Southern California Garden Club meets on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024 at Sepulveda Garden Center on Magnolia Boulevard in Encino. (Google Street View)
Community meetings bring people together for exchange of ideas and memorable shared experiences.
Oct. 14
Wings Over Wendy’s: Veterans from all services and ages, and their supporters, meet, 8:30-11 a.m. Park on Valerio Street. Location, auditorium at 7401 Shoup Ave., West Hills. Contact Ed Reynolds, 818-421-8946. www.wingsoverwendys.com
Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council: A virtual-only board meeting, 6:30 p.m. Join the meeting on Zoom: tinyurl.com/yc2d9ez5. By phone, 833-548-0282 and use the ID: 85140543942 and press #. www.shermanoaksnc.org
Oct. 15
My 60 Years in Roses: Southern California Garden Club presents a talk by Tom Carruth, rose garden collection curator at the Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens, 11 a.m. Prior to the program: a plant market and country store, both for fundraising plus a plant specimen display, 9:30 a.m.; business meeting, 10 a.m.; club member Rosemary Ecker presents a workshop on “The Secret Life of Gloves,” 10:30 a.m.; Carruth’s presentation at 11 a.m. Bring-your-own lunch, noon. Club meetings are on the third Tuesday of the month, September-June. Sepulveda Garden Center, 16633 Magnolia Blvd., Encino. 818-996-3530. www.socalgardenclub.org and www.facebook.com/southerncaliforniagardenclub
Arleta Neighborhood Council: A board meeting, 6:30 p.m. Osborne Neighborhood Church, Fellowship Hall, 13501 Osborne St. www.arletanc.org
Oct. 16
Adult Book Club at Studio City Branch Library: Discusses “North Woods” by Daniel Mason, 6:30 p.m. Location, 12511 Moorpark St. 818-755-7873. Details: tinyurl.com/5c4r29rn
North Hollywood Northeast Neighborhood Council: A board meeting, 7 p.m. Los Angeles Fire Department, Station 89, community room, 7063 Laurel Canyon Blvd., North Hollywood. Email: board@nhnenc.org. www.nhnenc.org. Details: www.nhnenc.org/event/board-meeting-33/
How Lifestyle Changes Can Affect Mental Illness: National Alliance on Mental Illness – San Fernando/Santa Clarita valleys present a talk by Dr. Douglas Noordsy, editor of the book “Lifestyle Psychiatry,” 7 p.m. Join the Zoom meeting here: tinyurl.com/4zrue3rd. By phone, 669-900-9128 and use ID: 81835523630 and # and Passcode: 692327. med.stanford.edu/profiles/douglas-noordsy. Information for resources on mental health, Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health: dmh.lacounty.gov. www.facebook.com/NAMISFV.ORG. Information about the local NAMI group and support groups, www.namisfv.org
Woodland Hills Homeowners Association – Crime and Safety Issues in the San Fernando Valley: Guest speaker is Los Angeles Police Department Captain Rodolfo Lopez, commanding officer at Topanga Community Police Station, 7:30 p.m. (www.lapdonline.org/lapd-contact/valley-bureau/topanga-community-police-station/). Register in advance for the Zoom meeting on the WHHO website. Questions about the meeting, send an email to John M. Walker: john@whho.com. www.whho.com
Oct. 17
Burbank African Violet Society: Beverlee Nelson, a club member, presents a program “A Dawg Show” — with members’ showing their most challenging, worst-looking but alive, African violet plants — and information on how to turn these seemingly difficult plants to thrive, 10 a.m. Meetings include silent auction tables, plants and supplies for sale and a raffle. Little White Chapel Christian Church, social hall, 1711 N. Avon St., Burbank. 661-940-3990. www.burbankafricanviolets.weebly.com
North Hills West Neighborhood Council: A board meeting, 6 p.m. New Horizons, 15725 Parthenia St. 818-369-1708. www.nhwnc.net
Oct. 19
Chatsworth Chapter National Society Of the Daughters of the American Revolution: Meeting begins with a social time, 9:30 a.m., followed by the meeting and a program on “The Founding of the First Bank,” 10 a.m. Meeting location provided to anyone interested in attending as a potential DAR member or as a guest at the meeting, contact Kathy Dudley at chatsworthchapterdar@gmail.com. chatsworth.californiadar.org
Oct. 30
Granada Hills Woman’s Club – Halloween Game Day and Luncheon: The group holds the event that also includes a “best costume” contest, 10 a.m. Costumes are optional. Pre-paid reservations only and are required by Oct. 25. Mail a check in the amount of $25, payable to GHWC, to the clubhouse address: Granada Hills Woman’s Club, 10666 White Oak Ave., Granada Hills, CA 91344. Questions about the event: Yolanda Petroski, 818-363-9844.
Farmers markets
Granada Hills Farmers Market: The Granada Hills Chamber of Commerce presents the market, 6-10 p.m. Fridays. Location, White Oak Avenue (at Chatsworth Street). 818-368-3235. www.granadachamber.com/
Canoga Park Farmers Market: A certified market, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Saturdays. Rain or shine. Location, 7248 Owensmouth Avenue, between Sherman Way and Wyandotte Avenue. www.instagram.com/mainst.canogaparkfarmersmarket
El Nido Farmers Market – Pacoima: El Nido Family Centers and the City of Los Angeles present the market, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays. Location, Pacoima Family Source Center, 11243 Glenoaks Blvd. Facebook: tinyurl.com/2p8rmtc2. www.elnidofamilycenters.org/farmers-market
Woodland Hills Farmers Market: 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Saturdays. Location, 5650 Shoup Ave. 818-300-3023. Facebook: bit.ly/44cFl0P
Encino Farmers Market: ONEgeneration presents the market, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Sundays. Location, 17400 Victory Blvd. (between Balboa Boulevard and White Oak Avenue). Farmers market manager, 818-708-6611 or email: farmersmarket@onegeneration.org. www.onegeneration.org/farmers-market/
Good Times Farmers Market: 9 a.m.-2p.m. Sundays. Los Angeles Valley College, parking lot A, 5800 Fulton Ave. (at Burbank Boulevard), Valley Glen. Email: goodtimesfarmersmarket@gmail.com. Instagram: tinyurl.com/mrxcaxrn
Volunteer
Volunteers Cleaning Communities: Find a list of upcoming projects: https://volunteerscleaningcommunities.com/schedule-of-events. Send an email to register for the project you want to join so they know to expect you and will have enough equipment for everyone. Also, sign the waiver to take part in the clean-up. Information on the group and how to make a donation for clean-up supplies: volunteerscleaningcommunities.com. 818-519-7567. Email: jill@vcc.world
Send information at least two weeks in advance to Holly Andres at holly.andres@dailynews.com. 818-713-3708.
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