Of Interest to Fort River Families

Please note that these events are not sponsored by Parent Council. Girl Scout Registration. A registration night for the Girls Scouts will take place on Tuesday, September 23rd, at the Bangs Center in Amherst, room 101 at 5:45 PM. We would like to invite all girls who attend Fort River School. Girl Scouts of Central and Western Massachusetts, http://www.gscwm.org/. Contact: Anne Duffy, cattlexstudios@verizon.net. Calling all 3rd Grade Girls. Fort River's Brownie Troop 324 will be having a Get Together and Get Organized Round Up at Groff Park on Saturday, September 6th, 1 - 3pm. All 3rd grade girls at Fort River are welcome to come and find out what our Brownies have in store for the coming year. An RSVP is appreciated but not required. If you have questions, please contact Liz Larson at 230-3453 or nateliz.larson@gmail.com. Join in the Adventure and join Cub Scouts. For boys in Grades 1 through 5. Boy Scouting includes boys in grades 6 through 12. Sign up with either: Pack 515, which meets at the Masonic Hall in Amherst (contact: Russell Kosuda; work: 587-6587 or home: 253-1663; email; Russell.Kosuda@McKesson.com) OR Pack 502, which meets at the South Congregational Church in South Amherst. (Contact: Julia Mawson 253-2817 email: JSMQUILTSCOUT@yahoo.com.) Sign up is Tuesday, September 9, 2008 from 5 PM till 8 PM at the Masonic Hall (next to the police station in Amherst on Main Street) for both Pack 502 and 515. Representatives from Troop 500 and Troop 504 will be present if any older brothers are interested. Come and see what Scouting is all about. North Amherst 3rd Annual Harvest Festival, Sunday September 28th. 1 to 6 PM being held at Simple Gifts Farm, Located on North Pleasant Street, North Amherst. Get It On the Map. GIS Viewer Traing Sessions. The Amherst GIS Viewer is a powerful system at gis.amherstma.gov that can be used make custom maps, perform geographic analysis and to gather all kinds of information about any place in Amherst. Please join us for this hour-long public training seminar designed to teach you how to get the most out of the Amherst GIS Viewer. Sessions are currently scheduled for the following dates and times: Monday, September 15th, 10:00-11:00am, Town Room, Amherst Town Hall Thursday, September 25th, 7:00-8:00pm, 1st Floor Meeting Room, Amherst Town Hall Thursday, October 2nd, 7:00-8:00pm, 1st Floor Meeting Room, Amherst Town Hall. Reservations are not required. Feel free to RSVP or just come by. For more information, please contact: Mike Olkin, GIS Administrator, Town of Amherst PH 413-259-3247 FX 413-256-4006 http://gis.amherstma.gov/ See Amherst in 3D: http://gis.amherstma.gov/3D. Make Sure Your Child Doesn't Get Left Inside. The Berkshire Chapter of the Appalachian Mountain Club is starting up hikes and other events to get kids outdoors. Our first outing will be a short hike at Buffam Falls in Pelham on Saturday, Sept. 27. The goal is to have at least one kid-friendly event every month of the year. Possibilities include scavenger hunts, building fairy houses, and letter boxing. Anyone interested in attending family events or helping with the program can contact Nancy Weld, Family Programs chair at (413) 256-8728 or at familyprograms@amcberkshire.org. The Sept. 27 event will be a short hike at a slow pace, with plenty of opportunity to throw rocks and sticks into the water and explore nature. We may get a snack, lunch or ice cream afterward. We'll start at 10 a.m. Our second event, on Oct. 12, will be a hike up Rattlesnake Knob which is a smaller peak just east of Mount Norwottuck, part of the Holyoke Range in Amherst. We will meet at 10 a.m. and may gather for lunch afterward. Contact Leader Nancy Weld for more information (413) 256-8728 or at familyprograms@amcberkshire.org. A note from Parent Council. We will publish information about non-Parent Council sponsored events with the following conditions: 1. The event should be of interest to Fort River families. 2. The information should be sent to Ann McLaughlin at damclaughlin@comcast.net in the form of a short description. 3. Contact information (website or name, telephone and/or email address) must be included. We add new information to the blog every Friday during the school year. Please note that we do not accept announcements of items or services for sale (with the exceptions of children's classes/lessons). Inclusion in this section does not imply any guarantees or endorsements by Fort River Parent Council or Fort River School.