October 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
Bike Shop: Tuesday, October 7
CONSERVANCY Nature Centre, Hope Bay
Wednesday to Sunday
11 am – 3 pm
Pender Native Plants
4506 Bedwell Harbour Road
Wednesday, 2 – 5 pm
Saturday, 10 am – 2 pm
MUSEUM Thursday to Sunday and holiday Mondays
10 am – 4 pm

WEEKLY EVENTS

SUNDAYS
9 am – noon Doubles pickleball group play, Magic Lake tennis courts
10 am – 12 pm Badminton Club, School Gym (also Tuesday evenings)
MONDAYS
9 am – noon Doubles tennis group play, Magic Lake tennis courts
9 – 11:30 am Parents and Babes (except October 13), Dragonfly Child Care
9 – 10 am MYI: Self-led Resistance Band Strength, Community Hall (until Oct. 20)
10:15 – 11:15 am MYI: 18 Postures, Community Hall (until Oct. 20)
11:30 am – 12:30 pm MYI: Yin Yoga, Community Hall (until Oct. 20)
All Day 55+ Activity Days. See ad page 3 and Community Support Programs report
for lunch menus, program details, and weekly activities
9 am – 1 pm Community Café, Community Hall
12 – 1 pm 55+ Lunch, Community Hall
TUESDAYS
9 am – noon Doubles pickleball group play, Magic Lake tennis courts
9:30 – 10:30 am MYI: Moderate Yoga, Community Hall (until Oct. 21)
10:45 – 11:45 am MYI: Gentle Chair Yoga, Community Hall (until Oct. 21)
12 – 1 pm MYI: Essentrics, Community Hall (until Oct. 21)
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, Magic Lake tennis courts
9 – 10:15 am HOP (Healthy Opportunities for Preschoolers), school gym
9:30 – 11:30 am Taoist Tai Chi, Community Hall
1:30 – 3:30 pm Carpet Bowling (except October 22), Community Hall
2 – 4 pm Socrates Club with John Gowen, Legion
3 – 5 pm Food Only Market, Farm Food Hub behind the Community Hall
3:45 – 6 pm Pender Island Scouts, Community Hall
THURSDAYS
All Day Strong Start Early Learning Program, begins October 9, Pender Islands School
9:30 – 10:30 MYI: Moderate Yoga, Anglican Church, Fireside Room (til Oct. 23)
10:45 – 11:45 am MYI: Gentle Chair Yoga, Anglican Church, Fireside Rm. (til Oct. 23)
6:30 – 8:30 pm Youth Culinary Skills Training (except Oct.2 & 16), Community Hall
2 – 4 pm Euchre with Margaret Vergette, Legion
7:30 Spirit Moves: Meditation in Motion, Community Hall
FRIDAYS
9 am – noon Doubles tennis group play, Magic Lake tennis courts
9 am – 12 pm Food Bank, upstairs at back of Anglican Parish Hall
10 am – 12 pm Hall Heroes Club (except October 17), Community Hall
11 am – 12 pm Friday Fun for Everyone
12 – 2 pm Lunch ’n Learn to (except October 17), Community Hall
1:45 – 4:30 Dungeons and Dragons, Community Hall
2 – 4 pm Fun Zone to, Community Hall
10:30 am – 1 pm Community Café, Community Hall
SATURDAYS
10 am – 1:30 pm Youth Leadership Program for 10+, Community Hall
4 pm Legion Meat Draw
10:00 am – 1 pm Harvest Market, until November 8, Community Hall

