A group of Dana students will travel to Slidell, La., during spring break to help families in cleaning up their homes in preparation for reconstruction. They will leave on March 17 and return on March 24. Housing and meals will be provided. Faculty and staff who are interested in joining the students on this service trip should contact Pastor Ng'weshemi, 426-7251.

A fundraiser pancake feed for the group will be held this Sunday, February 18 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, 1734 Grant Street. The group is estimating they will need to raise about $3000 for the trip.

Dr. Carla Delucchi has volunteered to be an ambassador for the Great Backyard Bird Count. This event occurs February 16-19. This is one of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Citizen Science Projects. They encourage people to go out on these days to watch birds and report the largest number of each species you see. This information is used by scientists to track bird abundance and ranges.

Dr. Delucchi is available to talk to community groups or school groups. You can contact her at 426-7261.

Dr. Sybille Bartels will host a NATG workshop at Joslyn Art Museum Saturday, February 17.

The public is welcome to attend the 10:30 a.m. presentation on “Prinz Maximilian und Karl Bodmer in German America,” by Dr. Lorie Vanchena, Creighton University. The lecture is part of the CU at Joslyn series. There will also be a docent-led tour on art of the American West, including the Bodmer collection, at 12:15 p.m. Admission to Joslyn is free from 10:00 a.m. to noon.

Please join Nebraska Teachers of German for this event.

The Evangelical Lutheran Worship workshop scheduled for Saturday on the Dana College campus is now full.

People who are still interested in attending an ELW introductory workshop may still register online for the March 17 workshop in Grand Island. Go to www.nebraskasynod.org and click on “Registrations” or call the Nebraska Synod office.

Hear the nationally-known Maia String Quartet tonight at 7:30 p.m. in Trinity Chapel in the Durham Center. Admission to the concert is free.

The concert is sponsored by The Danish Immigrant Museum and Dana College. Funding is provided in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Chamber Music America Endowment Fund and Dennis Andersen of Atlanta, Ga.

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Saint Francis Borgia Catholic Church of Blair daily Mass airs on DVTV 60 and Huntel Cablevision 97 at 11AM Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The weekday broadcasts begin this week.

The Saint Francis Borgia Catholic Sunday Mass airs every Sunday at 1PM on DVTV 60 and Huntel Cablevision 97.

The Bloodmobile is returning to Dana on Tues., Feb. 27 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Gardner-Hawks Center.

To donate, e-mail Michelle Simon or Patti Nielsen or call 7320 (nurse) or 7491 (Michelle). Give your preferred donating time between 10 and 4. It takes about 1 hr. and 15 min.

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