| This Week Citizens for Healthcare Access Monthly Meeting – Mon, Mar 20th Local 20/20’s Citizens Healthcare Access Group (CHA) is a long running forum of people from the community concerned about healthcare access in Jefferson County. Discussion topics include Charity Care issues at the hospital, Legislative actions supporting local healthcare, public health issues, dental care, mental health and more. There is no membership needed, the public is welcome. Contact Angela for the Zoom link to the meeting if interested, along with historical background on the group. Our March 20th meeting is officially cancelled so that members may attend a webinar on the privatization of Medicare on March 20. This webinar, sponsored by the Puget Sound Advocates for Retirement Action (PSARA), begins at 5 PM. To register for the webinar, please consult the PSARA website or contact Angela for the link. Time: 6:30 – 8:00 PM | Location: Zoom Becoming A Backyard Naturalist – Wed, Mar 22nd Develop your naturalist skills at home this spring. Join the Friends of Fort Flagler in this virtual program. Make the most of these cold, rainy months by enhancing your ability to observe and understand the natural world by exploring your backyard and local neighborhood. What we do at home will help local wildlife, and environment. Presenter Erica Forrest is the founder of Trip Scholars and a former Beach Naturalist with the Seattle Aquarium and high school science teacher, among other roles. She has been a local NPR guest and published on over 55 travel sites. Erica excels at expanding people’s excitement for travel into deeper understanding and joyful discovery. Register here. Time: 5:00 PM | Location: Online Spring Plant & Tree Sale – Sat, Mar 25th Every spring Friends of the Trees Botanicals hosts a plant propagation & tree sale. You can pre-order online for shipping, pick-up or shop in person at the pop-up sale in Chimacum on March 25th. There will be a large selection for drop-in customers. This small operation offers a large variety of interesting and unique botanicals. First come first served as supplies are limited. Pre-orders are encouraged and must be placed by March 20th for Perennial Herb Crown Divisions; Perennial Herb Rhizomes; Perennial Herb Seedlings (pick-up only) and Trees & Shrubs Bare-Root -(pick-up only). Check out plant offerings and place orders online here. Time: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM | Location: Finnriver Cidery – 124 Center Road, Chimacum, WA 98325 “Birch-Stock” Grafting Event & Plant Sale – Sat, Mar 25th *New* Learn how to graft your own stock and take home a new fruit tree. Available until they run out: –70 semi-dwarf apple tree rootstock –10 plum tree rootstock –10 pear tree rootstock Apple Grafting $20 (suggested donation) includes semi-dwarf rootstock. Bring your favorite Apple Scion Wood or use ours. WHAT’S AVAILABLE: Apple Grafting $20 (suggested donation) includes semi-dwarf Root Stock, Bring your favorite Apple Scion Wood or use ours. Starts: Raspberries, Vegetable, Herbs, Flowers 3 varieties of Bamboo $20-$50, Grapes $10 each. All proceeds to support the Food Bank Growers non profit organization. For more information 360-385-6912 Time: 9 am – 2 pm | Location: BIRCHYVILLE FOOD BANK GARDEN – 206 Hancock St, Port Townsend |
| Upcoming Events Join the Local 20/20 Earth Month Ecochallenge Team – Sat, April 1 Start *New* The Earth Month Ecochallenge 2023: Sustainable Development Goals is a behavior change program that helps you take action to create a healthier world. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations are a commitment to achieving sustainable development across three dimensions — environmental, social and economic — in an inclusive and integrated way. The Ecochallenge transforms the 17 SDGs into 5 categories of daily and one-time actions an individual can take. Every team member can select actions, check off their completed actions, track and share their individual progress, earn points for taking action, and see the real-time impact of their actions in a robust online platform. The combination of collective action, camaraderie, and friendly competition makes change a little easier — and a lot more fun.The Ecochallenge runs April 1 – April 30. Join now so you can select your actions in advance. To join Local 20/20’s team, click here. Learn more about the ecochallenge here. Join today so you can get your actions selected before the April 1 start! For more information, contact Cindy. Hugelkultur Workshop – Sat, April 1st Build and plant a hugelkultur with Freinds of the Trees Botanicals. The workshop includes tours of two properties with a dozen hugelkulturs built over the last five years. These range from large ones built with excavators to small backyard ones built by hand. The class is outdoors, so prepare for the weather. Participant will gain a much deeper understanding of how to build hugelkulturs successfully. Presenter Michael Pilarski has built hugelkulturs at dozens of locations over the past 30 years, using a wide variety of materials. Registration fee is $60, with a sliding scale option. No one turned away for lack of funds. Details and registration here Time: 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM | Location: 310 West Maude St., Irondale, WA “Save Energy—Save Money” – Tues, April 11th *New* Learn how to save energy and money both at a presentation and workshop with Port Townsend Indivisible. Learn the many ways your household can save energy and be rewarded for doing so with rebates and tax credits from PUD and the Federal Government through the High-Efficiency Electric Home Rebate Act (HEEHRA) which was included in the recently passed Biden Administration Inflation Reduction Act. Presenters include representatives from solar, electrical, engineering, Local 20/20 and