FAMILY & COMMUNITY
ARTHRITIS SUPPORT GROUP - Levin Cosmopolitan Club, Oxford St, Levin, including a fun quiz, August 8, then second Monday of each month, 1:30pm, call 06 368 5068. Beach clean-up - Waikanae Beach Boating Club carpark, Waimea Rd, July 30, then the final Saturday of each month, 10am, call 904 1260. Breathe Easy support group - Levin Cosmopolitan Club, Oxford St, Levin, guest speaker Horowhenua community development advisor Garreth Stevens, July 28, 10am. Buying amodern TV - Kapiti Community Centre, Ngahina St, Paraparaumu, presentation by Kapiti Workers’ Educational Association, July 30, 10am-noon, $20, call 9041598. Disability get-together - Freedom Church, Tavern Lane, Cannons Creek, chat with Hutt Valley Disabled Resources Trust and others about what’s on for you in your community, every Friday, noon-3pm, call 569 3091. Entertainment day - Community hall, Utauta St, Waikanae, August 3, then the first Wednesday of every month, 2pm, $3. Fabric and craft fair - St Paul’s Church, Kapiti Rd, Paraparaumu, August 27, 10am-2pm, call 021898692 Five rhythms movement meditation - St Peter’s Hall, Beach Rd, Paekakariki, every Monday, 7pm8:30pm, call 0210424921. Floral group - Senior Citizen’s Centre, Ocean Rd, Paraparaumu, ikebana demonstration, August 5 and the first Friday of every month, 1:30pm, free. Healing rooms - St Luke’s Church, Elizabeth St, Waikanae, every Friday, 10am-noon, call 904 3018. Kapiti Soroptimist - Coastlands, Paraparaumu, awareness information expo, July 30, 10am3pm, call 0274402308. Laughter wellness - Emerald Glen Homestead, Emerald Glen Rd, Paekakariki, August 7, then the first Sunday of every month, 2pm-3pm, $10. Levin Uniting Church market - Oxford St, Levin, the first Saturday of every month. 8am-11:30am, Stalls $10, call 06 368 6977. Ohau farmersmarket - Ohau Public Hall, Muhunoa Rd West, the third Saturday of every month, 9am1pm. Stalls $11-16, call 022 068 7861. Otaki Historical Society - Rotary Hall, Aotaki St, Otaki, AGM, with guest speaker Nigel Hopkins, August 2, 7:30pm, free, email otakihistoricalsociety@yahoo.com Otaki Women’s Community Club market - SH1 opposite NewWorld, Otaki, the first and third Sunday of each month, extramarket July 31, 9am-3pm, call 0210549625 for a stall. Planting - Whareroa FarmReserve, Mackays Crossing, August 7 and August 21, 9am-noon. Senior entertainment - Senior Citizens Hall, Ocean Rd, Paraparaumu Beach, August 12, then second Friday of each month, 2pm, call 9041085.