Sandy Lake Presbyterian taking Angel Food orders

SANDY LAKE TOWNSHIP — Angel Food Ministries signups will be 11 a.m. to 12:30 and 6 to 8 p.m. Monday and May 5 at Sandy Lake (Township) Presbyterian Church, 3461 Sandy Lake-New Lebanon Road.

The value of these grocery items is $50 to $60 for only $30. Meat for the grill, a steak box and chicken combo box are this month’s specials. Each box or special is $20 each.

One or more special can be purchased along with a $30 unit. Regardless of income payment can be made by cash, cashier’s check, money order or food stamps. Personal checks are not accepted.

Food distribution will be 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. May 17 at the church. Participants should take a large box, basket or ice chest at the time of pickup to carry the food.

Info: 724-376-2630, 724-376-3893 or 724-992-1226.

Bartramian Audubon group plans programs

SLIPPERY ROCK — Bartramian Audubon Society has announced these events:

• Second annual oil region birding festival — May 2 through 4. Info: 800-483-6264, Ext. 110; or on-line, www.oilregion.org

• Annual awards night — 7 p.m. May 12 in Jennings Environmental Education Center, near Slippery Rock. The eighth Mike Allen Starker Scholarship will be presented to a Slippery Rock University student majoring in environmental studies and the fourth Helen R. Ferguson Fund of the Bartramian Audubon Society Scholarship in Environmental Sciences to a student at Westminster College in New Wilmington. Scholarship winners to the Hogg Island Audubon camp in Maine will be introduced and new member of the society’s Bird and Butterfly and Wildlife Sanctuary programs will receive sanctuary signs. Info: Nancy Baker, 814-437-5858; or e-mail, nbaker@csonline.net

• Piney Tract field trip — To meet at 7 a.m. May 24 in front of BJ’s Eatery in Knox, Pa. Info: 814-676-6320; or e-mail, pabirder@verizon.net

• Annual picnic — 4 to 7:30 p.m. June 8 at the wildlife sanctuary of Linda and Henry Lenz. Those attending should bring a dish to share, a place setting and a folding chair. For directions, attend the meeting at 7 p.m. May 12 in Jennings Environmental Education Center. Info: Ms. Baker, 814-437-5858; or e-mail, nbaker@csonline.net

Mill Creek MetroParks opening boathouses