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• EVENTS •

Vaccination Clinics: Vashon Pharmacy staff and Vashon Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) volunteers are administering COVID, flu, and RSV vaccinations, with the assistance of VashonBePrepared and Vashon Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) volunteers, at Vashon Pharmacy. Make appointments online now at vashonpharmacy.com. VashonBePrepared can assist those who don’t have insurance coverage and can’t afford the shots. Vashon school district will also offer vaccination clinics for COVID and flu for all school-aged children, taking place from 7:30-10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14, at Vashon High School, and 7:30-10 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 16, at McMurray and Chautauqua. Register at tinyurl.com/dtx3ya5j.

Food bank tours: Tour the current and future sites of the Vashon-Maury Community Food Bank with the food bank’s executive director and board members. The next tours take place from 2-3:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10; and 3-4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21. Each tour can accommodate 10 people. RSVPs are required — contact minta@vashonfoodbank.org and meet at the current food bank location at 10030 SW 210th St.

Fix-It Cafe: Vashon Fix-It Cafe will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11, at the Eagles clubhouse, 18134 Vashon Hwy SW. Bring in broken treasures and a team of experts will fix them and save them from the landfill — all for free. The group can fix furniture, jewelry, mend clothes, household appliances, electronics and lamps. Registration is required at vashonfixit.com.

Wellness and Screening Event: On Saturday, Oct. 11, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Vashon Health Care District, in partnership with Vashon’s Medical Reserve Corps, will offer a free screening and wellness event at JG Commons, at 17300 96th Place SW. All are welcome. A variety of health services and screenings will be available, blood pressure checks, glucose testing, vaccinations, hearing screenings, balance training and foot care. The event aims to promote wellness, prevention and access to important health resources, particularly for older adults. For more information, contact Sarah Howard at info@vashonhealthcare.org.

Vashon Library: Vashon Library will host a special all-ages (children must be accompanied by an adult) Halloween family story time from 11-12 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11. Enjoy stories, music, movement and rhymes that celebrate the season, and stay afterward to decorate a mini-pumpkin to take home. Also note that on Monday, Oct. 13, the library will be closed for all day staff training.

Garden Club: The Vashon-Maury Island Garden Club will hold its monthly meeting at 9:30 a.m. Monday, Oct. 13, at the Bethel Church gym. Guest speaker and master gardener Bruce Bennett will speak on the topic of growing perennial vegetables. Meetings are open to the public.

Brown Briefly: Listen to the Brown Briefly Show at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14 on 101.9 FM and streaming live at voiceofvashon.org and on the VoV mobile app. The show’s guest will longtime islander Martin Koenig, whose life’s work as an ethnographer, folklorist and photographer is now on display at Vashon Center for the Arts. Koenig’s exhibit “Balkan Echoes: Portraits of Southeast Europe (1962-1987),” is an archive of pre-industrial Balkan village life, rituals, music and dance in Balkan countries.

Indivisible Vashon: This progressive group invites islanders to join others across the country peacefully protesting against the Trump regime on Saturday, Oct. 18, at No Kings events. Indivisible Vashon is coordinating an event on that day at the four-way stop in Vashon town from 1-3 p.m., and also joining an event at the Seattle Center from 12-4 p.m. The Seattle-bound group will take the 10:35 a.m. water taxi and then march to Seattle Center. Make protest signs for the event from 5-7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 13, at the Backbone Campaign’s workspace in the Sheffield Building, at 18850 103rd Ave SW. All materials will be provided.

Free Range Freedom Choir: Join this new choir forming on Vashon to sing songs of protest and freedom at Seattle’s No Kings Protest on Oct. 18 and other future venues. Everyone is welcome, including those who don’t consider themselves to be singers. Find out more by emailing owlhowl@outlook.com.

Women Hold the Key: Join members of the community center to watch bestselling author and social psychologist Jonathan Haidt’s powerful talk based on his book “The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness.” The event will take place at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14, at Vashon Theatre. Please arrive early to grab snacks and be seated. This is an all-genders event, with tickets by donation at womenholdthekey.com.

Women and girls age 16 and older can learn more about America’s ongoing quest for gender equality in two “Herstory” talks offered from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturdays, Oct 18 and Nov. 1, at Women Hold the Key, at 9822 SW Gorsuch Rd. Islanders Lynn Carrigan and Tina Shattuck will lead the series. On Oct 18, learn about feminist movements from 1940-1980 and 1980-2015. Find out more and register for the free sessions at womenholdthekey.com.

