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Feb
25
Sat
3rd Annual Bridal Show
Feb 25 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Join us for our 3rd annual bridal show at Paradise Found Event Center! We will be featuring some amazing wedding professionals who want to help make your special day as good as it can be! The first 20 brides will receive a special goodie bag from us as well as other drawings, bridal show specials and much more! We hope to see you there!

Mother/Son Dance @ MVNU - Prince Student Union
Feb 25 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Come one, Come all! Enjoy an evening out with your special little guy!! Dress up or come as you are! Mothers and sons of all ages are welcome! Enjoy a night of music and fun, all while raising money for a worthy cause: New Directions provides support for Domestic & Sexual Violence victims in Knox County, Ohio!
Entry is FREE, but please consider leaving a donation at the door!
Professional photographers will be set up to capture a posed photo of guests! (Free digital downloads!) Amazing raffle items will be up for grabs! And we will be holding a 50/50 drawing!
Feb
26
Sun
Ashland Gun Show @ Ashland County Fairgrounds
Feb 26 @ 9:00 am – Feb 27 @ 4:00 pm

Nice medium size gun show with lots of vendor space kitchen on-premises, inside restrooms, big aisle-ways, and a friendly atmosphere. The Ashland Gun Show will be held next on Jan 21st-22nd, 2023 with additional shows on Feb 25th-26th, 2023, Apr 22nd-23rd, 2023, Oct 21st-22nd, 2023, and Dec 2nd-3rd, 2023 in Ashland, OH. This Ashland gun show is held at Ashland County Fairgrounds and hosted by Norris Gun Shows. All federal and local firearm laws and ordinances must be obeyed. Saturday: 9:00am – 4:00pmSunday: 9:00am – 3:00pm

Mar
12
Sun
The 2023 Make a Difference Walk #ShafferStrong  @ Mt. Vernon High School - Track
Mar 12 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm

The 2023 Make a Difference Walk #ShafferStrong will be held on Sunday, March 12, 2023 from 11am to 3pm.

This walk is hosted in memory of LeAnne Shaffer, a strong, courageous Grandma, Mom, Wife, Aunt, Sister, and Friend who bravely fought Felicia, her ovarian cancer. This walk will raise funds for St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital and the Ohio State University James Cancer Hospital.

How to Make a Difference

  1. Sign Up

Choose to lead a team or participate solo.

  1. Recruit friends and family

However you choose to participate, get friends and family to join you. The more people, the bigger difference we will make.

  1. Raise Money

Send emails and text to family and friends to ask for donations for your team. Use the QR code or the Venmo Handle and have them put your name or your team name in the comments.

  1. Celebrate

Join us on Sunday, March 12 to Walk laps around the Mt. Vernon High School track to Make a Difference.

Join the Shaffer family, friends, and community by fundraising for St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital and the OSU James Cancer Hospital to fight cancer and stand #ShafferStrong!

Register Here: https://forms.gle/XWTGxgGVhAEgrnhC9

Donate Here:https://account.venmo.com/u/shafferstrong

Mar
13
Mon
Bunnies for Babes @ Mount Vernon Public Library, Fredericktown
Mar 13 @ 9:00 am – Mar 31 @ 3:00 pm

Bunnies for Babes is back… March 13th – 31st! Surrounding Knox County libraries will be collecting New stuffed animals to be given to less fortunate children for Easter. All you need to do is drop of a New stuffed animal at one of the following libraries in the county… Mt Vernon, Fredericktown, Gambier or Danville. Help make a child feel special this easter

Mar
16
Thu
Snowball Cruise-In @ Pizza Hut
Mar 16 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Ontario, Ohio – Pizza Hut-Wingstreet, 365 N. Lexington-Springmill Road, Ontario. Bring a picture of your vehicle it’s a summer cruise-in reunion! Great Music, summer friends, lots of food. Chase away the winter blues!! The March Snowball Cruise-In has an additional Hot Wheels Car Show. No registration fee. Limit of 2 entries, please. Open to all summer cruisers & friends. Music 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Kokosing Chapter 2023 Program @ Knox County Career Center - Cafeteria
Mar 16 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm

All meetings held at KCCC Cafetria***EXCEPT Aug 17th meeting** 8/17 Picnic @ Knox County Fairgrounds

1/19 Speaker Charlie Fulk  – Topic Flint Sources

2/16 Speaker Dr. Edwin Barnhart – Topic Clovis Man: America’s First Culture

3/16 Speaker Rick Fike – Topic Artifact Hunting in Nurseries in NE Ohio

4/20 Speaker Wesley Clarke –  Topic Hopewell Arithmetic

5/18 Speaker Jeb Bowen – Topic Serpent Mound Area Artifacts

6/15 Speaker George DeMuth – Topic Metz Site, Milan OH

7/20 Speaker George Colvin – Topic An Ammonite Fossil from Hopewell Mound Group / Source & Signifigance

8/6 Johnny Appleseed / Kokosing Chapter “Summer ASO Meet” – KCCC (setup 8am) Show 9am-2pm Admission Free

8/17 Picnic @ Knox County Fair Grounds

9/21 Speaker John Boilegh – Topic A Bit more OTZI, Ice Age Man

10/19 Speaker Joseph Gingerich – Topic The Shawnee-Minisink Clovis Site: Spatial Analyses of Deeply Stratified Site in PA

11/16 Speaker Michael Oglesbee – Topic The Wilmington Tablet (Adena engraved tablet excavated on his farm in the 1870’s

No December meeting

Mar
25
Sat
Brandon UMC Annual Soup and Sandwich Supper @ Brandon UMC
Mar 25 @ 4:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Save the Date!
Let us prepare dinner for YOU!
Brandon UMC Annual Soup and Sandwich Supper
March 25, 430p- 7p
Choice of 5 soups, 3 sandwiches and Lots of Yummy desserts
Dine in or Carry out available
Donations graciously accepted to further community outreach
Hope to see you there!
13492 Sycamore Rd., Mt Vernon
Apr
1
Sat
“Live Birds of Prey” @ Mohican State Park Lodge
Apr 1 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

At Mohican State Park Lodge every Saturday evening at 5pm. Enjoy an up close experience with a variety of Ohio’s bird species presented by The Ohio Bird Sanctuary. Free and open to the public.

Apr
8
Sat
“Live Birds of Prey” @ Mohican State Park Lodge
Apr 8 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

At Mohican State Park Lodge every Saturday evening at 5pm. Enjoy an up close experience with a variety of Ohio’s bird species presented by The Ohio Bird Sanctuary. Free and open to the public.