Parents bring your child to the Jim Gill Sing-a-Long concert on Friday March 31st at the Joan Kuyper Farver Auditorium at 6:00pm. It’s a music play for families to sing, clap and dance together. Concert is free sponsored by Families First of Pella.

You’re invited to the Family Flashlight Easter Egg Hunt on Friday, March 31st at 8:15pm at the Indianola Activity Center. Bring your own flashlight and a bag or basket for eggs. Registration fee is $7.50 each for nonresidents and $6 each for residents. Register at indianolaiowa.gov.

There will be a Garden Gala brought to you by the Knoxville Federated Garden Club on Saturday April 1st at Dyer-Hudson Hall on the Marion County Fairgrounds in Knoxville. There will be speakers throughout the day including Derek McKay talking about Creating a Fragrant Garden, Marla Mertz on Unexpected Good Look, and Dr. Russ Benedict on Bats. Registration is $40 and includes lunch. For more information call 842-5777.

The Pella Library is holding upcycle creations made by local artists now through May 7th. See the creative ways they’ve used leftover materials. You’re invited to get a kit from the library front desk while supplies last.

The Preston Lodge #218 in Prairie City will be serving breakfast on Saturday April 1st from 6:00 -9:00am. The menu will be pancakes, scrambled eggs, hash browns and sausage biscuit gravy. Coffee, orange juice and milk to drink. Cost is a freewill offering.

The Leighton Lions invite you to come to their spring pancake breakfast on Saturday, April 1st. They will be serving pancakes, sausages, eggs and choice of beverage at the Leighton Christian Reformed Church from 6:30-9:00am. The free will donation will benefit YUGO Ministries with home building projects in Mexico. YUGO is a non denominational ministry that specializes in mission work to improve the lives of people in Mexico.

Central College students, employees, alumni, family and friends are invited to participate in the fourth annual 53-Mile Challenge. The 53-Mile Challenge encourages the Central community to practice a healthy lifestyle through movement. Participants can walk, run, bike or swim a total of 53 miles from Wednesday, March 1st, until Hoo-Rah Day on Tuesday, April 11th. Participants can show their Central spirit during the challenge by using #53MileChallenge on social media. To register and print a mile log sheet, visit central.edu/alumni/challenge.

The Dutch Costume Market will be at the Scholte Church March 30th-April 1st. Anyone can purchase costumes of all sizes and provinces. The sale will be March 30th from 11:00am-4:00pm, March 31st from 1:00-5:30pm and April 1st from 9:00-11:30am. If you’re interested in selling a costume, visit pellahistorical.com/comingup for more details.