GCC nursing students holding Health and Safety Expo

GREENFIELD — The Greenfield Community College nursing students, as part of a service project, are holding a Health and Safety Expo on the GCC lawn on Saturday, May 4, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Attendees will include Greenfield police and fire personnel; the Community Health Center of Franklin County; Stone Soup Café offering information on healthy lunches; Women, Infants and Children (WIC) sharing nutrition information for mothers and their babies; the Turners Falls Fire Department teaching car seat safety; LifePath teaching mindfulness; Franklin County’s YMCA; the Opioid Task Force of Franklin County and the North Quabbin Region; and Cooley Dickinson Hospital representatives discussing stroke awareness.

In addition, a LifeFlight helicopter will be on site and there will be teddy bear first aid lessons for children. The Riff’s Joint food truck will sell food, and there will be lawn games and face painting.

Eastern Star seasonal lobster roll sales begin May 10

GREENFIELD — Arcana Chapter No. 50, the local chapter of the Order of Eastern Star, will start its seasonal lobster roll sales on Friday, May 10, with orders due by May 6.

Bag lunches are $15 for lobster or $8 for chicken salad. Each lunch includes a roll, a 4-ounce container of lobster or chicken salad, chips and a brownie. Pickup begins at 11 a.m. at the Masonic Lodge, 215 Munson St., and closes at 1 p.m.

These lunches serve as the main fundraiser for the Arcana Chapter’s annual charities. A schedule of the monthly Friday lunches will be available on May 10 as well.

To make reservations, call 413-773-3761 or 413-422-2267.

Greening Greenfield holding nature walk in Windsor

WINDSOR — Greening Greenfield is organizing a nature walk, “Exploring the Bird Community of Moran Wildlife Management Area,” on Saturday, May 11, from 9 to 11 a.m.

The community is invited to join naturalists Pat Serrentino and Alex Haro for an exploration of this wildlife management area in Windsor. The diverse habitats of the site support a wide variety of resident and migrant birds, in addition to those that are just passing through to areas farther north. Habitats range from open meadows to huge marshes and swamps, and forests of spruce, fir, maple and birch. Attendees might see a barred owl or northern harrier, in addition to warblers, vireos and many others.

Sturdy hiking shoes are recommended for this moderate to difficult walk (some trails are wet and rocky). Attendees should also be prepared for biting insects and ticks. In addition, the weather in this area can be much cooler than in the valley, so walkers are advised to dress accordingly. Binoculars are helpful but not required.

The walk is free and intended for adults and children over the age of 8. Heavy rain cancels. To register or with questions, call Serrentino at 413-325-6828 or email pserrentino19@gmail.com.

Those interested in attending can carpool from the Staples parking lot in Greenfield at 7:30 a.m. Travel time to the site is about an hour and 15 minutes; walkers should expect to return to Greenfield sometime after noon.

Alternatively, hikers can drive to Windsor from Greenfield by taking Route 2 west to Charlemont, turning left over the bridge and then taking a sharp right to get on Route 8A southbound. Continue on Route 8A until it intersects with Route 116, then turn right toward Savoy. After driving through the center of Savoy, take a left onto Route 8 southbound. Drivers should follow this for 3.4 miles until they see a large parking lot on the right with the Moran Wildlife Management Area sign. Park in the uppermost lot.