The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce this week released its calendar of events, which include chamber program, major festivals, parades, and other annual activities that take place in Bluffton this year. These events are listed on explorebluffton.com, the chamber website. Persons with other items to go on the calendar may send them to: [email protected]. The list follows:

February^aEUR"
24th-25th - SHANNON Service Club barbecue and garage sale,
The Centre

March
^aEUR"2nd - Chamber board meeting, town hall, 12:30 p.m.
^aEUR"6th - Ohio primary election^aEUR"
9th - Chamber breakfast, Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio, breakfast sponsor and presenter, town hall, 7 a.m.
^aEUR"17th - Senior Citizens - Lions Club pancake-sausage benefit, Sr. Center 7 a.m. - 1 p.m.^aEUR"
25th - Swiss Historical Society spring meeting, Maple Crest, 2:30 p.m.

April^aEUR"
4th - Chamber board meeting, town hall, noon
^aEUR"6th - Bluffton Area Ministerial Association Good Friday Procession of the Cross, 11:30 a.m.
^aEUR"13th - Chamber breakfast, Robert Nelson, developer of The Met Block, Lima, town hall, 7 a.m.^aEUR"
21st - Bluffton High School prom

May^aEUR"
4th-5th - Bluffton University spring musical, "The Music Man," Founders Hall
^aEUR"6th - Bluffton University Commencement^aEUR"
6th - Bluffton Sportsmen's Club trout derby
^aEUR"11th - Chambrer breakfast, TBA^aEUR"
12th - 41st annual Bluffton arts and crafts festival^aEUR"
26th - Bluffton High School commencement

June^aEUR"
8th - Chamber breakfast, town hall, 7 a.m. (no breakfast meeting in July or August) ^aEUR"
9th - Bluffton Public Library golf scramble, Bluffton Golf Club, 8 a.m.^aEUR"
15th - Festival of Wheels, downtown, 2-8 p.m.; cruise at 8 p.m.^aEUR"
22nd-23rd - Relay for Life, Salzman Stadium, Bluffton University^aEUR"
24th - Swiss Day^aEUR"
30th - Lions Foundation Freedom Fest, Salzman Stadium, 4-11 p.m., fireworks at dusk

August^aEUR"
27th - First day of Bluffton schools for 2012-13

September
^aEUR"TBA - Bluffton chamber business showcase at Marbeck Center^aEUR"1
4th - Chamber breakfast, town hall, 7 a.m.^aEUR"
29th - Bluffton Fall Festival - downtown, Swiss homestead, Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio, BFR, Suter's Produce

October^aEUR"
12th - Chamber breakfast, town hall, 7 a.m.^aEUR"
19th - Bluffton High School homecoming and parade
^aEUR"27th - Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs 4th annual art auction

November
^aEUR"9th - Chamber breakfast, town hall, 7 a.m.^aEUR"
22nd - Thanksgiving^aEUR"
24th - Blaze of Lights - downtown Bluffton

December^aEUR"
14th - Chamber breakfast, town hall, 7 a.m.^aEUR"
TBA - Christmas open house, Swiss Historical Society (Dec. 1 or Dec. 8)^aEUR"
TBA - Bluffton Choral Society Handel's "Messiah"