Grand Ledge Chamber of Commerce

Community Calendar - Grand Ledge Chamber

Event	Date	Time	Contact

Capital Area Humane Society Shelter Supplies Drive June 1 - 30 Help CAHS care for animals in need. Items especially in need are listed on our Event Calendar. Drop off donations at GLADL for delivery to CAHS. more info...	6/1/2025 -6/30/2025	10:00am to 9:00pm	Stefanie Black

Baby Stories & Play 18 months & younger and their parents or caregivers We’ll read a story, sing and rhyme together, do a fingerplay, and have fun while learning and playing. We’ll end with time for caregivers to socialize and babies to play & interact with each other. more info...	6/14/2025	3:00pm to 4:00pm	Stefanie Black

Summer Reading Program - Color Our World Bring Color into Our World this Summer! Our Summer Reading Program (SRP) combines fun activities and entertaining events to support and increase reading skills–and learning– all summer long. (Shhh–kids just think it’s fun!) . Runs June 1 - July 31, 2025. GLADL offers traditional paper and digital options to participate in SRP, plus great resources for beginning readers to adults. We have digital collections and book recommendations for all ages. We have storytimes, themed entertainers and educators, creative crafts and games – inside and outside too. And of course, we’ll have Art themed instant prizes for each completed kids reading log! more info...	6/16/2025	10:00am to 9:00pm	Stefanie Black

Create Like a Famous Artist: Michelangelo We're making art inspired by the work of Italian painter Michelangelo! We'll learn a bit about Michelangelo before we get started creating. One of the things Michelangelo is famous for is painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome. So we're going to create like him by drawing or painting on a "ceiling" by getting underneath our tables and chairs. Paint will be washable, but wearing clothes that can get messy is recommended. more info...	6/16/2025	6:00pm to 7:00pm	Stefanie Black

Potter Park Zoo visits Picnic Playdate Storytime Our friends from Potter Park Zoo's "Zoo in Your Neighborhood" program will bring some of the zoo to us for a special "Zoo Fun" Picnic Playdate storytime! more info...	6/17/2025	11:00am to 12:00pm	Stefanie Black

Messy Art Day Join us for Messy Art Day at the library. This is an outdoor event so get ready to unleash your inner artist with splatter paint, spray bottle painting and more! Make sure you are dressed to get messy and have some creative fun. Kids of all ages are welcome! more info...	6/18/2025	1:00pm to 3:00pm	Stefanie Black

Beaded Bracelets for Tweens/Teens Ages 13 - 17 Make beaded bracelets using pony beads and other findings to show off your own unique style! more info...	6/18/2025	6:00pm to 7:00pm	Stefanie Black

Drawing Comics/Manga Workshop with Mark Crilley! [Registration Req.] Kids 8 - 14 Mark Crilley, published professional American comic creator, artist-- and children's book author & illustrator will host this workshop for kids on Comic & Manga Drawing! Mark is the creator of Akiko, Miki Falls and Brody's Ghost. Mark will share drawing techniques and tips, for kids ages 8-14. Follow along, step by step through at least four separate lessons over the course of one hour. Some lessons will be based on participant requests, guaranteeing that you'll learn about what interests you most! Perfect for fans of Manga, Anime and graphic novels! Paper and pencils provided, so there's nothing you need to bring apart from your own enthusiasm for drawing! Mark Crilley is a Michigan native and author/ illustrator of more than 50 books and graphic novels! Learn more at his website markcrilley.com. This project is funded in part by Michigan Humanities, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Michigan Arts and Culture Council. more info...	6/19/2025	2:00pm to 3:00pm	Stefanie Black

Creative Drawing Workshop with Mark Crilley [Registration Req] Ages 15+ Mark Crilley, a published professional comic creator, artist-- and children's book author & illustrator will host this Creative Drawing workshop! Mark will share drawing techniques and tips for youth and adults ages 15+. Follow along, step by step through at least four separate lessons over the course of one hour. What would you like to learn? Ask Mark-- lessons will reflect participant requests, guaranteeing that you'll learn about what interests you most! Paper and pencils provided, so there's nothing you need to bring apart from your enthusiasm for drawing! Mark is a Michigan native and author/ illustrator of more than 50 books and graphic novels including Akiko, Miki Falls and Brody's Ghost! Learn more at his website markcrilley.com. This project is funded in part by Michigan Humanities, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Michigan Arts and Culture Council. more info...	6/19/2025	6:00pm to 8:00pm	Stefanie Black

