Ongoing
Fresh Air Fund – Make a New Year’s resolution that could benefit the entire family! Volunteer with The Fresh Air Fund. Close to 5000 NYC children visit volunteer host families for up to two weeks every summer, and they need your help! For information on hosting a Fresh Air Child, please contact Mary Sherman at 802-868-2771 or The Fresh Air Fund at 800-367-0003. Get more information at www.freshair.org
February 5 / Essex Junction, VT
Community Fish Fry/Dance – The Men’s Auxiliary of VFW Post 6689 at 73 Pearl Street, Essex Junction is hosting. Enjoy baked of fried haddock with mashed potatoes or French fries, coleslaw, dessert, and coffee/tea from 6-7PM. Cost is $10. For more information, call the VFW at 802-878-0700
February 6 / Hyde Park, VT
Community Breakfast – at the Second Congregational Church from 8-9:30AM. Breakfast includes Pancakes, eggs, and sausage with coffee, orange juice and pastries – all-you-can-eat! Cost is $7 for adults, $5 for students, and free for preschoolers! For more information, contact Peggy at 802-888-3636
February 7 / Beekmantown
Pancake Breakfast – presented by the Beekmantown Lions Club for the benefit of Hospice of the North Country at the Beekmantown Central Cafeteria from 8am-1pm. 100% of the profits will directly benefit Hospice of the North Country. Breakfast includes all you can eat pancakes with real maple syrup, sausage, bacon, apple sauce, scrambled eggs and breakfast drinks.
February 7 / Essex Junction, VT
Community Breakfast – hosted by the Ladies Auxiliary of VFW Post 6689 at 73 Pearl Street. Breakfast will be served from 9-11AM. The cost is $6 for adults, $3 for children. Breakfast includes eggs “any style,” pancakes, bacon or sausage, home fries, and toast. For more information, call the VFW at 802-878-0700
February 7 / Randolph, VT
Pancake Breakfast – at Our Lady Of The Angels Church (corner of Hebard Hill and Route 66) at 11am. Menu includes all you can eat bacon, sausage, corned beef hash, home fries, scrambled eggs, pancakes, French toast, juices, milk, and coffee. Cost is $7 for adults, $4 for children under 5. For more information, call the Parish office at 802-728-5251.
February 10 / Hardwick, VT
Haiti Earthquake Relief Fundraiser – from 5-9pm at Claire’s Restaurant and the Center for an Agricultural Economy in downtown Hardwick. Includes an exhibit of Haitian artwork, local foods and goods marketplace, and an auction featuring local foods, crafts and services. Live auction begins at 8pm. Money collected will benefit the Neges Foundation, a small community based organization located at the epicenter of the earthquake in Leogane, to support their work to build a shelter for children orphaned, injured and traumatized by the earthquake. For more information, contact Emily at 802-472-5913 or Beth at 802-472-6969.
February 11 / Plattsburgh, NY
Plattsburghnoon Kiwanis weekly meeting – 12:15 at the Elks Club. Each week a guest speaker is featured. This week listen to Dr. Jonathan Beach on “Living with Diabetes and New Treatments.” Lunch is served for $8. As always, new members are welcome and if you are curious to see what the Plattsburgh Noon Kiwanis Club is all about, please join us for a meeting!
February 12 / Milton, VT
Milton Community Winter Festival – at BombardierPark from 6:30-8pm featuring ice skating, snowsnoeing, luminaries, hot cocoa, bonfire and a fireworks display! For more information, contact the Milton Recreation Department at 802-893-4922 or email kduchesneau@town.milton.vt.us
February 13 / Stowe, VT
Chicken Pie Supper – at StoweCommunityChurch on Main Street. Seatings at 5:30 and 6:30 pm. This popular annual supper includes chicken and gravy, homemade biscuits, vegetables, coleslaw, beverage and homemade pie! Advance ticket purchase is recommended, tickets are available at the church. For more information, call 802-253-7257
February 13 / Essex Junction
Community Valentine Dinner/Dance – hosted by VFW Post 6689 at 73 Pearl Street. Social Hour is 5-6pm, a roast pork dinner will be served from 6-7pm, followed by dancing to Dr. E’s Dancing Machine. Cost is $8 per person. For more information, call the VFW at 802-878-0700.
