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series of winter teas during which classical
and popular music will be performed by
pianist LynneWeber. Quench your thirst
with a spot of tea and a nibble served
amid the backdrop of art hanging in the
galleries. Free with admission. The teas are
from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Feb. 24 and March 24.
School programs offered
on Cape
The YMCA Cape Cod has openings
in its School Age Programs in West
Barnstable at the Y and in Sandwich
at the Camp Lyndon Center. Instruc-
tional and recreational swim, arts
projects , homework help and more are
available. Call 508-362-6500 , ext. 115,
for details.
Childcare openings in
Harwich
The YMCA of Cape Cod has several
openings in the Harwich Childcare
Center for infant care as well as the
West Barnstable facility. For informa-
tion, call 508-362-6500 , ext. 108.
Support the children
Getting a new car? Think about
donating your unwanted vehicle, no
restrictions , to the Boys & Girls Club
for sale at auction later. Call 800-246-
0493 for details.
Magic trading card game
meetings
Ages 11 and up are invited to
the Eastham Public Library the first
Tuesday of each month from 6:15 to
7:45 to play, watch or learn Magic-
The Gathering trading card game. For
information call 508-240-5950.
New programs at the Boys
& Girls Club
The Boys & Girls Club in Mashpee is
open Monday through Friday from 2 to 7
p.m. Teen nights are held each Wednes-
day night from 7 to 9 p.m. and every
Friday night from 7 to 10 p.m. Addition-
ally, the club is open every Saturday as
well during vacation weeks. Offerings
include photography, homework tutoring
and help, horseback riding, lacrosse, a
goai-setting program, karate, basketball,
dance, computer, career prep, healthy
living and much more. A satellite Boys &
Girls Club for grades 7 through 12 is now
open at Mashpee High School where
there is computer support, games, tutor-
ing SAT and MCAS prep and much more
available. Membership is $15 for the year.
YMCA activities
The YMCA of Cape Cod has im-
mediate openings a\ several child-
care locations, including one in West
Barnstable, where swim classes are
included. For details call 508-362-
6500, ext. 108.
Learn to fling!
The Callanish School of Celtic Arts
leads beginning lessons in Highland
Dance and Scottish Step Dance Mon-
day afternoons at the West Barnstable
Community Building on Route 149 and
at the First Congregational Church
of Yarmouthport on Route 6A on
Wednesday afternoons. Ages 4 and up
are welcome. Call 508-888-0107 for
information.
Programs at children's
museum
The Cape Cod Children's Museum ,
577 Great Neck Road South in Mash-
pee, is holding several classes this
winter. Among the offerings is Toddler
Time, Pre-K Prep, Infant Time. Down
on the Farm, American Red Cross
Babysitting, Story and Craft Hour, a
cooking class and more. For details,
call 508-539-8788.
Rover Dog to the rescue
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Homes for Barnstable County area
pets can be found via the Internet with
the help of Rover Dog Rescue in Buz-
zards Bay, the MSPCA in Centerville,
and People for Cats in West Falmouth,
all of whom have joined Petfinder.com,
the oldest and largest on-line database
of homeless pets. To find out more, e-
mail roverdogrescue@hotmail.com
Foster and adoptive
families needed
Social workers and local foster par-
ents are present the fourth Thursday of
every month from noon to 1 p.m. and
6 to 7 p.m. at the state Department of
Social Services , 32 Commercial St. in
South Yarmouth, to discuss foster par-
enting and adoption. Those interested
should stop by or call 508-771-1727.
Coffee and an open mic
The YMCA of Cape Cod's coffee-
house for teens at Camp Lyndon in
Sandwich will be held the second and
fourth Saturday of each month from 7
to 9 p.m. Featured activities include
an open mike, musicians, dancing, an
art gallery, poetry readings and more.
Teens are welcome to perform or just
hang out. Admission is $2.
# NATURE:
Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution
(Redfield Auditorium, Water Street,
Woods Hole, 508-289-2398)
Barnstable Land Trust
(720 Main Street, Hyannis, 508-771-2585)
Help to save the Cordwood property
by dressing your pup in a Dogs of
Eagle Pond Doggie Bandana, available
by sending a check for $27 to the BLT,
P.O. Box 224, Cotuit, MA 02635 or by
calling 508-771-2585. All proceeds
benefit the cause.
Cape Cod Canal Visitor
Center
(Cape side of the Canal, Ed Moffit
Drive, across from the Sandwich Coast
Guard Station. Information, 508-833-
9678.) Attractions include a retired
41-foot U.S. Army Corps of Engi-
neers' patrol boat, real time radar and
camera images of the Canal, a theater
showing continuous presentations on
the Canal history, bookstore, rangers
presenting ongoing free programs and
more. Call 978-318-8636.
Cape Cod National
Seashore
(Salt Pond Visitor Center, Nauset
Road, off Route 6 in Eastham, 508-255-
3421; Province Lands Visitor Center,
Race Point Road, off Route 6 in Provinc-
etown, 508-487-1256. Call for details.)
