Healthy Communities Coalition of Lyon and Storey Counties holding free events

Free events sponsored by Healthy Communities Coalition of Lyon and Storey Counties are planned this month.

Everyone’s an Asset Builder, a free workshop and lunch for community leaders, coaches, teachers, parents and grandparents, is from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sept. 17 at Fernley Intermediate School, 320 Highway 95A. To register, call Jenny at 775-246-7550, or go to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/everyones-an-asset-builder-a-community-workshop-tickets-27425007937.

Family Strengths, a free workshop for parents, is from 1 to 3 p.m. Sept. 17 at Fernley Intermediate School. Find out about the five family strengths and learn how to build on your family’s strengths. RSVP to reserve a seat by callingall Jenny at 775-246-7550, or go to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/discover-your-familys-strengths-a-workshop-for-parenting-adults-tickets-27425579647.

A spaghetti fundraiser from 4 to 8 p.m. Sept. 20 at Js’ Old Town Bistro in Dayton will help raise funds for a Remote Area Medical popup clinic Sept. 23-25 in Silver Springs. The spaghetti dinner costs $15 per person. For information about the free medical event, call 775-350-9250.

Additionally, Silver city’s Resident Artist program is hosting David Lee, a poet whose book, “Last Call,” was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, through December.

Healthy Communities meets at 9 a.m. on the second Thursday of the month at the Silver Springs Community Center, but locations may vary. Call 775-246-7550 for more information and to verify meeting locations.