PANCAKE BREAKFAST ROTTERDAM — Rotterdam Sunrise Rotary will hold an all you can eat pancake breakfast from 7:30 a.m. to noon on Saturday, March 26, at the Rotterdam Senior Citizens Center, 2639 Hamburg St. The breakfast will include unlimited pancakes, sausage and beverage. Tickets are $6 per person, and free for children under 6. Tickets will be available at the door. All proceeds will go to support youth and community programs in the Town of Rotterdam.
2 PANTRY BENEFITS ROTTERDAM — Cobblestone Church, 118 Putnam Road, has scheduled the following two events to benefit the Schenectady Inner City Mission Food Pantry. A bottle drive will be held from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 26. A Ziti Dinner is planned from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, April 9. The dinner will include ziti, meatballs, salad, bread and dessert. There will also be a bake sale. The cost is $7 for adults and $4 for kids under 12.
‘DAMN YANKEES’ ROTTERDAM — Mohonasen High School’s Mohon Masque will present the musical “Damn Yankees” at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, April 1 and 2 and at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 3, in the high school auditorium. The musical is a modern day retelling of the Faust legend set during the 1950s in Washington during a time when the New York Yankees dominated Major League baseball. The story follows Washington Senators fan, Joe Boyd, who makes a pact with the devil to help his team win the league pennant. The cost is $12 for adults and $6 for students and seniors.
TAKE OUT FISH DINNER ROTTERDAM — The Schonowe Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary will sponsor a fi sh dinner (take out only) from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Friday, April 1, at 112 Gordon Road (just above the Rotterdam Square Mall). The menu will include deep fried haddock filet with all the fi xings. The cost is $8 for adults, $5 for kids 4 to 10-years-old and free for kids 3-years-old and younger. All proceeds will go to support the scholarship fund and other community organizations.
ARTS, CRAFTS SIGNUP ROTTERDAM — Applications now being accepted for the 8th annual Mabee Farm Arts & Crafts Festival to be held from 10 a.m. to p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, on the grounds of the Mabee Farm Historic Site, Route 5S in Rotterdam Junction. For more information and an application call 887-5073 or email: mabeefarm@gmail.com.
The U.S. Water Ski Show Team is currently taking orders for it's annual flower sale, which will be held on May 7th. (i noticed that the order form has the wrong date on it, sorry.)
To make sure you get what you want, please place your orders ahead of time or come and see what is for sale the day of the sale. Orders can be mailed in prior to the date of the sale.
Please feel free to print out the order form and mail it in or come the day of the sale.
SPCA BENEFIT ROTTERDAM — The SPCA of Schenectady, Schoharie and Saratoga Counties is looking for animal loving musicians, artists and craftspeople to exhibit at its 2nd annual Wags and Whiskers Family Fun Fair. This year’s event is being held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 9, at the Mabee Farm Historic Site on Route 5S in Rotterdam Junction. The SPCA is also seeking corporate sponsors, contributors and committee members. To apply, call the SPCA a t 6 4 0 - 3 5 3 7 o r email : development@countyspca.org.
HAM DINNER ROTTERDAM — VFW Post 1895, 609 Draper Ave., will hold a ham and scalloped potatoes dinner from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 10. The cost is $8 for adults, $7.50 for seniors and $4 for children under 12. Call 382-1669 for additional information.
I don't know the specific dates and times, but I believe that the Duanesburg Volunteer Ambulance Corps is having their annual Fish dinners each Friday of April (starting tomorrow). I believe they are from 4-7, but maybe someone could post with more information. They usually put on a good dinner.
BENEFIT ZITI DINNER ROTTERDAM — Cobblestone Reformed Church, 118 Putnam Road, will hold a ziti dinner from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday . The dinner will include ziti, meatballs, salad, bread and dessert. There will also be a bake sale. The cost is $7 for adults and $4 for children under 12. All proceeds will go to benefit the Schenectady City Mission.
PANCAKE BREAKFAST PATTERSONVILLE — The Mariaville Fire House, 9284 Mariaville Road, will hold a pancake breakfast and open house from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 9. The schedule of events will include pancake breakfast from 8 a.m. to noon; CAFS foam demo at 1 p.m.; Jaws of Life demo at 2 p.m.; Kids hour from 3 to 4 p.m.; free hot dogs from 2 to 4 p.m. The Chicken Herders will provide entertainment from 4 to 6 p.m. There will be door prizes. The events are open to all.
HADDOCK DINNER R O T T E R D A M — T h e Schonowe Firehouse Auxiliary, 112 Gordon Road, will sponsor a fish dinner from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Friday, April 15. The dinner will include a batter-dipped, deep-fried haddock filet with all the fi xings. The cost is $8 for adults, $5 for children and free for kids 3 and under.
Culinary event will raise money to help youths A Taste of the Capital Region will benefit Boys & Girls Clubs programs BY MARCY VELTE Gazette Reporter
This summer, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Schenectady will hold its first “A Taste of the Capital Region” event. The fundraiser will feature 40 to 50 local chefs who will be asked to prepare their favorite dishes. Both professional and amateur chefs from across the region will be invited to participate. From 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, June 13, the first “A Taste of the Capital Region” will be held at the Boys & Girls Clubs’ Rotterdam site at 721 Curry Road. All of the money will go toward the Schenectady clubs, which are observing their 75th anniversary this year. The clubs provide youth development programs for more than 3,000 school-age children at 13 locations in Schenectady County. “The clubs are run for the children who need it the most,” said Executive Director Shane Bargy. “Many come from diffi cult circumstances and face terrible barriers. We help them to overcome those barriers.” The idea for the culinary event came from the Boys & Girls Club of Atlantic City, where Bargy was the executive director for the past two years. The Atlantic City event is in its 10th year and raised $61,000 in 2010. Bargy is hoping to raise between $25,000 and $30,000 at the Schenectady event. Tickets are $50 and go on sale April 15. The price includes valet parking, admission to the event and a cookbook containing recipes for all of the evening’s entrées, appetizers and desserts. Adult beverages are also included. Bargy said no one will go home hungry. ........................>>>>.........................>>>>..................http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....r01001&AppName=1
KIWANIS CLEANUP HELP ROTTERDAM — Volunteers are needed to join in the Canal Clean Sweep from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday at Kiwanis Park on Route 5S, rain or shine. Volunteers will clear litter from the park and the adjacent bike path. Gloves and bags will be provided.
WWII ‘FLY GIRLS’ ROTTERDAM — The Schenectady County Republican Women’s Club will sponsor a Women’s History Month Luncheon to honor Women Air Service Pilots (W.A.S.P) of WWII from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, April 23, at Canali’s Restaurant, 126 Mariaville Road. The family of WASP Virginia Sweet, a local woman, will bring memorabilia and a video about the “Fly Girls” will be shown. Also, Navy Lieutenant, Deirdre DePew, will talk about women pilots. The cost is $25, a portion of which will go to the WASP Museum. For reservations and other information, call B.Watt at 895-8133.