Heartwarming

Sustainable Resilient Longmont hosted a free Earth Day event at Timberline PK-8 featuring a Mini Zero Waste Fair, a new Makers Market, stage performances, and booths from local groups.

Ten-year-old Aizelle San from the Sacramento area self-published Sky's Wacky Raindrop Rescue, a children's picture book about a raindrop named Sky who searches for her missing parents; the book features illustrations by Izabela Ciesinska.

Tom and Jerry are bonded brothers who must be placed together; they are neutered, up-to-date on vaccines, microchipped and comfortable with other animals.

At the township Annual Meeting, residents approved buying a 3,000 sq. ft. building at 9850 Milwaukee Ave. in Glenview for $1,429,000 to relocate the township food pantry; more than 100 residents attended.

Horizons Soup Kitchen and Food Pantry revealed a new food rescue box truck at its annual fundraiser after about 18 months of fundraising; the vehicle is intended to collect surplus food that might otherwise be discarded.

Volunteers and Rotary members harvested 350 pounds of oranges at Rancho Tajiguas and distributed the fruit to nonprofits serving families in Santa Ynez Valley, Lompoc and Santa Barbara.

Munson Healthcare will close its Urgent Care West on US-31 and move physical urgent care services to the Foster Family Community Health Center in Traverse City effective April 17; virtual urgent care will remain available through the Munson Healthcare website.

Port Arthur held a ribbon-cutting for a newly constructed Animal Services Center that grew from a 2019 plan and broke ground in April 2024; the facility includes a medical area, a secure sally port for intake and public spaces to support adoption.

Bobbi Kristina's Serenity House will hold its fifth annual Celebration of Serenity Sneaker Ball in Los Angeles on April 26, with Bobby Brown and Alicia Etheridge Brown presenting and Anthony Anderson hosting; the evening honours Tina Knowles, Tisha Campbell and Deputy Chief Ruby Flores while supporting services for survivors of intimate partner violence.

The Ocean Springs Fire Department reports that Firefighter Frank completed a rope rescue awareness and operations course at the State Fire Academy last week, with training that included high-angle rope techniques, rappelling and complex pulley rigging.