• FLOYD COUNTY
Red Cross offers health & safety classes
The American Red Cross Buffalo Trace Service Center is offering several health & safety classes in February.
Pre-registration and advance payment are required, unless an employer/sponsor make arrangements for invoicing. Checks, cash and major credit cards are accepted. Classes offered are:
• CPR/First Aid for the Lay Responder
Feb. 9, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Adult CPR/AED; 1:30 to 4 p.m., Child CPR/AED & Infant CPR
Feb. 10, 9 to 11:30 a.m., First Aid; 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Bloodbourne Pathogens
Feb. 23, 6 to 9 p.m., Adult CPR/AED
Feb. 24, 6 to 9 p.m., Child CPR/AED & Infant CPR; 9 to 10 p.m.
• Bloodbourne Pathogens
Feb. 25, 6 to 8:30 p.m., First Aid
• CPR for the Lay Responder Recertification
Feb. 6, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Adult, Infant & Child CPR/AED Recertification; 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., Bloodbourne Pathogens.
Feb. 18, 6 to 9 p.m., Adult, Infant & Child CPR/AED Recertification; 9 to 10 p.m., Bloodbourne Pathogens.
Call 812-951-2288 for more information.
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• SOUTHERN INDIANA
All-Pro Dads hosts business owner
The All-Pro Dads program, sponsored by the YMCA of Southern Indiana and Chick-fil-A, will feature guest speaker Alan Butts, owner of Coffee Crossing in New Albany, for its meeting from 9 to 10 a.m. Feb. 13 at Chick-fil-A, 1320 Veterans Parkway, Clarksville.
Butts will speak on the topic of understanding your child. He and his wife are the parents of two daughters — one in high school and one in college.
All Pro-Dads is a community collaboration to encourage families, in which fathers and their children of all ages can enjoy food, fun and time together on the second Saturday of each month. Each month’s program focuses on a wide range of family topics. Reservations can be made ahead of time by visiting the Y’s Clark County Branch, 4812 Hamburg Pike, Jeffersonville, or the Floyd County Branch, 33 State St., New Albany; or at the restaurant that day if space is available.
The program is open to the public. Cost is $5 for the one adult/one child breakfast combo, with $2 for each additional child.
Call Scott Johnson at 812-283-9622 ext. 112 or Laurie Haag at 502-905-3054 for more information.
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• SELLERSBURG
St. Joe Hill hosts ‘Chicken To Go’
St. Joe Hill Catholic Church is hosting a carryout chicken lunch from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. or until the food is gone Super Bowl Sunday, at the church, 2605 St. Joe Road West, Sellersburg.
The meal features the popular St. Joe Hill fried chicken, french fries, baked beans and famous SJH slaw. The cost is $7 for white-meat dinner and $6 for dark meat.
Call ahead for large orders and directions to the church at 812-246-2512.
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Ivy Tech offers human
resources certification
Ivy Tech Community College in Sellersburg is partnering with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) to offer the organization’s well-respected certification preparation classes from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays Feb. 23-April 27 at the New Albany campus of Ivy Tech, 4100 Charlestown Road.
The program teaches those seeking a job in human resources or those who are already in the field the details of solid human resources management and prepares them for the certification exams. It is designed for those seeking the Professional in Human Resources (PHR) certification and those wanting to upgrade from PHR to Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) certification. The courses also award credits for those who need to recertify for either designation.
Cost is $900 for members of SHRM, and $975 for non-members.
Call Sherry Hunt at 812-288-0810, or Luisa Bascur at 812-288-0814 or e-mail lbascur@ivytech.edu to register.
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Animal Protection Association hosts flapjack fundraiser
Applebee’s, 3030 Grant Line Road, New Albany, will host a fundraiser for Jeffersonville’s Animal Protection Association, from 8 to 10 a.m. Feb. 21.
APA is a no-kill, all-volunteer shelter for dogs and cats at 702 East 11th St., Jeffersonville.
The $5 ticket price includes pancakes and a beverage; tickets can be purchased at the door.
Visit apa-pets.org or call 812-283-6555 and leave a message for more information.
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