In an effort to help relieve some of the hardship and financial difficulty of the depressed economy in the Pandora-Gilboa area, the churches of Pandora and the Gilboa United Methodist Church are offering food boxes on the last Saturday of each month for households in the Pandora-Gilboa school district who find themselves in need.
The boxes are designed to provide nine meals (three breakfasts, three lunches and three dinners) for a family of four.
BFR will sponsor a volleyball developmental skills league for girls ingrades 4, 5 and 6 this spring, according to Carole Enneking.
Players for any area school may register individually and will be placed on mixed-age teams for this league. Teams will practice one night per week and matches will be held on Saturdays . One match per team will be scheduled on Saturday, April 21 through May 19.
Area families are welcome to spend an evening of play at BFR on Friday,
March 16, according to Carole Enneking.
The gymnasium will be open for informal recreation from 7-9 p.m.
Half of the gym will be open for basketball, while the other half will be
an obstacle course for smaller children.
In addition, an informal tennis tournament will be held for youth ages 6-10 years of age. Tennis will be played on a small-sized court using the low bounce balls.
Bluffton First United Methodist Church will hold a planning meeting for the upcoming community meal to be held at the Senior Citizen Center. This meeting will he held at 6:30 p.m., Monday, March 19, the church. Thank you in advance to anyone interested in helping with this community service.
Bluffton chamber members will hear an update on projects underway this year at Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio during Friday's Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce breakfast.
A complete, free breakfast is served starting at 7 a.m. with the meeting starting at 7:30 a.m. in the third floor of the town hall.
Among MHCO projects underway include the Green House Project, with construction changing daily across from Maple Crest on Augsburger Road.
