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The adult education committee of Renfrew Institute is sponsoring a Wildflower Workshop on Thursday, May 17, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the Pennsylvania German four-square garden at Renfrew Park (Rain date: May 24).
Dr. Doris Armstrong Goldman, a faculty member of Renfrew Institute, will present “En Pennsylfaanisch Wilde Blummastrauss”— A Pennsylvania German Wild Bouquet.
The workshop [...]

Wayne Driscoll, owner of Custom Sign Studio, recently made a monetary contribution in support of Renfrew Institute’s fifth-grade farmstead interpretive program, From Field to Table.
From Field to Table provides students with opportunities to learn about agricultural history, as well as the chemistry of food preservation through a series of hands-on experiences. They learn [...]

Allison-Antrim Museum, located at 365 South Ridge Avenue in Greencastle, will host the fifth annual Afternoon Tea at the Barn on Sunday, May 6 between 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. Tea will be served in the center two bays of the reconstructed 1860s barn. Along with several choices of tea, sweet and savory [...]

The Franklin County Cyclists are holding a bicycling event on Saturday, June 23 to benefit the Cumberland Valley Breast Care Alliance and the Rhonda Brake Shreiner Women’s Center. These two crucial services here at home work together to help women, like myself, as they navigate their illness toward restored health. Proceeds from this [...]

The Nicodemus Center for Ceramic Studies at Penn State Mont Alto and the Mont Alto Pottery Guild will hold a Mother’s Day pottery sale on Friday and Saturday. May 11 and 12, from 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. each day, in the center’s pottery studio, room 008, General Studies building on the Mont Alto campus. [...]

On Friday, May 4, the Cumberland Valley Animal Shelter will be holding its first five kilometer race. For those who would like to take a more leisurely stroll with their pets, there will also be a one mile “Whisker Walk.”
The event will be held at the future site of the shelter at 5051 Letterkenny [...]

The Franklin County Historical Society and Franklin County Visitors Bureau are sponsoring the W. R. McElroy Summer History Camp for children, ages 7-12, on Monday, July 9 through Friday, July 13 from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m.
The camp will be held at the “Old Jail,” John Brown House and Cedar Grove Cemetery, and will [...]

Geologist Jeri Jones will lead a fossil-hunting field trip on Saturday, May 5, from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The trip is sponsored by Renfrew Institute, in partnership with the Franklin County Rock & Mineral Club.
The excursion will explore fossil site destinations near Rocky Gap and Frostburg, Md. The trip combines fun with [...]

The first spring “Ballroom in the Barn” dance will be held on Friday, April 20 from 6:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. in the German bank barn on the property of Allison-Antrim Museum, located at 365 South Ridge Avenue in Greencastle.
Waltz, Foxtrot, Rumba, Cha Cha, East Coast and West Coast Swing and Country Two [...]

Bargain-hunters can experience the “thrill of the chase” in finding yard sale treasures by shopping at Renfrew Institute’s 7th annual Recycle/Reuse Earth Day Yard Sale on Saturday, April 28 from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
The yard sale is held during the institute’s Earth Celebration Day and Festival of Art event on the grounds of [...]