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Wednesday, January 1, 2025
- Wednesday, December 31, 2025
Are you interested in Extreme, High Adventure Sports such as camping, backpacking, canoeing, climbing & mountain biking?
Are you interested in learning outdoor survival skills, leadership skills and serving your community?
If so, Troop 27 is the place to be!
FICRA sponsors a high-adventure youth organization on Fox Island, that does all this and more.
Scouts BSA Boy Scout Troop 27, is for boys between the ages of 11 and 17. If you want to have fun in the outdoors, come and check it out! Troop 27 meets on the 2nd & 3rd Monday of the month, 6:30 PM at the Nichols Center.
Cub Scout Pack 27, is for boys and girls grades Kindergarten through 5th, meets on the 2nd & 4th Tuesdays of the month at the Nichols Community Center, and provides activities and outings and lots of fun!
Don't miss out on all the fun, come check it out today!
Location: 690 9th Ave, Fox Island
Website: http://www.troop27BSA.com
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Wednesday, January 1, 2025
- Wednesday, December 31, 2025
Fox Island's Pack 27 is recruiting boys AND GIRLS from Kindergartners through 5th grade to the Cub Scouting program for boys and girls who live on Fox Island and Gig Harbor.
Join us at our next meeting and find out what Cub Scouts do!
Meetings are held twice a month, on the 2nd & 4th Tuesdays of the month at the Nichols Community Center on Fox Island.
Visit our website to find out more about the Cub Scouting program.
Find Pack 27 on Facebook
Location: 690 9th Ave, Fox Island
Website: http://www.pack27bsa.com
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Sand & Soil Garden Club Jeff Feagin Plant Sale
Saturday, May 17, 2025
Don't miss the annual Fox Island Sand & Soil Garden Club Plant Sale: Saturday, May 17, 2025, from 11am to 2pm.
Select from ample plant donations and yard art at the Historical Museum's outdoor venue. Garden club members offer plants from their gardens at value prices: Tomato Plant starts, bearded iris, evergreen hardy geraniums, Spotty Dotty, Black-eyed Susan/Gold Rudbeckia, alliums, coppery Cappuccino, Liatris, Lithodora, Monarda, herbs, heuchera, ornamental grasses, and more!
The ever-popular yard art is back at value prices to motivate your creativity.
Contact Patti Kilpatrick for more information:
Sand and Soil Garden Club - Publicity Chair
425-681-8307
Location: 1017 9th Avenue, Fox Island, WA 98333
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Monday, May 26, 2025
Come and get it! Bring your family and friends to the Fox Island Historical Museum for a yummy pancake breakfast with all the trimmings. Remembering Lila Acheson Wallace, enjoy Reader's Digest humor on your table as you chat with family and friends.
We even serve REAL BUTTER!
Location: Fox Island Historical Museum
AFTERWARD, please join us for a MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY at the Fox Island Cemetery at 11:00am.
8:00 - 10:30 AM
Location: 1017 9th Ave., Fox Island
Website: http://www.foxislandmuseum.org
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Monday, May 26, 2025
Please join Fox Island Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts in honoring our veterans and those who have passed at the annual Memorial Day Ceremony at the Fox Island Cemetery. 11:00 AM
Location: Fox Island Cemetery, Island Blvd, Fox Island, WA 98333
Website: http://foxislandcemetery.org
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Sunday, June 15, 2025
Be sure to come to the Fox Island Yacht Club for the Annual Father's Day Community Breakfast. Breakfast will be served from 8:00 - 10:30 on that day. Scrambled eggs, hash browns, sausage, pancakes, juice, and coffee.
Not only a great breakfast at a great price, but also the most scenic view you could have at any venue. Hope to see you there!!!!
8:00 - 11:00 am
Location: 1061 12th Avenue FI, Fox Island
Website: http://www.fiyc.com
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Saturday, June 28, 2025
- Sunday, June 29, 2025
Gig Harbor Garden Tour
Saturday 10:00-5:00
Sunday 11:00-3:00
Our mission is to provide annually a quality garden tour to promote literacy for children and adults on the Gig Harbor and Key Peninsula.
This year, seven gardens, two on Fox Island, two in Canterwood, and the remaining in the greater Gig Harbor area, are to be showcased the last weekend of June.
Tickets are $25 and $20 for groups of 10 or more. Tickets can be purchased online beginning Memorial Day weekend.
Local ticket outlets are: Gig Harbor Ace Hardware, The Garden Room, Rosedale Nursery, Wilco Farm Store, Wild Birds Unlimited, Sunnycrest Nursery, Garden Sphere Nursery, and Willow Tree Gardens and Nursery.
