Oct. 18-25
Happenings at the Free Public Library at 713 Marsha Ave., Williamstown. For more information about the events listed below contact 856-629-1212 or email info@monroetpl.org.
Oct. 18-21, 23-25 – 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. – Teen Take-and-Make Bags: Squishy Stress Ball.
Oct. 18 – 1-2 p.m. – Bookworms Book Club.
Oct. 18 – 6:30-8:30 p.m. – Needle Arts Group.
Oct. 18 – 7-8:30 p.m. – Library Board meeting.
Oct. 19 – 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Chair Yoga with Relax Mind and Body.
Oct. 19 – 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30-2:30 p.m. – Family Storytime.
Oct. 19 – 1-6 p.m. – Blood Drive.
Oct. 19 – 1-2:30 p.m. – Magical Potions!
Oct. 19 – 6-8 p.m. – Hunt a Killer: Murder Mystery.
Oct. 21 – 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Saturday Storytime.
Oct. 21 – 1:30-2:30 p.m. – Graphic Novel Book Club.
Oct. 21 – 1:30-2:30 p.m. – Teen Advisory Board.
Oct. 23 – noon to 2:30 p.m. – Lunch and a Movie: Haunted Mansion (2023).
Oct. 23 – 6-8 p.m. – Teen Mini Pumpkin Painting and a Movie Night.
Oct. 24 – 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30-2:30 p.m. – ABC Storytime.
Oct. 24 – 6-7 p.m. – Pumpkin painting.
Oct. 24 – 7-8 p.m. – Bookmarks Book Club.
Oct. 25 – 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 4-5 p.m. – Halloween Parade, Williamstown Garden.
Oct. 25 – 2-3 p.m. – Horror Book Club.
Oct. 25 – 6-7 p.m. – Chess Club.
Oct. 25 – 6:30-8:30 p.m. – Ceramic Decoupage Pumpkin with Trudi Clark.
Happenings around Gloucester County
Oct. 18, 25 – 1-3 p.m. – Adult Vaccine Clinic at the Gloucester County Health Department, 204 E. Holly Ave., Sewell. By appointment only.
Oct. 18– 3-4:30 p.m. – STD/TB Clinic at the Gloucester County Health Department, 204 E. Holly Ave., Sewell. Note time extends to 5 p.m. on Oct. 18.
Oct. 19, 24 – 8:30-11:30 a.m. – Child Vaccine Clinic at Gloucester County Health Department, 204 E. Holly Ave., Sewell. By appointment only. Note, there is another Child Vaccine Clinic from 1-3:30 p.m. Oct. 17.
Oct. 19, 26 – 4-5 p.m. – HIV testing at the Gloucester County Health Department, 204 E. Holly Ave., Sewell.
Oct. 21 – 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. – Sheriff’s Department Child Seat Check at Gloucester County Store, 1750 Deptford Center Road, Deptford.
Thursday, Oct. 19
Monroe Township Board of Education meeting at 7 p.m., Williamstown High School Theater, 700 N. Tuckahoe Road.
Friday, Oct. 20
The Food Pantry is open from 9:30-11:30 a.m. located on the bottom level of the Clubhouse, 408 Church St. Williamstown. For more information call (856) 728-9841.
Saturday, Oct. 21
Fall Festival and Halloween parade will be held on Oct. 21. The fall festival will he beld from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Owens Park, 700 N. Tuckahoe Road. There will be pumpkin decorating, hayrides, slide, pony rides, games, prizes, food vendors and bounce houses. Later that evening at 7 p.m. there will be a Halloween parade at 7 p.m. on Main Street. The rain date is Oct. 22. The parade route is between CVS and Church Street.
Monday, Oct. 23
Monroe Township Council meeting at 7 p.m., 125 Virginia Ave.
Wednesday, Oct. 25
Monroe Senior Commission presents Murder Mystery Dinner at 5:30 p.m. at Estate at Monroe, 1351 N. Black Horse Pike, Williamstown. For more information contact Maryann Nunes at (609) 605-1161 or Meryl Murtha at (267) 250-8706.
Thursday, Oct. 26
Seniors Halloween Costume party from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. at Pfeiffer Community Center, 301 Blue Bell Road. Presented by the Monroe Township Community Affairs. Call (856) 728-9841 to register.
The Red Cross is working around-the-clock to ensure patients have access to lifesaving transfusions and must collect 10,000 additional blood and platelet donations – over and above expectations – each week over the next month to sufficiently meet hospital needs. Donors of all blood types are urged to book a time to give now, especially those with type O blood or those giving platelets.
10-26 – 1-6 p.m., The Estate at Monroe, 1351 North Black Horse Pike.
Nov. 9 – 1-6 p.m. – Free Public Library of Monroe Township, 713 Marsha Lane.
Saturday, Oct. 28
Happy Howl-o-ween puppy parade at Monroe Township Dog Park, 700 N. Tuckahoe Road, next to Owens Park. Parade begins at 10 a.m. Presented by the Monroe Township community Affairs.
Saturday, Dec. 2
14th annual Wreaths of Remembrance from 10 a.m. to noon, 240 N. Tuckahoe Road, Williamstown.
Ongoing
AARP Tax Aide volunteers needed for the next tax season. The service provided is offered free of charge all over the United States by the AARP Foundation. If focuses on taxpayers 50 and older and those of low to moderate income. Volunteers are needed in Deptford, Glassboro, Mullica Hill, Washington Township, West Deptford and Williamstown. To help, call 1-888-AARP-NOW or submit a volunteer interest form at aarpfoundation.org/taxaidevolunteer.
