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Boating safety
course
offered by
United States Coast
Guard Auxiliary
May 5 9am-4pm
at Huggins Hospital - Wolfeboro
(second floor board room via main entrance)
All persons over the
age of 16 operating a boat in
the state of New Hampshire
must have a certificate indicating
they have completed
an approved boating safety
course to operate a vessel
powered with an engine of 25
HP or above.
$35/pp
brown bag lunch is recommended.
For Registation or More Info:
call Bob Theve @
544-9048
Lee White @ 544-3236
Ken Cookson @ 544-2248.
AARP Driver Safety Program at Wolfeboro Senior Center
at All Saints Episcopal Church
8am-Noon on Wed May 9
and Fri May 11
at All
Saints Episcopal Church.
258 South Main St, Wolfeboro
Defensive
driving techniques and new
traffic laws and rules of the
road, how to
deal with aggressive drivers
and how to handle problem
situations, such as left turns,
right-of-way, interstate traffic,
trucks, blind spots and more.
$12 for AARP
members - $14 for nonmembers.
Call 569-3453 to reserve your
spot.
Benefit
spaghetti dinner for
Kezzie
AllenMedical Fund
Saturday,May 5 5 p.m.
All Saints Church, 258
S. Main St. Wolfeboro.
$6 per person, and tickets
will be available until they
are sold out.
More info @
Kezzie Allen Foundation and
to send donations
Wolfe Sail Kickoff Meeting
Website
Sunday, May 6th 4-6pm at the Wolfeboro Corinthian Yacht Club
Wolfeboro
There will be will be a discussion of the rules, race formats, and local issues for the upcoming season.
Also, last year's champion will conduct a learning session on starting strategies. BYOB
Schedule for 2012
"Justice for Stacey Burns"
peaceful Demonstration
in Concord, NH
Thursday May 10,
2012
Wear Pink and gather at the Uno Chicago
Grill parking lot at 15 Fort
Eddy Road in Concord by
10:30 a.m. and then walk to
the State House.
Bring pink and green
balloons or optional signs
Signs and banners will be
provided
For more information visit
the Stacey Burns Web site,www.staceyburnsmemorial.com or call either Peg
Hart (569-9832) or Sonya Lapar
(569-9734).
Huggins Hospital
is looking for Volunteers
Morning,
afternoon, evening, and
weekend times are available.
Terri Fraser Hooper at 569-
7595 or
via email.
Area
American Red Cross
Blood Drive
- Saturday May 26 10am-3pm
at the Wright Museum
77 Center St Wolfeboro, NH 03894All presenting donors will receive a coupon for a free Whopper Small Value Meal or a Garden Fresh Salad from Burger King. Call (800) RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org to schedule an appointment.
- Wednesday June 06 Noon - 5:15pm
First Congregational Church
115 South Main St Wolfeboro, NH 03894
- Appointments are recommended,
and a blood donor
card or valid picture ID is required
to donate.
For more information or to
schedule an appointment to
donate blood, please call (800)
RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767)
or visit redcrossblood.org.
Donation Types: Blood, Double Red Cell Donations Notes:
If you are Blood type O, A neg, or B neg
please consider donating double red cells.
Drop in or
For info about hosting a blood drive, volunteering and why type "0" is needed -
Website
Volunteers Needed:
- Lakes Region Humane Society
Check out ways you can help the Humane Society
- L.I.F.E. Ministries
Food Pantry
All Saints Episcopal Church on South Main Street in Wolfeboro, distribution to clients on Wednesdays, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 5 to 7 p.m.
Classes:
- The Wolfeboro Area Creative Arts Center Art class 569-7979 or visiting www.wolfeboro-arts.org.
- Gov Wentworth Adult Ed
Spring 2012 List of Classes - Tutoring:
- Social studies, writing, and reading tutoring services by Amie Cloos
Certified English and social studies teacher with eleven years of experience.
$25 per hour - 581-9361.
- Social studies, writing, and reading tutoring services by Amie Cloos
- Huggins Hospital Clinical Education Classes
Basic Life Support - Re-Certification Classes More...
- Huggins Hospital's Diabetes Self-Management Education: More...
Lectures - Films - Discussions:
Wolfeboro Public Library
259 S Main St. 569-2428
Website &
Story Time Schedule
Wolfeboro Library Website
Library Movies:
- Films for a Friday Afternoon
May 4 2pm
The Secret Life of Bees -PG13Stars Queen Latifah, Dakota Fanning and Jennifer Hudson. -
~ 14 year old Lily flees her cruel father and is taken in by the bee-keeping Boatwright sisters. - Artist of the Month: May
Jane Wilcox Hively. A selection oil paintings called "A Song in My Art."
