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⭐ Music Video Stars at In Movement – 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM

🌊 FRDC Summer Camps: Journey Down the River – 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM

❤ Customer Appreciation Day at Waves Coffee – 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM

👶 Babytime (0-12 months) – 10:30 AM to 11:00 AM

🍼 Baby Social (0-23 months) – 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM

📝 Resume Clinic with BCNSP – 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM

🛍 Kids Market – 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM

🎙 Rock Room Karaoke Nights at The Legion – 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM

📚 Drop-in Wildfires Bookshop – 5:45 PM

🎨 Brush Hour Paint Night - Alpine Meadow – 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM

🎙 Georgie's Local Karaoke Night – 7:00 PM

🎭 Howe Sound New West Bingpot! Thursday Trivia – 7:00 PM

❓ Steel & Oak Thursday Trivia Night – 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

💃 Salsa In The Park – 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM

🎙 The Terminal Pub Colossal Thursdays Karaoke – 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM

🎤 Notorious Grey Fox Open Mic Jam – 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM

🎥 Movies in the Park: Back to the Future – 8:00 PM

🎨 River As A Muse at Anvil Centre

🦸 Superhero Training Academy at In Movement – 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM

⭐ Music Video Stars at In Movement – 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM

🌊 FRDC Summer Camps: Journey Down the River – 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM

🧒 Toddler Time (12-36 months) – 10:30 AM to 11:00 AM

💑 City Love Scavenger Hunt For Couples - New West Area – 1:00 PM

🎉 Friday's on Front – 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM

🎲 Friendsday Night Board Games – 6:00 PM to 11:30 PM

🎸 Sip n’ Strum Fridays at Mechanics of Music – 7:00 PM

🎲 Georgie’s Local Hot Bitch Rock & Roll Bingo – 7:00 PM

🎲 Howe Sound Hitmix Bingo – 7:00 PM

🎙 Howe Sound New West Karaoke Night – 7:00 PM

🍸 Cocktails and Conjuring at the Flapper Lounge – 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

🎙 Weekly Karaoke Every Friday – 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM

🎙 Notorious Grey Fox Karaoke Friday Nights – 9:00 PM until Close

🎨 River As A Muse at Anvil Centre

🍅 Soil to Snack — Harvest Helpers – 10:00 AM to 11:15 AM

🗣 Spanish Conversation Drop-in – 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM

📚 Author Pop Up: Come Travel the World – 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM

🚶 Explore New West Walk – 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM

🎶 Uptown Live Summer Series – 12:00 PM to 4:15 PM

🚢 Samson V Museum – 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM

🛍 Hyack Square Market Days – 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM

💑 City Love Scavenger Hunt For Couples - New West Area – 1:00 PM

🎸 Buskers on the Boardwalk – 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

🚲 Youth Cycle Express: $2 Drop-in for Youth Ages 13 - 18 – 4:00 PM to 4:45 PM

🎨 Collage Workshop at Arrieta Art Studio – 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM

🎸 Live Music Saturday at the Legion Branch 2 – 5:30 PM to 9:30 PM

🎶 Saturday Night Live Music at The Terminal Pub – 9:00 PM

🎙 Karaoke Saturdays at Kelly & Carlos O’Bryan’s – 9:00 PM to 12:30 AM

🕺 Saturday Dance Party at Georgie's – 10:00 PM to 1:00 AM

🕹 Fighting Game Night – Phantom Alley

🎨 River As A Muse at Anvil Centre

Get ready to dig, discover, and get a little messy! Families are invited to Soil to Snack — Harvest Helpers, a hands-on gardening adventure at the Gardens4Kids Community Garden on Saturday, Aug. 8, from 10 to 11:15 a.m.

Designed especially for preschool and elementary-aged children, the morning turns soil into a playground for creativity, science, and discovery. Kids and their caregivers can mix potting soil and plant a seed to take home, create colourful artwork with natural soil paints, and team up for a soil-themed scavenger hunt.

Young gardeners will also help harvest potatoes from grow bags, with the fresh produce being donated back to the community.

Parent or caregiver participation is required, and everyone attending needs a ticket. Families should arrive ready for outdoor fun—and wear clothes that can handle a little dirt.

Bring the Kids for Garden Adventures

A simple donation can make a life-changing difference. Canadian Blood Services is bringing three blood donor clinics to Anvil Centre this August, giving New Westminster residents several opportunities to roll up their sleeves and help patients in need.

The first clinic takes place Tuesday, Aug. 4, from 1 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. Two more opportunities follow later in the month on Friday, Aug. 28, from noon to 6:45 p.m., and Saturday, Aug. 29, from 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.

All clinics will be held at Anvil Centre, 777 Columbia Street in downtown New Westminster.

Anvil Centre is supporting Canadian Blood Services in encouraging community members to donate and help strengthen Canada's blood supply. For donors, it's a relatively small commitment of time that can have a meaningful impact on someone else's care.

Appointments can be booked through blood.ca or the GiveBlood app.

Give Blood at Anvil Centre This August

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