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🌱 Patch AM: Fall Boots & Decor | MI Thrift Shop and 12 more events
Coming up on the Mercer Island Patch calendar: High Holiday Food Drive

Hi Mercer Island! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️
Coming up on the calendar:
- High Holiday Food Drive at Stroum Jewish Community Center
- Fall Boots & Decor | MI Thrift Shop
- Monday Pool Hours at SJCC Pool
... and check out 8 more events on the calendar!
Today's riddle: Why are crows so alert and curious? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Sunday: Cooler with periods of rain, with a high of 64 and low of 57 degrees.
- Monday: A couple of morning showers, temps: high: 70, low: 54.
- Tuesday: Shifting clouds and sun, with a high of 69 and low of 52 degrees.
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Mercer Island
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★ Featured events ★
- High Holiday Food Drive →
Stroum Jewish Community Center, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island
Monday September 14
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Other local events
- Fall Boots & Decor | MI Thrift Shop →
7710 SE 34th St, Mercer Island
10:00 am - Monday Pool Hours →
SJCC Pool, 3801 East Mercer Way, Mercer Island
6:00 am - Fitness Class: Aqua Fit →
SJCC Pool, 3801 East Mercer Way, Mercer Island
9:00 am - Tuesday Pool Hours →
SJCC Pool, 3801 East Mercer Way, Mercer Island
6:00 am - Fitness Class: Aqua Fit Strong →
SJCC Pool, 3801 East Mercer Way, Mercer Island
9:00 am - Wednesday Pool Hours →
SJCC Pool, 3801 East Mercer Way, Mercer Island
6:00 am - 中文家庭故事会 / Mandarin Story Time
Mercer Island Library, 4400 88th Ave SE, Mercer Island
10:30 am - Seattle Monthly Women's Networking Event hosted by CEO Society →
Mercer Island Community & Event Center, 8236 Southeast 24th Street, Mercer Island - Full Body Strength with SSP →
Mercerdale Park, 3009 77th Avenue Southeast, Mercer Island - Zoom-delivered Japanese Classes →
Zoom @ Art Play Learn
9:00 am
Sunday September 13
Monday September 14
Tuesday September 15
Wednesday September 16
Thursday September 17
Friday September 18
Sunday September 20
Monday September 21
📣 Mercer Island Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Cool Plants, Hot Topics
The Aaron Education Center at the Bellevue Botanical Garden, 12001 Main St, Bellevue
10:00 am - CPS Fall Native Plant Sale →
Bellevue Botanical Garden, 12001 Main Street, Bellevue
10:00 am - Central Puget Sound: Fall Native Plant Sale →
Bellevue Botanical Garden, Main Street, Bellevue
10:00 am
Sunday September 13
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Thank you 👏👏👏 to these businesses for making Mercer Island PatchAM possible:
- Crystal Carpet Cleaning & Restoration, Inc. — (425) 649-0908
- A&L Performance tuning — (503) 954-6985
- SD Framing — (425) 628-1326
- Eastside Tree Works — 2063969998
- Hardwood Plus LLC — 4259700562
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Advice needed for care of my 18 year old cat.
Maxy's been so sick for the past 3 days I thought this is it. He had stopped eating, drinking, going to the bathroom, could barely stand on shaky… (Nextdoor North Mercer Island)
- Nordstrom posted a job opening for Interim Personal Stylist Administrative Assistant - Bellevue Square in Bellevue. Apply here.
- MyJobsCorner posted a job opening for Materials Clerk Jobs: Hiring Immediately! Full Time / Part Time - $18-$36/Hr in Seattle. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mercer Island here.
🗞 Nearby News
Bellevue
- Bellevue Demonstration Garden Harvest Festival (greaterseattleonthecheap.com) (greaterseattleonthecheap.com)
- Goldman Sachs Opens Engineering Office in Bellevue, Wash (marketsmedia.com)
- WSP investigating after video of car driving across bridge on I-90 Trail goes viral (kiro7.com)
Seattle
- VIDEO: Goat, lions, lanterns at West Seattle Vietnamese Cultural Center Children's Moonlight Festival (westseattleblog.com)
Ok Mercer Island! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: They start each day with a cup of caw-fee. (Thank you Curt K. for sending it in!)
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