CLUB NEWS: Farm Bureau Women; Brownies; Retired School Personnel

Farm Bureau Women

The Jefferson County Farm Bureau Women will meet at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday for lunch at Riverside Family Restaurant III.

Shirley McCracken will be hostess and have the program.

Roll-call response will be natural resources and manufacturing of Ireland.

Brownie Troop 2564

Brownie Troop 2564 hosted a Halloween costume party Friday at the Fairfield Girl Scout Cabin in Old Settler's Park.

Forty Fairfield Girl Scout attend with 20 adults present. The girls were invited to bring a scary treat to share. They played Halloween carnival games and drank hot chocolate.

With proceeds from the event, Troop 2564 will be purchasing socks and underwear for the African Violet Foundation Black Friday event set for Nov. 23.

Retired School Personnel

Christie Kessel, founder of Little Superheroes, was the guest speaker at the Jefferson County Unit of the Iowa Retired School Personnel Oct. 24.

Little Superheroes is an organization from which families with chronically ill children can apply for support and financial assistance to alleviate expenses such as transportation, motels, therapies, and special education needs that families facing serious medical crises must shoulder. One of its past fundraisers was the Festival of Trees in Fairfield. For information on Little Superheroes, visit the website www.littlesuperheroesfairfield.com or call 233-7600.