This is a group that started last year and our goal is to get the word out to everyone that it is okay not to be okay. We have monthly meetings every first Monday of the month.

Celebrate Earth Day at the Howard H. Cherry Scout Reservation on Saturday, April 20, 2024, 1:00PM–4:00PM! Visit the educational stations to learn about native prairies, invasive species, trees, monarchs, birds, native pollinators, honey bees, rocks and minerals, sustainability, watersheds and flood prevention, food waste and composting, Leave No Trace, habitat restoration, solar eclipses, and more! Station hosts include the Xerces Society, Pheasants Forever, Cedar Valley Rocks and Minerals Society, Buffalo Ridge Orchard, Iowa Flood Center, Iowa Waste Reduction Center, Trees Forever, Monarch Research Station, and other local conservation experts. Make a pinecone bird feeder, build a mason bee house, take a guided hike, plant a seed, and participate in more hands-on activities! The Howard H. Cherry Scout Reservation is located at 4521 Boy Scouts Road, Central City, IA 52241. The event is family friendly, free, and open to the public. Weather permitting, this event will be held outdoors. The Earth Day celebration is organized by the Conservation Committee of the Hawkeye Area Council, Boy Scouts of America. For more information, contact HACconservation@gmail.com. For more information about the Hawkeye Area Council, visit https://hawkeyebsa.org/.

ABC Driver Education (official Driver’s Ed provider of the V-S School District) has opened registration for the first two classes of the 2024 calendar year. Both classes will be online only. The first online class will start on February 1st. The second online class will start May 1st. Students in the online class will have 45 days to complete 30 (thirty) 1-hour sessions and can do a maximum of three (3) sessions per day. Students registered will also have to sign up for six (6) instructor-led drives.