Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with an Irish folk concert March 18
Celebrate this St. Patrick’s Day with dinner at your favorite local restaurant followed by this amazing Irish folk concert by renowned singer-songwriter Rory Makem, with special guests Siusan O’Rourke and Zig Zeitlerat the historic Wilson Center Auditorium on Friday, March 18, 2022.
General admission tickets are $15 and can be purchased through Eventbrite.com
Can drive to benefit St. Vincent de Paul is Sunday, March 20
Ieva Tribuisyte, an exchange student from Lithuania, is holding a can drive this Sunday, March 20 with 100% of the profits going to the local St. Vincent de Paul store for those who need help in our community.
St. Johns area residents interested in participating please text your name and address to 989-307-4712 and leave your cans outside for the team to pick up Sunday.
Helping Hands tickets now available
Tickets are now available for the Helping Hands St. Johns Rotary Event. The in person event will be held on April 23, 2022 at Most Holy Trinity Activity Center 11159 W Ken Street in Fowler, MI.
– 1st Place Prize $3,000.00 $$$$
– 2nd Place Prize $1,200.00 $$$
– 3rd Place Prize $1,000.00 $$$
– 50/25/25 Raffle
– Silent and Live Auction
$150.00 a ticket includes 2 Dinner tickets and your chance to win a cash prize.
For more information ask a Rotarian
2022 Roof Sit for Kids coming up April 28
Join The Voice for Clinton County’s Children in a Roof Sit for fellowship and a fundraiser supporting their essential work on behalf of Clinton County children and youth.
Roof Sits are done to raise awareness. They were very popular in the 1980s prior to Golf Outings and 5K Events.
The Voice for Clinton County’s Children are hosting this event as both an awareness event, April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, and a fundraiser to support the agency’s work.
They launched this event in 2021 when COVID-19 was still dominating their decisions because we missed you. This event will remain primarily outside and will be even bigger.
Join them as they honor Child Abuse Prevision Month all day at Big Boy of St. Johns. Advocacy Hours with special activities from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.
Big Boy of St. Johns is located at 1408 S US Hwy 27 in St. Johns. For more information please visit the website VoiceForClintonCountyChildren.org
K of C fish fries are back
The Knights of Columbus will hold their first Lenten Fish Fry at Columban Hall on Friday, March 4 from 4 -6 p.m. Subsequent meals will be offered on March 11, 18 and 25 and April 1 and 8.
The menu will include baked fish with baked potato or fried fish with steak fries, green beans, coleslaw, applesauce and a dinner roll.
Dinners are $12 each and will be available only via drive-thru. The Hall is located at 1108 N US Highway 27 in Saint Johns.
The Easter Bunny is coming April 16
It might be cold, but spring is just around the corner and so is the annual St. Johns Easter Egg Hunt. The St. Johns Lions Club has taken over hosting this annual event for the community. It will take place on Saturday, April 16, 2022.
The annual City of St. Johns Easter Egg Hunt, now sponsored by the St. Johns Lions Club with support from many local contributors, will be held on Saturday, April 16, 2022 – rain or shine – at the St. Johns City Park.
Due to Covid, there will be no face painting this year; however kids will be able to request their favorite balloon animal and the Easter Bunny will be at the event for photo opportunities. These activities will take place in the pavilion beginning at 12:30 p.m.
The City Police siren will sound at 1:00 p.m. to start the “organized mayhem.” The area around the pavilion will be sectioned off in the following age groups: 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, and 9-10. Kids under the age of 3 may pick up an egg in the pavilion. Only kids are allowed in the Egg Patch. No Adults Please.
There is one egg in each age group that has a special ticket in it to win an Easter Basket filled with goodies, so open your eggs while you are there to claim your prize. The baskets will be available for pick-up in the pavilion.
Please recycle your eggs at the event. There will be recycling containers around the Egg Patch and near the pavilion. A recycling container also will be available at the Lions Recycling Center located at 605 N. Swegles Street in St. Johns.
For more information please contact Lion Nancy at (989) 307-9872.
Mark your calendar for Spring Clean-Up
The City of St. Johns Spring Clean-Up is set for Saturday, May 7, 2022. Please do not place items out to the curb prior to Saturday, April 30.
Items must be placed out by 6:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 7. Items placed after the contractor has passed will not be picked up.
Clean-up is limited to 3 cubic yards of material (approx. the size of a regular pick-up truck box). Pickers be courteous and keep areas tidy. Do not leave a mess!
This is available for city residents whom live in a one to four unit dwelling. A refuse fee is applied to the summer tax bill to pay for this service. Any non-resident placing refuse illegally is subject to a $500 fine.