April ‘The Benefit Plant Sale’ to be held at McKinely Park The Sacramento Capitolaires meeting A men’s Barbershop Harmony group, meets every Tuesday night at 7 p.m. at Pilgrim Hall (Sierra Arden United Church of Christ), 890 Morse Ave., Sacramento. Info: www.capitolaires.org, call 888-08779806, or email info@capitolaires.org ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Artisan holds Food Drive Artisan Salon is participating in the Spirit of Giving Food Drive. Over the last 17 years, the Spirit of Giving (SOG) drive has helped Sacramento Food Bank collect and distribute over 4.6 million pounds of canned and non-perishable food items for local families in need. Help support families in need by participating in this year’s
drive! Artisan Salon is located at 3198 Riverside Blvd. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Soroptimist International of Sacramento South meetings A service organization dedicated to insure the status of women and girls, the group meets at Aviator’s Restaurant, 6151 Freeport Blvd. for lunch and to discuss the day’s topic. Meets the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 12:15 p.m. The meetings discuss our fund raising Projects and Community Service, often with speakers from our community. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
April 5: Bob Hamm, perennial grower and founder of The Benefit Plant Sale announces that The Valley Benefit Plant Sales, benefiting the kids summer camp programs of Sunburst Projects (http://www. sunburstprojects.org ) will have a spring plant sale in the back patio area of the Sheppard Garden and Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd. The sale will run from 10 a.m. to 4p.m. and will feature a wide range of perennials for the yard including many new, rare and hard to find varieties in sizes ranging from starters to one gallon containers. Cash and checks will be accepted, but not credit cards. For more information, contact Bob Hamm at 617-7516. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Services clubs, the Fire Department and Energizer to change the batteries on your smoke detectors April 5: Rotary of Greenhaven/Pocket and Kennedy High School’s Interact Club are partnering with the fire department and Energizer to change the batteries on your smoke detectors, free of charge. The following are the qualifications: 1) you must have a residential address; 2) it must be owner-occupied; 3) Be on of the first 100 households, first come first serve; 4) Up to two batteries per household. To participate or for more information, please contact, Keiko Wong at 718-7400 or by email at kwong@cookrealty.net ––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Sacramento SPCA Spring Book Sale moves to Sunrise Mall in Citrus Heights April 5 to 13: One of the largest book sales in Northern California has found its new home in Citrus Heights. Held in recent years at Country Club Plaza, the Sacramento SPCA’s annual spring book sale will now be held at Sunrise Mall in Citrus Heights. This year’s event starts on Friday, April 5 and runs through Sunday, April 13. All proceeds from the event benefit the programs and services of the Sacramento SPCA. The book sale will feature hundreds of gently used books in more than 40 categories including adventure, biographies, fiction, children’s, mystery and more. Weekdays and Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Proceeds from the sale historically raise $30,000 for the Sacramento SPCA. In 2013, the Sacramento SPCA cared for more than 12,000 animals. In addition to helping local animals in need, it offers low-cost, high-quality spay/neuter services to the public, as well as behavior and training, humane education, and senior citizen programs that help people keep their pets as an important member of the family. For more information on the book sale and the Sacramento SPCA, visit www.sspca.org/book. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––
SCUSD workshops help parents understand new online tests April 8: Students across California are getting ready to participate in a trial run of the state’s new online assessment program which will eventually replace paper-and-pencil testing. The new Smarter Balanced Assessments are being tested in SCUSD schools. To help parents learn about the new tests, SCUSD is sponsoring a series of parent workshops that focus on the assessments and the learning standards to which they are tied. Workshops are scheduled for 6 p.m. to 7:30
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p.m. on Tuesday, April 8 at Harkness Elementary, John Still K-8 School, Kennedy High School, Golden Empire Elementary, Kit Carson Middle School and Rosemont High School. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Freeport Renovation on the Move Rummage Sale April 12: From 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Belle Cooledge Park, located at South Land Park Drive and Fruitridge Road. Booth info: 12-foot by 12-foot space is $20, includes one table and two chairs. Supports the skate park at Argonaut Park. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Write your life story April 12: Calling all writers and aspiring writers! The seventh annual “Our Life Stories” writers’ conference will be held on Saturday, April 12, 2014, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. at Cosumnes River College (CRC) in Sacramento, California. The conference fee of $35 ($40 after April 4) covers the workshops, materials, morning refreshments, and lunch. The registration deadline is April 4. Space is limited! Stephen D. Gutierrez, nationally recognized essayist, poet, and storyteller will serve as the keynote speaker. Sponsored by the Ethel MacLeod Hart Senior Center and CRC, the conference includes presentations and workshops by celebrated authors, including prose writers: Kerstin Feindert, Ginny McReynolds, Clive Rosengren, and Emmanuel Siguake; poets: Hannah Stein and Sacramento Poet Laureate Jeff Knorr; storyteller: Ann Rothschild; and, in the area of publishing, Michael Spurgeon and Christian Kiefer. To register or to obtain additional details on the conference, visit the website at www.Hart-CRCwritersconference.org, call the Hart Center at (916) 808-5462, or email hartcrcwritersconference@yahoo.com. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––
District 7 Spring Easter Egg Hunt April 12: Enjoy games, face painting, and our special guest, the Easter Bunny! The festivities will begin at 10 a.m. and the Egg Hunt will commence at 10:30 a.m. Don’t forget to bring your basket! Garcia Bend Park, 7654 Pocket Rd. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Rotary Club of Pocket Greenhaven’s annual Spaghetti Feed Fundraiser April 19: The annual spaghetti feed fundraiser will be held at Aviator’s Restaurant at Executive Airport, starting at 6 p.m. with a no host bar and a 7 p.m. dinner; $20 per person for dinner. Music and Dancing courtesy of DJ Razor and Egroup. Raffle prizes and more!
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