Block shoot

The Kunkletown Rod & Gun Club is holding a block shoot and meat raffle starting at 11 a.m. Sunday. The public is welcome. It is a 12-gauge shotgun-only event.

The club is located at 122 Gun Club Lane, Saylorsburg.

For more information, call 610-381-3215.

Christmas display

The Ross Township Historical Society Museum will celebrate the yuletide season with a special Christmas display featuring ornaments, greeting cards and other items from yesteryear, from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Dec. 14.

Light refreshments will be provided at no cost. There is no charge for admission and all are welcome to view photographs, artifacts and items specific to historical Ross Township at 258 Anchorage Road, Saylorsburg.

For more information, contact judyj@ptd.net or giarck@ptd.net.

The society’s website is at rosshistoricalsociety.com.

Christmas pageant

St. Matthew’s United Church of Christ, Kunkletown, is having its annual Christmas pageant during the church service on Dec. 15. Then it hopes to present it (sshhh, don’t tell) somewhere else nearby.

All that is needed are the children and baby Jesus. Practices are set for 9 a.m. Sunday, during church, and from 6-8 p.m. during Family, Faith and Fun Night on Friday, Dec. 6.

For more information, keep reading the Wednesday WE News column.

Special event

Operation: Touch of Home is asking people to save the date of Dec. 15, because that is when the Kindred family has designated the group as the respective nonprofit all-volunteer organization of choice for this year’s Christmas lights event. Donations are greatly appreciated and can be dropped off when people drive by or stop in to see the lights.

Santa will be there as well, with cookies and hot chocolate.

The location is 137 Pleasant Lane, Brodheadsville, off Route 115, second right.

Follow the star is the suggestion.

Grant deadline

America250PA is now accepting applications for the first round of semiquincentennial grants to help celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the birth of the United States of America.

The grants are available to any Pennsylvania municipal entity, county or registered nonprofit organization to be used toward programming, projects or events that focus on education, preservation, innovation and celebration of the semiquincentennial. The grants require an equal match from the recipient.

The deadline to apply for the first round of grants is Dec. 15. A second round will be held in the spring.

Eldred’s needs

Eldred Township has openings on several of its volunteer committees (appointments to be made at the organizational meeting on Jan. 6, 2025).

They include: planning commission, parks and recreation committee, community center committee and veterans commission.

For more details, contact the township secretary, E. Ann Velopolcek, with a letter of interest in person at the municipal offices Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., or via email at a.velopolcek@eldredtwp.org, or by mail to P.O. Box 600 Kunkletown, PA. 18058. People can also call the township office at 610-381-4252, Ext. 2.

Think sweetness

Monroe County Conservation District’s Kettle Creek Environmental Education Center has announced its annul spring “Sponsor-A-Maple Tree” fundraising program.

Anyone, including families and organizations, can help Monroe County students by sponsoring one of the maple trees. For the cost, contact the MCCD.

Each sponsor receives a pint of fresh maple syrup, a certificate, free admission to one of the MCCD’s public day programs on March 1 or March 8, 2025, for up to four people, and a map showing the location of the sponsored tree in the Sugarbush area.

For more information, call the center from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday at 570-629-3061. People can also visit www.mcconservation.org to download a sponsorship form or call the office to pay by credit card and sponsor a tree by phone.