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Page 10 Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, May 9, 2024
COMMUNITY BRIEFS
Book signing,
reading at
Shelton Library
Shelton author Mary May will
read from her autographical book
“Sheltered by Hope: My Journey
Out of Homelessness” at noon May
18 at the Shelton Timberland Li—
brary, 710 W. Alder St.
As an advocate for people living
on the street, May created the Har—
vest for the Hungry program that
is used in 20 communities. In Shel-
ton, she is involved with Crazy Love
Ministries. Copies of her book will
be available for $20.
May wrote the book in 2009, a
year after she moved to Shelton. It
chronicles her years of homelessness
in San Diego and how her gratitude
to God for getting her off the streets
inspired her to create a meal pro—
gram with health care clinics.
Plant Bake Sale
Saturday benefits
Grant School
The Pickering Community Club
hosts its annual Plant & Bake Sale
from 9 am. to 2 p.m. Saturday at
the Grant School, 151 E. Commu-
nity Club Road, Shelton.
The club offers a variety of an—
nuals, perennials, vegetable starts,
succulents, ornamentals and native
plants. ,l‘lomemade pies, breads.
cookies and other treats, includ—
ing gluten—free options, also are
xi",
Shelton author Mary May will read from her autobiographical book “Shel-
tered by Hope: My Journey Out of Homelessness” May 18 at the Shelton
Timberland Library. Journal photo by Gordon Weeks
available.
Proceeds from the sale will ben-
efit Grant School, a former one-room
schoolhouse that’s now a community
gathering venue off East Pickering
Road. The Pickering Community is a
nonprofit group. For more informa-
tion about the group or the school,
visit www.thegrantschool.org.
Club hosts
community market
at church in Union
The Hood Canal Improvement
Club hosts a community market
from 10 a.m. to 47 p.m. Friday and
Saturday at the New Community
Church of Union.
Offerings include arts and crafts
and a raffle of prizes donated by
businesses. Proceeds will help the
club promote projects to improve the
health and safety of the Hood Canal
community.
Support group
for widows at
Shelton church
Faith Lutheran Church hosts
Good Griel'for Widows, a sup
port group that meets at l p.m.
Wednesdays at the church at 1212
Connection St., Shelton.
Everyone is welcome and there
is no cost. Use the north entrance
to the church. Information: Debbie
at 503—935-6149 and www.support-
goodgriellorg.
Inaugural Salmon
Run 5K benefits
summer programs
The Hood Canal Salmon En-
hancement Group hosts the inaugu—
ral Hood Canal Salmon Run 5K on
from 8 a.m. to noon June 15 at the
Salmon Center, 600 Roessel Road,
Belfair.
The event will raise money for
summer youth programs, including
the summer camps Farm Stewards
for kids ages 7-11 and Explore the
Fjord for ages 12—16.
Registration for the 5K is $80 for
adults and $10 for youths and can
be done at www.pnwsalmoncenter.
org.
People 14 and younger must
be accompanied by an adult. The
course runs through mostly flat,
unpaved trails of the Union River
Preserve and Theler Wetlands. ,Wa—
ter stations will be provided. An
event after the run includes a raffle
with prizes from businesses, photo
opportunities with the HCSEG
mascot Big Red, and free activi—
ties such as coloring and cornhole.
Event T-shirts can be ordered until
May 16.
I Compiled by reporter Gordon
Wee/es
“A mother is
your first friend,
your best friend,
your forever~ friend.
~— Amit Kalantri