Thornton W. Burgess
Society/Green Briar
Nature Center
(6 Discovery Hill Road in East Sand-
wich. 508-888-6870. Winter hours are
Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to
4 p.m., through mid-April.
Critter Capers is held every Friday at
10:30 a.m. when a naturalist leads a tour
to visit the resident animals. And every
Saturday morning at 10:30, it's Animal
Story Time with stories about Peter Rabbit
and friends. Every Tuesday and Friday
morning at 10:30, a volunteer leads walks
in the Shirley G. Cross Wildflower Garden.
• Feb. 25: Animal senses are on the
agenda from 1 to 2:30 for adults and ages
4 and up.
Cape Cod Museum of Natural
History
(508-896-3867 , Route 6A in Brewster)
Nature walks , talks , lessons, trips,
a museum shop and library, family
programs
and
more are
offered.
Current
exhibits
include
an interactive coastal exhibit, marine
exhibits, birds, more.
• March 1: Trek the Botanical Trails
in Yarmouthport, take in the birds
and natural landscaping. Meet at the
museum at 9:40 a.m.
• March 8: Explore Ryder Conser-
vation Area/Lowell Holly Reservation
in Sandwich and walk the hills, holly
forest and bogs. Meet at the museum
at 9 a.m.
Massachusetts Audubon
Society, Ashumet and
Long Pasture Wildlife
Sanctuary
(508-362-1426, call for detailed
information)
Massachusetts Audubon
Society, Wellfleet Bay
Wildlife Sanctuary
(508-349-2615, Route 6 in Wellfleet,
call for a complete schedule of events)
Special notice: The Birding Cape
Cod guide has been updated by the
Audubon Society and the Cape Cod
Bird Club.
• March 2: Take a day trip to the
Harvard Museum of Comparative Zool-
ogy to view the natural history collec-
tions. Meet at 8 a.m., home by 5 p.m.
• March 3: Join a naturalist at 9 a.m.
to bird at several locations or if you are
not up to taking the three hour trip stop
by the Eldredge Public Library in Cha-
tham at 2 p.m. when naturalists Wayne
Petersen, Bob Prescott, Ellen Jedrey
and Stephanie Ellis discuss the impor-
tance of Chatham as a birding area.
Waquoit Bay Reserve
{508-457-0495 , Route 28,
East Falmouth)
• Professional development courses
for educators in fishing, oceans and
coasts, salt water studies, whales, lo-
cal water issues, coastal habitats and
more being held this winter and spring.
Call now for details.
Cape Cod Wildlife Center
(185 Meadow Lane, West
Barnstable, 508-362-0111, www.
capewildlife.org)
Have your questions about wildlife
answered daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
or go to the Center's Web site at
CapeWildlife.Org
Warning: The Center strongly urges
the public to not touch wild animals.
If you must do so, wear thick rub-
ber gloves. Better yet, call your local
animal control department and let the
professionals handle the situation.
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t _ TALKS:
Piercy to talk
Novelist and poet Marge Piercy will
read from her work and sign books
May 4 at 7:30 p.m. at the Cotuit Cen-
ter for the Arts. Tickets are $20 to $25.
Artist to speak
James Warren, staff artist at the Cape
Cod Times , discusses the process he
uses in creating illustrations for the
newspaper Feb. 28 at 11 a.m. at the Ca-
hoon Museum of American Art in Cotuit.
Historic lecture series
The Historical Society of Old
Yarmouth presents a lecture series this
winter. The next one is March 12 when
Desiree Mobed talks about the Brooks
Academy in Harwich. All talks are at
the South Yarmouth Library at 3 p.m.
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$ _WALKS:
Sandwich expedition
Explore the oldest town on Cape Cod,
Sandwich, year-round on a 6.2-mile walk
as part of the Walk 'n Mass Volkssport
Club. Call 508-291-1162 for details.
Take the Hyannis-JFK
family compound walk
Walk Hyannis and enjoy ocean views
on a 10K jaunt beginning at the Heri-
tage House Hotel, 259 Main Street in
Hyannis. Walk sponsored by the Walk
'n Mass Volkssport Club. Start times
are daily sunrise to sunset. Informa-
tion: 508-775-7000.
^SP^VOLUNTEERS:
Volunteers needed to
man desks
The Housing Assistance Corpora-
tion, 460 West Main St. in Hyannis,
needs volunteers to do filing, copying,
data input and more. Interested parties
should call 508-771-5400, ext. 272.
The Coast Guard wants you!
The Coast Guard Heritage Museum
in Barnstable Village needs people to
be volunteer interpreters. Training is
provided. Call Al at 508-420-9810 to
sign on.
MSPCA needs help
The MSPCA is looking for volunteers
to clean, do laundry, transport ani-
mals, help with special events, foster
care for cats and kittens and more.
