Community News & Events

Mondays - Fridays from June 26 - August 18, 2017 from 9 a.m. to  4:30 p.m., extended hours are 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Regular Week: $315, Extended Week: $375. Nature Nuts is thrilled to share a safe summer of fun, friendship, and discovery as we host eight weeks of day camps for youth K-3! Themes include: Mad Scientists, Making Magic, Guardians of Nature, Animal Adventures, Fact or Fiction, Super Survivalists, Water Warriors, & Superb Superheroes. Sign up now and join us this summer! Click here for more information. 

July 17 - 21 Re-Construction with Rachel Knudson ; August 7-11 Artist Boot Camp with Dana Squires ; August 21-25 Comics & Cartooning with Greg Stump; 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at BIMA, 550 Winslow Way East. $375/week/student. Explore, experiment and create during BIMA’s Summer Camps! Students entering grades 5-8 are invited to participate in week-long camps led by experienced teaching artists and supported by teaching assistants in a bright and welcoming museum environment. Each week will expose participants to new materials, ideas, and ways of making, using the classroom, museum exhibits and our surrounding island community as inspiration. All supplies provided, and maximum enrollment for each week is 15 students. Click here to register.

Satruday, July 1, 2017 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Woodward Middle School. You never know what you may find at this massive rummage sale that covers more than six acres. Proceeds from the sale help support large community projects, community grants, scholarships and international humanitarian projects. Do you have items you'd liet to donate to this year's sale? Donation Drop-off is June 23-28, 2017 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Woodward Middle School. For more information, click here. 

Tuesday, July 4, 2017 in downtown Winslow. Events include One Mile (at 9 a.m.), a 5K (at 9:15 a.m.) and a Kids Dash (at 10:30 a.m.). All proceeds support community youth. Every $100 donation equals one hour of free and confidential counseling for teens. Register here.  

 

July 10-11, 2017 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.  at Puget Sound Educational Service District Bldg., 800 Oakesdale Ave., Renton, WA 98057. $295 for both days, $175 for first day only. Awakening the Gifts of Character Two Day Workshop features five practical Strategies of The Virtues Project™, a multicultural program to help create schools and communities of caring, integrity, compassion, accountability, and excellence. Increase joy, meaning and purpose through the arts, service learning and by creating a culture of mutual respect and appreciation. Utilize virtues based boundaries and Restorative Justice to create safer schools by promoting self-discipline, personal responsibility & integrity. 12 Clock Hours available for teachers. The Virtues Project is being used in schools and communities throughout Puget Sound, North America and in more than 100 countries. For details and to register, click here. 

Saturday, July 15, 2017, shows at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. at North Kitsap Community Auditorium, 1881 NE Hostmark, Poulsbo. Tickets: $15-$25. Join the Kitsap Chordsmen in their annual show, this year on the theme, "All You Need is Love" with their headliners, the fabulous International Quartet Champions from Sweden, the Ringmasters. For details, click here.

Save the date! Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017 at 10 a.m. at Bainbridge High School for the this fund- and awareness-raising walk supporting the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. This is the first time the walk will be held on Bainbridge Island and now is the time to sign-up to participate. To register for the walk, click here.