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Poetry Night - Open Mic
7pm on the Third Monday of the Month
local poets and others who enjoy poetry will share favorite works in an open mike setting.
Poems of one page or three minutes in length - sign up to read as you arrive.
For longer poems contact
poetsintheattic@ gmail.com or Wolfeboro Public Library at 569-2428 or wolfelib@metrocast.net - Story Hours:
- Tuesdays 10:30am - Preschool Story Time
- Wednesdays 1pm
Preschool Story Time
& 6:30pm Bedtime Stories - Thursdays
10:30am Toddler Time
Tuftonboro Free Library
221 Middle Rd(Rt 109A) Ctr. Tuftonboro 569-4256
Website &
Story Time Info
- Artist of the Month
Masks made by students at Tuftonboro Central School Now through June 5.
- History Book Club
Wednesday May 30 at 7pm
Discuss:
Freakonomics OR Superfreakonomics by Levitt and Dubner
All are welcome to these lively book discussions, and copies of the books are available at the circulation desk.
Gafney Library
14 High St
Wakefield
Gafney Library Website
522-3401
- Spring Programs
- Artists of the Month:
- Knight Moves
Chess-Time.
F irst Tuesday of the month
4 to 5 p.m. and is open to all ages. - Daytime Storytime Jamborees, Twilight Tales (an evening family storytime), Tiny Tots Playgroup, Craft- Time and Make-It-And-Take- It Crafts are offered each month.
- Home School Storytime third Tuesday of the month from 2 to 3 p.m. and is geared to area home schoolers from five to nine years old, but it is open to all.
- "LEGO Club" second Tuesday of each month from 4 to 5 p.m. and is geared to school-age children but is open to all ages.
- Special events: Teen Read Week, Trick or Treat Week and Voting for the Ladybug Picture Book Award.
- To pick up the 2011 fall program guide containing details about library events or for additional information, drop by the library at 14 High St. or call the library at 522- 9735.
- The library hours are 1 to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday, 10 a.m. to noon on Wednesday and Friday and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday.
Gilman Library - Alton NH 100 Main St. Alton 875-2550 Website
- Night at the Oscars Movie
first Friday of each month at 7:00 PM in the Agnes Thompson Meeting Room for movies that have won an Oscar or have been nominated to win an Oscar. - Spring Programs
New Durham Library
2 Old Bay Road
New Durham, NH 03855 Website
603-859-2201
Civic
- Appalachian Mountain Teen Project
85 Bay St. Wolfeboro 569-5510
- Back Bay Protection Association
(781) 354-8664.
- Morning Star Lodge
35 Trotting Track Rd, Wolfeboro
569-4637
Wolfeboro's Masonic and Eastern Star Organizations Public breakfast First Sunday of the Month 7 to 11am at the Masonic Hall at 35 Trotting Track Road in Wolfeboro, across from the Nick. - Wolfeboro Chamber of Commerce
32 Central Ave, at the Railroad Station
PO Box 547, Wolfeboro
569-2200 Website - Wolfeboro Historical Society
Clark House Museum Complex
PO Box 1066, 233 S. Main St,
Wolfeboro. Website
Meeting Monday, May 7 7:30pm
at the Wolfeboro Community Center
22 Lehner St.Wolfeboro
Speaker of the night - Phil Decelles on archiving Wolfeboro's historic town documents and picture. - Wakefield-
Brookfield Historical
Society
Meets the second Tuesday of the Month from May - Oct at 7 p.m.
at the Little Red Schoolhouse, 2851 Wakefield Road at Wakefield Corner. -
All are welcome
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For more information call Dennis Herman at 522- 5332.
Wolfeboro's Masonic and
Eastern Star Organizations
Public breakfast
First Sunday of the Month
7 to
11am at the Masonic Hall
at 35 Trotting Track Road in
Wolfeboro, across from the
Nick.
Buffet menu items include pancakes, bacon, sausage, home fries, scrambled eggs, breads, fresh fruit, cereal, milk, coffee, tea and juice. The cost is $8 for adults, $3 for children aged five to 12 and free for children four and under.
Wolfeboro Lions Club
PO Box 325 - Wolfeboro Website
Lions Club Meets every second and fourth Tuesday at the Wolfeboro Inn
- 38th Annual Great Smith River
Canoe and Kayak Race
Saturday, May 19 1:15pm
beginning at Albee Beach on Lake Wentworth, Wolfeboro19 classes for paddlers of all abilities. Prizes will be awarded to the first three finishers in each class.
Prizes will be awarded to the first three finishers in each class. The event includes one and two person categories for canoes and kayaks and is further divided by gender and age. Starting at the Alan Albee Town Beach on Lake Wentworth
The four-mile course includes about one quarter mile of class two white water and two short portages.
