Thursday, March 28, 2024

Community Bulletin Board

From Issue 48

Posted

Cashmere

Holiday Care Boxes for deployed soldiers

The Cashmere American Legion Auxiliary #64 is looking for addresses of deployed soldiers to send holiday care boxes. If anyone has a loved one deployed or knows of one who would appreciate a care package from home and would share their address, please leave at the Cashmere Post Office or call Auxiliary President, Linda Ingraham, 509-679-0243. A collection box for donations of snacks and personal items will be at the post office until the first week in December. You can also call any auxiliary member for pickup. Please support our soldiers.

Leavenworth

Attention Quilters

Paul Anderson of Utah has been commissioned by the Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum to craft an Amish Quilted Nutcracker, the small quilt square is 10 inches by 12 inches, and must be received at the Nutcracker Museum, 735 Front Street, Leavenworth, WA. 98826 by December 1. A ceremony announcing the winner will be held on Sunday, December 5, at 3 p.m. Each person who sends in a quilt will receive 4 free admissions to the museum. Winning quilter will receive a copy of the “The Art & Character of Nutcrackers” book and a tour of the Museum for 10 people. All quilts will be displayed. Call the museum 509-548-4573 for more information.

A Winter Wreath Class

December 3 and 4, 10-12:30 p.m. at the Wenatchee River Institute in Leavenworth. Join local artist, florist, and event planner Amy Wall, of Cashmere’s Salt of the Earth to learn how to create a festive wreath. There will also be a DIY option to pick up materials to build your wreath at home. The cost of this in-person class is $48 for non-members and $42 for members of WRI. This workshop has a limit of 20 participants. This event is indoors (with air purifiers running), masks will be required for all while inside. For the DIY packet, the cost is $35. Register now to secure your place and more details: https:// wenatcheeriverinstitute.org/.

Regional

NCW Library Events Will host Author Robin Wall Kimmerer in a virtual program on Dec. 9. at 7 p.m. and is being offered on the Zoom digital meeting platform. Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is the author of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants as well as Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses. All NCW Reads virtual author programs offered by NCW Libraries are free and open to the public. Register at www.ncwlibraries. org (click on Events in the upper right corner) and then receive the Zoom link in an email. Greater Wenatchee Mended Hearts Greater Wenatchee Mended Hearts is inviting heart patients and their families in Chelan, Douglas, Grant and Okanogan Counties to attend the Greater Wenatchee Mended Hearts Holiday Celebration being held by Zoom on Monday, December 6 from 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.. Come dressed in holiday attire along with your favorite beverage and join in the holiday fun. The Chapter’s Mended Heart of the Year recipient will also be announced. To attend, email: atthehelmsters@hotmail. com for access to the meeting.

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