A child works on a garden in 2021 at Fortville Elementary School, a project with Hancock County Master Gardener Association. The master gardeners will host a winter sowing class for children this month.
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Children’s gardening programs coming up
CARTHAGE – The Hancock County Master Gardener Association will provide a family event at a neighboring community library.
“Winter Sowing for Kids” is set for 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Feb. 17 at the Henry Henley Public Library, 102 N. Main St., Carthage.
A second event is scheduled for the same library, called “Get Your Hands Dirty” to teach children how to plant and care for seedlings April 13.
For more information or to sign up, call 765-565-8022 or visit facebook.com/hancockmga.
Brass band coming to New Pal library
NEW PALESTINE – Get ready for Mardi Gras with Pork & Beans Brass Band, which will perform Feb. 7 at the Sugar Creek branch of the Hancock County Public Library.
The band features the raw energy of NOLA funk. The eight-piece brass band (sousaphone, bass drum, snare drum, trombones, trumpets and saxophone) plays traditional and current brass band hits from the Crescent City.
The library is located at 5731 W. U.S. 52 in New Palestine. Register at hcplibrary.org or call 317-861-6618, ext. 311.
Mardi Gras fundraiser Feb. 9
GREENFIELD – Mardi Gras Bingo is coming to St. Michael Catholic Church and School as a fundraiser.
The event is at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 9. Tickets are $50 until Feb. 2 and $55 after. Reserve a table of eight for $450. Tickets include dinner, drinks and 10 Bingo games; extra Bingo sheets and daubers are available for an additional fee. Participants must be at least 21 to attend. Tickets may be purchased after any weekend Mass at the church or in the Parish office, 515 Jefferson Blvd., Greenfield.
Childhood trauma explanatory sessions available
GREENFIELD – A new program is available to help people understand adverse childhood experiences, or ACE.
Hancock Health Connection Center recently announced the launch of ACE Interface Training. The training is designed to help people understand how trauma experienced in early childhood or in utero affects brain development and how the body responds to stress.
ACE Interface Training is a free, two-hour training available upon request. It offers an educational framework about the ACE study, along with the neurobiology that explains why adverse childhood experiences have such an effect on peoples’ lives. It also explains what can be done to dramatically improve health and resilience, according to a press release from Hancock Health.
For more, call 317-468-4231 or email [email protected].
Foundation announces matching program
GREENFIELD – The Community Foundation of Hancock County has announced a matching gift program, where every $1 gift will receive a $2 match for a total of a $3 donation to the community.
The program is through Lilly Endowment and is for the growth of unrestricted resources that impact nonprofits capacity for building programs, grants that strengthen critical organizations meeting pressing needs and more.
Learn more at celebratehancock.org/gift-viii.
Mental health course Feb. 29
GREENFIELD – A course on how to help someone with a mental health problem is coming up.
Mental Health First Aid will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 29 at Purdue Extension Hancock County, 972 E. Park Ave., Greenfield.
The $130 course includes lunch and snacks, and teaches participants how to help people in a mental health crisis; signs and symptoms of anxiety, depression, substance abuse and more; and awareness of the impact of mental health and substance abuse stigma can have.
Register by Feb. 15 at bit.ly/2024HCMHFA or call 317-462-1113 for details.
