This community events calendar is the place to find fun activities and things to do throughout Lewis County, including Centralia, Chehalis and beyond.
This event is a fun afternoon and evening of shopping, dining and enjoying time with all your favorite ladies. The first 200 will receive a “Goodie Bag” filled with various items and coupons from the local, participating business. Business listed on the passport will be running specials and promotions for all participants. Help support local business and have a great time out on the town with friends.
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 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!
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.
Enjoy beautiful music under the trees with musicians from Bethel School of the Arts in downtown Centralia. Sing and play along, or just take in the sounds of sights in our second annual Music on the Hill interactive concert.
Venture into the woods, hunt for natural and interesting things, then use your creativity to make something from your imagination with artists from the Bethel School of the Arts.
This event is designed for beginning and intermediate tri-athletes on an open course. The sprint triathlon begins with 250-meter swim (15-minute heats) in an indoor 25-meter pool. Athletes then move on to a 16K bike ride through flat neighboring streets and a 5K run through scenic Fort Borst Park. Proceeds will be donated to ALS.
The Lewis County Historical Museum is pleased to present, “Soldiers in Petticoats: The Struggles of the Suffragettes” on November 5th at 2:00 p.m. at the museum. In this living history presentation by Tames Alan, she appears in the authentic clothing of a suffragette and presents the struggle of American women to gain the right to vote and their successful ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920. A small suggested donation of $5 supports this and future educational programs at the Museum and is greatly appreciated!
In this heated and historic election season, which features the first female nominee for president from a major political party, it is important to remember that the right of each citizen to vote is the most basic right in a democratic society. This basic right allows us to have a voice in helping to shape the future of our democracy. For women, this right was hard-won and involved a long and difficult journey.
Alan is an actress, historian, and instructor who combines her skills to create an educational program for people of all ages. In 1867, the passing of the 14th Amendment defined “citizen” as “male,” thus denying women the right to vote. Tames focuses on the turbulent time when many states granted women the right to vote only to have the privilege taken away by decisions made in Washington, DC. Learn how American women adopted the militant tactics of their English sister suffragettes to not only earn the right to vote but to be considered citizens of the country of which they were the founding mothers.
With her wide knowledge of women’s history, Tames brings to life the suffragettes, their struggles, and their influence on the major issues of their era. Discover how the suffragettes influenced child labor laws and other major issues of their era.
MLK Service Day: Our big planting event! Come on out to help us revitalize the Discovery Trail! Tasks include: planting native shrubs to compete with blackberry and reed canary grass; planting conifer trees among our large but short lived shade trees; improving stream-side ecology with new plantings; enjoying a cold winter’s day among friends and fellow ecologists.