OCTOBER EVENTS

3 Fri 9:30 am Pender Earth Climate Cafe, Community Hall
10:00 am Restoration at QENENIW̱, to 2 pm, (Hay Point reserve next to Poets Cove)
10:00 am North Pender Local Trust Committee Regular Meeting
12:00 pm Community Gathering, music by Ian Skorscha, Community Hall
6:30 pm The CRISP Festival, Community Hall (also October 4, 9:30 am to evening)
4 Sat 9:00 am MAP monthly meeting, Community Hall
9:30 am Conservancy Seaweed School, Port Browning Beach
5 Sun 4:00 pm Under the Kelp Forest, film and panel discussion, Community Hall
6:30 pm Speakeasy, Legion (part of The Crisp Festival this month)
6 Mon 12:00 pm Farm Folk City Folk Seed Cleaning, to 4 pm (also October 7, 9 am – 3 pm), Community Hall
12:30 pm 1:1 Counselling with Geneva (also October 20), Dragonfly Centre
7:00 pm Photo Club monthly meeting, via Zoom
7 9:30 am Ladies’ Day Closing Tournament, Golf Club
9 Thur 1:00 pm Garden Club meeting with Brian Minter, Community Hall
10 Fri 12:00 pm Community Gathering, music TBA, Community Hall
11 Sat 10:00 am Fire Rescue Open House and Pancake Breakfast, to 2 pm, Fire Hall #1
10:00 am Food Bank Food and Funds Drive, Driftwood Centre, to 2 pm
1:00 pm Bingo, Legion
2:00 pm Author Reading (Wanda Gray, Broken Butterfly), Talisman Books
13 Mon 2:15 pm Matinee: Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Community Hall
Conservancy Nature Field Trip, George Hill Loop
14 Tues 9:30 am Textile Art Workshop: Japanese Boro, to October 15 (also Screen Printing, October 29 & 30)
7:00 pm Fall Fair planning meeting, Community Hall
15 Wed 10:00 am Instagram Essentials for SGI Small Businesses, via Zoom (also October 22)
3:30 pm Parks and Recreation monthly meeting, Community Hall (and Zoom)
16 Thur 9:00 am Men’s Day Closing Tournament, Golf Club
1:00 pm PIAS Workshop: Values and Tones with Ron Underhill, to 4 pm, Community Hall
17 Fri 12:00 pm Community Gathering, music by Alick Mac, Community Hall
18 Sat 10:00 am Scrapbooking and Crafts, Legion, to 5 pm (also October 19)
2:00 pm Health Care Centre Important Public Meeting, Community Hall
7:15 pm E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Community Hall
19 Sun 10:00 am Blessing of the Animals Service, St. Peter’s Anglican Church
20 Mon 10:30 am Historic Cemetery Walk, Pender Cemetery
22 Wed 1:00 pm Southern Gulf Islands Arts Council information meeting, St. Peter’s Anglican Church Hall
1:00 pm  Author Reading (Terry Fallis, The Marionette), Library
23 Thur 3:30 pm Singing For Fun, Singing For Joy, to 4:30 (until Dec. 11), Fireside Room, Anglican Church Hall
24 Fri 12:00 pm Community Gathering, music by Cork and Porcupine, Community Hall
12:00 pm Legion’s Honours and Awards luncheon, Legion Hall
7:00 pm Here’s to Your Good Health Speaker Series: Lyme Disease, Community Hall
Conservancy Nature Field Trip, North Saanich peninsula
25 Sat 9:00 am Dad ‘n Me Pancake Breakfast, Dragonfly Centre
10:00 am We Are Not Alone, to 11:30 (continues November 3 & 10), Mary Reher’s Studio
12:00 pm North Pender LTC Special Meeting: Housing Access and Affordability, St. Peter’s Church Hall
2:00 pm Legion General Meeting
5:30 pm Awards Night, Golf Club
7:00 pm P.I.N.K. Halloween Dance – Pender Radio Fundraiser, Community Hall
27 Mon 2:15 pm Matinee: The Friend, Community Hall
31 Fri 12:00 pm Community Gathering, music by Greg Martin, Community Hall
5:00 pm Halloween Bash – dinner and karaoke, Legion
6:30 pm Halloween Howl Family Dance, Community Hall
7:00 pm Karaoke Party, Port Browning Pub
8:15 pm Film: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Community Hall

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ADVANCE NOTICES FOR NOVEMBER

1 Sat PIAS Workshop: Painting Landscapes, Hope Bay Bible Camp Hall
9:30 am Emergency First-Aid with CPR A, Community Hall
7:15 pm Film: Fantastic Four: First Steps, Community Hall
5 Wed 9:00 am Harnessing Legacy Giving, to 3 pm, The Tides Cottages
7:00 pm Concert Society presents Classical Guitarist Alec Pearson
7 Fri 7:30 pm Evening of Music and Magic with Linda Hol, Church of the Good Shepherd
15 Sat 6:45 pm Pender Island Short Film Festival, Community Hall