Chamber Meets at Pepper Jack’s for September

The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will be meeting this Thursday, Sept. 10, at noon at Pepper Jack’s Bar & Grille in Grand Coulee. On the agenda is general business.

CMC Guild to Meet

The Coulee Medical Center Guild (Auxiliary) has changed its meeting date to the third Monday of the month. This month’s meeting will be Monday, Sept. 21 at noon at Coulee Medical Center. Join us for lunch. This is the final month for our shoe drive.

Blood Drive

Coming Sept. 21

The Grand Coulee community blood drive will be held Monday, Sept. 21, from 11:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. in the community room at the hospital. Inland Northwest Blood Center, along with the Grand Coulee community blood drive volunteers led by Sommer Hicks, will be coordinating the blood drive. Call Jennifer Tollefson at 509.280.8570 for more information.

Veteran Stand Down Benefit and Job Fair

A Veteran Stand Down Benefit and Job air will be held Saturday, Sept. 12, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Grant County Fairgrounds in Moses Lake. Employment opportunities and free cold weather gear will be available, along with representatives from the VA, Veteran Organizations and more in attendance. For more information, call Eileen Boylston at 509.766.4111 or eboylstone@esd.wa.gov.

Care and Share

Food Bank

The food bank at the Church of the Nazarene has normal operating hours every Friday from 2 to 4 p.m. It is located at the Church of Nazarene, Hwy 174, Grand Coulee. The bank still can use clean plastic grocery bags.

Local AA Meetings

Confused in the Coulee AA meetings are held on Mondays and Fridays at 6 p.m. at the Vets Center in Electric City. Call Paul at 633-3377 days or 633-3345 evenings. New Hope Group meetings are held Wednesdays at 6 p.m. at the Vets Center. These are open and non-smoking.

In Nespelem, the group Bound and Determined holds its meetings Monday evening at 7 p.m. at the Catholic Church. Contact Myrna at 634-4921 for more information.

TOPS Meetings

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Chapter 1524 meets on Tuesdays at 9:15 a.m. at Grand Coulee Senior Center prior to the exercise group gathering at 10 a.m. Come and join for the health of it. The SAIL exercise class follows this meeting beginning at 10 a.m. There is no charge. Also, a SAIL exercise class is held Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m., at the Coulee Dam Community Church.

Family History

Center Available

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints invites all who desire to utilize the Family History Center in the Coulee Dam Chapel, located at 806 Spruce Street in Coulee Dam. The center is now open each Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. The family history centers are free and open the public and staffed by knowledgeable volunteers. Each facility offers both novices and experienced family historians the tools and resources to learn about their ancestors.

Mobile Food Bank Coming to Town

A truck full of free food will roll into Grand Coulee Sept. 22 at the Zion Lutheran Church, 348 Mead, Grand Coulee. The church and Grant County Thrivent members are bringing 2nd Harvest’s Mobile Food Bank here from 10 a.m. to noon, with free produce, nutritious perishable products and other groceries.

The event is open to the public and is for all families in need of food assistance.

No appointment or documentation is needed. Bring a box for your food.

For more information, contact Pastor Shawn at 509-633-2566, or the mobile food bank at 509-252-6270.