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April 2020
CANCELED/SUSPENDED – Free Bereavement Support Group for Adults
THIS SUPPORT GROUP HAS BEEN CANCELED/SUSPENDED DUE TO CONCERNS ABOUT COVID-19. Community Home Health & Hospice offers ongoing grief support groups for all ages. Join friendly, caring people who support each other through one of life’s most difficult experiences. Support groups are free of charge and open to anyone who has lost a loved one through death. Groups are facilitated by staff and volunteers with specialized grief training. Participants have the freedom to discuss difficult topics in a safe, supportive…
Find out more »Connection Recovery Support Group
NAMI Connection is a recovery support group program for adults living with mental illness. These group meetings provide a place that offers respect, understanding, encouragement, and hope. NAMI Connection groups offer a casual and relaxed approach to sharing the challenges and successes of coping with mental illness. Meets weekly for 90 minutes Free of cost Follows a flexible structure without an educational format Does not recommend or endorse any medication or other medical therapies Led by peers with their own…
Find out more »CANCELED/SUSPENDED – Family Support Group
CANCELED/SUSPENDED DUE TO COVID-19. NAMI Family Support Group is a peer-led 90-minute weekly confidential support group for any adult with a loved one who has experienced symptoms of a mental health condition. Gain insight from the challenges and successes of others facing similar experiences. Free and designed for adult loved ones of people with mental health conditions. Led by family members of people with mental health conditions. Visit namiswwa.org/zoom to join the group online or get instructions to call in.
Find out more »CANCELLED – VolunTOUR: CASEE
*VolunTOUR events through April 30th are cancelled until further notice* VolunTOUR is an exploratory, educational, volunteer program with the City of Vancouver and Clark County that promotes volunteerism and introduces volunteers to new sites, skills, and volunteer opportunities throughout the City and County. Volunteers meet at a different location each month on second and fourth Thursdays, September though May, from 3:30-5:30 p.m. Each opportunity will be co-led by a partner organization and will begin with a 15 - 20 minute…
Find out more »CANCELED/SUSPENDED – La Center Elementary Incoming Kindy Cub Nights
CANCELED/SUSPENDED DUE TO COVID-19. La Center Elementary hosts Kindy Cub Nights for incoming kindergartners (2020-2021 school year). Incoming students and parents will work on activities that will prepare students for school. Families need to only attend one night.
Find out more »CANCELED/SUSPENDED – Adult Children of Alcoholics/Dysfunctional Families
CANCELED/SUSPENDED DUE TO COVID-19. A 12-step program of recovery for adults who struggle with the effects of being raised in alcoholic and/or dysfunctional families. All are welcome.
Find out more »CANCELED/SUSPENDED – Adult Children of Alcoholics/Dysfunctional Families
CANCELED/SUSPENDED DUE TO COVID-19. Weekly 12-step meeting for adult children of alcoholics meet who share the experiences we had as children growing up in an alcoholic or dysfunctional home. See www.adultchildren.org for additional information. For more information, reach Gail, preferably by texting, at 541-404-3855.
Find out more »CANCELED – WSUV lecture series: The Battered Women’s Movement in the Pacific Northwest, 1975 – 1994
CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19. Samantha Jaurequi Edgerton is a doctoral student in the Department of History at WSU Pullman and a graduate of WSU Vancouver. Her research focuses on women and gender, race and ethnicity, social movements and popular culture in the postwar United States. Edgerton will examine how the battered women’s movement transformed public consciousness in the Pacific Northwest about “intimate partner violence” (IPV) by creating shelters, pursuing anti-domestic violence legislation, changing public perception of survivors of IPV, and…
Find out more »ONLINE – Family Support Group
NAMI Family Support Group is a peer-led 90-minute weekly confidential support group for any adult with a loved one who has experienced symptoms of a mental health condition. Gain insight from the challenges and successes of others facing similar experiences. Free and designed for adult loved ones of people with mental health conditions. Led by family members of people with mental health conditions. The group will be offered on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month indefinitely. Visit namiswwa.org/zoom…
Find out more »CANCELED Families Anonymous
This event has been canceled until further notice due to COVID-19 concerns. A free 12-step discussion group for those concerned about drug, alcohol abuse or behavior problems of a relative or friend. Meets every Thursday evening. For more information, call 360-604-5855.
