Events

• AntFarm, Sandy’s youth development center, has summer hours from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday. The center is running its summer internship workforce development program and outdoor classes incorporating its community garden, which is located behind Suburban Ford and the new urgent care. It also is starting its AntFarm Café. In addition, AntFarm is continuing to collect cans, plastic bottles and old phones for recycling. The group also holds a knitting class from 10 a.m. to noon Fridays.

• The second Stone Bird Vintage Collectible and Antique Show will return from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 4, and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 5, at the old Sandy High School, 17100 S.E. Bluff Road. Admission is $3. For more information, call Sandy Jordan at 503-668-3378.

• The Prime Timers Dining Club invites singles 50 and older to meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 1, at The M&M Restaurant and Lounge, 137 N. Main Ave., Gresham. Social time begins at 6 p.m. with dinner at 6:30 p.m. Dinner is Dutch treat. For more information, visit primetimersdiningclub.com, call Pat Ruter at 503-936-5861 or email Pat at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . To learn about more August events, visit primetimersclub.com.

• Wood Village Baptist Church will hold its fourth annual clothing exchange from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 11.

Donations will be accepted between church services from 10:30-11 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 5, and from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 9, and Friday, Aug. 10, in the Fellowship Hall.

For each item of clothing donated — in good condition, laundered and stain-free, folded or placed on hangers and pre-sorted for infants, boys, girls, women and men — you get another item free. Items also can be purchased for 25 cents each. Items not sold will be donated to Pacific NW Outreach (formally Frontier Missions). For information, call 503-661-7686.

• The Sandy Fire District will celebrate its centennial with festivities including an antique and emergency vehicle apparatus show, games, a swim day, food, photos and more. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18, at Sandy Grade School, 38955 Pleasant St., Sandy. For more information, visit sandyfire.org.

• Sandy Assembly of God is holding a fundraising sale from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Aug. 30 and 31 and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 1 at 39800 S.E. Highway 26. The church is accepting donations of blankets, new socks and food to continue offering a clothes closet and food pantry.

Business

• The Sandy Area Chamber of Commerce will have its annual Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon at the gazebo in Meinig Park at noon Wednesday, Aug. 8. For more information or to order a $12 lunch, call 503-668-4006.

Art

• The Quilting and Fiber Arts Club members join in creative activities anytime from 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. the second and fourth Thursdays of each month on the second floor of the Sandy Historical Society Museum, 39345 Pioneer Blvd. Interested individuals may come anytime to learn about membership. For more information, call the museum at 503-668-3378.

Civic groups

• The Sandy Optimist Club meets at 7 p.m. the second and fourth Thursdays of every month at the Sandy Senior Center, 38438 Pioneer Blvd. For more information, call 503-668-9542 or go to sandyoptimist.org.

• The Sandy Lions Club meets at 7 p.m. the first and third Tuesday of every month at the Tollgate Inn, 38100 Highway 26. For more information, call 503-668-8287 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

• The Mt. Hood Lions Club gathers at 7:30 p.m. the second Wednesday of every month for a business meeting at the clubhouse, near Highway 26 and Woodsey Way. The board meets at the same time and place on the first Wednesday, and the club meets for a social gathering at 6:30 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m. the fourth Wednesday at the clubhouse. For more information, call 503-622-4664 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

• Sandy Toastmasters, a group that helps its members develop their public speaking and leadership skills, meets from 6:15-7:30 p.m. every Tuesday in the lower level of Cascadia Village Retirement Community, 39495 Cascadia Village Drive. For more information, contact Dennis Bachman at 503-750-2010 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

• The Sandy Kiwanis Club meets on the first and third Thursdays every month at 6:30 p.m. at the Tollgate Inn, 38100 Highway 26, Sandy. For more information, call 503-880-1029 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Government

• The Sandy City Council meets at 7 p.m. the first and third Mondays of each month at Sandy City Hall, 39250 Pioneer Blvd. For meeting agendas or more information, go to cityofsandy.com.

