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Glenwood Springs, Colorado CO

Garfield County Libraries is excited to offer the Food for Fines program again this February. Bring in nonperishable food items to any of the six branch libraries and receive credit on your library card account. For each item you donate, you will receive a $1 credit toward overdue fines that are currently on your account (not lost materials or fees). All items donated will be given to the local LIFT-UP.

Come sing with the Sounds of Praise! choir for the presentation of “It Is Finished,” an Easter Cantata. All singers welcome. Rehearsals are Wednesday evenings from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in Bethel Chapel at the First United Methodist Church in Glenwood Springs on Ninth and Cooper. Performances are at 7 p.m. March 29 at the First United Methodist Church and again at 10 a.m. April 7 at the Church of Redstone. For information, call 970-945-0818.

The Battlement Mesa and Parachute Health Fair will take place from 7:30-10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 2, at the Grand Valley Recreation Center (formally the Battlement Mesa Activity Center), 398 Arroyo Drive. In addition to the low cost blood work, free health screenings and health education will be offered. New to the 2013 Health Fair will be breast exams and skin screenings. All screenings are for adults 18 years or older.



Blood screenings that will be offered are Comprehensive Metabolic Blood Chemistry for $45, Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) for $25, Complete Blood Count for $15 and A1C for $10.

For more information call Grand River Health, Community Relations, Andrea Maddalone 970-625-6433.


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