COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Reserve

Saturday, May 6, for the Milton Community Hall lobster take-out, Tickets are $20 (1 pound fresh lobster, cracked, in the shell, salads, roll and dessert). Drop by the hall or check with someone on the hall committee to buy tickets by May 3 for $20. Meals can be picked up at the hall on Saturday, 3-4 p.m., or arrangements can be made for local delivery (902-566-3154). This event is dependent on the opening date of the season.

Sunday, May 7, for the fifth annual Hike for Hospice Palliative Care to kick off Hospice Palliative Care Week to be held in Summerside. Registration ($20) is at the Shipyard Market on Water Street at 1:30 p.m. The hike will start at 2 p.m. and follow the Summerside Boardwalk. Visit the Hospice P.E.I. Facebook page or www.hospicepei.ca for information. All money raised will remain on P.E.I. to support Islanders living with a lifelimiting illness and their loved ones.

Sunday, May 7, for the 16th annual Walk so Kids Can Talk fundraiser at Victoria Park in Charlottetown and at the Rodd Mill River Resort in Woodstock for Kids Help Phone. Registration begins at noon. Visit www. walksokidscantalk.ca.

Tuesday, May 9, 6 p.m., for the North Milton meet-your neighbour pot luck and silent auction at the Milton Community Hall. Bring a dish to share and have supper with friends and neighbours. There will be a limited number of silent auction items. It is hosted by the North Milton Women’s Institute. Call 902-566-3154 or email miltoncommunityhall@gmail.com.

Fundraisers

A seniors dinner, featuring a boneless chicken breast, is being put on by the Seniors Group of Holy Redeemer at the Jack Blanchard Family Centre on Pond Street, Charlottetown, May 2, 4:30 p.m. The price will be $12. Tickets can be reserved by calling David at 892-1558 by the 5 p.m. deadline on April 30.

Dessert and a Makeover benefiting the Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation is May 1, 7 p.m., at the Kensington Legion 88 Victoria St. West. Tickets are $10 at the Legion Bar or contact Tara Davison,902-432-0066 or taradavison2@msn. com. Receive a tax receipt for $10 from the MKACF and $10 off your Mary Kay order over $50 placed at the event.

Presentations

JoDee Samuelson, a graduate of the Institute of Island Studies who studied the history of the watermills of Prince Edward Island and Gotland Island, Sweden during her master’s thesis will present “Powered by Water: The Mills of the Hillsborough on May 1 at Beaconsfield Carriage House, corner of West and Kent streets in Charlottetown, 7:30 p.m.

A free Taste and Learn….Salad Dressings! class is May 2, 2-3 p.m., at the West Royalty Sobeys. Join the Sobeys Pharmacy dietitian and learn to prepare tasty recipes. Samples are provided. Call 902-566-4399 or email shannon.ochsner@sobeys.com to register. Space is limited.

Cards/Cribbage/Crokinole

Coffee club is Mondays and Fridays, 10 a.m., at the Milton Community Hall. Enjoy coffee and conversation. Admission is a donation of coin or sweets.

The Monday morning duplicate bridge is at the Haviland Club in Charlottetown, 1 p.m. Contact irene.macarthur.pei@gmail.com or 902-394-3179.

Cards are at the Uigg Community Center on Mondays at 7:30 p.m.

Cards/Cribbage/ Crokinole

Progressive 45s are at the Souris Silver Threads Club, Mondays, 7:30 p.m.

Card play singles is at the Mount Stewart Fire Hall, Mondays, 7:30 p.m.

Mayflower Seniors Club cards is Mondays, 7:30 p.m., at the Cotton Centre, Bunbury Road, Stratford.

Cash bingo is at the Kingston Legion Branch 30, New Haven, Monday and Friday, 7:30 p.m., with a 50/50 draw, progressive jackpot and canteen.

Weekly cards is at Kelly’s Cross Community Centre, Mondays, 7:30 p.m.

East Royalty Lions team cribbage is Mondays at the Malcolm Darrach Centre, 1 Avonlea Dr., East Royalty, for ages 19 and over.

Crokinole is Mondays at Warren Grove Community Centre, 7:30 p.m. All are welcome.

Meetings

T.O.P.S. #PE660 meets Mondays in the community room of the Sobeys just past the Charlottetown Mall, with weigh-in 6-6:30 p.m. and the meeting 6:30-7:30 p.m. (elevator available). Call Kari, 902892-1100.

T.O.P.S. #0694 Charlottetown meets Mondays at Trinity United Church, Charlottetown, Richmond Street entrance, downstairs room to the right. Weigh-in is 6:45 p.m. with the meeting at 7:30 p.m. (on statutory holidays or days when school is cancelled due to weather, there are no meetings). Call Gloria at 902-566-9206. New members are welcome.

NOURISHED support group based meetings on nutrition and diet are Mondays, 7 p.m., at Sanctuary Yoga and Massage in the Sherwood Business Centre, 161 St. Peters Rd. Call 902-629-5800 or visit the Sanctuary Facebook page. The P.E.I. Sociable Singles meetand-greet is Mondays, 7 p.m., in the West Royalty Community Centre, corner of Lower Malpeque Road and Kirkdale Road, Room 6, for those over 40 years. Google P.E.I. sociable singles or call Edith, 902-892-3970, or Nadine, 902-5665899.

Island Treasures Needle Art Guild meets Mondays at the St. Eleanor’s Community Centre, 7 p.m. Call Shelley, 902-436-8795.

The annual meeting of the North Granville Cemetery Committee is May 1, 7:30 p.m., in the North Granville Community Centre. All interested parties are encouraged to attend.

Health/Classes

Regular yoga classes are the first four weeks in May at the Milton Community Hall on Mondays at 7 p.m. and Wednesdays at 9 a.m.