Jefferson PUD—with time for individual questions and assistance. (We’ll be wearing masks.) Time: 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. | Location: Unity Church, 3918 San Jan Avenue across from Blue Heron Middle School. Take Advantage of new Climate Laws to Join the Clean Energy Revolution and Save Money – April 11th – April 13th Join former Vice President Al Gore and an all-star lineup of government leaders and experts for a free online training Power Up: From Acts to Action Learn how you can leverage the new laws to: · Electrify your home, workplace, and community with affordable and cost-cutting clean technologies. · Create good-paying jobs and opportunities for your city or state in the clean energy economy. · Replace fossil fuels with clean energy technologies that cut pollution and fight climate change. · Advance environmental justice in your community. Here is a link to the topics and speakers. There is also on demand content available April 6-20th. Register here: Time: 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM | Location: online Volunteer July/August to Protect Caspian Terns & Seals on Rat Island – Thurs, Apr 13th *New* Registration. Washington Fish and Wildlife is holding a two-hour training at Fort Flagler for anyone interested in volunteering as a docent to educate visitors about protecting the wildlife on Rat Island. WFWD is preparing training materials, vests, hats and signage as well. Friends of Fort Flagler has been working with WFWD to provide some protection to Rat Island during the Caspian Tern nesting and Harbor Seal pupping season which occurs during July and August. The goal is to have docents posted at the end of the Fort Flagler spit, across from Rat Island during extremely low tides. The docents will take the opportunity to answer questions and talk about the value of protecting the habitat and wildlife, and how our presence may disturb the chicks and pups. They are recruiting folks who may be interested in volunteering for this program. They will have to discuss the length of each shift and times. They are only looking to cover extremely low tides (-1.5′ and lower). If they have enough volunteers, volunteer commitments may be as little as twice per month. Time: 10:30 AM | Location: Fort Flagler Conference “Moving in the Right Direction” – Fri, Apr 14th *Updated* Transportation Lab, a Local 20/20 Action Group, is organizing a one-day transportation conference for decision-makers, transportation planners, and advocates. Moving in the Right Direction features expert presentations, a panel discussion, and inclusive workshop sessions. Keynote speaker Mike McGinn is the Executive Director of America Walks and a former Seattle mayor. Internationally recognized walkability expert Dan Burden will also make a presentation to set the stage for breakout working sessions. Free registration here. Participants may purchase a box lunch when registering or bring their own. Questions? Email TLab.Time: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM | Location: The American Legion, 209 Monroe St, PT. Connectivity Fair – Sun, Apr 16th Are you new to the area, or re-emerging from the pandemic, and looking to find ways to connect more deeply with the community and each other? Maybe even looking to connect with local non-profits to hear what they are up to? The Connectivity Fair, a free event hosted by local community groups, will have a wide variety of non-profits and service groups from across East Jefferson offering unique ways to volunteer in our vibrant community. The event will start with an engaging 15 minute film about the interconnections at play all around us. That will be followed by a chance to meet others in the community and engage with the people behind local nonprofits that are active in Jefferson County, and to hear about all the amazing work happening in our community! Learn more about the event and schedule. Get a taste of the preview of the film we will be screening by local filmmaker Rose Madrone here. Time: 1 – 5 pm | Location: Blue Heron Middle School, 3939 San Juan Ave, Port Townsend Home Composting Classes – in-person OR online! – Apr 18th – Apr 29th *Updated* Join your fellow Jefferson County citizens for an engaging interactive workshop with instruction on how to create and maintain a healthy compost system with food and yard waste. Create compost to amend your soil, retain moisture, provide essential nutrients for your plants, & MORE! Workshop cost is $25. Participants will receive a $125 Earth Machine compost bin. One per household, please. Participants must attend the full workshop to receive their compost bin. Additional family members and/or friends may attend at no charge with one paid registration. Available to Jefferson County residents only who have not attended a previous compost class with us. Click on a link to register for one class through Brown Paper Tickets: 1) Tuesday, April 18th; 7-8:30PM; online via Zoom; register for this class HERE 2) Wednesday, April 19th; 10:30AM-Noon; online via Zoom; register for this class HERE 3) Saturday, April 29th (updated); 10-11:30AM; in person at FinnRiver Cidery in Chimacum; register for this class HERE For more information, email Laura Tucker or call 360-379-4491. SCOTCH BROOM REMOVAL – Sat, April 22nd *New* Help restore the natural beauty at Fort Flagler State Park by removing invasive plant species. Friends of Fort Flagler is organizing a park clean up. The Park will be giving free day passes to any volunteer who does not have a state park pass. Volunteers will bring their own tools, water, masks, and gloves and be directed to a specific site. Registration. Friends of Fort Flagler is a non-profit organization dedicated to the restoring, preserving and protecting the natural and historic resources of Fort Flagler State