COMMUNITY calendar

Classes

A free Taste and Learn…Dips and Sips class is Thursday, July 25, 1-2 p.m., at Sobeys Extra Stratford. Join the Sobeys dietitian and learn how to prepare tasty new recipes. Samples are provided Call 902-5664399 or email margaret.young@ sobeys.com to register. Space is limited.

Fundraisers

A strawberry and ice cream social will be held on Thursday, July 25, 6-8 p.m., at Cavendish United Church. There will also be cake, tea, coffee and punch. Admission is adults, $7, and children 10 and under, $3. Proceeds are for church projects. St. John’s United Church 15th annual Strawberry Ice Cream Social. At: Mt. Stewart Community Center, Friday, July 26, 5-7 p.m. Tickets $5, six and under free, available at the door or by calling Shirley Affleck @ 676-2549. Fresh local strawberries and delicious sweets.

The Church Mouse Thrift Shop at St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church, 391 Nelson St., (TransCanada Highway), Crapaud, will be open on Fridays and Saturdays, 9 a.m. to noon, for July and August. For information, contact Marion Miller at 902-658-2995.

Cards/Cribbage/ Crokinole

Cash bingo is at the Montague Legion Br. 8, 15 Douses Rd., Thursdays, 7 p.m., with a 50/50 draw, a progressive jackpot, canteen service and complimentary tea and coffee.

Sociable Bridge is Thursdays, 7 p.m., at the Haviland Club, 2 Haviland St., Charlottetown. Call 902218-4202.

Cards, auction and 45s, are held at Stanhope Place on Thursdays at 7 p.m. Admission is $5. The hall is at 2784 Bay Shore Rd.

Kensington Lions Auction cards is Fridays, 7 p.m., at the Kensington Legion, 30 Garden Dr.

Crokinole is Thursdays at the Hunter River Lions Hall, 7:30 p.m., with eight games, prizes and lunch for $4. No partner is needed.

Stratford weekly cribbage, sponsored by the Stratford Lions Club, is at the Cotton Centre, 57 Bunbury Rd., Thursdays, 7:30 p.m. Prizes are $100, $60 and $40. Admission: $6 per person; all are welcome. Proceeds go to Lions’ community projects. Call 902-569-2409.

Thursday card parties will be held at the Milton Community Hall at 7:30 pm until the end of September. Admission $3. Light lunch served.

Mah jong is played at the Seniors Active Living Centre, Bell Aliant Centre, UPEI, on Fridays, 10 a.m. Montague Duplicate Bridge is Fridays, 1-5 p.m., at Montague Legion, 15 Douses Rd. For information, call 902-838-4135 or 902-962-2660.

Weekly card play is at the Silver Threads Club in Souris, Fridays, 7 p.m.

Winsloe Lions Friday night Crib is 7:30 p.m. at the Winsloe Lions Hall, starting Oct. 5. There is a loonie pot and a 50/50 draw. Call Michelle, 902-393-8613.

Weekly Friday night card parties, sponsored by the O’Leary Seniors Sunshine Club, are at O’Leary Community Complex, O’Leary, 7 p.m. Admission is $3. Prizes will be awarded, and light refreshments are served.