Paws For a Cause sale
After 17 years of partnership with Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Community Blood Center (CBC) is moving the monthly Hamilton community blood drive to the new location of the Courtyard by Marriott Hamilton at nearby 1 Riverfront Plaza.
CBC honored and thanked Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Pastor Joseph Schrock, and blood drive coordinator Julia Hilbert with the presentation of CBC’s “Blood Drop” award at Zion’s Feb. 18 blood drive. After totaling more than 700 blood drives in 17 years as a home base for CBC in Hamilton, Zion hosted its final blood on March 18.
The monthly schedule will continue uninterrupted with Courtyard by Marriott Hamilton hosting its first blood drive from noon to 6:30 p.m. April 15 in the Riverview Ballroom. All previous Zion appointments are converted to the new location and donors can make an appointment at www. DonorTime.com with sponsor code 171. For assistance, call 937-461-3220.
The final Zion blood drive totaled 65 whole blood donors and nine platelet and plasma donors for 120% of collection goal.
National Vietnam War Veterans Day is observed every year on March 29. The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) Nathaniel Sackett Chapter, Monroe, will host a wreath-laying ceremony at Veterans Park on Monday, remembering those who served in Vietnam. The city of Monroe has granted permission for this event slated for 1:45 p.m. The Veterans Park is located at the corner of Route 63 and Main Street.
Chapter Vice Regent Nancy Hutton of Monroe and Chapter Chaplain Carol Byrd of Lebanon are planning the ceremony and encourage veterans, their families, and the
A bridge has been set in place over Two Mile Creek for the Hamilton Beltline project for bicycle and pedestrian traffic that will run between Eaton Avenue and Cleveland Ave. in Hamilton.
local community to attend.
Despite the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic, this chapter continues to serve the community including the Monroe Food Pantry with a monthly donation of needed items. Chapter members also continue serving the NSDAR Project Patriots, supporting the military both here in Ohio and those serving throughout the world.
The NSDAR is a volunteer service organization, based on lineage to someone who fought or gave aid to the American Revolution. DAR continues to be relevant and important to local communities as it promotes historic preservation, education and patriotism. For more information about this program or how to get started, contact Corresponding Secretary Nancy Carter of Middletown at nccarter572@yahoo.com. To learn more about DAR, visit www.dar.org.
West Chester Twp.’s spring egg hunt moves to the West Chester Market this year. Bring your own basket or bag April 3, and collect candy-filled eggs while you shop on The Square @ Union Centre. West Chester Market is open from 2 to 4 p.m. and there is no cost to participate in the hunt. Stop at every vendor booth to find eggs, while supplies last.
The market meets on The Square @ Union Centre, 9285 Centre Pointe Drive, during
the warm-weather months. Spring markets are April 3 and April 17 from 2 to 4 p.m.
The West Chester Fire Department Easter Egg Hunt hopes to return in 2022. Families can expect to see some of West Chester’s first responders at the Market egg hunt this year.
A full summer schedule of weekly markets begins May 29, meeting on The Square every Saturday through Sept. 25. Weekly summer market Saturdays are open extended hours, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
At this time the West Chester Market continues to encourage all guests to wear a mask, maintain social distance and wash/sanitize hands regularly.
West Chester Market features local growers and makers of fine foods and arts. Each market day offers a one-of-a-kind shopping experience that includes entertainment and fun activities for the whole family.
For more information, go to www.westchesteroh.org.
Choose from two weekends and sign up for West Chester Township’s biannual community service project assisting local senior citizens with yard work.
Last fall, organizers successfully re-imagined Random Acts of Simple Kindness Affecting Local Seniors (RASKALS) by allowing flexible scheduling in order to better accommodate volunteers
and clients during the COVID-19 health crisis. A similar model returns this spring.
“Instead of a single event day, volunteers can choose anytime from late-April to mid-May to help our local seniors. We will match your volunteer group with seniors who need help and provide some basic supplies,” said Laura Groff, RASKALS coordinator.
Volunteers may choose dates from two 2021 weekends to be paired with a local resident in need: April 24-25 and May 1-2. To volunteer, RSVP by April 16.
The direct link to RSVP is: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B4BA9AA2DA1FB6-2021.
All RASKALS work is coordinated by West Chester Township. Volunteer groups are matched with pre-registered senior citizen clients in the neighborhood where they complete simple yard clean-up tasks and outdoor chores. Duties this time of year typically include weeding and mulching flower beds and washing exterior windows.
Volunteers must be at least 10 years of age or accompanied by an adult if younger, and all participants must complete a waiver.
RASKALS volunteers serve more than 100 clients each year. The program helps seniors remain more self-sufficient while developing meaningful relationships with fellow neighbors.
For more information call 513-759-7303.
The Humane Association of Warren County will hold a Paws For a Cause Garage Sale from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at 230 Cook Road. There will be items for all sizes and breeds for both dogs and cats.
The sale will include clothes, harnesses, food and water bowls, beds, toys, and more.
For more information, call 513-695-1176.
Crews will resume routine maintenance work and inspections in the northbound side of the Lytle Tunnel on Monday, with the overnight closure going into effect at 10 p.m. The closure of southbound I-71 at the tunnel this weekend remains in place, and the schedule for remaining work is as follows:
Today and Saturday:
■ Southbound I-71 will be closed at Exit 2 and through the tunnel from 10 p.m. each night to 9 a.m. the following day. Traffic will be detoured by way of I-471 and I-275 West to I-71/I-75 in Kentucky or via the Norwood Lateral and I-75 South.
■ U.S. 42/Eden Park Drive entrance ramp will be closed, and motorists may follow the Liberty Street entrance ramp to southbound I-471 and follow the I-71 detour.
■ Third Street exit ramp
to I-71 South will be closed, and motorists may detour via Gilbert Avenue/Reading Road to access downtown.
Monday:
■ Northbound I-71 will be closed at the I-71/75 split (Ohio Exit 1) from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. Tuesday. Traffic will be detoured via I-75 North to Ohio 562/Norwood Lateral and I-71.
■ Second Street entrance ramp to I-71 North in Cincinnati will be closed. Traffic will be routed by way of the Fifth Street entrance ramp to northbound I-71.
■ Access to the tunnel from eastbound Fort Washington Way (I-71/U.S. 50) will be prohibited; however, U.S. 50 East will remain open.
For more information, visit www.OHGO.com.
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