Park. Please support our state park by becoming a member, volunteering or donating to our organization. To learn more, visit https://friendsoffortflagler.org/. Time: 9am – 1pm | Location: Fort Flagler State Park Medicinal Herb Micro-Farming Workshop – Sat, April 22nd *New* Hands-on workshop will show you how to get into small-scale medicinal herb production. Instructed by Michael Pilarski. $90. Contact Michael or at 360-643-9178. www.FriendsOfTheTreesBotanicals.com Registration is at Skeeter.Eventbrite.com Time: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Location: Friends of the Trees Library, 10644 Rhody Dr., Port Hadlock, and Finnriver Farm BEACH CLEAN UP – Sun, April 23rd *New* Earth Day – Beach Clean Up Protecting Puget Sound from trash and winter debris begins with each of us! As waste continually pollutes our parks, waterways, and beaches, Friends of Fort Flagler provides the opportunity for you to help protect and restore the environment we all call home. Friends of Fort Flagler is organizing a park clean up.. The Park will be giving free day passes to any volunteer who does not have a state park pass. Minors must be accompanied by an adult. They do not allow unsupervised minors to participate in a beach clean-up alone. Fort Flagler State Park will provide some supplies such as buckets, pickers, and gloves. Registration. Friends of Fort Flagler is a non-profit organization dedicated to the restoring, preserving and protecting the natural and historic resources of Fort Flagler State Park. Please support our state park by becoming a member, volunteering or donating to our organization. Learn more at Friends of Fort Flagler. Time: 9am – 1pm | Location: Fort Flagler Port Townsend Plant Walk: Traditional and Modern Uses of Wild Plants – Sun, April 23 *New* Led by Michael Pilarski. $50. They will examine the plants along the beach and in the adjoining bluffs and forest. Contact Michael or at 360-643-9178. www.FriendsOfTheTreesBotanicals.com Registration is at Skeeter.Eventbrite.com Time: 1:00 – 5:00 pm. | Location: Fort Worden, meet at the Beach Campground Shelter. Master Gardener Grants Application Deadline – Mon, May 1st The Jefferson County Master Gardeners Foundation (JCMGF) wants to support Jefferson County residents with up to $1,000 in funding for volunteer horticulture and environmental stewardship projects. Schools, community gardens, individuals, and organizations with not-for-profit projects are eligible to apply. Grants are available for supplies and materials. Monies are not intended to fund salaries and administration costs. Project grants are funded by JCMGF’s setting aside a percentage of income earned at fundraisers such as plant sales, the Yard and Garden lecture series, and the Secret Garden Tour. Up to three grants are awarded each year by the Foundation. Since 2008, JCMGF has provided nearly $48,000 to help to fund 82. The orchard at Blue Heron Middle School in Port Townsend, blueberry plants for a community garden in Quilcene, many deer fences, irrigation systems, garden tools, and more are now realities because of project grants. The grant application is available under “resources” on the JCMGF website. The submission deadline is May 1, 2023. Jefferson County Jobs & Trades Fair- Fri, May 12th In partnership with the Chimacum, Port Townsend, and Quilcene High Schools, The Production Alliance is extremely excited to announce the 2023 Jefferson County Job and Trades Fair taking place on Friday May 12th at Chimacum High School Up to 80 participating businesses, companies, nonprofits, civic and government agencies will connect with 600+ high school students who are eager to engage with professional development opportunities. Interested organizations can complete this Application Form to secure a table at the fair and a place in the printed directory, which will be distributed countywide in collaboration with the Port Townsend & Jefferson County Leader. Click HERE for more information Have questions? Contact megan@theproductionalliance.org or call 360-305-8488 Time: TBD | Location:Chimicum High School Tri-Area Repair Event – Sat, May 13th Join us for this free community gathering in which people with repair skills share their time and talents to fix their neighbors’ belongings. For this event, we will have volunteers donating their time to help repair small appliances and electronics, textiles/clothes, tool sharpening, bicycle repair and cleaning, and other household items. Limit of 2 items per person. If you know the specific part needed to repair your item, we ask that you bring it along. Bring your toaster that no longer toasts, sweater with a hole in the elbow, and excitement to get these belongings repaired while also learning how they did it and ways you could do it yourself next time! Learn more at JeffCoRepair.com Time: 10:00-1:00 PM I Location:Tri-Area Community Center, 10 W Valley Rd, Chimacum Brinnon Repair Event – Mon, June 3rd Join us for this free community gathering in which people with repair skills share their time and talents to fix their neighbors’ belongings. For this event, we will have volunteers donating their time to help repair small appliances and electronics, textiles/clothes, tool sharpening, bicycle repair and cleaning, and other household items. Limit of 2 items per person. If you know the specific part needed to repair your item, we ask that you bring it along. Bring your toaster that no longer toasts, sweater with a hole in the elbow, and excitement to get these belongings repaired while also learning how they did it and ways you could do it yourself next time! Learn more at JeffCoRepair.com Time: 11:00-2:00 PM I Location: 306144 US-101, Brinnon, WA For the full set of announcements, including Recurring Events, Community Notices, Community Resources, and Resilience Readings, see here. |
