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Community Calendar August 8-16

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Free Meals & Pantries

Mon/Wed – Free Store @ North Parish, 9:00 am-noon, 893 Main St.
Mon – Sanford Food Pantry, 10 am-noon, 1204 Main St.
Tues – Salvation Army Food Pantry-nonperishable items, 9 am-noon, 871 Main St.
Tues/Thurs through Aug. 20 – Spart Mart Student Market, 11:30-12:30, SHS, free produce for any student
Tues/Fri – First County Food Pantry, noon-3 pm, 5 Swetts Bridge Rd., Alfred
Tues/Thurs – YCSP’s “To-Go” Lunch @ Roger’s Supa Dolla, 2-3 pm, 81 Cottage St.
Tues. Aug. 11 – Matthew Meal, 5 pm, St. Thomas School Cafeteria, 69 North Ave.
Wed – It Takes a Village 207 – Meal for Unhoused, St. George’s, 2-3 pm, 3 Emerson St.
Thurs through Aug. 20 – Sanford Backpack Summer Series, 11:30 am-12:30 pm, Free produce bags for students at SHS, SMS, SPE, CJL, YMCA and Curtis Lake Church
Thurs – St. Therese of Lisieux Food Bank, noon-2pm, Holy Family, 66 North Ave.
Thurs – Free Community Meal, 5-6 pm, New Beginnings Church, 181 Grammar Rd.
Fri – Salvation Army Harvest Table-fruits/veg, bread/desserts, & meat, 9 am-noon

Local Support Meetings

Mon – Narcotics Anonymous, St. George’s, 1:30-2:30 pm, 3 Emerson St.
Mon – Alcoholics Anonymous, St. George’s, 6:30-7:30 pm, 3 Emerson St.
Tues – AA, St. George’s, noon-1 pm, 3 Emerson St.
Wed – AA, St. George’s, 6:30-7:30 pm, 3 Emerson St.
Wed – TOPS, 4:30-6:30 pm, Crossroads Church, 15 Grammar Rd.
Thurs – National Alliance on Mental Illness, St. George’s, 3-4 pm, 3 Emerson St.
Fri – Al-Anon, St. George’s, 10:30-11:30 am, 3 Emerson St.
Fri – NA, St. George’s, 6:30-8:30 pm, 3 Emerson St.

Ongoing

Adult Summer Reading Program, Goodall Library, (June 2-Aug. 25)
Reading Program: Children, Teens, & Adults, Springvale Library, (June 15-Aug. 15)
Holdsworth Park (The Rec), Closed Tue/Wed 7:30 am-5:30 pm for day campers, 320 Main St., Springvale (through Aug. 19)

Saturday, Aug. 8

Sunday, Aug. 9

Monday, Aug. 10

Tuesday, Aug. 11

City Council subcommittee meetings on Zoom: Municipal Operations and Property, 8:30 am;

Public Safety, 11 am; Zoning, 1 pm; Solid Waste, 2 pm

Wednesday, Aug. 12

Land Bank meeting on Zoom, 8:30 am
Community Forest Walk & Picnic, 11 am, Sanford Community Forest, Oak St.
Family Connections Rock Painting, 1-3 pm, Gowen Park
Make It/Take It Stepping Stone, suggested for ages 5-12, 2-5 pm, Springvale Library
Lego Club, 2:30-4:30, Goodall Library
Art Hanging, 4-5 pm, Sanford Water District office, 243 River St.
Friends of Downtown, 4:30-6 pm, Growth Council office, 919 Main St.
Fiber Arts Group, 5-7 pm, Goodall Library

Thursday, Aug. 13

Airport Advisory Committee meeting, 8 am, 9 Presidential Ln.
Sensory Storytime, 10-10:30 am, Springvale Library
Senior Citizen Food Distribution, 10-11:30 am, Crossroads Church, 15 Grammar Rd.
Writers Group, 11 am, Springvale Library
Red Cross Blood Drive, noon-4:30 pm, Preble Lodge $143, 16 Elm St.
Pool Noodle Olympics/Summer Reading Program Party, 2 pm, Springvale Library
Gilded Bookmark Society, 5-6:30 pm, Goodall Library
Game Nights at the Library, 5-7 pm, Goodall Library
York County Stamp Club, 5:30 pm, Goodall Library

Friday, Aug. 14

Saturday, Aug. 15

Yoga & Pilates @ McDougal Orchard, 8-9 am, 201 Hanson Ridge Rd., Springvale
Farmers’ Market, 8 am-noon, Central Park, 920 Main St.
Heart, Peace and Love for Kids 5K & Craft Fair, 668 Main St., registration 9 am, walk starts at 10 am
Corner Cupboard non-food pantry, 10 am-noon, UU Church, 5 Lebanon St.
Colonial Gender Identity, 10 am, Sweat-Morin Homestead, 374 School St.
Dogust birthday event, noon-2 pm, Pet Supplies Plus, 1364 Main St.

Sunday, Aug. 16