That winning feeling

Jordan Passuth and the Roosevelt softball team have gotten the 2023 season off to a solid start. The Bears won five of their first eight games and even played Allen Park – the defending MHSAA Division 1 state champion – to a 1-1 tie recently. Sophomore Passuth and the Bears have beaten Melvindale 9-0, Airport 4-3, Southgate 8-0, Ypsilanti 5-1 and Ida 8-0. The Bears have dropped games to Edsel Ford 7-1, Carlson 1-0 and Monroe 2-0. If you’d like to catch the Bears, they have a slew of home games coming up, including games against Taylor on April 26 and Lincoln Park on May 1.

Wyandotte Museums plan three Heritage events for May

Part of the Wyandotte Museums’ annual list of programming, the Heritage Events series offers happenings both on and off the historical campus. During the month of May, staff and volunteers will present the Local Artists Guild Art Show and Pie & Ice Cream Social as well as the Spring City-Wide Garage Sale.

Local Artists Guild Art Show

Since the 1980s, members of the Artistic Creators Guild have been displaying and selling their artwork at the Ford-MacNichol Home in Wyandotte, 2610 Biddle Avenue.

This year’s art show is set for 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 6 and 7. Guests can experience works in a bevy of styles, from still life to modernism and everything in between, employing such techniques as pencil, watercolor and oil. Artists will be onsite to discuss their pieces and the museum will be open to tour. Admission is free. A plant swap and sale will take place at the neighboring Marx Home, 2630 Biddle.

Red Cross Blood Drive at First Congregational Church

Spring City-Wide Garage Sale

It’s that time of year again! Spring cleaning will offer up many available items as yard sales abound throughout Wyandotte. This year’s sales are set for 9 a.m. to 4 pm. Friday and Saturday, May 12 and 13, and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, May 14.

Residents may register through May 9 at the historic Burns Home, 2624 Biddle Ave. A map of sales locations can be purchased on the Friday and Saturday of the sale via drive-up service at the Ford MacNichol Home, 2610 Biddle.

Pie & Ice Cream Social

In partnership with the Wyandotte Historical Society, the Ford-MacNichol Home and its grounds will be open from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, May 21, for an old-fashioned outing of pie, ice cream and history. Visitors to the campus can enjoy refreshments on the porch of the Wyandotte Museum while admiring a plethora of historic Ford Model A cars and playing vintage lawn games. The museum will also be open to tour.

Registration is under way for an American Red Cross blood drive at First Congregational Church Wyandotte. Hours are 1 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 7. The church is located at 98 Superior Boulevard.

To schedule an appointment, log onto RedCrossBlood.org (sponsor code: firstcongressionalwyandotte) or email Eliana Pettigrew at pettigrew24@gmail. com. Pettigrew is a senior at Roosevelt High School, president of the National Honor Society and valedictorian of the Class of 2023. She is helping organize the blood drive because of the need for blood by the Red Cross, as a way to give back to her community and to give honor society members opportunities to volunteer.

“I know the Red Cross is always in need of blood, especially during the summer months,” Pettigrew said.

Everyone donating blood at the church will be eligible for one of five $10 gift cards for various Wyandotte businesses.

“Summer is our most challenging time of the year to keep an adequate supply of blood readily available for patients in need of live-saving transfusions,” said Beth Frahm, account manager of Donor Resource Development for the American Red Cross of Southeastern Michigan.

“Thirty percent of our daily calendar is comprised of high schools and universities,” Frahm added. “They are not in session June, July and August. Our corporate-sponsored drives do not collect as much since work attendance is down in the summer due to vacations.

“We depend on our community and faith-based sponsors to host drives during the summer months to help maintain the blood supply. The need for blood is constant.”

Scheduling appointments helps streamline the process. Donors can complete pre-donation reading and health history questions.

First Congregational Church Wyandotte will be open earlier in the day to provide meals at Wayneright Community Meals, also known as the Wyandotte Soup Kitchen. Pettigrew’s mother Sarah oversees the soup kitchen.