Public Sector Heroes Lectures: Dr. Larry Hubbell, in conjunction with Vashon Indivisible, will present three upcoming lectures about public sector heroes at Tuesdays, 7 p.m. Oct. 14 and 28, and Nov. 11, in the Vashon High School Theatre. Hubbell’s Oct. 14 talk will be centered on First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, contrasting her with another public figure of her time, Sen. Joseph McCarthy. Read more about the series, “Finding Courage in Dark Times: Public Sector Heroes Rediscovered,” at tinyurl.com/4bsnadee. There is no admission charge, but donations to Vashon Indivisible are encouraged.

Health insurance: Miguel Urquiza, representative of King County Public Health, will help islanders sign up for health insurance, food stamps, and other services from 12:30-3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 15, inside Vashon Library. Dates not convenient? Contact Urquiza at 206-477-6965, 206-491-3761, or miguel.urquiza@kingcounty.gov.

Vashon Island Growers: VIGA’s 2nd annual Harvest Party fundraiser will take place from 2:30-6:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18, at Farmstad, 12108 SW 148th Street. The event will include hay rides, excavator swing, apple flinging, pig feeding, a photo booth, music and other performances, a locally sourced dinner and more. Tickets are $15/entry, $15/dinner and $50 for family entry (up to four people). Find out more at viga.org/events.

DOVE Fundraiser: The DOVE Project will hold its annual Share Hope fundraiser from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18, at The Open Space for Arts and Community. This year’s theme is “Illumination.” The event will feature music by Christopher Overstreet and food from Vashon Island Baking Company and Thriftway. Attendees will learn more about DOVE’s work and how to get involved. Find out more at vashondoveproject.org/post/share-hope-2025-illuminate.

Blood Drive: Bloodworks Northwest will hold a community blood drive from 10:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22, at Vashon Island Fire & Rescue’s Penny Farcy Memorial Training Center, at 10019 SW Bank Rd. Appointments are required, with photo IDs also required. Find out more and register for the Oct. 22 blood drive at bloodworksnw.org/donate.

Free community dinners: Held Mondays through Fridays from 5-5:30 p.m. at the Vashon Presbyterian Church (17708 Vashon Highway SW) by the Interfaith Council to Prevent Homelessness.

Rotary Fundraiser: Rotary District 5030 (rotarydistrict5030.org), and member Club Vashon Rotary, invite islanders to join them in a fundraiser to be held from Oct. 1 to Nov. 3. The fundraising competition will fight hunger by raising funds for Vashon Food Bank, Harvest Against Hunger and No Kid Hungry. To be part of the Vashon Team, contact amyhugs@icloud.com.

• SENIOR CENTER •

Enjoy a hot lunch at noon on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and the following activities throughout the week at the Vashon Senior Center, 10004 SW Bank Road, unless noted otherwise:

Movement: On Mondays throughout October, move your body in “Healing Mindful Movement from the Inside Out” with Lynelle Sjoberg in the Ober Park exercise room. Reserve a spot in the class by calling 206-463-5173.

Haircuts: Donnie Myers, of The Estuary Salon, will offer free haircuts to seniors with limited means at 1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 13. Call 206-463-5173 for an appointment.

History Talk: Attend a talk at 1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10, for a Heritage Museum talk by Bruce Haulman, who will talk about the new signage project for Lisabeula Park. After Haulman’s talk, enjoy an individualized “song bath” by members of the Vashon Threshold Choir.

• PUBLIC MEETINGS •

Vashon-Maury Community Council: The council holds regular meetings on the third Thursday of the month. Visit v-mcc.org for more information and agendas.

Water District 19: Usually holds regular board meetings on the second Tuesday of the month at the district’s board room at17630 100th Ave SW. Visit water19.com.

Vashon Health Care District: Holds regular meetings the fourth Thursday of the month at Vashon Presbyterian Church, 17708 Vashon Hwy SW, and on Zoom. Visit vashonhealthcare.org.

Vashon Island School District: The board typically meets the second and fourth Thursdays of the month, at Chautauqua Elementary School, Room 302, 9309 SW Cemetery Road. All meetings are recorded and posted online at youtube.com/@visdpublicmeetings6034/videos. Visit vashonsd.org.

Vashon Island Fire & Rescue: VIFR’s board typically meets on the fourth Wednesday evening of each month. Visit vifr.org.

King County Cemetery District #1: Meetings are typically held at 1 p.m. on the second Wednesday of every month, at the cemetery office at 19631 Singer Rd SW. Visit vashoncemetery.org.