Red Cross Babysitting Workshop [Registration Req.] For Teens 12+ Learn emergency procedures, discipline techniques, diapering, age-appropriate activities, rescue breathing, the Heimlich maneuver, and basic first aid skills needed while babysitting. Upon workshop completion, students receive an American Red Cross babysitting course certificate. Registration required, class size limited. Participants bring a sack lunch, water bottle. Parents: please come into the library to sign in your children the morning of the class. Participants bring a sack lunch, water bottle. more info...	6/20/2025	10:00am to 4:00pm	Stefanie Black

Yankee Doodle Day: Decorate a Bike! Meet at Sawdon School! Kids--Come Join the Parade! We’ll provide flags, garland, crepe paper and more to “Yankee-Doodle” up your bike, wagon, scooter or stroller-- then ride with us in the parade! While supplies last. Helmets encouraged, adults walk with kids. more info...	6/21/2025	10:00am to 11:00am	Stefanie Black

Archive Your Life! Adults Bring your memories to the library and digitize your past and present! Learn how to use the library’s new scanner to restore old photos, documents, even decipher handwriting! Come view what we’ve digitized to discover how Grand Ledge has grown. more info...	6/21/2025	11:00am to 2:00pm	Stefanie Black

Summer Reading Program - Color Our World Bring Color into Our World this Summer! Our Summer Reading Program (SRP) combines fun activities and entertaining events to support and increase reading skills–and learning– all summer long. (Shhh–kids just think it’s fun!) . Runs June 1 - July 31, 2025. GLADL offers traditional paper and digital options to participate in SRP, plus great resources for beginning readers to adults. We have digital collections and book recommendations for all ages. We have storytimes, themed entertainers and educators, creative crafts and games – inside and outside too. And of course, we’ll have Art themed instant prizes for each completed kids reading log! more info...	6/23/2025	10:00am to 9:00pm	Stefanie Black

Science Heroes: Adventure of the Missing Color! Families, meet at Delta Center Elementary Gym Join Science Heroes on our mission to turn science into an adventure! Through hands-on experiments and fun, interactive stories, we get kids excited about the science that’s all around us as we celebrate the scientists who color our world with art! The combination of theatrical presentation and interactive science entertains and keeps kids engaged! more info...	6/23/2025	2:00pm to 3:00pm	Stefanie Black

Nailed it! Bad Art Night Ages 13 - 17 Use yarn, pipe cleaners, dot stickers, feathers, straws, embroidery floss and other supplies to recreate a famous painting of your choice. more info...	6/23/2025	6:00pm to 7:30pm	Stefanie Black

Create Like a Famous Artist: Alexander Calder and Sonia Delaunay One of the things Alexander Calder is famous for are his wire and kinetic sculptures including mobiles so we're going to create our own rock and wire standing mobiles. Sonia Delaunay is famous for her use of bright colors and concentric circles so we're going to use brightly colored circles to create a paper lollipop. more info...	6/24/2025	3:00pm to 4:00pm	Stefanie Black

Published! A Workshop for Writers [Registration Req.] Teens and Adults This MSU Libraries Publishing Services workshop presented by Julie Taylor will provide information about the book printing services available at the MSU Libraries, how to self-publish including purchasing ISBNs, registering your copyright, and options for selling your book online. We will also discuss book design basics using Microsoft Word and additional resources available. more info...	6/24/2025	6:00pm to 8:00pm	Stefanie Black

