Chicken pot pie dinner raising money for Pioneer field trip

BERNARDSTON — With Pioneer Valley Regional School’s seventh and eighth grade classes preparing to head to New York City to see “The Outsiders” on Broadway, the Bernardston Kiwanis Club is dedicating its monthly chicken pot pie fundraiser to closing the financial gap.

The chicken pot pie fundraiser will be held at the United Church of Bernardston, 58 Church St., on Saturday, March 29, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults and $5 for children. Frozen pot pies will be for sale, too. To reserve a space, call Joel Cole at 413-834-5484.

Meals include chicken pot pie, butternut squash, cranberry sauce, a roll, drinks and a slice of homemade carrot cake.

To ensure every family can go on the field trip, regardless of their ability to pay, the school and the Kiwanis Club are looking to raise about $2,000. Kiwanis Club member Dan Devine said teachers and students came to the Kiwanis Club to pitch their fundraising needs and the club was happy to help out the students.

“On behalf of the Bernardston Kiwanis Club, we strive to help our local youth,” Devine said. “When members of the classes, as well as some of their teachers that will be going to NYC, presented all the facts and figures needed to be reached, [it was clear that the need] was great.”

Craft fair coming to elementary school

BERNARDSTON — The Recreation Department will host a spring craft fair at Bernardston Elementary School on Saturday, March 29, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Church hosting cello concert

NORTHFIELD — The Trinitarian Congregational Church at 147 Main St. will host a cello concert by award-winning composer and cellist Stephen Katz on Sunday, April 6, at 3 p.m. A reception will follow.

Katz will perform original songs and expansive instrumentals using his strummed, bowed and looped approach to making music on the cello. More information about Katz can be found at stephenkatzmusic.com/bio-press.

Attendance at the cello concert is by donation only.

Family & Community Events Survey available through April 30

BERNARDSTON — The town is asking Bernardston residents, as well as residents of surrounding towns and the broader community, to fill out a Family & Community Events Survey by April 30.

The survey, the results of which will help shape future community events in town, is available at townofbernardston.org/selectboard/page/family-and-community-based-non-sport-events-survey. Alternatively, people can pick up paper copies at Town Hall, 38 Church St., and then drop the completed forms in the dropbox in front of Town Hall.

With questions, contact Samantha Bachini at sbachini18@gmail.com or 413-239-4644.

Bernardston student makes Simmons dean’s list

BOSTON — Bernardston resident Skyler Cohen was named to the dean’s list at Simmons University for the fall semester.

To qualify for dean’s list status, undergraduate students must obtain a grade point average of 3.5 or higher, based on 12 or more credit hours of work in classes using the letter grade system.