Dog adoption

Boomer's Angelswill be at Tractor Supply from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday to allow people to meet some of the dogs available for adoption.All adoptions must be preapproved. Visit

www.boomersangels.com for an application.If not ready to adopt, fostering is a possibility as foster homes are desperately needed so more lives can be saved. Everything needed to be a fostering person or family is provided. People supply the love and a safe home until the dogs are adopted.Boomer's Angels is also in need of volunteers to help with adoption days, fundraising, etc.Email

boomersangels@gmail.com, visit

www.boomersangels.com or the group on Facebook, or call 570-350-4977.Community outreachSalem-St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Kresgeville, will have an 8:15 and a 10:30 a.m. praise service on Sunday, with Sunday school and Confirmation at 9 a.m.At 2:30 p.m. the church will hold a worship service at Mrs. Bush's Personal Care Home in Kunkletown led this Sunday by Jeff Hinton.Sunday supperA Sunday supper will be served from 3 to 4 p.m. at Our Lady Queen of Peace Church in Gilbert.Little LeagueThe West End Little League is hosting a softball winter workout Sunday at Pleasant Valley High School's old gym in Brodheadsville on Sunday.Sessions are: 4 to 5:30 p.m. for ages 6-10; 5:30-7:30 p.m. for ages 11-16.All attending are reminded to always bring a glove.Think EasterArea churches are accepting flower orders from parishioners and friends for the Easter services. McMichaels UMC is asking its donors to order the flowers - tulips, lilies and hyacinths - by March 1 and have them paid, to Susan Unangst by March 6.SupervisorsThe Chestnuthill Township board of supervisors will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, at the township building in Brodheadsville.Keep stretchingFor the past 34 years Pocono Medical Center's exercise physiologist, Rosemary Allocco, has led seniors, meeting every Tuesday and Thursday morning at the Kunkletown Fire Hall in Kunkletown, to stretch and move their way to better fitness. Everyone works at their own pace and newcomers are always welcome.To learn more about PMC's West End program, call 570-422-8340 to talk to Allocco.Exercise and physical activity are crucial to quality of life in the older years, she says, explaining that ability to move and react in one's environment declines as one ages.The expression "move it or lose it" has real meaning to octogenarians who discover they can no longer climb stairs or get up from a chair without assistance.There is good news, however, in that proper exercise and physical activity can limit and sometimes reverse the frailty that often accompanies old age.Volunteer luncheonSafe Haven Dog Rescue invites folks to Cherry's Sunset Restaurant, Route 209, Kresgeville at 6:30 p.m. onMarch 2 for a bite to eat and meet the volunteers of Safe Haven Dog Rescue.Safe Haven Pet Rescue is a small group of dedicated volunteers from the West End of the Poconos who save highly adoptable dogs by finding them loving homes. The group needs volunteers to help with adoption days, fundraising, transporting dogs to vets and groomers and fostering homeless dogs until they find their forever homes.For more information about Safe Haven, and to find volunteer and foster applications, please visit

www.SafeHavenPa.org. Contact Safe Haven at

SafeHaven@epix.net.Land soughtThe Rev. Jim Capasso of the Vista Chapel, Saylorsburg, said a parcel of land to feed the hungry is needed to plant crops to give to the Pleasant Valley Ecumenical Network.The crops would be tended by volunteers.Anyone with questions can call Capasso at 610-381-6486 or email him at inspector-Capasso@hotmail.comContact Adele Argot at 717-933-4028 or

arargot3@verizon.net. Contact the Times News at 800-443-0377 or

tneditor@tnonline.com.