• Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office and JeffCom 911 Dispatch Center will host an Open House on Saturday, April 17^th, from 1:00-3:00. Bring your kids of all ages to meet Sheriff Tony Hernandez and the Deputies, check out the emergency vehicles, dust for fingerprints, and tour the Sheriff’s Office and JeffCom 911 Dispatch Center. Balloons, badges, age appropriate coloring books, child identification and DNA kits, and treats will be provided.

• The Food Co-Op and Sound Experience will host “Our Co-Op Kids,” an Earth Day festival celebrating boats, planes, worms and fish on Sunday April 18^th from 1:00 to 4:00 pm in the Food Co-Op parking lot.  Other participants are Northwest Maritime Center/Wooden Boat Foundation, P.T. Sea Scouts, Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding, P.T. Marine Science Center, Schooner Martha, Community Boat Project, P.T. Aero Museum, Tri-Area RC Club and the Tri-Area School Garden/Compost Program.

• Crime Victims Service Center will host a free Family Fun Fest on Saturday, April 24 from 10 to 3 pm at Mountain View. Children and families will be able to learn about health and safety and community resources in a fun and interactive environment. Free child ID Kits will be available.

• PTHS Student Task Force will sponsor a Town Hall Meeting on Tuesday, April 27^th to address community strategies to reduce underage drinking. It will be from 6:00 to 8:00 pm in the PTHS Cafeteria.  Pizza, sushi and other snacks will be provided.  For information call 360-344-3030, ext.3030.

• Dove House Advocacy Services will sponsor a “Walk a Mile In Her Shoes” event on Wednesday, April 28 to bring awareness to the issues of sexual assault and rape.  The walk will begin at 6:00 p.m. at Rotary Park next to the U.S. Bank Building. Men are encouraged to walk in women’s shoes. Women and children are encouraged to take part as well. Preregistration forms are available at the Food Co-op, Jefferson Healthcare and Dove House. Sponsors of the walk are Jefferson Healthcare, the Food Co-Op and the Northwest Maritime Center.  The Port Townsend Light House Lion’s Club will provide refreshments. This event is part of a national men’s movement to bring an end to sexual violence.  More information go to www.walkamileinhershoes.org.

• Jefferson Community School will host a Open House from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Saturday, May 1^st. The community is invited to experience what the JCS students have been doing this school year. For information, call 385-0622.                                                             

• The Boiler Room will feature:

All Tuesdays - Movie Night, 7pm – 10pm

Wednesdays- 1st, 15th - Bicycle Workshop, 2:30pm – 5:30pm

Wednesday  - 15th – Writer’s Group, 5:00 pm.

All Thursdays - Open Mic, 7pm – 10pm

All Friday -Game Night, 3:30pm – 6:30pm

All Sunday - Free Soup, 3:00pm – 4:30pm

For details go to www.ptbr.org/calendar or call 379-8247.  

• The Developmental Disability Advisory Board, Jefferson County Tobacco Prevention and Control and four other community partners are sponsoring a county-wide “Posters & Coasters Campaign to Prevent Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders” to educate the public about the risk of birth defects caused by drinking and smoking at any time during pregnancy.  Look for the thoughtful posters and coasters in the community.

• Jefferson County 4-H News will cover the OKOB campaign through video on their Youtube channel and blog, 4-H Network News.

• Sunfield’s Student-to-Student, Farm-to-Foodbank” Program. Public school students will visit the school and are paired with Sunfield student docents, staff and teachers to grow organic, healthy food that will be donated to pre-selected food banks. These youth develop a reverence and understanding for the land by “engag[ing] the hands, awaken[ing] the mind, and nurtur[ing] connections between the earth and its inhabitants.  

Presented by:

Jefferson County Community Network and Jefferson County Public Health

Also Sponsored by:

City of Port Townsend – All Departments, Jefferson County – All Departments,

Jefferson County Tobacco Prevention and Control, Dove House Advocacy Services, Jefferson County Historic Society, Jefferson County METH Action Team, Jefferson County 4-H, Jefferson County YMCA, Developmental Disabilities Advisory Board, the Boiler Room, Safe Harbor Recovery Center, Substance Abuse Advisory Board, Jefferson Teen Center, Department of Children and Family Services/Children’s Administration, Jumping Mouse Children’s Center, Jefferson Mental Health Services, Jefferson Community School, Jefferson NAMI, makewaves!, Sunfield Farm, OLYCAP, Brinnon School District, Chimacum School District, Port Townsend School District, Quilcene School District, DBHR, DSHS, PT Kiwanis, The Rose Theatre and the Elks Lodge, and many, many more businesses, agencies and service clubs.