• The Sandy Downtown Parking Advisory Committee meets at 4 p.m. the third Wednesday of each month at Sandy City Hall, 39250 Pioneer Blvd. For more information, call 503-489-2163.

• The Villages at Mt. Hood board of directors meets at 4 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month. For agendas or more information, go to thevillagesatmthood.com.

• Mt. Hood Corridor CPO meets at 7 p.m. the first Thursday of each month in the Dorman Room of the Community Center, 24500 E. Salmon River Road, Welches. For more information, call Janine Bertram at 503-622-6387.

• The Firwood CPO/Wildcat Mountain Neighbors Association meets at 7 p.m. the second Thursday of each month at the Firwood Fire Station, 24545 Firwood Road, Sandy. For more information, call Marge Stewart, 503-668-8797, or Jerry Hein, 503-826-8448.

• The Eagle Creek-Barton CPO meets at 7 p.m. the second Thursday of each month at the Eagle Creek Fire Department on Highway 211 near Judd Road. For more information, contact Charlene DeBruin at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

• The Boring CPO meets at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at the Boring Fire Station, 28655 Highway 212, Boring. For more information, call Chairman Steve Bates at 503-663-6271.

• The Boring Water District Board of Commissioners meets at 7 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at the water district office, 28577 Wally Road, Boring; enter driveway across Highway 212 from the Boring Post Office. The public is welcome to attend. For more information, call 503-663-4594.

• The Advisory Board to the Sandy and Hoodland Public Libraries meets from 4:30-6 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month at the city of Sandy City Hall Conference Room. City Hall is at 39250 Pioneer Blvd., Sandy. To confirm the meeting place and time each month, call 503-489-2168.

Support groups

• Take Off Pounds Sensibly, a weight-loss support group, meets from 7:30-9 a.m. Wednesdays at the Clackamas County Bank’s Sunset Community Room, 38935 Proctor Blvd. For more information, call SuAnne at 503-668-0002.

• The evening chapter of Take Off Pounds Sensibly meets from 6:30-8 p.m. Thursdays at Clackamas County Bank’s Sunset Community Room, 38935 Proctor Blvd. For more information, call Sharon at 503-668-3417.

• Celebrate Recovery meets at 6 p.m. Fridays at Good Shepherd Community Church 28986 S.E. Haley Road in Boring. It’s open to anyone 18 or older who has any hurts, habits or hang-ups. For more information, call 503-663-5050.

• Sandy Principles & Progress, an Al-anon group, meets from 6-7 p.m. Tuesdays at Sandy Community Center, 38348 Pioneer Blvd. For more information, call 503-330-0900.

• District 25 Alcoholics Anonymous’ Sandy Discovery Group meets at 7 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and the second Saturday of the month, and at 9 a.m. Sundays at Foursquare Church of Sandy, 39300 Dubarko Road. The Sandy group also meets at 8 p.m. Tuesdays at Sandy Community Center, 38348 Pioneer Blvd. The Welches Timberline group meets at 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays for “text studies,” at 6 p.m. Fridays for women, at 5 p.m. Saturday and at 7:30 p.m. Sundays at St. John in the Woods Catholic Church, 24905 E. Woodsey Way, Welches.

• Sandy Sangha is a meditation and discussion group that meets from 6:30-8 p.m. Wednesdays for a period of silent meditation followed by discussion on a variety of topics over tea, at 39641 Scenic St., Sandy. Meditation is from 6:30-7 p.m. with tea and discussion until 8 p.m. No meditation experience is necessary, and the group welcomes people of all faith traditions and beliefs. For information, call Emilie Cartoun at 503-997-3193 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Food assistance

• The Community Church of Sandy offers a free dinner at 6 p.m. every Friday at 39290 Scenic St. For more information, call 503-668-4543.

• Sandy Assembly Of God Church offers a free dinner at 6 p.m. every third Monday at 39800 Highway 26, Sandy. The church also has its food pantry and clothes closet open those nights. For more information, call 503-668-5589.