Volunteer orientation is held the first
Thursday of the month at the shelter,
1577 Falmouth Road in Centerville.
Adults needed to play
Horizons for Homeless Children is
looking for volunteers to play with kids
living in family homeless shelters in
Barnstable County. Just two hours are
needed for a commitment. For details
call 508-999-9454.
Literacy and math
coaches needed
The Senior Corps of Elder Services is
looking for older adults for training as
literacy and math coaches for elementary
school children in Bourne, Barnstable,
Dennis and Yarmouth. Call for details,
800-244-4630 or 508-394-4630 ext. 158.
NOAH Center needs
volunteers
The NOAH Center is looking for a
front desk volunteer to work one morn-
ing a week as well as kitchen assistants
to work one evening. Those interested
is signing up should call 508-364-7590
or 508-771-5400 ext. 279.
Like kids? We've got an
idea for you!
The Boys & Girls Club needs vol-
unteers for the photography group,
cooking class and Web design, or to
play board games and tutor children.
Call 508-477-8845.
Docents wanted for
Burgess Museum
The Thornton W. Burgess Museum in
Sandwich Village needs docents to greet
visitors during the fall. Training provided.
Volunteers needed for
mentoring program
Aid to Incarcerated Mothers is
looking for volunteers for its "Children
and Mentors" Partnership mentoring
program. Call 617-536-0058.
CCMA needs volunteers
The Cape Cod Museum of Art in
Dennis needs volunteers to contact
foundations for grant sources, de-
sign graphics, help install exhibits,
work in the gift shop, raise, direct
docent tours, and help with education
programs. Call 508-385-4477 , ext. 10,
and leave a message for Lois Alberts
or John Laynor.
Parents Helping Parents
To volunteer for this child abuse
prevention agency, you need good
interpersonal skills and a commitment
to strengthening families. Volunteers
need to commit to four to five hours
a week for one year as facilitators.
Training and supervision provided. Call
800-882-1250 or visit the Web site,
www.parentshelpingparents.com.
Computer instructors needed
The Dennis Council on Aging
needs people to help teach beginning
and intermediate computer educa-
tion courses twice a week for eight
classes. Training is available. Call 508-
385-5067.
Hospital gift shop seeking
volunteers
The gift shop at Cape Cod Hospital
needs volunteers who can work three
to four hours a week. Call Judy Ken-
nedy at 508-771-1800, x 25259.
VNA needs help
The Visiting Nurse Association is
recruiting volunteers to provide office
assistance at the Hyannis site on Inde-
pendence Drive. Also needed are arts
and crafts people as well as drivers
and retired professionals to share their
interests and skills. Camera crew and
audio people are needed for the health
TV program as well as child care
volunteers. Call 508-957-7709 if any of
these opportunities interest you.
Cotuit art center looking
for volunteers
The Cotuit Center for the Arts is
looking for volunteers to work in the
box office, usher and assist in mail-
ings. In exchange for your work, you
will have free entry to the shows. Call
508-428-0669.
Opportunities at the
Thriftique
The Visiting Nurse Association of
Cape Cod operates a busy thrift shop
at 1074 Route 28 in South Yarmouth,
South Yarmouth Plaza. Volunteers are
needed to price and sell merchandise.
Call 508-957-7709.
Cahoon needs volunteers
The Cahoon Museum of American Art
is looking for volunteers to greet visi-
tors in the galleries, tend the gift shop
and assist with mailings, office projects
and fund-raisers. Call 508-428-7581.
Retired car buffs wanted
Retired car nuts or folks with time
on their hands are needed at the Toad
Hali Sports Car Museum in Hyannis-
port to show people around the cars,
answer questions and have a good
time. Call 508-778-4934.
Heritage looking for
volunteers
Heritage Museum & Gardens in
Sandwich needs new volunteers to
help students participate in educa-
tional programs. If you like children,
learning and teaching, call 508-888-
3300. Volunteers are sought also for
special events and mailings.
Help the Red Cross
Volunteers are needed to help
with the canteen at the Red Cross
Blood drives two times each month
at the Masonic Lodge, Route 28 in
Centerville. Call 508-775-1540.
AIDS group needs you
The AIDS Support Group of Cape
Cod, Hyannis, needs volunteers to as-
sist in the office and food pantry, with
deliveries, doctor's appointments and
more. Call 508-778-1954.
Caregivers needed for
local children
Cape Cod Child Development is
looking for volunteers for its Head
Start, Child Care and Early Intervention
Programs as well as the administrative
offices. Call 800-974-8860.
Auxiliary thrift shop needs
volunteers
The Cape Cod Hospital Auxiliary
Thrift Shop, 690 Main Street in
Hyannis, is looking for volunteers
Monday through Saturday to work
three-hour shifts in the morning
or afternoon. Call 508-775-0078.
Proceeds from the sales benefit
the hospital's Breast Care and
Radiology Center for Men and
Women.
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