Community Calendar: March 8-16, 2025  

Compiled by Lisa Blanchette 

 Visit our Events Calendar https://sanfordspringvalenews.com/events/ for details on these events and on events to come.   

Saturday, March 8 

• Bundle Up and Read at the Springvale Library, ends today 

• Spring Ahead Puzzle Tournament, 1-4 pm, Trafton Senior Center, 19 Elm St. 

Sunday, March 9 

• Daylight Saving Time starts, 2 am 

• “Maine in the Civil War” with Ashley Towle, lecture series at Sanford Springvale Historical Society, 3-5 pm, 505 Main St. 

Monday, March 10 

• Baby Rhyme Time, 10-10:20 am, Springvale Library, 443 Main St.  

• Sanford Food Pantry, 10 am-noon, 1204 Main St. 

• A Family for ME Live Q&A Session, noon-1 pm, online 

• Red Cross blood drive, noon-5 pm, Sanford Christian Academy Gym, 25 Riverside Ave. 

• Lego Builders Club, 3:30-4:30 pm, Springvale Library, 443 Main St. 

• A Family for ME Live Q&A Session, 6-7 pm, online 

Tuesday, March 11 

• Property Subcommittee meeting, 8:30-10:00 am, online 

• Toddle Time, 10-11 am, Memorial Gym, 678 Main St. 

• Salvation Army Food Pantry, 10 am-noon, 871 Main St. 

• Baby/Toddler Rhyme Time, 10:30-11:00 am, Goodall Library, 1364 Main St. 

• Pre-K Story Time w/Craft, 11:00-11:30 am, Goodall Library, 1364 Main St. 

• Public Safety Subcommittee, 11 am-noon, online 

• York County Food Pantry, noon-3 pm, YCSP, 5 Swett’s Bridge Road, Alfred 

• Zoning Subcommittee meeting, 1-2 pm, online 

• YCSP’s “To-Go” Lunch @ St. George’s Episcopal Church, 2-3 pm, 3 Emerson St. 

• Cribbage, 2-3 pm, Springvale Library, 443 Main St. 

• Knit Lits, 3:00-4:30 pm, Springvale Library, 443 Main St. 

• Sanford Water District Trustees meeting, 4-5 pm, Water District Office, 243 River St., Springvale 

• Sanford Elks Bingo, 4 pm doors open, 6 pm games start, 13 Elm St. 

• City Council budget meeting, 5-7 pm, Sanford City Hall, 919 Main St. 

• Toddle Time, 5:30-6:30 pm, Memorial Gym, 678 Main St. 

• Mental Health Conversation for Parents & Families, 5:30-6:30 pm, online 

• Matthew Meal, 6-6:30 pm, St. Thomas School, 69 North Ave.  

• Dulcimer Group, 6-7 pm, Goodall Library, 1364 Main St. 

• Sanford Schools Bandfest, 6-8 pm, Sanford High School Gym, 100 Alumni Blvd. 

Wednesday, March 12 

• Land Bank meeting, 8:30-9:30 am, online 

• Fire Station Working Group, 11 am-noon, online 

• It Takes a Village 207-Indoor Community Meal @ St. George’s Episcopal Church, 2-3 pm, 3 Emerson St. 

• Make-It/Take-It Craft Shamrock Craft, 2-5 pm, Springvale Library, 443 Main St. 

• Lego Club, 2:30-4:30 pm, Goodall Library, 1364 Main St. 

• Friends of Downtown, 4:30-6:00 pm, Sanford Regional Economic Growth Council, 919 Main St. 

• Fiber Arts Group, 5-7 pm, Goodall Memorial Library, 1364 Main St. 

• Wednesday Night Bite Community Meal, 6-7 pm, Curtis Lake Church, 38 Westview Dr. 

Thursday, March 13 

• Senior food distribution, 10-11:30 am, Crossroads United Methodist Church, 15 Grammar Rd. 

• Sensory Story Time, 10 am-noon, Springvale Library, 443 Main St., Springvale 

• St. Therese of Lisieux Food Bank, noon-2 pm, Holy Family Church, 66 North Ave. 

• YCSP’s “To-Go” Lunch @ St. George’s Episcopal Church, 2-3 pm, 3 Emerson St. 

• Dodgeball tournament, 2:30 pm, Sanford High School Gym, 100 Alumni Blvd. 

• Free Community Meal, 5-6 pm, New Beginnings Christian Church, 181 Grammar Rd. 

• Game Night @ the Library, 5-7 pm, Goodall Library, 1364 Main St. 

• Sanford elementary teachers vs. first responders basketball game, 6-8 pm, Sanford Pride Elementary School, 708 Main St. 

• York County Stamp Club, 6:30-8:00 pm, Preble Lodge #143, 16 Elm St. 

Friday, March 14 

• Harvest Table Food Pantry, 9-11 am, Salvation Army, 871 Main St. 

• Toddler Time @ SCAE, 9-11 am, 668 Main St. 

• Salvation Army staples box distribution, 9 am-3 pm, Salvation Army of Sanford, 871 Main St. 

• Homeschool Group-Library Skills by Age, 10-11 am, Springvale Public Library, 443 Main St. 

• York County Career Center hiring event @ SCAE, 10 am-1 pm, 668 Main St. 

• Kids Free to Grow Playgroup @ SCAE, 11:30 am-1 pm, 668 Main St. 

• York County Food Pantry, noon-3 pm, YCSP, 5 Swett’s Bridge Road, Alfred 

Saturday, March 15 

• What’s the Buzz on Bees @ Eldredge Lumber, 2-4 pm, 1787 Main St. 

• Rolling Thunder fundraiser buffet for veterans and veterans’ causes, 4:30-6 pm, Sanford-Springvale VFW Post 9935, 1 Hutchinson St. 

• Corned beef and cabbage dinner, 4:30-6 pm, Sanford First Baptist Church, 905 Main St. 

• Maine Attraction water ski show team St. Patrick’s Day Benefit Dance and Auction, 6:30-10:30 pm, Memorial Gym, 678 Main St.  

Sunday, March 16 

• “New England Colonial Meeting Houses” lecture series at Sanford Springvale Historical Society, 3-5 pm, 505 Main St., Springvale 

Check Sanford School Department sports schedules at https://www.mpaschedules.org/public/genie/1142/school/73/