Children’s programs

The Western Pocono Community Library Children’s Department now hosts two new programs. On the first and third Monday of the month at 1 p.m. the library will hold a program titled Books and Toys. This program is for children from baby to age 3. During Books and Toys the children will hear a story and then bring that story to life with toys provided.

On the second and fourth Monday of the month at 1 p.m. the library will host a Block Party for children ages 3 to 6 years old. A block party is a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics program for young children, which provides children and parents the opportunity to explore block play and imaginative play.

For more information about either of these programs, feel free to contact the library at 570-992-7934.

Ross supervisors

The Ross Township supervisors will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the municipal building on Anchorage Road in Saylorsburg.

Chestnuthill supervisors

The first meeting of the month for the Chestnuthill Township supervisors is at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the township’s municipal building in Brodheadsville.

Casting call

StoryBook Theatre, a teen drama club, at the Western Pocono Community Library, is looking for actors, actresses, stage crew and set designers. All seventh- through 12th-graders are welcome to attend an audition. Auditions will be held in October. More information will follow.

The production will be “Treasure Island.”

For more information about auditions, or StoryBook Theatre in general, contact the library at 570-992-7934.

Eldred supervisors

The next meeting of the Eldred Township board of supervisors is Oct. 4, beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the municipal building in Kunkletown.

Volunteer recognition

Monroe County Habitat for Humanity will recognize its volunteers who have served the organization up to Oct. 5 to come to the group’s Volunteer Appreciation Celebration from 5 to 8 p.m. that day at Memorytown in Mount Pocono.

Call the office at 570-216-4390 to verify.

OES meets

The Monroe Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star will meet at 7 p.m. Oct. 5 at the Rimrock Masonic Center on Rimrock Drive in Bartonsville.

It will be the Deputy Grand Matron’s official visit.

The next OES activity will be a ham dinner from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Oct. 28, also at the Rimrock Center.

Benefit pull

The Pocono Old-Tyme Farm Equipment Association is holding a benefit pull on Oct. 7 at the West End Fairgrounds in Gilbert.

Proceeds will go to the Houston-area volunteer firefighters who have worked tirelessly on search and rescue as well as relocation of survivors to temporary shelters.

Food items will be available on site.

Fun festival

Middlecreek Christian Church on Dorshimer Road in Kresgeville, will be having its fourth annual Family Fun Festival Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. Oct. 7.

It will include games and prizes, hayride, food and drinks, popcorn and a bounce house, as well as crafts and balloons.

The church calls it a free family fun afternoon.

For more information call the church at 570-629-4066.

Dinner offered

St. Peter’s UMC, on Route 115 in Saylorsburg, will host a roast beef fundraiser dinner from 3:30 to 7 p.m. Oct. 7.

Takeouts will be available until 5:30 p.m.

St. Peter’s UMC is handicap accessible, has plenty of parking and is air-conditioned.

For additional information, including dinner costs, call 570-992-7311 and leave a message. Your call will be returned.

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