■The Friends of Forgotten Children food pantry located at 224 Bog Road in Concord serves 23 towns in Merrimack County. The pantry is open on Thursdays from 9-11:15 a.m. and 12-7 p.m. A household can come once a month for food. During COVID-19, the pantry is not verifying income eligibility. First time clients should bring proof of residency for each member of the household. Clients do not come into the building. Call 753-4801 upon arrival and someone will take your information and bring your food outside. There is also a clothing pantry.
■The City of Concord’s spring leaf collection is planned to begin April 26 and run through June 5. Concord residents who currently participate in the curbside trash collection program are eligible for the spring leaf collection program. Materials are collected weekly for several weeks and must be curbside by 7 a.m. on the same day as your regular trash is collected. Residents have two options for pick-up: 1) yard waste is placed curbside in paper yard waste bags which are available at local stores or 2) yard waste is placed curbside in 30-gallon barrels weighing less than 50 pounds clearly marked as “yard waste.” No plastic bags containing yard waste will be collected.For more information, visit concordnh.gov/leafcollection.
■The Concord Public Library children’s program is offering Virtual Storytime: April Showers on Wednesday from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Join the librarians for music and stories on Zoom. Register at concordnh.gov or call 225-8670 for more assistance.
■The menu has been set for the April 25 Greek Dinner to Go from Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church (68 North State St.) with pick up from 12-1 p.m. This month’s offering is a traditional Palm Sunday dinner of baked haddock, rice pilaf, vegetable and a dinner roll. The price is $20 (a little more than usual because of the price of fish). To order, call 953-3051, email ordermygreekfood@gmail.com or visit holytrinitynh.org. You can pay online, send in a check to the church or bring the money when you pick up your food. The cutoff to order is April 21.
■Let’s keep our dogs safe by renewing your annual dog license prior to the April 30 due date. For more information, contact the City Clerk’s Office at 225-8500 or visit concordnh.gov.
■Kindergarten registration is open for both west side schools: Beaver Meadow and Christa McAuliffe. Children who will be five on or before Sept. 30 are eligible. To register online, go to enroll2021.sau8.org. For more information, call Christa McAuliffe at 225-0840 or Beaver Meadow at 225-0853.
■Happy 19th birthday to my favorite twins, Ashley and Sydney Plante!
LYNDA PLANTE
717-1632
soxpatscats@gmail.com
■A free, beginner chair-based gentle exercise class is held on Mondays and Thursdays at 1:30 p.m. through April 29! Stretch your muscles, increase your coordination, and boost your self-confidence and flexibility with gentle exercise, stretching and movement. Build up your strength and get healthy with a certified, instructor-led bi-weekly exercise routine. Older adults of all ages and levels of physical ability are encouraged to join at zoom.us/j/98559461295?
pwd=UXBGdzYvanBTU1B6UUtrR08yeXRpUT09, meeting ID: 985 5946 1295, passcode: 201812.
■Learn how to turn memories into manuscripts in this fun class on Tuesdays through May 4 at 1:45 p.m. Using a variety of activities, Gail Schilling will help you to say what you really mean, easily and accurately. Though this class will be geared toward those new to written self-expression, experienced writers will find the activities and camaraderie stimulating. Gail published her own memoir, “Do Not Go Gentle. Go to Paris: Travels of an Uncertain Woman of a Certain Age” in 2019. Cost is $40. You must register by Monday at noon. GoodLife will email you the Zoom link a day or two before the class. Class limited to six people. More information is available at goodlifenh.org/activity/zoom-lets-write-memoir-steps-to-telling-your-story/2021-04-13.
■“The Road to Namibia” with Rick Ray journeys into the deserts, wild coastlines and safari parks of Namibia, where you will meet leopards, lions, elephants and swim with crocodiles on this week’s Walker Lecture Series on ConcordTV on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Visit walkerlecture.org.
■New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players announces a premiere cinematic experience of Sir Arthur Sullivan and F.C. Burnand’s comic operetta, “Cox and Box.” This all-new original film is shot and fully staged at South Orange Performing Arts. Go to ccanh.com to order tickets for the live stream performance on Thursday and Friday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20 plus a $3.75 fee.
■Sunday is National Barbershop Quartet Day. Congrats Concord Coachmen!
■Sometimes you get to read about a wonderful, magical love story. Sometimes you see one on the screen. Once in a great while, very rarely, you get to live it. Thank you, Charlie, for 25 amazing years! Happy anniversary to my near-perfect spouse! I thank God everyday for you, for us! Love you! Onward!
JEAN VER HOEVEN
856-304-5830
jeanann@voicenet.com