June 2025

NU-TO-YU Shopping:
Friday & Saturday
10 am – 4 pm
Donations:
Tuesday & Thursday:
9 am – 12 pm
Saturday (no furniture):
11 am – 2 pm
LIBRARY Tuesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday
10 am – 3 pm
RECYCLING CENTRE Tuesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday
10 am – 3 pm
CONSERVANCY Nature Centre, Hope Bay
Wednesday to Sunday
11 am – 3 pm
Pender Native Plants
Tuesday & Saturday
10 am – 2 pm
MUSEUM Saturday and Sunday
1 pm – 4 pm

WEEKLY EVENTS

Sundays
9 am – noon Doubles pickleball group play
10 am – noon Badminton Club, School Gym (also Tuesday evenings)
Mondays
9 am – noon Doubles tennis group play
All Day 55+ Activity Days: See ad page 4 and Community Support Programs report for lunch menus, program details, MYI fitness classes,and otherweekly activities
9 am – 1 pm Community Café, Community Hall
9:30 – 11:30 am Parents and Babes, (until June 23), Dragonfly Centre
12 – 1 pm 55+ Lunch, Community Hall
1:30 – 3 pm Caregiver and Grief Support Group, (June 2 & 16), Community Hall
Tuesdays
9 am – noon Doubles pickleball group play
9:15 – 10:15 am MYI: Moderate Yoga, (until June 17), Community Hall
10:30 – 11:30 am MYI: Gentle Chair Yoga, (until June 17), Community Hall
10:30 – 11:30 am MYI: Essentrics with Heather, (until June 17), Community Hall
12 – 1 pm MYI: Strength Training for Seniors, (until June 17), Community Hall
2:30 – 3:30 pm Guitar Jam for Beginners with Bill Heintz, Community Hall
2 – 4 pm Artists’ Drop-in Drawing with Ron Underhill
7:30 – 9:30 pm Badminton Club, School Gym (also Sunday mornings)
Wednesdays
9 am – noon Doubles tennis group play
9:00 – 10:15 am Healthy Opportunities for Preschoolers (HOP), (until June 25), School Gym
9:30 – 11:30 am Taoist Tai Chi, Community Hall
12 – 1 pm MYI: Strength Training for Seniors with Misha K. Community Hall
1:30 – 3:30 pm Carpet Bowling to Community Hall
2 – 4 pm Socrates Club with John Gowen, Legion
3 – 6 pm Food Only Market, beginning June 25, Farm Food Hub behind the Community Hall
Thursdays
9 am – noon Doubles pickleball group play
9:15 – 10:15 am MYI: Moderate Yoga with Candace, Community Hall
10:30 – 11:30 am MYI: Gentle Chair Yoga with Shelley, Community Hall
2 – 4 pm Euchre with Margaret Vergette, Legion
7:30 pm Spirit Moves: Meditation in Motion, Community Hall
Fridays
9 am – noon Doubles tennis group play
10 am – 4 pm Friday Kids Camp (to June 20), Community Hall
9 am – noon Food Bank, upstairs at back of Anglican Parish Hall
10 am – 1:30 pm Youth Leadership Program for 13+, Community Hall
10:30 am – 1 pm Community Café, Community Hall
11:00 am – 12 pm Friday Fun Activity, Community Hall
12 – 1 pm Community Gathering Lunch, Community Hall
Saturdays
10 am – 1:30 pm Youth Leadership Program for 10+, Community Hall
10 am – 1 pm Community Café – youth led Community Hall
All Day Yacht Club Morning Sailboat Races, Shingle Bay
4 pm Legion Meat Draw

JUNE EVENTS

1 Sun 10:00 am Local Author Book Fair, to 4 pm, Community Hall
10:00 am Paul Chiyokten Wagner, children’s storytelling and music, Library
11:15 am Children’s Storytelling by Johnny Aiken and Jess Willows at Library (free)
12:30 pm The Craft of Writing, Tapestry Festival workshop with Iona Whisha, to 3:30 pm, Community Hall
2:00 pm Dragonfly Family Picnic and AGM, Thieves Bay Park
2 Mon 1:00 pm PIAS Art of the Collage Workshop, until 3 pm, Community Hall
3 Tue 7:00 pm Photo Club via Zoom
4 Wed Art in the Library, Gayle Burandt, until July 13
6 Fri 9:30 am Climate Café, Community Hall
12:00 pm Community Gathering, music by Roots & Boots, Community Hall
5:00 pm Barbeque Dinner, Legion
7:00 pm PenderPOD Ocean Week guest speaker, Dr. Deborah Giles, Community Hall
7 Sat 12:00 pm Moving Around Pender meeting, Community Hall
Decolonized Trauma Tools Workshop (also June 8)
8 Sun 4:00 pm Solstice Theatre AGM, Legion
9 Mon 3:30 pm Parks and Recreation monthly meeting, Community Hall and via Zoom
10 Tue 9:30 am G’old meeting, Anglican Church Hall
7:00 pm Fall Fair Committee meeting, Community Hall
11 Wed 9:00 am Harnessing Legacy Giving Workshop, until 3:30 pm, The Tides Cottages
11:00 am Speakeasy, Community Hall (part of Tapestry festival)
13 Fri 12:00 pm Community Gathering, music by The Dip, Community Hall
7:00 pm Tim Johnson Quartet, Legion
14 Sat 1:00 pm Bingo, to 3:30 pm Legion
16 Mon 1:00 pm PIAS End of Year Party, until 3 pm, Community Hall
20 Fri 12:00 pm Community Gathering, music by Taeven Lopatecki, Community Hall
5:00 pm Barbeque Dinner, Legion
21 Sat 7:00 pm Film: Dig Deeper, Community Hall
11:00 am Tour des Isles musical events, until 2 pm, Driftwood Centre (also June 22)
National Indigenous Peoples Day activities, Library
22 Sun 3:00 pm South Pender Historical Society Dip Party, to 5 pm, 9861 Spalding Road
27 Fri 12:00 pm Community Gathering, music TBD, Community Hall
2:00 pm Legion General Meeting
6:00 pm Gulf Island Comedy Series (also June 28), Ohana Farms
7:15 pm Film: Sinners, Community Hall

ADVANCE NOTICES FOR JULY

1 Tue 10:00 am Canada Day Celebration, Driftwood Centre
2 Wed 3:00 pm Artisan and Youth Market and Garage Sale, to 6 pm, every Wednesday in July and August
2 – 4 10:00 am Leaders in training, to 4 pm, Community Hall
4 Fri 9:30 am Climate Café
5 Sat 11:00 am Open House at the Health Centre, to 3 pm
6 Sun 11:00 am Mass and 25th Anniversary Celebration, St. Theresa’s Chapel
7 – 11 10:00 am Hallside Explorers, to 4 pm, Community Hall
11 Fri 7:15 pm Film: The Penguin Lessons, Community Hall
12 Sat Show and Shine car show, Community Hall
14 – 18 10:00 am Community Quest, to 4:00, Community Hall
19 – 20 Art Off the Fence, Church of the Good Shepherd
21 – 25 10:00 am GICEL Nature Camp, to 4:00