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.