February 13 / Bristol, VT
St Ambrose Mardi Gras Casino Night – starts at 6pm at St. Ambrose Church on School Street with a social hour and dinner, games start at 7pm. Dinner and Games: $20 (prices include $50 in gaming chips) Play various casino games to win great prizes! Contact Sean at 802-453-5599 for more information.
February 18 / Plattsburgh, NY
Plattsburghnoon Kiwanis weekly meeting – 12:15 at the Elks Club. Each week a guest speaker is featured. This week listen to Jennifer St. Peter on “Bone Marrow Donor Registry.” Lunch is served for $8. As always, new members are welcome and if you are curious to see what the Plattsburgh Noon Kiwanis Club is all about, please join us for a meeting!
February 21 / Essex Junction, VT
Community Breakfast – hosted by the Ladies Auxiliary of VFW Post 6689 at 73 Pearl Street. Breakfast will be served from 9-11AM. The cost is $6 for adults, and $3 for children. Breakfast includes eggs “any style”, pancakes, bacon or sausage, home fries, and toast. For more info, call the VFW at 802-878-0700.
February 27 / Burlington, VT
Fat Tuesday Family Dance and Warm-up – at Memorial Auditorium on Main Street in Burlington from 4-7pm hosted by The Children’s School. For more information, contact Roberta or Jennifer at 802-862-2772 or email Roberta@tcsvt.org
March 4 / Plattsburgh, NY
Plattsburghnoon Kiwanis weekly meeting – 12:15 at the Elks Club. Each week a guest speaker is featured. This week listen to Tania Latimore and Chelsea Shefer, ChamplainValleyFamilyCenter on “Mentoring Programs.” Lunch is served for $8. As always, new members are welcome and if you are curious to see what the Plattsburgh Noon Kiwanis Club is all about, please join us for a meeting!
March 5 / Plattsburgh, NY
Young Professional Artist Showcase – The North CountryCulturalCenter for the Arts and Adirondack Young Professionals are presenting this exhibit. The show will have a reception March 5th from 6-8pm. If you are interested in submitting art for this show, please contact Beth Barnes at 518-563-1604 with the quantity and size of the pieces you are submitting. For those artists that do not have the standard gallery artwork, Beth would still love to hear from you! They are entertaining the idea of including books, poems, music and other performance arts and installations.
March 6 / Stowe, VT
Relay For Live NordicStyle – celebrate, remember, and fight cancer with the American Cancer Society. Voted a Top 10 Winter Event by the Vermont Chamber of Commerce in 2008 and 2009. For more info, go to www.relayforlife.org
March 6 / Winooski, VT
Foster and Adoptive Parent Orientation – Casey Family Services at 46 Main Street Suite 1A is holding this orientation meeting for families thinking about foster and adoptive parenting. There are over 1300 Vermont Children in foster care. Many of these kids are looking for a family just like yours! Whether you are interested in weekend-only or full-time parenting, come learn about what it takes to give a child the chance to succeed! Casey Family Services provide ongoing training, support and generous compensation. Kids in our community need you now more than ever, so now is the time to learn more about becoming a foster or adoptive parent. RSVP is required to attend the meeting. Contact Michelle at 802-655-6688 x4715 for more information.
May 23 / St Albans, VT
Developmental Disability Awareness Walk – at Collins-Perly Sports Complex. Put together by ARC of Northwestern, VT and students from BellowsFreeAcademy. The walk is from 9am-3pm. Learn more about the organization at www.arc-nwvt.org All monies raised will go to thlocal organization of advocates and community members who help the developmentally disabled in the greater St Albans/Franklin County area. For more information contact Cindy Martell at 802-524-5197
April 8-11 / Burlington, VT
La Cage aux Folles – presented by the Lyric Theater Company for the first time ever on the Flynn Center Mainstage. The musical that inspired the film “The Birdcage.” 7:30 curtain Thursday through Saturday with 2pm matinees on Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are available now throught the Flynn Regional Box Office in Burlington, at Copy-Ship-Fax-Plus in Essex Junction, by phone at 802-86-FLYNN or online at www.flynntix.org. Get more information at www.lyrictheatervt.org
