This calendar is the place to find fun events happening throughout Grays Harbor County including Aberdeen, Hoquiam, Westport, Ocean Shores, Elma, Montesano and beyond.
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- SHORT description of event
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What gives us a sense of place and belonging on the Harbor? Participate in a community mapping project to tell your story of what makes the Harbor…home. To participate, visit here to add to our online map or pick up a mapping kit at the Hoquiam Library beginning on Saturday, April 15.
We will compile community contributions from the mapping activity into a self-guided tour. The link to the tour will be available online or pick up a paper copy at the Hoquiam Library.
Join us for a reception at the Polson Museum on April 29 at 2:30 p.m. to discuss insights and perspectives sparked by the activity and learn about other historic walking tours in the area.
Grays Harbor Emergency Management
Personal Preparedness Forum
**THIS IS A FREE EVENT OPEN TO ALL**
COME LEARN ABOUT……
1. Site specific risk and hazards for emergency and natural disasters.
2. How to better prepare yourself to reduce the impact of any disaster event in your community, home, family and pets too!!
3. Disaster medication preparation. (Sharon Wallace, Ph.D., RN)
4. Learn how to get involved in your community.

COASST Marine Debris participants survey local beaches and collect data on the characteristics and location of debris – data that will ultimately be used to map the source and transport pathways of debris, as well as the potential harm to people, wildlife, and local coastal ecosystems. Volunteers need NO prior experience, just a commitment to survey a specific beach (about ¾ mile) each month.
If you are interested in participating, join COASST staff for the training session. There is no charge to attend the training, but plan to provide a $20 refundable deposit if you would like to take home a COASST volunteer kit. Training activities take place indoors. Beach surveys are best conducted in groups of 2 or more – please come with a survey partner in mind or plan to join a team during training.
Explore your creativity and exercise your brain! Make new friends and have fun building with LEGO® bricks at the library. Make your own creations or get inspiration from the library’s collection of LEGO® books.
Annual Norwegian Independence Day Parade will begin at Dorothy Anderson Cabin and parade around town. Traditional clothing encouraged!
Parade will end at Meriweather Street with an ice cream social.

Engage in conversation and problem-solving around contemporary issues relating to housing and homelessness in the Harbor region. Attendees will hear from a panel, engage in small group discussion, and leave with personal action steps they can take to strengthen their community.
Voices from the Harbor is an event series produced with funding from Humanities Washington. What Makes Communities Work is the third event in the three-part series.
Grays Harbor Emergency Management
Personal Preparedness Forum
**THIS IS A FREE EVENT OPEN TO ALL**
COME LEARN ABOUT…..
1. Site specific risk and hazards for emergency and natural disasters.
2. How to better prepare yourself to reduce the impact of any disaster event in your community, home, family and pets too!!
3. Disaster medication preparation. (Sharon Wallace, Ph.D., RN)
4. Learn how to get involved in your community.
Come join the fight against cancer.
Live Music, Car show, Food trucks.
STEM is not just for kids! Explore Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math with a variety of tech toys. Play with Ozobots, build a LEGO® MINDSTORMS® robot, and learn some basic coding. We’ll supply the toys, but bring your smartphone to try out Virtual Reality with Google Cardboard!
A chance to show our patriotic spirit. The parade features more than 75 entries and a Grand Marshall. One of the only Flag Day parades in Western Washington.
Bring your bicycle to the library! We will learn about bicycle safety and maintenance, and do some fun bicycle activities. This event is part of Summer Reading, a Timberland Regional Library district-wide program.
Nerds, assemble! Talk about games, manga, comics and all things nerdy.
Creature Teachers brings an assortment of exotic animals to educate people on the wonders of nature and spark a passion for wildlife. This event is part of Summer Reading, a Timberland Regional Library district-wide program.
Anyone can learn to code in this one hour introduction to computer science, designed to demystify code. Bring your own device or use one of the library’s laptops. This event is part of Summer Reading, a Timberland Regional Library district-wide program.
Become a pirate in time for Pirate Daze! Make your own hook, walk the plank, and learn about pirates. This event is part of Summer Reading, a Timberland Regional Library district-wide program.
Take over the library after it closes. Teens in attendance will choose the movie we watch. This event is part of Summer Reading, a Timberland Regional Library district-wide program.
Join library staff at local parks for games, art and science activities, books to take home, and more! This event is part of Summer Reading, a Timberland Regional Library district-wide program.

A summer kids’ event called Maker Fun Factory VBS will be hosted at First Presbyterian Church of Aberdeen, 420 N Broadway from Mon, June 26 to Thurs, June 29, 2017. At Maker Fun Factory, kids discover that God made them—and for a purpose! Kids participate in memorable Bible-learning activities, sing catchy songs, play teamwork-building games, experience one-of-a-kind Bible adventures, learn Bible Memory to remind them of God’s love, and test out Science-Fun Gizmos they’ll take home and play with all summer long. Plus, kids will learn to look for evidence of God all around them through something called God Sightings. Each day concludes with the FunShop Finale that gets everyone involved in living what they’ve learned.
Dinner will be provided at 5:15 pm each day.

A summer kids’ event called Maker Fun Factory VBS will be hosted at First Presbyterian Church of Aberdeen, 420 N Broadway from Mon, June 26 to Thurs, June 29, 2017. At Maker Fun Factory, kids discover that God made them—and for a purpose! Kids participate in memorable Bible-learning activities, sing catchy songs, play teamwork-building games, experience one-of-a-kind Bible adventures, learn Bible Memory to remind them of God’s love, and test out Science-Fun Gizmos they’ll take home and play with all summer long. Plus, kids will learn to look for evidence of God all around them through something called God Sightings. Each day concludes with the FunShop Finale that gets everyone involved in living what they’ve learned.
Dinner will be provided at 5:15 pm each day.
Join library staff at local parks for games, art and science activities, books to take home, and more! This event is part of Summer Reading, a Timberland Regional Library district-wide program.

A summer kids’ event called Maker Fun Factory VBS will be hosted at First Presbyterian Church of Aberdeen, 420 N Broadway from Mon, June 26 to Thurs, June 29, 2017. At Maker Fun Factory, kids discover that God made them—and for a purpose! Kids participate in memorable Bible-learning activities, sing catchy songs, play teamwork-building games, experience one-of-a-kind Bible adventures, learn Bible Memory to remind them of God’s love, and test out Science-Fun Gizmos they’ll take home and play with all summer long. Plus, kids will learn to look for evidence of God all around them through something called God Sightings. Each day concludes with the FunShop Finale that gets everyone involved in living what they’ve learned.
Dinner will be provided at 5:15 pm each day.
Join library staff at local parks for games, art and science activities, books to take home, and more! This event is part of Summer Reading, a Timberland Regional Library district-wide program.