Contact Jan Reeder for more information: 253.905.1723
Website: https://www.gigharborgardentour.com
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FICRA Fox Island Fair 2025
Saturday, August 9, 2025
The FICRA Fair is back.
Food, live music, beer tent, vendor booths, games and the world's shortest parade!
Bring your family and friends to the Nichols Community Center for the FICRA Fair!
Location: Nichols Community Center, 690 9th Ave., Fox Island, WA 98333
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Saturday, August 9, 2025
The Fox Island Historical Society Museum is once again having the Summer Book Sale on Fair day 10:00am to 4:00pm. We've had lots of new books donated so you are encouraged to stop by and browse the racks. We also have DVDs, CDs and VHS movies for bargain prices.
Browse our shelves full of mystery, romance, adventure and do-it-yourself books. And as usual, we have a great assortment of cookbooks and books for children of all ages. Our prices are still the lowest you'll find anywhere!
We thank everyone for their generous donations of gently used books to make our offerings so varied and bountiful.
11:00am- 4:00pm
Jane Schuelein
253-549-2723
Location: Fox Island Historical Museum, 1017 9th Ave., Fox Island, WA
Website: http://www.foxislandmuseum.org
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The Fox Island Flower Show
Saturday, August 9, 2025
The Fox Island Flower Show will again be part of the ever-popular FICRA Fair at the Nichols Center. All area residents are invited to bring their special flowers and vegetables to this judged competition. This is a fun and rewarding opportunity for all local residents to share their gardening skills. Ribbons will be awarded to the winners in the following categories: single stem flower, bouquet/floral arrangements, container plants and vegetable/fruit displays. All entries must be homegrown.
A separate children's division provides an opportunity for youngsters to share in the fun of gardening. Ribbons will be awarded to children in each of the four categories and each child will receive a participation ribbon. Don't miss this opportunity to share some gardening fun with your children and grandchildren.
Drop your entries off between 8:30 and 10:00 AM on the morning of the show. Judging will be between 10 and 11 AM. The show will be open for your enjoyment between 11:30 and 4:00 PM.
This popular event is sponsored by the Fox Island Garden Club. For further information contact Barbara Anderson at 253-549-5742. For those of you who don't have a green thumb, stop by the show and see what your friends and neighbors are growing.
Location: 690 9th Ave., Fox Island, WA 98333
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Saturday, September 13, 2025
The Annual Fox Island Island-Wide Garage Sale features dozens of homes with thousands of treasures for sale. Sign up with the Fox Island Historical Society in August to have your sale listed on the map.
Maps to the sale locations will be available on the day of the sale.
There will be limited spaces available at the Museum. Sign-up will begin sometime in August and instructions and information will be published on our Facebook page and our website.
Website: http://foxislandmuseum.org
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Saturday, December 6, 2025
Santa & Mrs. Claus are coming to the Fox Island Historical Society Museum on Saturday, December 7th, from 1‑4 PM. Bring your Family and Friends to visit with them in the Museum Barn. Be sure to bring your camera. The photos make great holiday cards. Please dress warmly and we look forward to seeing you!
Fox Island Historical Society Museum
253-549-2461
Location: 1017 9th Ave, Fox Island, WA
Website: http://www.foxislandmuseum.org
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Fox Island Annual Tree Lighting & Bonfire
Sunday, December 7, 2025
Join your Island neighbors and friends for a festive evening of fun! Sing carols around the bonfire provided by Cub Scout Pack 27 and Boy Scout Troop 27, meet our tree lighter, visit with Santa Claus, and listen to the annual Christmas concert. Bring a log for the fire!
Santa arrives at 6:00 PM.
Location: Nichols Community Center, 690 9th Ave., Fox Island
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Yearly Meetings and Events
Organization
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When
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Where
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 | Fox Island Cemetery
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2nd Friday in March |
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| Easter Egg Hunt
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Saturday before Easter |
NCC |
| Sand & Soil Garden Club Plant Sale
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3rd weekend in May |
Varies |
| Historical Society
Pancake Breakfast
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Memorial Day |
Fox Island Historical
Museum |
| Memorial Day Ceremony
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Memorial Day |
Cemetery |
| Fox Island Fair
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2nd Saturday in August |
NCC |
| Santa at the Museum
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1st Saturday in December |
Fox Island Historical
Museum |
| Christmas Tree Lighting
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1st Sunday in December |
NCC |
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