On behalf of National Nurses United, Single Payer Action Network and the Poor
People’s Campaign, there will be a Honk 4 Healthcare at 2:45 p.m., Thursday, April 8, in downtown Bluffton.
It will take place in front of the Presbyterian Church on Main Sreet and Cherry Streets, according to Linda Dangelo.
The Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio Service Group is selling tickets for a barbecue fundraiser offering curbside pick up on Saturday, April 24, from 4-6 p.m. at Bubba C BBQ, 158 N. Jackson St., Bluffton.
Proceeds will support the purchase of a handicap accessible van. Tickets are $8 and may be purchased now through Saturday, April 17, from Service Group members of Emmanuel Church of Christ, English Lutheran, Ebenezer Mennonite, First Mennonite, Grace Mennonite, St John Mennonite, St John's United Church of Christ, and St. Mary's Catholic Church.
Bluffton Senior Citizens' Annual Garage Sale, 132 N. Main St., will hold the first Bluffton garage sale of the year, according to Tonya Meyer, director.
Hours are:
Thursday, March 25 – 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Friday, March 26 – 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday, March 27 – 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Monday, March 29 – half-price sale, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Masks are required. Only the front door will be utilized to control number of people in building. Limit 20 shoppers at a time. The sale includes housewares, craft items, books, toys, antiques and more.
The Quarry Farm Nature Preserve & Conservation Farm will conduct a spring sparrow kike on Saturday, March 20, the first day of Spring 2021.
Beginning at 10 a.m., participants will look for the earliest spring wildflowers. As March 20 is also World Sparrow Day, hikers will see how many different species of sparrows can be spotted and submit our findings to ebird, one of the world’s largest biodiversity-related science projects.
The Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio Service Group will hold a chicken barbecue fundraiser from with curb pick up 4 to 6 p.m., Saturday, April 24, at Bubba C BBQ, 158 N. Jackson St., Bluffton.
Proceeds will support the purchase of a handicap accessible van to help MHCO elders attend area doctors’ appointments and family related trips that would not otherwise be possible.
With the barbecue fundraiser held last year along with support from area businesses, churches, and others the Service Group has raised close to $30,000.
