Community calendar

APRIL 6 AYCE Homemade Turkey Pot-Pie Dinner:

3:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Kutztown Grange Hall, Kemp Street and James Alley. Dinner includes lettuce with homemade hot bacon dressing, corn and green beans, applesauce, roll and butter, beverage, one dessert. Adults $12, children ages 4-12 for $6, children 3 and under free. Pot-pie quarts $9. Takeout dinners available. Any questions call at Nancy 610-763-3063 or Stacey at 570-449-9656.

Drive-Thru Sausage Sandwich Sale:

St. Peter’s UCC, 122 W. Franklin St., Topton, from 10 a.m. until sold out. Cost $6. Enter at Broad Alley and exit at Franklin Street.

Miller-Keystone Blood Drive:

9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Mount Zion Lutheran Church, 1343 Long Lane Road, Kutztown. To schedule a blood donation, call 1-800-2236667, ext. 2 and mention Group Code E161. Appointments are required.

Sponsored by the Local Shared Outreach Group.

Leesport Area Historical Society Museum Open House:

1-4 p.m. at 128 Main St., Leesport. Tour the 1858 School House which served the community until 1961. Visit a classroom circa 1940s and 50s and view area and regional artifacts including a 1740s Quaker Marriage Certificate.

The Optimist Club of Kutztown’s 33rd Kutztown Fools’ Run:

9 a.m. at Kutztown Fairgrounds, College Blvd. 9a.m. start for 10-mile race, 9:10 a.m. start for 5K and 9:15a.m. start for 2mile walk. Race details at https://kutztownfoolsrun.com/.

APRIL 7 Native American Spring Celebration:

2 p.m. at historic Dreibelbis farm in Virginville, 356 Hard Hill Road, Hamburg. With the help of the Hawk Mountain Chapter 31of the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology, the Dreibelbis Farm Historical Society outdoor event features history and storytelling, Native American flute music, crafts, education and demonstration activities along with displays of artifacts. Admission is free and open to the public. Donations welcome. Parking is onsite. Bring a chair. 610451-1193, www.Dreibelbisfarm.org

APRIL 12 Kutztown Folk Music Society concert by Berks Fiddle Champs:

7:30 p.m. at St. Paul’s UCC, 47 S. Whiteoak St., Kutztown. Doors open at 6 p.m. $9 donation, $7 for seniors, military and students. Children 12 and younger free. No food or drink available. For more information, call Keith at 484-336-9639 or Peggy at 610-216-2597.

APRIL 13 Dreibelbis Farm Historical Society Spring Peeper and Wetlands Walk:

6:30 p.m. rain or shine at Historic Dreibelbis Farm in Virginville, 356 Hard Hill Road, Hamburg. Naturalist guide Amy Langman will introduce tiny singing frogs called Spring Peepers in the Vernal Pool in the wetlands area near the Maiden Creek. Wear waterproof boots for ankle deep mud and water. Free to the public. Parking is on-site. Donations accepted. www.Dreibelbisfarm. org, on Facebook or call Mark Dreibelbis at 610488-7896 .

APRIL 14 Strausstown Volunteer Fire Company’s Breakfast:

7:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Strausstown Community Campus, 50 East Ave. Full breakfast menu available; proceeds benefit the Apparatus Fund.

APRIL 23 Habitat for Humanity of Berks County’s 8th annual Birdhouse Challenge:

5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the DoubleTree by Hilton hotel in Reading. Food, drinks, entertainment, raffles and the chance to bid on hand-crafted birdhouses. All proceeds benefit Habitat’s efforts to provide affordable homeownership opportunities to hardworking local families. Purchase tickets at habitatberks.org.

APRIL 30

Lehigh Valley Topper Cancer Institute mobile mammography coach: Screenings will take place 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Student Recreation Center parking lot at Kutztown University. Offered to women over age 40 who have not had a mammogram in the past year. Open to entire community. To schedule an appointment, call 888-402-5846. Have physician’s contact information and insurance card available.

Church news MT. ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH, OLD ROUTE 22, KRUMSVILLE

Sausage Sandwich Sale: $10 includes sausage sandwich, chips and a drink. Pre-order by April 7; call 610-334-4002. Eat in or take out on April 19. Sandwiches will also be sold at the door until sold out.

TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH, 357 W. MAIN ST.,

KUTZTOWN

The Attic Outlet Sale: at Trinity on April 5, from 6 to 8 p.m.; April 6 from 9 a.m. to noon; April 12 from 6 to 8 p.m.; and April 13, from 9 a.m. to noon. Good used clothing, shoes, books, household items, and toys at low prices. All proceeds go to the church’s Helping Hand fund to assist members of the local community.

TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH KUTZTOWN, ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN CHURCH KUTZTOWN AND GRACE LUTHERAN MACUNGIE

Rent-A-Hand: youth groups offer a helping hand around the house for tasks such as yardwork, putting away decorations, painting. $50 for two helpers for three hours. $10 for extra for each additional helper. Call Alicia Wood at 610-334-0733. Proceeds go to the youth group trip to New Orleans this summer.