Bluffton Hospital invites the community to a preview of the new Bluffton Hospital Emergency Department and Surgery Department on Sunday, June 19 from 2 to 4 p.m.
The preview will include tours of the new surgery suites and emergency treatment rooms. Bluffton Hospital nurses, staff and volunteers will be available to answer questions. Refreshments will be served.
Blanchard Valley Hospital Rehab & Sports Medicine, along with the Hancock Park District and the Hancock County Convention and Visitors Bureau, is sponsoring the 2nd Annual Flirt with Dirt 5K Trail Run/Walk on Saturday, July 16 at Riverbend Recreational Area in Findlay. Registration will begin at 7 a.m., the trail race will start at 8:30 a.m. and the walk will begin at 8:40 a.m.
The course for the event is a wood chipped trail throughout the park area.
Awards will be given to the top three male and female runners in each age division.
Jayse Longworth (right) and a classmate celebrate the last day of school on June 2. Summer activities in Bluffton now take center stage for Bluffton area youth.
Adapted Fitness is a new program offered beginning June 14 at BFR, according to Carole Enneking, BFR director.
Youth, ages 14-21 years, will be introduced to strength training and fitness activities. The purpose is to provide supervision and modifications for each
participant.
Julie Hostetler Graber is going to Kenya in July to share her teaching experience with the staff of the Mathare Menno Kids Academy. The Academy is a nursery to eighth grade school located in Mathare, a poverty-stricken area of Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa. Because Julie was born while her parents, Don and Joyce Hostetler of Bluffton, were serving as volunteers in East Africa, she has developed a lasting interest in the children there. This will be her third visit to Africa as an adult.
School's out and Vacation Bible School season is in. Five Vacation Bible Schools are planned in the Icon viewing area this summer. VBS information follows:
