ATHOL — The Athol Wood Bank is looking for volunteers to carry out its mission to donate wood to needy folks who heat with wood.
Volunteers cut, split and stack wood in half-cord lots. Wood Bank volunteers usually meet in the spring and the fall for five or six work sessions. They meet behind the Athol DPW.
“We can use all the volunteers we can get. The work is fun and energizing,” said Volunteer Coordinator Heidi Strickland.
The upcoming schedule dates are: Friday, March 6 and 20; April 3, 17 and 25. Volunteers work from 9 a.m. to noon.
If you have any questions, please call Strickland, volunteer coordinator, at 978-500-2937. Hope to see you there. Thank you.
ATHOL — The Athol Congregational Church at 1225 Chestnut St. will be serve its monthly meal Friday, March 6.
The meal is sponsored by community sponsor the Athol Savings Bank. Doors open at 5 p.m.
The meal includes shepherds pie, salad, three bean soup, and Texas sheet cake for dessert.
The Williams Brothers will entertain with their own special country style.
If you have not reserved a meal in February, you must call the church to reserve a place: 978-249-6202.
ORANGE — If you enjoy walking in the woods and have some time to volunteer, we want you.
For the past 75 years, New England Forestry Foundation has demonstrated that well-managed working forests can provide multiple benefits for landowners and the community. In that time, the foundation has conserved over 1.1 million acres throughout New England with more than 29,000 acres of that land in its ownership. To help monitor some of that land, we recruit volunteer forest stewards. Our stewards act as the eyes and ears on the ground. Some of their responsibilities include maintaining trails, monitoring boundaries, interacting with the community, and general surveillance of the property.
Interested? Well, there is a New England Forestry Foundation forest near that is in need of a steward — the 240-acre Hosmer Woods/Webb Memorial Forest is in Orange. If you are interested in volunteering to be a steward for this amazing property, the first step is to fill out an online application by visiting https://newenglandforestry.org/support/volunteer/.
To learn more, contact Lisa Hayden at lhayden@newenglandforestry.org or at 978-952-6856 ext.121.
FITCHBURG — Would you like to reduce your trips to the veterinary? Want to know how to help your pet in an emergency? The Central Mass Disaster Animal Response Team, Inc (www.cmdart.org) is hosting a pet first aid training, Saturday, March 7, 11 a.m. to 3:30/4 p.m. at the Fitchburg Fire Dept, 33 North St., Fitchburg.
The course will cover snout to tail assessment, proper restraining of an animal in distress, CPR, rescue breathing choking management pet vital signs, insect bites/stings, heat and cold injuries, making a pet first aid kit and more.
The cost of the course is $65 per person, which includes take home materials ($20 value) of the pet first aid book, attendance certificates, emergency muzzle and stop-bleeding kit. As well as giving helpful instruction, the course will assist the animal disaster team with fundraising for its trailer equipment.
The course instructor is from Pet Tech, a nationally known and respected program. Honor Blume, the instructor, is from Sheffield and has been teaching the course for six years.
Register by contacting training@cmdart.org and go to the CMDART website www.cmdart.org under training and sign up with a credit card. You may also mail in your registration to P.O. Box 1317, Douglas, MA 01516 to be received by noon March 6. Call and leave a message on the CMDART voice mail at 508-803-1989.
Please do not contact the fire department about this course. Only assigned guest animals will be allowed at the training.