COMMUNITY CALENDAR
TODAY
Alcoholics Anonymous
Women’s AA Meeting held every Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Emmanuel Church in Westbank. Use south entrance (facing towards Peachland). COVID-19 protocol is in place.
Donate blood
Blood Donation event at the Peachland Community Centre from noon to 6:45 p.m. Book individually at blood.ca or GiveBlood APP or 1 888 2DONATE. For groups of one to six people contact gayle.voyer@blood.ca Canadian Blood Services is asking that all donors have appointments to make sure they can maintain social distancing in their donation centres. They have implemented new safety requirements for COVID-19 in all of its donor centres. To learn more, go online to blood.ca/en/covid19.
Public speaking
Gain practice to become the speaker and leader you were meant to be at the Westside Toastmasters Club. The club currently meets at 7 p.m. online through Zoom. For more information or to find the Zoom link, go online to 872.toastmastersclubs.org.
Alcoholics Anonymous
The Alzheimer Society of B.C. is offering support during the Covid-19 pandemic while maintaining physical distancing through free weekly webinars. Caregivers and people living with dementia can learn how dementia may affect a person’s driving abilities and strategies to ease the transition for driving cessation at the 60-minute Driving and Dementia webinar starting at 2 p.m. To register, go online to alzbc.org/webinars.
THURSDAY
French puppet show
The Okanagan Regional Library offers a funny French Christmas puppet show for the whole family from 6 to 6:30 p.m. Register online at orl.evanced.info/signup/Calendar to receive the Zoom link to join the program. Free.
Online Christmas stories
Okanagan Regional Library offers Online Christmas Stories from 3:30 to 4 p.m. with funny picture books with Christmas or winter themes for preschool children to eight year-olds. Register online at orl.evanced.info/signup/Calendar to receive the Zoom link to join the program. Free.
Coding for kids
Intro to Coding Club: First Timers’ Class available online from 5 to 5:30 p.m. through the Okanagan Regional Library. Kids eight to 12 years old can take in this 30-minute meeting and be introduced to the development platforms and familiarize themselves with the coding tools.
This class is a prerequisite to the Online Coding Club. Registration is required to receive a link to the program. Join the waitlist if registration is full. The library will add additional programs as demand requires. To register, go online to orl.evanced.info/signup/Calendar.
Toy drive
Drive Thru Toy Drive for the Westside Salvation Army from 9 a.m. to noon at the Stutters DKI Parking lot 2565 Main St. at the former Greyhound station. People can bring new unwrapped toys for the Westside Salvation Army.
SUNDAY Online lantern tour
Gather the family and snuggle up for festive tales from Kelowna’s days of yore at the online Winter’s Night Lantern Tour from 7 to 8 p.m. courtesy of the Okanagan Heritage Museum. Register for the Kelowna Museums newsletter and receive your watch link at kelownamuseums.ca/newsletters.
Storytime
SATURDAY
TUESDAY
Regional Parks offers online Storytime live on their Instagram channel at 10:30 a.m. using Instagram Live, a feature on Instagram stories that allows users to stream video to their followers and engage with them in real time as they broadcast from various parks. This program is for all ages. Past online programs can be viewed on the Regional District’s YouTube channel at youtube.com/regionaldistrict.