Around Town

Visit the Easter Bunny, do some spring shopping this Saturday
    A spring home-based vendor event with over 50 booths is set for Saturday, April 13, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at Phillips County Event Center in Holyoke. Kids are invited to take photos with the Easter Bunny from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Centennial 4-H Club will also be serving lunch on site.
    
Shoe project collects 1,700 pairs
    First United Methodist Church’s shoe collection campaign is wrapping up this week. As of Monday, April 8, organizer Donna Lutze said they filled 67 bags with 25 pairs of shoes each and just needed a few more to complete 68 bags before Funds2Orgs picks them up in Holyoke Thursday.
    The company will pay the church by the pound, and the funds will be used to purchase food for the church’s food bank. Funds2Orgs will sell the shoes at a discount to entrepreneurs overseas.
    Lutze said she is blown away by the community’s generosity since December. While this campaign period is over, she said people can continue to take unwanted shoes to the church for collection until the next campaign.

Learn about recycling on new website
    HHS junior Brenna Gatton has created a website called Make Haste for Less Waste as part of the FCCLA Environmental Ambassador project. Visit https://sites.google.com/hcosd.org/make-haste-for-less-waste for details about local recycling facilities, facts about waste and recycling, and ideas for upcycling.
    
Students get 5-day weekend
    Due to a teacher inservice day and the Easter holiday, there will be no school in Holyoke Thursday-Monday, April 18-22.