Hatrockhounds 2025 Calendar
All Adult meetings are at 6:30 pm and All Junior Meetings are at 1 pm unless otherwise stated(Junior meetings may be subject to change)
January 11 – Juniors- Gemstone Lore and Legend badge
January 14 – Rock Jeopardy - Be a team player and test your basic “rock” knowledge. February 8 – Juniors - Showmanship Badge
February 11 - Heart Shaped Rocks – Bring your best heart shaped rock. Members will vote for the best. First, second and third prizes.
March 11 – Junior Presentations and Painting Rocks – The Juniors will tell us about some of their activities. We will do some rock painting to add to prizes for our Kids’ Corner. (This meeting constitutes the Junior meeting for the month.)
April 8 – Wire Work Creativity. - Let’s create earrings, bracelets, gem trees or other creative items for Mother’s Day Door Prizes at our Annual Show.
April 12 – Juniors – Communication Badge
April 26-27- Lakeside Show - Kennewick
May 9 - Annual Show Setup. EOTEC-Potluck for members and Show Dealers
May 10 – Juniors - helping at the annual showMay 10- 11 Hatrockhounds Annual Gem and Mineral Show.
May 13 – No Adult Meeting This Month
May 17 – Field trip to John Day area
June 10 – Chain Mail Creations – With instruction from Chris Sorensen we will create a chain mail key chain. (Meeting will start at 5:00pm)
June 14 – Juniors – Gold Panning and Prospecting Badge
July 8– Wire Wrapping – Learning with Sandra Bryant. (Meeting will start at 5:00pm)J
July 12 – Juniors – Special Effects Badge
July 12- Field Trip – Saddle Mountain
August 9 (Saturday) - Picnic and Silent Auction – Come relax in the Park. Enjoy a potluck lunch with the main dish supplied by the club. After lunch, try your hand at winning a bid for your favorite rock (There is no regular Tuesday meeting in August.)
September 6-7 NFMS Show by Marcus Whitman Club– Walla Walla
September 9 – “Panning for Gold – June Derning from Yakima will come and give us a program about prospecting for gold.
September 13 – Juniors – Lapidary Arts Badge
October 11 – Juniors – Rock Pit Field Trip-tentative
October 14 – Rock Trivia – Test your knowledge. Win a prize.
October 18-19– Hells Canyon Show – Lewiston
November 8 – Juniors – The World in Miniature Badge
November 11 - "I Did It" Contest - You may enter this contest three times, in three categories: "I Made It", "I Found It" and "I Bought It" within the last year. Prizes December 9 - Annual Christmas Party - Come enjoy good company, good food and fun times. We generally play "rock BINGO" and have a rock related gift exchange. The Club furnishes a main dish, drinks and all the utensils.
December 13 – Juniors – Christmas Party