Events

Letter carriers in Bluffton and Beaverdam will participate in the Annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive on Saturday, May 14.

The nationwide food drive is the largest one day food collection in the country, filling food pantries and food banks.

It is easy to help and participate. Just collect and bag non-perishable food items or paper products and or toiletries and place by your mailbox (early Saturday morning) or bring them to the Bluffton post office.

Allen County Public Health will hold a Teen Immunization Clinic for students entering grades seven and 12th.

This will be held at Allen County Public Health on Wednesday, May 11, from 2 until 5  p.m.  Appointments are preferred, but walk-ins will be accommodated.  To schedule an appointment for the clinic, call Allen County Public Health at 419-228-4457.

Incoming 7th graders for the 2016-17 school year are required to have a Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis) vaccination prior to the start of the school year. 

Bluffton Relay for Life/Hope will hold its annual garage sale Saturday, May 7, behind the Bluffton Farmers' Market in the school parking lot.

Sale hours are  8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. From 11:30 a.m. to the end of the sale everything is one-half off.

For more details contact Lynda Best at 419-296-2790

This summer's Pandora town wide garage sale registration forms are available at the Pandora library, according to persons sponsoring the event.

Forms need to be turned in by Saturday,  May 28, along with your $10 check to ensure that your name is on the list/map. 

Garage salesare June 9, 10, 11.

Bluffton Family Recreation announces its summer classes for elementary-age youth, which include:
• Adventure Camp
• Fun Fitness
• Parachute Fun
• Olympic Stars

Adventure Camp – ages 3 to 6
Thursdays from 10 to 11:30 a.m.
June 16 –Space Invasion
July 14 – All About Animals
July 21 – Sports Galore
Aug. 11 – Time Capsule

Fun Fitness – for youth who completed K to 3rd grade
Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday, June 6-7-8
4 to 5:15 p.m. – snacks included

Bluffton's 45th annual arts and crafts show is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 14, in downtown Bluffton.

Craft vendor booths are still available, according to the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce, show sponsor. 

The show streteches from the town hall to the post office with as many as 70 craft booth and chamber member booths preregistered.

Booths are available at $60 each.

This year's show takes place the same day at the Bluffton Soccer Club’s all-day tournament at Bluffton University, thus attracting a large crowd of soccer parents.

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