Intro to Fly Fishing with Red Cedar Fly Fishers [Registration Req.] Ages 12+ Learn more about fly fishing at this hands-on workshop! The first half of the class will focus on the various equipment used-- fly rods, reels, lines, leaders, waders, flies as well as an overview of the different methods of fly fishing with dry flies, nymphs, streamers, etc. The second half of the class will be hands-on fly casting instruction with club provided fly rods. Ages 12 +. Class size limited, please register to ensure your place. Class presented courtesy of Red Cedar Fly Fishers. Weather permitting. more info...	6/25/2025	6:00pm to 8:00pm	Stefanie Black

Colorful Chemistry! [Registration Req.] Ages 4 - 7 Poor Camilla Cream… her skin has turned green. And red, orange, yellow, blue, and purple, too! Our skin cannot change colors like Camilla Cream’s, but we can make color-mixing creations. Let’s read the story, “A Bad Case of Stripes” and engage in chromatography and color-mixing chemistry activities. more info...	6/26/2025	11:00am to 12:00pm	Stefanie Black

Colorful Jitter Critters! [Registration Req.] Ages 8 - 12 No need to get the jitters as you create your own colorful critter! Use your artistic abilities and engineering skills to design and create your own battery-powered critter equipped with a vibrating motor. more info...	6/26/2025	2:00pm to 3:00pm	Stefanie Black

Live from California-- Carl Winters "The Kalimba King" [Registration Req.] Educational songs, jazz, pop, and blues will be played the kalimba (African thumb pianos)--Hands-on opportunities for attendees to play the kalimbas too! more info...	6/26/2025	6:00pm to 7:00pm	Stefanie Black

Tummy Time Art Ages 0 - 3 Babies can be artists too! Bring your little one and make some mess-free art. Babies will paint by doing what babies do - tummy time! more info...	6/28/2025	3:00pm to 4:00pm	Stefanie Black

Summer Reading Program - Color Our World Bring Color into Our World this Summer! Our Summer Reading Program (SRP) combines fun activities and entertaining events to support and increase reading skills–and learning– all summer long. (Shhh–kids just think it’s fun!) . Runs June 1 - July 31, 2025. GLADL offers traditional paper and digital options to participate in SRP, plus great resources for beginning readers to adults. We have digital collections and book recommendations for all ages. We have storytimes, themed entertainers and educators, creative crafts and games – inside and outside too. And of course, we’ll have Art themed instant prizes for each completed kids reading log! more info...	6/30/2025	10:00am to 9:00pm	Stefanie Black

Sâmore Stories Storytime We’ll read stories about summer and the outdoors, sing songs, and, of course, make s’mores. We’ll meet at the library and head outside — come join us! more info...	6/30/2025	6:00pm to 7:00pm	Stefanie Black

Summer Reading Program - Color Our World Bring Color into Our World this Summer! Our Summer Reading Program (SRP) combines fun activities and entertaining events to support and increase reading skills–and learning– all summer long. (Shhh–kids just think it’s fun!) . Runs June 1 - July 31, 2025. GLADL offers traditional paper and digital options to participate in SRP, plus great resources for beginning readers to adults. We have digital collections and book recommendations for all ages. We have storytimes, themed entertainers and educators, creative crafts and games – inside and outside too. And of course, we’ll have Art themed instant prizes for each completed kids reading log! more info...	7/7/2025	10:00am to 9:00pm	Stefanie Black

Minecraft Mania! We’ll have our Minecraft server set up and the laptops ready to go. No experience needed -- all levels of players/builders welcome. more info...	7/8/2025	6:00pm to 8:00pm	Stefanie Black

Baby Stories & Play 18 months & younger and their parents or caregivers We’ll read a story, sing and rhyme together, do a fingerplay, and have fun while learning and playing. We’ll end with time for caregivers to socialize and babies to play & interact with each other. more info...	7/12/2025	3:00pm to 4:00pm	Stefanie Black

Summer Reading Program - Color Our World Bring Color into Our World this Summer! Our Summer Reading Program (SRP) combines fun activities and entertaining events to support and increase reading skills–and learning– all summer long. (Shhh–kids just think it’s fun!) . Runs June 1 - July 31, 2025. GLADL offers traditional paper and digital options to participate in SRP, plus great resources for beginning readers to adults. We have digital collections and book recommendations for all ages. We have storytimes, themed entertainers and educators, creative crafts and games – inside and outside too. And of course, we’ll have Art themed instant prizes for each completed kids reading log! more info...	7/14/2025	10:00am to 9:00pm	Stefanie Black

