Bluffton Girl Scouts are now selling Girl Scout cookies.
This week you can find them on sale from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., Friday, March 5, in front of Reichenbach and Steiner CPA, 140 N. Main St.
On Saturday, March 6, from there will be a booth outside Lulu’s Diner, 114 E. College Ave., from 10 a.m. to noon.
Local troop leaders are Gail Clingerman, high school troop; Kelly Honse, 4th and 7th grade troop; Teresa Brown, 8th grade troop; Whitney Utendorf,1st, 2nd and 4th grade troops.
Bluffton Boy Scout troop 256 will “scout for food” this month, according to Brad Taylor.
On Saturday, March 6, Bluffton scouts will place door hangers on houses announcing the food drive.
Then on Saturday, March 13, Bluffton scouts will canvas the community to pick up donations placed on front porches.
Canned food and non-perishable items may be donated. As in previous years, the scouts are collecting food that will be donated to the Bluffton Community Assistance Program’s food pantry, located in the St. John’s United Church of Christ.
Bluffton schools will continue to use the four-day-per-week model with remote learning on Fridays for the final nine weeks of the academic year, according to Greg Denecker, superintendent.
And, the school district intends to start the 2021-2022 school year at five days a week.
