The Gales Creek Garden Club will once again clean up the grounds of the Gales Creek Community Church in an all-volunteer effort—with more volunteers sought—to spruce up the downtown anchor on Saturday, May 4 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Community
The Gales Creek Strawberry Festival is coming back
The Gales Creek Strawberry Festival will return Saturday, June 15 after a four-year hiatus with live music, vendors, food carts, and, of course, strawberry shortcake.
Gales Creek Holiday Bazaar returns after four-year hiatus
After a four-year absence, the Gales Creek Holiday Bazaar returned to the Gales Creek School gym Saturday, November 18, drawing somewhere in the vicinity of 500 or more shoppers to the event.
Volunteer opportunities abound in firefighting, elsewhere
Want to volunteer to be a firefighter in western Washington County? Both Banks Fire District and Forest Grove Fire & Rescue have openings in their volunteer programs, and more ways to get involved this season.
Gales Creek community events group meeting Thursday, September 28
A group of Gales Creek residents intending to bring back several community events that were halted by the COVID-19 pandemic will meet again Thursday, September 28 at 6:30 p.m. at the Gales Creek School library.
Volunteers needed for Gales Creek School Halloween Party
A party thrown by the Gales Creek Parent Teacher Organization for local students who went to the Gales Creek Elementary School has morphed over the years into a gathering for local Gales Creek children who would attend the school if it remained an elementary school.
Dallas Boge hangs up hat as rural fire board director
Dallas Boge spent nearly 25 years as a volunteer firefighter in Gales Creek before he was elected to two terms—eight years—on the Forest Grove Rural Fire Protection District Board.
Group to meet again Thursday in Gales Creek to plan community events
A group of Gales Creek residents intending to bring back several community events that were halted by the COVID-19 pandemic will meet Thursday, August 24 at 6:30 p.m. at the Gales Creek School library.
Gales Creek National Night Out draws community, public safety agencies
The 16th annual Gales Creek Community National Night out, absent since the onset of the pandemic, returned Tuesday night in full force.
Gales Creek National Night Out is August 1
The 16th Annual Gales Creek Community National Night Out is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. Tuesday, August 1, marking the return of one of the largest community events in Gales Creek since the onset of the pandemic.