Summer Reading Program - Color Our World Bring Color into Our World this Summer! Our Summer Reading Program (SRP) combines fun activities and entertaining events to support and increase reading skills–and learning– all summer long. (Shhh–kids just think it’s fun!) . Runs June 1 - July 31, 2025. GLADL offers traditional paper and digital options to participate in SRP, plus great resources for beginning readers to adults. We have digital collections and book recommendations for all ages. We have storytimes, themed entertainers and educators, creative crafts and games – inside and outside too. And of course, we’ll have Art themed instant prizes for each completed kids reading log! more info...	7/21/2025	10:00am to 9:00pm	Stefanie Black

LaFontaine Jeep Meet & Greet Join us for an afternoon of cool Jeeps, awesome people, and good vibes! We're serving up FREE hot dogs, chips, and drinks-because Jeep talk is better with snacks:) https://www.facebook.com/share/1HDM7HnvJd/ more info...	7/24/2025	5:00pm to 7:00pm	Casey Jacobsen

Summer Reading Program - Color Our World Bring Color into Our World this Summer! Our Summer Reading Program (SRP) combines fun activities and entertaining events to support and increase reading skills–and learning– all summer long. (Shhh–kids just think it’s fun!) . Runs June 1 - July 31, 2025. GLADL offers traditional paper and digital options to participate in SRP, plus great resources for beginning readers to adults. We have digital collections and book recommendations for all ages. We have storytimes, themed entertainers and educators, creative crafts and games – inside and outside too. And of course, we’ll have Art themed instant prizes for each completed kids reading log! more info...	7/28/2025	10:00am to 9:00pm	Stefanie Black

Baby Stories & Play 18 months & younger and their parents or caregivers We’ll read a story, sing and rhyme together, do a fingerplay, and have fun while learning and playing. We’ll end with time for caregivers to socialize and babies to play & interact with each other. more info...	8/9/2025	3:00pm to 4:00pm	Stefanie Black

Minecraft Mania! We’ll have our Minecraft server set up and the laptops ready to go. No experience needed -- all levels of players/builders welcome. more info...	8/12/2025	6:00pm to 8:00pm	Stefanie Black

Adult Bingo Join us for a fun and engaging afternoon of Bingo complete with light refreshments and prizes for the lucky winners! No registration required, just show up ready to have fun! more info...	8/13/2025	2:30pm to 4:00pm	Stefanie Black

CHAMBER EVENT: Lansing Lugnuts' Grand Ledge Community Merchant Night Join local Grand Ledge merchants at the Lansing Lugnut's Grand Ledge Community Merchant Night. The Lugnuts will take on Dayton at 1:05 PM. Lansing Lugnuts is looking for Grand Ledge businesses to participate in our Grand Ledge community merchant night! If you are interested, please reach out to Daniel Kantor at dkantor@lansinglugnuts.com. Merchant Night is a fantastic opportunity for local businesses to shine! Here’s why you should join us: Connect with the Community: It’s a great way to meet new customers and build relationships with people who are eager to support local businesses. Boost Your Visibility: Whether you're a new business or an established one, Merchant Night gives you the chance to showcase your products or services to a larger audience. Fun and Festive Atmosphere: It’s a relaxed, enjoyable event where you can get creative with your display, offer promotions, and make the evening memorable for everyone. Show Your Support for Local Business: By participating, you're helping to strengthen the local economy and encouraging others to shop locally! more info...	8/17/2025	1:00pm to 4:00pm	Grand Ledge Chamber

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Grand Ledge Chamber of Commerce

Bring Color into Our World this Summer!

Bring Color into Our World this Summer!

Bring Color into Our World this Summer!

Bring Color into Our World this Summer!

Bring Color into Our World this Summer!

Bring Color into Our World this Summer!

Bring Color into Our World this Summer!