Spring Garden: needs your vote

Spring Garden Elementary school is participating in the Jan Brett contest. The students are too young to enter for themselves; you could help them win the opportunity to meet author/illustrator Jan Brett. Visit www.janbrett.com/contests.htm and enter Spring Garden ES, 901 North Blvd., Bethlehem PA 18017. One vote per person allowed.

Freedom Club Fundraiser ends Feb. 28

Sicily Pizza, 4460 Easton Ave., is sponsoring the Freedom High School Patriot Swimming and Diving team fundraiser. Mention sponsoring the team when ordering through Feb. 28 will generate a 15 per cent donation to the FHS team.

Booster Club: Raffle tickets offered

FHS Baseball Booster Club is selling raffle tickets to win brand new Play Station 4 game set. All proceeds benefit the Freedom High School Baseball team and will go into field improvements for the 2014 season. Winner picked on the opening Varsity day, March 22; winner need not be present to win. For tickets or info email ryantphealy@gmail.com or hnthealy@aol.com or call 610-882-2253. We will deliver your tickets!

Middle schools: Video voting this week

After many hours of hard work by teachers (Jane Carr from Broughal and Rachel Shook from Northeast) and students involved in the "What's So Cool About Manufacturing?" video competition, the time is near for the online voting. The videos are posted at http://dreamitdoitpa. com/students/video-contest/ and online voting is from turing?" video competition, the time is near for the online voting. The videos are posted at http://dreamitdoitpa. com/students/video-contest/ and online voting is from Feb. 24 to 26. The video receiving the most online votes will receive the Viewers Choice award.

Becahi: Bingo fundraiser March 2

Becahi's band is hosting a designer purse bingo Sunday, March 2 at 2pm in the school gym. Bingo will feature 15 games and five special games for gorgeous designer bag prizes. A gift receipt is included with each designer bag. For tickets or additional info like how to reserve a table, please contact: sjw61700@gmail.com or 484-300-5449. This event is rescheduled from February.

Nitschmann: Books needed

Check your bookshelves! Nitschmann Middle School will be kicking off a "Share the Love of Reading" book drive to benefit the Cops 'n' Kids Children's Literacy Program. From now through Feb. 28, donations of gently used and new books will be collected and counted by the sixth grade READ 180 classes. Collection bins will be available in classrooms and outside the school lobby at Nitschmann. Share the love, share a book! For additional info contact Mrs. Dugan at ddugan@bethsd.org.

Freedom: Baseball Booster Club fundraiser

Freedom HS's Baseball Booster Club is selling raffle tickets for a brand new Play Station 4 game set. All proceeds benefit the Freedom Baseball team and will go into field improvements for the 2014 season. You need not be present to win and the winner will be picked on the opening Varsity day March 22. Contact Ryan Healy at ryantphealy@gmail.com or email Heidi Healy at hnthealy@aol.com or call 610-882-2253

District: First Strides forming

First Strides is a 12-week program to help you comfortably progress from the couch to walking, jogging or running at a pace that is right for you. Contact Joi Deibler at jdeibler@beth.k12.pa.us.

Northeast: Students organize blood drive

Two sixth grade students at Northeast are working on a Leadership Project. They are sponsoring a blood drive for Miller-Keystone Blood Center. The drive is at NE in the parking lot March 7 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Anyone interested in participating can email Julie Braido, jbraido@bethsd.org for an appointment time, call NE at 610.868.8581, or you can go online at www.GiveaPint.org to create a donor profile and schedule an appointment. If you go online, you should use sponsor code 7348.

Freedom: Softball clinic March 15

A softball clinic sponsored by the FHS softball team and open to players of all skill levels. Is set for Saturday, March 15, at the FHS Auxiliary Gym and field. Contact Coach Nora Borger at 484-547-1646 or email at nabst4@yahoo.com. Enrollment is limited so please register early. Cleats and indoor sneakers are required.

BASD: THON set for April 26

Freedom and Liberty High Schools THON fundraiser for pediatric cancer will be held from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. April 26 in Freedom's main gym. BASD's second annual Mini-THON will feature entertainment and diverse activities for 12 hours straight while "dancers" stay on their feet for the entire event.

Monies raised will go to Penn State's main THON charity, the Four Diamonds Fund at Hershey Medical Center, which directly assists families who have children with cancer and their cost of treatment / medical bills.

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