Community Calendar: Oct. 2-8, 2023

Complied by Lisa Blanchette, Events Editor

Does your organization have an event coming up? Please let us know.

1. Email events@sanfordspringvalenews.com use subject line – “Lisa’s FB List”
2. Create your activity as a Facebook “event” not just a posting on your Facebook page. This allows us to accurately copy it to our community calendar AND gives us the ability to share your event on our Facebook page.

Monday, Oct. 2

Red Cross Blood Drive, Noon-5 pm, Nasson Community Center, 457 Main St., Springvale

Tuesday, Oct. 3

Site Plan Review Committee Meeting, 9 am, Sanford City Hall, 919 Main St.

City Council Meeting, 6 pm, Sanford City Hall, 919 Main St.

Wednesday, Oct. 4

Sam’s Book Club – Fairy Tale by Stephen King, 5:30 pm, Springvale Public Library, 443 Main St., Springvale

Planning Board Meeting, 6:30 pm, Sanford City Hall, 919 Main St.

Thursday, Oct.5

Job Fair, 3-5 pm, Sanford Community Adult Education, 668 Main St.

Friday, Oct.6

Nasson College 2023 Homecoming, Oct 6-8, Nasson Campus, Springvale

Friday Storytime-Meet a Mermaid, 10 am, Springvale Public Library, 443 Main St., Springvale

Salvation Army Produce Pantry, 10 am-Noon, Salvation Army of Sanford, 871 Main St.

The Southern Maine Agency on Aging Medicare Series, 12:30-3 pm, Louis B. Goodall Memorial Library, 952 Main St.

First Friday Spaghetti Dinner, 5-7 pm, New Beginnings Christian Church, 181 Grammar Rd.

Sound Journey at the YMCA, 6:30-7:30 pm, Sanford-Springvale YMCA, 1 Emile Levasseur Dr.

Saturday, Oct.7

Haunted Happenings Bus Trip, 7:45-10 pm, Noble High School, 100 Noble Way, North Berwick

Ongoing Weekly Events

Mondays

A Matter of Balance, 9-11 am, Mayflower Place, 27 Mayflower Dr. (through 10/11)

Baby Rhyme Time, 10 am, Springvale Public Library, 443 Main St. Springvale (through 11/27)

Sanford Food Pantry, 10 am-Noon, Sanford Food Pantry, 1204 Main St. (weekly)

Lego Builders Club, 3:30-4:30 pm, Springvale Public Library, 443 Main St., Springvale (through 11/27)

Tuesdays

York County Shelter Program Hosts Free Lunch at Sanford Housing Authority’s Sunset Towers, Noon – 1 pm, Sunset Towers, 941 Main St. (Tuesdays & Thursdays weekly)

Sanford Elks Bingo, 4 pm, Sanford Elks Lodge, 13 Elm St. (weekly)

Wednesdays

A Matter of Balance, 9-11 am, Mayflower Place, 27 Mayflower Dr. (through 10/11)

Wednesday Night Bite Free Community Meal, 6-7 pm, Curtis Lake Church, 38 Westview Dr. (weekly)

Thursdays

Homeschool Meetup-STEM Related Activity, 10-11 am, Springvale Public Library, 443 Main St., Springvale (through 11/9 excluding 11/2)

York County Shelter Program Hosts Free Lunch at Sanford Housing Authority’s Sunset Towers, Noon – 1 pm, Sunset Towers, 941 Main St. (Tuesdays & Thursdays weekly)

St. Therese of Lisieux Food Bank, Noon-2 pm, St. Ignatius Gym, 25 Riverside Ave (weekly)

Free Community Meal, 5 pm, New Beginnings Christian Church, 181 Grammar Rd. (weekly)

Fridays

Friday Storytime, 10 am, Springvale Public Library, 443 Main St., Springvale (through 12/1)

Saturdays

Sanford Farmers’ Market, 8 am-Noon, Central Park, 920 Main St. (through 10/28)

Sundays

Chamber Talk with Rick Stanley, 7-8 am, Radio Station 104.3 The Oldies (weekly)

Coming Soon…

10/09 No School-Indigenous Peoples Day

10/09 Sanford Public Works Administrative Office Closed

10/09 Communities Care Day @ North Parish Church, UCC

10/09 A Family for ME Q&A

10/10 Sanford Transfer Station/Demo Debris Areas Closed Today

10/10 Municipal Operations and Property Subcommittee Meeting

10/10 Sanford Food Pantry

10/10 Public Safety Subcommittee

10/10 Matthew Meal

10/11 Land Bank Authority Meeting

10/11 Fire Station Working Group

10/11 Friends of Downtown Meeting

10/12 Homeschool Meetup-STEM Related Activity

10/12 Senior Food Mobile Distribution at CrossRoads United Methodist Church

10/12 Job Fair at Sanford Community Adult Education

10/13 Salvation Army Staples Box Distribution

10/13 Friday Storytime at Springvale Public Library

10/13 Southern Maine Agency on Aging Medicare Series

10/13 Sanford Arts Commission Art Walk Downtown

10/14 Farmers’ Market

10/14 Party in the Park-Carpentier Park

10/15 Chamber Talk Radio 104.3

10/15 Grahamtastic Connection 5K

10/15 Annual Firefighters Memorial

10/15 Fall Festival at Dance Studio of Maine South

Visit our Events Calendar for details on all these events and events to come.

Check Sanford School Department sports schedules by clicking here: Sanford (mpaschedules.org)