Community Calendar

Compiled by Lisa Blanchette

Visit our Events Calendar at sanfordspringvalenews.com for more details.

Free Meals & Pantries

• Mon/Wed – Free Store @ North Parish, 9 am-noon, 893 Main St.
• Mon – Sanford Food Pantry, 10 am-noon, 1204 Main St.
• 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.
• Wed – It Takes a Village 207 – Meal for Unhoused, St. George’s, 2-3 pm, 3 Emerson St.
• Wednesday Night Bite Community Meal, Curtis Lake Church, 6-7 pm, 38 Westview Dr.
• Thurs – St. Therese of Lisieux Food Bank, noon-2 pm, 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 – TOPS, 4:30-6:30 pm, Crossroads Church, 15 Grammar Rd.
• Wed – AA, St. George’s, 6:30-7:30 pm, 3 Emerson St.
• Thurs – Bereaved Parents Support for the Holidays, 11 am-noon, Center for Grieving Children, 1209 Main St. (11/5-12/17 excluding 11/25)
• 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

• Campaign for Ending Hunger calendars, Atlantic FCU (Oct. 1-Nov. 30)
• Partners Bank winter coat drive, all branches (Nov. 9-Dec. 11)
• Elks Giving Trees, 13 Elm St. (11/20-11/22)
• So ME Sno-Goers trail prep, 8 am-noon, Fish & Game Clubhouse, 449 CC Rd.

Saturday, Nov. 14

• Christmas craft fair, 9 am-2 pm, Sanford Christian Academy, 47 High St.
• Holiday craft fair, 9 am-2 pm, Trafton Senior Center, 19 Elm St.
• Craft fair, 9 am-3 pm, Sanford First Baptist Church, 905 Main St.
• Nuts and Neighbors (Three Rivers), 10 am-noon, Hansons Ridge Rd.
• Turkey Trot, 12:30-2:30 pm, Margaret Chase Smith School, 248 Twombley Rd.
• Winter seeding (Southern Maine Garden Club), 1-3 pm, Springvale Library, 443 Main St.
• Veterans & 1^st Responders appreciation dinner, 2-5 pm, Elks Lodge, 13 Elm St.
• 10^th Annual Chocolate Benefit (Backpack Benefit), 6:30-9 pm, Nasson Community Center, 457 Main St., Springvale

Monday, Nov. 16

• Bumps and Babies, 9:45-11:15 am, Springvale Library
• Baby Rhyme Time, 10 & 11 am, Springvale Library
• Lego Builders Club, 3:30-4:30 pm, Springvale Library
• How to Get Your Canadian Citizenship, 5:30-6:30 pm, Springvale Library (online)
• School Committee workshop, 6-9 pm, City Hall, 919 Main St.

Tuesday, Nov. 17

• Family Storytime, 10:30-11 am, Goodall Library, 952 Main St.
• ME Paid FMLA employer info session, 1-2 pm, Willard Bldg., 668 Main St.
• Cribbage, 1-3 pm, Springvale Library
• Career Center hiring event @ SCAE, 2-4 pm, Willard Bldg., 668 Main St.
• Craft Time, 2:20-4:30 pm, Goodall Library
• Knit Lits, 3:00-4:30 pm, Springvale Library
• Elks Bingo, 4 pm doors open, 6 pm games start, Elks Lodge #1470, 13 Elm St.
• Transformation Underground part 3, 5-7 pm, Goodall Library
• Springvale Dulcimer Group, 5:30-6:45 pm, Springvale Library

Wednesday, Nov. 18

• Land Bank meeting, 8:30-9:30 am, online
• Morning Mixer (Chamber), 8:30-9:30 am, YCCC’s Center for Excellence, 60 Community Dr.
• Weekly Play & Learn, 9:30-11 am, First Baptist Church, 429 Main St., Springvale
• Toddler Play Time, 10:30-11:30 am, Goodall Library,
• Community Café, 11 am-1 pm, Mayflower Place, 27 Mayflower Dr.
• Make it/Take it Craft (Thanksgiving), 2-5 pm, Springvale Library
• YC Commissioners meeting, 4:30-6:30 pm, Gov. Bldg., 149 Jordan Springs Rd., Alfred
• Fiber Arts Group, 5-7 pm, Goodall Library
• Spree of Trees craft night for the library tree, 5:30-6:30 pm, Springvale Library

Thursday, Nov. 19

• Sensory Story Time, 10-11 am, Springvale Library
• Welcome to Medicare, 10-11:30 am, online
• So ME Garden Club meeting, 1-3 pm, Springvale Library
• Lego Club, 2:30-4:30 pm, Goodall Library
• Game Nights at the Library, 5-7 pm, Goodall Library
• Visioning workshop (Pop-Ups of Possibility), 6-8:30 pm, Memorial Gym, 678 Main St.
• Dementia Friends Maine info session (Age Maine), 6:30-7:30 pm, online

Friday, Nov. 20

• Author talk (Mia Millefoglie, “Daughters of Stone and Tide,” 11 am-noon, Goodall Library

Saturday, Nov. 21

• 40^th Annual Sanford Rec Turkey Trot, 8 am, Memorial Gym, 678 Main St.
• Farmers’ Market Thanksgiving Market, 8 am-noon, Central Park, 920 Main St.
• CJL Annual Holiday Shopping Fair, 9 am-2 pm, 233 Shaw’s Ridge Rd.
• St. George’s Church Holiday Fair, 9 am-2 pm, 3 Emerson St.
• Corner Cupboard, 10 am-noon, Unitarian Church, 5 Lebanon St.
• Kindness Rock Painting, 10:30-11:30 am, Goodall Library
• “Menopause the Musical,” 3-5 pm, Performing Arts Center, 100 Alumni Blvd.
• Big John & Skip, 6:30 pm. River Junction Brewing, 1491 Main St.

Sunday, Nov. 22

• Elks Hoop Shoot, 10 am-1 pm, Partners Bank Gym, 100 Alumni Blvd.

All Sanford High School Sports can be found at https://www.gobound.com/me/schools/sanfordhs

Does your organization have an event coming up? Send an email to events@sanfordspringvalenews.com with “Events” in the subject line.

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