Senior dinner

Monroe County Seniors meeting at Zion Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall in Brodheadsville will have meatloaf for Friday.Attendees are reminded to call the site manager at 570-242-6770 by 11 a.m. the day before.Blood driveAnyone who missed the recent American Red Cross blood drives in Brodheadsville or Kunkletown can donate at the Monroe County Career and Technical Institute on Friday.Hours are 9:45 a.m. to 2 p.m.For more information, call 800-RED CROSS (800-733-2767).The Western Pocono Community Library continues to be a site for a Keystone-Miller blood drive every Wednesday beginning at noon.Rescheduled speakerThe Western Pocono Community Library Heritage Center in Brodheadsville will feature Peter L. Kern at 1 p.m. Saturday, rescheduled due to inclement weather.He will speak about Palmerton: One of Pennsylvania's First Planned Communities and How It Came Into Being.Participants are requested to preregister to attend the center's free monthly presentations.The center is open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.For more information, call the library at 570-992-7934.Dog adoptionSafe Haven Pet Rescue will hold a dog adoption day from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday at Ace Hardware, Route 209 in Brodheadsville, next to Dunkelberger's.There will be many young dogs available. Safe Haven requires a pre-adoption application with references and a home visit before adoption.For more information about Safe Haven, to find a list of dogs available for adoption, and adoption applications visit

www.SafeHavenPa.org. Contact Safe Haven at

SafeHaven@epix.net. Join Safe Haven Pa on Facebook.Chamber meetingThe Greater Pocono Chamber of Commerce meeting will be held at the Western Pocono Community Library on Tuesday beginning at 8 a.m.For more information call the Chamber at 570-421-4433.SupervisorsChestnuthill Township Supervisors will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Chestnuthill Township Municipal Building on Route 715.Legion meetingThe West End Home Association of the West End Memorial Post 927 is slated to meet tonight at 7:30 at the Post Home in Gilbert.New T-ball divisionStarting with the 2015 Spring Season, West End Little League is announcing a new Softball T-Ball division for girls ages 4 to 6. The main focus points of this division: good sportsmanship and having fun, safe play, listening to instructions from the coach who may not be their parent, playing as part of a team, and skill development including batting, running and throwing the ball. Some basic catching skills may be included.For any questions about the softball program, age requirements and registration process, contact Lynn Vento by calling or texting 570-517-1720 or emailing

lpvento@icloud.comAshes to goZion United Lutheran Church in Brodheadsville welcomes everyone to stop by the church parking lot on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18, to receive a prayer and ashes.Pastor Ann Melot will be in the lot from 8 to 9:30 a.m. and again from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. The church is offering ashes by way of a "drive-thru" on Ash Wednesday because that reminder of need, humility and healing shouldn't be confined to a church building.The ashes to be received here are to remind all throughout the day of the need for God and of God's call.There will be an Ash Wednesday Worship Service at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 18.The church also invites everyone to weekly worship services on Saturday evenings at 5 p.m., an informal, spoken service; on Sunday mornings at 8, a spoken service, and at 10:30 a.m. (service with choir); the midweek Lenten Supper & Bible study at 6:15 p.m., beginning Feb. 25 through March 25, and for a midweek Lenten worship Contemplative Prayer Services at 7:30 p.m.Holy Week services are on Passion/Palm Sunday, March 29, at 8 and 10:30 a.m.; Maundy Thursday on April 2 at 7:30 p.m.; Good Friday service April 3 at 7:30 p.m.; and Easter Sunday, April 5, at 6:30, 8 and 10:30 a.m.All are welcome and invited.