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Events and opportunities

March 17

• Blood Drive 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College. The U.P. Regional Blood Center and the L’Anse High School HOSA students will host a blood drive at Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College in 149 West Eastern Street L’Anse. walk-ins are welcome.

March 18

• Tub Push, MTU Campus. The brothers of Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE) are proud to host the Tub Push philanthropy fundraiser supporting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. From 8 a.m. Wednesday through noon Thursday. Teams of three will push a bathtub in a loop through Michigan Tech’s campus. A donation of $5 sponsors one loop, but any amount is appreciated.

March 19

• The Calumet Keweenaw Sportsmen’s Club will hold its March membership meeting at 6:30 p.m. at the Ahmeek Fire Hall, 13 Vivian Street, Ahmeek. There will be a period of social interaction and a meal. Following the meal and general club business, Julia Peterson from The Nature Conservancy (TNC) will be the guest speaker. She will provide an update on TNC’s local activities and the current status of the Keweenaw Heartlands Project. As always, everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend.

March 26

• MTU Book Sale. The Annual Michigan Tech Library book sale will be held this year in the Memorial Union Building (MUB) on campus. Thousands of gently used donated books for sale in all ranges of fiction and non-fiction categories. This year we have especially strong donation in mathematics and history. The main sale, including library withdrawals, will be Thursday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., with the 3-4 p.m. hour devoted to our famous $5 bag sale! Prices are 50¢ or $1 for paperbacks and $2 for hardbacks. Some specially priced local interest and rare(r) books will be for sale as well.

Cash, card, and check accepted (ATM in building). All proceeds go to the library with an all-volunteer crew and no overhead on your card sales. Parking is free on campus after 4 p.m. and there is metered parking right outside the MUB at other times.

Starting at $3.50/week.

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