy scramble, pie-by-the-slice, water balloon toss and a very special raffle! New event this year includes face painting for the kids.
How to get there: From Chehalis, take State Route 6 about three miles west of downtown and turn right on Chilvers Road, then take an immediate left onto Stearns Road. Take another left onto Water Street, and the church will be on your left.
Let’s Play Something will be doing our first Funtime Festival KID FEST at the Napavine Community Park (on the baseball fields) on July 16th.
We’ll be getting doused for charity (benefiting the Youth Advocacy Center), have bounce houses from The Hop Shop (just $5 for an all day wristband to jump), balloon animals by Mr. Twister, face painting, a local business scavenger hunt, and so much more!!
Be sure to check it out! We’ll start right after the Funtime Festival parade ends, around noon (parade starts at 11am).
For more information, check out our event page at https://www.facebook.com/events/907392379388622/.
The Human Response Network Presents: Festejando Nuestro Dia De La Independencia. Featuring local dance groups “Mexico Within The Heart” (Mexico En El Corazon) from Winlock and “The Stars of Onalaska” (Las Estrellas De Onalaska) from Onalaska.
Please help us celebrate Hispanic Culture with these two local traditional Mexican children’s dance groups! This family-friendly event proudly sponsored by The Human Response Network will be an admission free event, we will also have free snacks (chicharrones!) as well as a local food vendor on site (La Mexicana food truck).
Group members will be available after the performances for meet and greet as well as advocates from The Human Response Network to tell community members more about HRN programs and services!
The Onalaska Apple Harvest Festival is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the diversity found here in Onalaska. The mission of the Onalaska Alliance involves building our local community, and we feel that this event does just that! Our festival started out small, but now we are struggling to contain the awesomeness!
At the 2016 Onalaska Apple Harvest Festival, you can expect:
Live Entertainment
Pie eating contests
Vendors and Booths
A wonderful Parade
Activities for the whole family
Pancake Breakfast
5k Apple Fun Run/Walk
Canoe and Kayak Races
And so much more!
