Bridge Hospice Bereavement Services will be hosting its annual bereavement camp for children, Camp S.T.A.R., June 10-12 from 8:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Brugeman Lodge at Riverbend Park in Findlay.
Camp S.T.A.R., which stands for Special Times Always Remembered, is a three-day bereavement camp for children ages 6-12 who have experienced the loss of a loved one. Campers participate in fun, traditional camp activities combined with grief and loss education. Together, campers realize they are not alone with some of the questions and feeling they have been facing.
A Mt. Cory family of six is receiving shelter and aid from the American Red Cross of Hancock, Seneca and Wyandot counties.
The family’s home, on North Main Street in Mt. Cory, suffered major damage in a fire on the moring of Monday, May 6.
Red Cross volunteer disaster responders Holly Blaine and Ron Pahl answered the call for help and provided the family of three adults and three children with assistance for shelter and food and also gave the family members comfort kits of personal hygiene items.
The Friends of the Bluffton Public Library will holds its spring book sale from May 9 to May 13. A special Friends’ member preview will be held 5 - 6 p.m. on May 9. Refreshments will be available during the Friends’ preview.
Book sale hours for the public are:
May 9 from 6 - 8 p.m.,
May 10 from 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.,
May 11 from 9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., and
May 13 from 9:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.
The sale will be held in the Richland Room on the lower level of the library at 145 S. Main St., Bluffton.
This week, The Icon talked with four third graders, Presley Nelson (student in Mrs. Bogart’s class), Olivia McCamery (Armstrong), Skyler Scoles (Raeburn), and Makala Nye (Kingsley).
What’s your favorite third grade subject?
Presley: Math. I like the math facts. Olivia: Reading. I read three or four books a week. Skyler: Reading. Books are interesting. Makala: Science and social studies.
