A music-themed Discovery Day with outdoor activities and a Bluffton Bucks prize drawing will be hosted by Bluffton businesses on Saturday, June 26.
The village’s downtown district along Main Street has more than 60 shops, services and restaurants. Bluffton also hosts a Saturday morning Bluffton Cars & Coffee gathering and the Bluffton Farmers Market.
Bluffton American Legion Post 382 will have a potluck dinner at 6 p.m., Monday, June 21, at the Buckeye shelter house. Casual dress. The post will provide the meat, drinks and service items.
Veterans please bring a cold or hot dish. Veterans and their spouses are invited, but please RSVP (call 419-358-0334 or 419-303-7736) as space is limited. After the meal the officers for 2021-2022 will be installed.
The popular Bluffton Senior Center game returns to the center at 2:30 p.m. on Monday, June 14, according to Tonya Meyer, director.
Reservations are no longer required but are appreciated. Call 419-358-8971 for a reservation. Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio is the Bingo sponsor.
Bingo is one of several activities returning to the center. Several additional events follow, and the complete list of current activities is in the June newsletter attached to this story.
Mennonite Home Health & Senior Services, Bluffton, has received a deficiency-free survey from the Ohio Department of Health, according to Jason Cox of Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio.
“One of the highest confirmations of quality service is for a Home Health agency to receive a deficiency-free survey from the Ohio Department of Health,” he said.
“We are pleased to have accomplished this on the 2021 state survey, which took place in May.”
The R.L. and Etta L. Triplett Foundation, based in Bluffton, this spring awarded a $5,000 grant to the Bluffton Child Development Center, according to Tomm Triplett of Ft. Wayne, Ind., president of the foundation board.
“The grant enables the Center to purchase an outdoor screened area in its infants and toddlers playground area,” he said.
“Without the screen, staff members are required to put sunscreen on each of the children each time they go into the playground area in spring and summer.”
