Gowanda Community Cleanup Saturday

GOWANDA — All are welcome to join the annual Community Cleanup in Gowanda on Saturday, April 26, 2025. Community members are collaborating to beautify and tidy up from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. during this Earth Month celebration. Meet up at Jesse’s Home and Gifts on Main Street; all supplies provided.

The Community Cleanup focuses on removing litter from the village’s public spaces, parks, and roadsides. People of all ages unite to collect and properly dispose of trash to make Gowanda a cleaner, greener place to live.

The Ensering Hopes & Dreams Incorporated nonprofit is donating gloves to this year’s event while Jim and Laurie Fort of the Gowanda Shop N Save grocery store are providing hot dogs and water for all volunteers.

In a new effort, the Community Cleanup organizers are hoping to dedicate a few of our volunteers to cleaning up the Pine Hill Cemetery in Gowanda

Gowanda high school students can receive credit for volunteer hours. All participants are asked to check in so organizers can keep track of hours for National Honor Society, scholarships and more.

Fire department to hold meat raffle

The annual meat raffle for the East Dunkirk Fire Department is Saturday April 26, at 7 p.m., 10949 S Roberts Rd. Dunkirk.

“Love is at the Center” Worship Service to be held

The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Northern Chautauqua, located at 222 Temple Street in Fredonia, holds a Sunday Worship Service at 11am, both at their physical location and on Zoom. For those wishing to join virtually, please visit https://tinyurl.com/caluucnc. Click on “Worship Service” on the date you are attending and scroll down for the Zoom link. For those attending the in-person service, please follow the driveway and park in the lower lot behind the building. Handicapped parking is located between the two buildings and directly behind the second building.

The theme for April is Joy. On Sunday April 27 join us as members and friends of the congregation present “Love is at the Center.”

The Unitarian Universalist Association’s Shared Values statement passed a General Assembly delegate vote in June 2024. Janey Wagner painted a lovely version of the values graphic with Love on a chalice in the center. This service will include readings and music to illustrate our shared UU values of Interdependence, Equity, Transformation, Pluralism, Generosity, and Justice.

For more information, visit www.uucnc.org, the Facebook page at www.facebook.com/uucnc, or call 716-679-7944.

Chautauqua Vegetarian/Vegan Society to meet

JAMESTOWN – The Chautauqua Vegetarian/Vegan Society will meet Sunday, April 27, at the Seventh Day Adventist Church, 130 McDaniel Avenue in Jamestown, from 1-3 p.m. The guest speaker is Sei Paulson, who is an experienced horticulturist, an avid gardener, and is the Market Coordinator for the Jamestown Public Market. Paulson will be teaching about vegetables that you’ve never heard of but are going to love.

The meeting will include a Vegan potluck dinner. Bring a Vegan (no meat or dairy) dish to share. The cost will be $2 for those who bring a dish to share and $6 without a dish.

Reservations are appreciated by calling Gail at 716-753-7761, emailing mary.zdrojewski@gmail.com, or responding through our Chautauqua Vegetarian Society Facebook page.