Find out more »CANCELED/SUSPENDED – West Coast Swing Dance
CANCELED/SUSPENDED DUE TO COVID-19. A monthly event on the second Thursday of every month. All ages are welcome. No partner is required. There is a $5 donation. Social dancing in a fun and friendly environment.
Find out more »Science on Tap ONLINE: Music and the Anxious Brain, an Online Presentation and Concert
Via Productions presents "Science on Tap Online -- Music and the Anxious Brain: An Online Presentation and Concert" at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 9. Visit the Science on Tap Facebook Page or Register on Zoom. This event is free, but you can support Science on Tap at Patreon. For more information, visit viaproductions.org/events/online_april_9_music/. Science on Tap's inaugural online event will feature neuroscientist Dr. Larry Sherman talking about how playing, composing, and listening to music can help us get through these uncertain times. Join…
Find out more »CANCELED/SUSPENDED – Sketch Club Social, Thursdays at Vancouver Art Space
CANCELED/SUSPENDED DUE TO COVID-19. Thursday evening are for sketching at the Vancouver Art Space, located inside Vancouver Mall. This is a night for artists of all skill levels to come together to practice and create with other artists, every Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. Each Sketch Club includes: Tables and easels with good lighting Stations to try out new art tools Art prompts for those who don't know where to start Art-related games Ages 15 and up are welcome…
Find out more »CANCELED – Lecture at Pittock Mansion: “We Go Up: A History of Mountaineering and Mazamas”
CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19. Enjoy a free public lecture at Pittock Mansion, "We Go Up: A History of Mountaineering & Mazamas," at 7:30 p.m. April 9. Mathew Brock presents a glass lantern slide show that will speak broadly on the history of the Mazamas, mountaineering, and outdoor recreation in the Pacific Northwest. Using hand-colored slides from the 1920s and an original contemporary narration, the program will look back at over 125 years of history, dating back to before the founding…
Find out more »CANCELED/POSTPONED – 15th Annual Small Acreage Expo
CANCELED/POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19. WSU Clark County Extension and the Clark County Public Works Clean Water Program invite the community to the 15th Annual Small Acreage Expo on Saturday, April 11. This year’s Small Acreage Expo offers a variety of topics including workshops on: what goes on at the Heritage Farm, septic system inspection certification, electric fencing, renewable energy for small acreage, composting, mason bees, sustainable living on small acreage, sustainable pastures, weed management, and much more. Participants interested in…
Find out more »CANCELED/SUSPENDED EnhanceFitness — Battle Ground Class 1
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN SUSPENDED DUE TO COVID-19 CONCERNS. EnhanceFitness, an evidence-based group exercise program, helps adults age 60 and over, at all levels of fitness, become more active, energized and empowered to sustain independent lives. Donations are welcome but not required to participate in this class. For more information, call 360-694-8144.
Find out more »CANCELED/SUSPENDED – Codependents Anonymous Daytime
CANCELED/SUSPENDED DUE TO CONCERNS ABOUT COVID-19. This is a CoDA 12-step group for men and women whose common purpose is recovery from co-dependence and the development and maintenance of healthy relationship and boundaries. This group concentrates on the Blue Book for CoDA. Check room number on lobby schedule. For more information, visit www.coda-pdx.org.
Find out more »CANCELED/SUSPENDED – Intermediate Adult Ballet Classes
CANCELED/SUSPENDED DUE TO CONCERNS ABOUT COVID-19. Whether revisiting ballet after many years or in peak dancing condition, this class can meet you where you are at with a variety of modifications. The class will do a full barre focusing on strength, length and alignment followed by a center. For more information, call 360-737-1922 or visit www.columbiadance.org
Find out more »CANCELED – Anji Grainger Watercolor Workshop
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19. Water media artists are invited to the Southwest Washington Watercolor Society-sponsored workshop with Anji Grainger from April 8-11. "Elements of Texture & Design," to be held at the Sons of Norway Lodge, 2400 Grant St., Vancouver. Grainger will teach technique rather the focus on a specific project, building skills that apply to all types of painting, from abstract to representational art. Students will create dynamic, textured patterns by employing nontraditional techniques using…
Find out more »CANCELED/SUSPENDED – EnhanceFitness — Camas
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED/SUSPENDED DUE TO CONCERNS ABOUT COVID-19. EnhanceFitness, an evidence-based group exercise program, helps adults age 60 and over, at all levels of fitness, become more active, energized and empowered to sustain independent lives. Donations are welcome but not required to participate in this class. For more information, call 360-694-8144.
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