Butte

Here in the Mining City, there will be a blood drive where you can help and it is coming up on Friday, December 15. The blood drive will be taking place in the Hoyle Room at Big Sky on Waterford Senior Living and Memory Care from 1 to 4pm. Consider taking part.

One of the most popular events of the Holiday Season is the Uptown Ice Carving Contest which is scheduled for Saturday, December 9. Are you interested in being a sponsor or a participant. Here is everything you need to know.

The Front Street Station at 800 E. Front St. in Butte will be the site of the Travis Christians benefit on Friday, December 1 from 6 until 10pm. Travis was involved in a horrible ATV accident earlier this year and his friends and family are asking for your support as they "celebrate healing" as Travis, his wife, Sarah, and their family start their healing journey.

If you're interested in forming a volleyball team to compete in the 2023 Butte Silver Bow Parks and Recreation Department's fall league, now is the time to get your roster together and turned in. Beginning Monday, the Parks and Rec Department will open registration for both the Womens' Rec League and the Co-ed Competitive League.

The Elks Lodge here in Butte at 206 W. Galena will be the site of a fun bingo night and silent auction fundraiser. The doors open at 5pm and admission is $10 which will include 2 bingo packets including 3 cards of 10 games each.

This month the Belmont Senior Citizens Center in Butte has a couple of sessions with Intermountain Health Care (formerly St. James) and A1 Ambulance that you need to know about. Coming this Monday, November 14th at 11am is an opportunity to learn about early heart attack recognition and care followed by a session on medication safety and adherence on Tuesday the 15th. These important clinics are in addition to a busy month of activity at the Belmont.

One of the fastest growing sports in America is Pickleball. Sounds delicious, doesn't it? Well, terrible condiment jokes aside, Pickleball's accelerated growth is due in no small part to the fact that it is a lot of fun, it's very accessible and almost anybody can enjoy the game. And a City Rec Pickleball league is in the planning stages.

Bring your appetite and your bingo cards to the Elks this Sunday because they've got a full day of activities planned for you.

Today letting your kids run around after dark is not a good idea and there are even some neighborhoods here in Butte that you really shouldn't go door-to-door. 2023 is indeed different from 1983, but there are still some places where trick or treating is not only safe, but encouraged. Places where the residents are truly happy to see kids in costume. And here's where you'll find them.

Halloween for many families is a time for fun, especially if you're a parent. Watching your kid's eyes light up when they find the perfect costume. Gathering around the table with carving knives and the biggest spoons in the silverware drawer to carve the pumpkin. Trick or treating. The kind of things that make lifetime memories for parents. But for the McCarthy Family of Butte, Halloween will always bring back memories of the phone call that they got late one night, on October 28, 2007. The phone call that parents pray that they never receive.