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• Blankets for Canada Lethbridge regrets that it must close its doors for the foreseeable future due to COVID 19 numbers. We are unable to accept donations or provide blankets at this time. Please hang onto your squares and blankets for the short term. We will resume again when COVID numbers go down again. Thank you for your continued support.

• Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization is launching the Drive Happiness program where volunteer drivers take seniors to their medical appointments, to pick up groceries or take them to important life activities. The Drive Happiness program is looking for volunteers to assist as drivers. Many seniors in our community are facing extreme loneliness due to the lack of accessible transportation in the community and COVID-19 has only compounded this loneliness. There are over 35 seniors waiting for your help. Even one ride can make a difference. To volunteer, call 403-332-4320 or email volunteer@volunteerlethbridge.com.

• Mindful Moments is offered every Saturday (except long weekends) from 11 a.m.-noon at Martha Retreat Centre, 1130 Scenic Drive S., featuring a drop-in session based in Mindfulness teachings that combines a short talk with formal group meditation in silence. No experience is necessary. Facilitator: Cheryl Dick. Freewill offering accepted. Official income tax receipts are available upon request.

• Conversation Café is back! Want to improve your English and make new friends? Join us for an Adult ESL online class Tuesdays, 6:30-8 p.m., until Nov. 17. “Travelling Across Canada”! Join us as we find out more about our country, its history and people. For more information, contact: Suni Arinobu at 403-381-7554, arinobu@hotmail.com; or Linda Stromsmoe, 403-328-6152, stromsmoe@telusplanet.net.

• Coaldale Public Library will host Messy Mornings Oct. 30 from 1111:30 a.m. for caregivers with their infants, toddlers and preschoolers. Preregistration and masks are required for participants. Call 403-345-1340 to register. Share a story and engage in some messy fun and play!

• Fort Whoop-Up will be holding its Hallowe’en Spooktacular, a unique Hallowe’en experience for all ages, Oct. 30 and 31 from 1–5 p.m. The Fort will offer physically distanced trickor-treating from room to room with costumed characters, wagon rides, spooky stories and more. Tickets are $5 and attendance is limited to 20 people per hour to ensure physical distancing ; masks will be required for all visitors. Book your spots soon at fort.galtmuseum.com.

• The Halloween Charity Run in the Park, benefitting the Lethbridge Food Bank, will take place Oct. 31 at 9:30 a.m. at Henderson Lake Park (adjacent to Kinsmen Picnic Shelter). Registrations (limited to 90 runners) close Oct. 30 at 8 p.m. Online registration fee $25 (plus processing fee of $1.50). Register at www.racepro.ca/halloweenrun/. Run Kit pickup - 8:30-9:20 a.m. on run day, at the sign-in desk adjacent to Kinsmen Picnic Shelter. Please do not arrive before 8:30 a.m. Run start time – 9:30 a.m.

• A fundraiser for the Lethbridge Food Bank will be held Nov. 10 starting at 7 p.m. at Honkers Pub & Eatery, 2808 5 Ave. N. The event will include live music by local bands Vintage Wine, Whiskey Gap and Rebel Angels, and the pub will be doing a feature meal and drink with a portion to the Lethbridge Food Bank. Cover charge $10 per person. Door managers will provide sanitizing, temperature checks and an identification process for patrons before entering to keep everyone safe. There will be a donation box at the door, along with a bin for nonperishable food items, with all proceeds going to the food bank. There’s also a fundraising page on Facebook: https://fb.me/e/4soPvmnHr and a GoFundMe page called Lethbridge Food Bank Fundraiser 2020.

• The 15th Annual Domesticated Divas Holiday Artisan & Gift Expo will take place Nov. 14 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the South Pavilion at Exhibition Park. Applications are being accepted for early-bird table rentals, which are $100 and are rented out on a first-come, firstserve basis. Only one company per commercial product will be allowed (eg. Avon, Arbonne, Do-Terra, Passion Parties). With handmade and personally owned products/businesses, discretion will be used as to how many allowed. For information or to apply for a table rental, email domesticateddivasevents@gmail.com. Vendors wanting to be kept in the loop about the show’s progress can do so online at: https://www.facebook.com/groups /391288250892093/.

• Martha Retreat Centre offers Desiderata – A Silent Reflection, Nov. 14 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Using this beautiful text, participants will have a day of retreat to reflect on the wisdom and grace expressed by its author. There will be time for quiet discussion as well as silent meditation to remind us of how these truths reside in our own souls. Please arrive early to register and bring a floor mat and blanket. Facilitator: Cheryl Dick. Cost: $75 (lunch included). For more information or to register, contact the Martha Retreat Centre website martharetreatcentre.ca, email to admin@martharetreatcentre.ca or call 403-328-3422.

• Martha Retreat Centre offers Knitting Into the Mystery of Healing, Wednesdays until Nov. 25, 7-9 p.m. Coming together to knit a prayer shawl is a popular and delightful way to be present to others in prayer and socializing. At the close of the five consecutive Wednesday evenings, the beauty and colour of the completed shawls and the friendships developed are truly a cause for rejoicing. Please bring your own materials. Facilitator: Sharon Hagel Cost: Freewill offering. For more information or to register, contact the Martha Retreat Centre website, martharetreatcentre.ca, email to admin@martharetreatcentre.ca or call 403-328-3422.

• Martha Retreat Centre will offer “You’re Stronger Than You Think: Renew your mind, renew your life,” Nov. 21, 1-5 p.m. In Romans 12:2 St. Paul tells us we can be “transformed by the renewal of your mind.” Harley will stir your imagination with a fresh and intuitive look at the beautiful, timeless truths of the faith that are designed to liberate our minds from the grip of negative thinking, debilitating anxiety and fear. Facilitator: Harley Packer. Cost: $40. For more information or to register, contact the website martharetreatcentre.ca, email to admin@martharetreatcentre.ca or call 403-328-3422.