During the month of April, Laconia Pet Center, 1343 Union Ave., will ask customers to round up the cost of their purchase to any even dollar amount for the Franklin Animal Shelter’s capital campaign. In addition, tax-deductible contributions can be made at franklinanimalshelter.com or mailed to P.O. Box 265, Franklin 03235. For more information, call Christine Dzujna at 934-7163.
After achieving first-place honors for creativity, teamwork and innovation in the regional and state academic tournaments, the Noisy Narwhals, a team of fifth graders from Bow Middle School, have earned the right to compete in Destination Imagination’s global finals, to be held in May in Knoxville, Tenn. To help the team raise the funds needed to travel to compete, donate to gofundme.com/8xxh7mzw. For more information about Global Finals, visit globalfinals.org.
Concord Parks and Rec offers April vacation camps in video for age 9 to 14 and soccer for grade 1 to 6. Other upcoming opportunities include NFL flag football for children ages 6 to 11, soccer fundamentals for ages 4 to 6, co-ed recreational soccer for first and second grades, co-ed soccer clinic for third to sixth grades. For information, visit concordparksandrec.com or call 225-8690.
The annual archaeology field schools run by the New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources will take place at a Native American site near Squam Lake in Holderness and the site of the 19th century Livermore Hollow community in Holderness and Campton. At the first site, research will focus on studying periods of occupation and on isolating activity areas. At Livermore Hollow work will center on identifying building foundations and determining areas with intact archaeological deposits. Although most SCRAP field school participants are volunteers, graduate and undergraduate credit through Plymouth State University is available. Volunteers receive the same instruction as credit students. There is no fee to participate as a volunteer, but a $40 donation is suggested. The Holderness sessions take place June 19 to July 1 and July 5 to 15 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays; Livermore Hollow is July 18 to 29 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays. Advance registration is required; visit nh.gov/nhdhr/SCRAP.htm or call 271-6433.
St. Mary’s Bank in Manchester will offer free educational seminars to prepare you for important financial milestones. Its spring financial education seminar series will include estate planning, first-time home buying, credit 101, investing 101, and identity theft protection. For a complete list of spring seminars and to register, visit stmarysbank.com/events. Free, but seating is limited.
Spring is the time to stock fishponds. Rainbow and brook trout are available in 6- to 8-inch and 10- to 12-inch sizes. Small trout can be picked up May 1 from 1 to 1: 30 p.m. at the Concord Center, 10 Ferry St., Concord. The larger trout will be delivered to your pond. For more information, contact info@merrimackccd.org or call 975-0110. An order form can be found at merrimackccd.org. Order deadline is April 22.