This community events calendar is the place to find fun activities and things to do throughout Lewis County, including Centralia, Chehalis and beyond.
Learn local history at the 2nd Forest Grove Cemetery Tour. Your tour guide will take you through the cemetery where you will encounter living history vignettes. Come early for a daylight tour or at sundown for the lamplighter tour. Will feature tales of immigrants, pioneers, Seatco Prison, a bear attack, a country doctor and more. Proceeds benefit Boy Scout Troop 9014 and is made possible with the help of friends and the South Thurston County Historical Society.
We’re Puttin’ on the Pink to raise money for 3D mammography. Dinner includes chicken breast, coleslaw, vegetable, garlic mashed potatoes, roll & dessert. Silent auction starts at 5:00 p.m.
Do you LOVE LEGO® Bricks? We have buckets of them, WeDo 2.0 LEGO® Robots, and LEGO® Mindstorm EV3 robots. Bring your mad skills and let your imagination go!
Speakers on a wide range of topics—join us in learning. Drop in for individual lectures, or register for the series. Contact Centralia College East for the lecture schedule and to register. More details to be announced!
Funds raised at the event will benefit NODA, a program at Providence Centralia Hospital designed to support patients at the end of their lives with a dignified and compassionate death. NODA consists of “compassionate companions” who volunteer their time and presence to provide bedside companionship to dying patients in their last hours and moments of life.
This year, those who attend the event can expect a memorable and fun-filled evening starting with a Pre-Gala Champagne hour that includes a classic and sports auto museum tour, a gourmet plated dinner and hosted bar, a wine grab, a dessert dash, an exciting silent and live auction of unique adventures, experiences and highly-sought after items, and live entertainment by the Backfire Band. For more information, go here.
Get your tickets today! The Human Response Network is holding their Second Annual Masquerade Ball on Saturday, October 14, 2017. Join us for a festive night including live music by “The Sound of Swing”, raffles, light hors d’oeuvres (catered by The Crowded Kitchen) all in support of an important cause.
Small business owners who want to learn more about government contracting will learn about local resources and how to navigate government contracting .
Speakers on a wide range of topics—join us in learning. Drop in for individual lectures, or register for the series. Contact Centralia College East for the lecture schedule and to register. More details to be announced!
Question and Answer sessions with earthquake experts will be done using Facebook Live and Washington Emergency Management’s Nextdoor account in the days before ShakeOut. On Oct. 19, earthquake preparedness experts from the Washington Emergency Management Division will join scientists with the Washington Department of Natural Resources and the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network to gather online for a Reddit Ask Me Anything – an online Q&A. The public is invited to ask questions here.
New this year, middle school and high school students are creating videos to show the best ways to drop, cover and hold on. Prizes are being awarded by our partners at the Cascadia Region Earthquake Workgroup. The deadline to submit is Oct. 13. More information found here.
Save the Date for our fall 5k fun run! We will have registration and more information up soon. Join us for a morning of all things Harry Potter as we celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the hit series.
