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A “Tasty Spring Fundraiser with Butter Braid Pastry” is currently benefiting the charities supported by the Haverhill Lions Club.
The Haverhill Lions Club is taking orders for Butter Braid pastries online through next Sunday, April 25. At $14 each, selections include Strawberry Cream Cheese, Cinnamon, Apple, Blueberry, Raspberry, Bavarian Creme, Four Cheese and Herb Braid and Cinnamon rolls,
Pastries arrive frozen for local delivery only on Thursday, May 6.
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David Zoffoli at work in his business. (Courtesy photograph.)
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A new virtual support group for those in the LGBTQ+ community who are grieving a death is meeting every other Tuesday.
David Zoffoli, who lost Stephen Fales, his husband of 20 years, in 2018, and Merrimack Valley Hospice Clinical Social Worker Kara Cheek are co-facilitating the drop-in group which requires no long-term commitment. The group was conceived after Zoffoli experienced shock, overwhelming grief and numbness, but said his healing was slowed by “discriminatory behaviors and anti-queer microaggressions which are common to marginalized groups.”
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A food drive takes place Saturday morning in Methuen.
Residents are asked to bring donations Saturday, April 17, from 9 a.m.-noon, to Tenney Grammar School, 75 Pleasant St., Methuen.
The drive is sponsored by Methuen Cares in concert with the Merrimack Valley Central Labor Council, United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley and the Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce.
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From left to right, Covanta Area Asset Manager Mark Van Weelden, YMCA Regional Executive Director Tracy Fuller and Covanta Market Area Manager Rich O’Connor. (Courtesy photograph.)
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The combined Haverhill YMCA and Plaistow Community YMCA is gearing up for its “Mission Possible” Virtual Legacy Gala with a little help from friends.
The Y’s Legacy Gala takes place Thursday, May 6, at 7 p.m., online. Covanta renewed its commitment by presenting a check for an undisclosed amount to support the Y’s science, technology, engineering, arts and math program known as STEAM, for short; kids summer reading programs; and summer camp attendance and activities. Meanwhile state Rep. Andy Vargas pledged to jump in the YMCA po
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Haverhill Fire and Police Departments are having a blood drive, for Boston Children s Hospital next Wednesday and Thursday.
The “Give Pints for Half-Pints” drive takes place April 21 and 22, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., at Wood School, 25 S. Spring St., in the Bradford section of the city.
For more information, email Officer Daniel Trocki at [email protected] or firefighter Tim Carroll at [email protected].