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Registration forms are at the Wolfeboro Chamber of Commerce or 569-5454.
Racers may also register the day of the race from 10am-12:45pm
Traditional raffle, also sponsored by the Wolfeboro Lions Club. The drawing will take place following the conclusion of the race. This year's grand prize is $ 1,000 cash.
$15 per paddler
Registration forms are at the Wolfeboro Chamber of Commerce, call 569-5454. or register the day of the race from 10 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
First 50 entrants will receive a free tshirt. There is also a Raffle with grand prize of $ 1,000 cash.
Meals on Wheels 515-2043
Website
Serving Wolfeboro, Tuftonboro, Brookfield
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non-profit organization, which provides home delivered meals to the elderly and disabled. The meals are delivered daily, M-F, by volunteer drivers. Our program is not federally funded, andrelies solely on private donations, grants, and town appropriations. The Wolfeboro Area Meals on Wheels program is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors and staffed with a Coordinator and a Program Assistant. We welcome you to continue to check our site for new updates about our organization and the cause we are supporting.
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All meals come with potato, vegetable, dinner roll and light dessert. For further information call the Meals on Wheels Office at 515-2043
Wolfeboro Rotary Club
Meetings: Wednesday at 6:45 AM
Wolfeboro Inn 90 N Main St 1812 Room, Wolfeboro, NH 03894
- Rotary Club is Open to all interested in Rotary
social time with beverages and hors d'oeuvres available before the meeting.
569-2511 - May 21 The Rotary
Club Annual Golf Tournament
8am at Kingswood Golf Club
- four-person best ball scramble is open to all ability levels
- continental breakfast and an award luncheon.
- & other great prizes
- To Sign up email Pacheco@metrocast.net or
Mail The Rotary Club of Wolfeboro, P.O. Box 781,Wolfeboro NH 03894.
Website
Community Organizations:
Active Older Adults Hiking Club
Wednesday
May 23
Hiking Trip to Mount
Major & Mount Major back
trail, both in the Belknaps.
Difficulty: Moderate/difficult
and easy/moderate respectively.
Meet at the Glendon Street parking area at 8 a.m. to carpool, departing at 8:15 a.m. FMI call 569-0115 (Judy)
Senior Citizens Club
569-9259
569-9259
Dinners M - W- F
Exercise Class Wed 9-10am
Watercolor Class Wed 10-11:30am
Bingo - Mon and Fri 10am
Scrabble Wed 1:30-3:30pm
- Kingswood Youth Center
565 Center St.- 569-9362 Website
- Parent Connection forums
are held the third Wednesday
of each month as a resource
for local parents and
guardians. Topics will vary
and suggestions are welcome.
- Ladies of the Lakes Quilters' Guild
The Quilters meet on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Congregational Church in Wolfeboro. Quilters of all skill levels are welcome. www.llqg.net or call President Laurel Beaudreau, 859-1727.
- Lakes Region Newcomers Club
For Adults in the Lakes Region
Organized for social, educational
and recreational purposes
First Friday of the Month Meetings
8:30-10am at Wolfeboro Inn - $8.50
Anyone interested in joining are welcome. Website or 569-0165 - Ossipee Garden Club
539-1968.
"Poets in the Attic"
4th Thursday of the Month
7-pm at the Country Bookseller
Durgin Stables, Wolfeboro
Open mic.
FMI call 539-4472
Tuftonboro Hikers Club
569-2840
Business
meeting & New Members' Tea
Thursday, May 3,
at 2 p.m. at the Willing
Workers Hall in Melvin Village.
Refreshments will be
served and guests are welcome.
The Food Pantry donation
for the day is tuna fish.
Spring Rummage Sale
Saturday,
May 19, from 9am-3pm
at the Willing Workers Hall
on Route 109 in Melvin Village.
Drop off for donated
items is Friday, May 18,
from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Clothing,
linens, bedding and
small "white elephant"
items will be accepted.
For more information
contact Hikers president
Jane Milligan at 569-4330.
- Weight Watchers Club 800-651-6000
Meetings Every Tuesday
All Saints Episcopal Church, 258 S. Main St. - Wolfeboro Garden Club
569-4982.
Wolfeboro Outreach
Wolfeboro Outreach meets as a group at the Wolfeboro Community Center at 22 Lehner St. on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Individual peer support can be provided in your home or in the community on Wednesdays. There is a community meal on Friday evenings. Transportation may be provided. If you are interested in learning more about Peer Support Outreach, please call Robin at 662-2140. There is no charge.
- Wolfeboro Stamp Club
Meeting First Thursday of the Month at 6-8pm Jan-Nov
All Saints Episcopal Church
258 S. Main St, More info Call Warren Gould 569-8678.
