Local news briefs News-Chronicle Green Bay Toddlers for Diversity group meeting A playgroup for mothers and their toddlers designed to have the chance to spend time with their peers from other cultures will meet this morning from 9:30-11 a.m. at the Multicultural Center of Greater Green Bay, 612 Stuart St. (by Grace Presbyterian Church). The group is meant to promote diversity at an early age, while mothers and fathers can learn new ways of solving childrearing problems. Activities will include playtime, followed by a theme-related craft project, reading time and a snack. 8-Minute Dating in need of singles 8-Minute Dating is still seeking singles ages 29-39 to participate in its first Green Bay event, which will begin at 6:18 p.m. June 11 at the Ramada Inn, 2750 Ramada Way. If enough people do not register, the event will be rescheduled. Participants will be paired for eight minutes with eight single professionals during the course of the evening. They will also have a 20-minute intermission in which to meet or talk further. Following the event, participants can log onto www.8minuteDating.com to enter the names of those people they would like to meet again. If there is a match, contact information will be sent to each party via the Web site. Those who don't receive a match will be able to attend the next event free of charge. Cost for the event is $28.88, including appetizers. Another event for people ages 40-50 is scheduled for June 18. Preregistration, which is required, can be done at www.8minuteDating.com. Call Janet Process at 606-4827 or send an e-mail to [email protected] for more information. $1,000 raised for Camp Hope Employees at Aurora BayCare Medical Center raised $1,000 during National Hospital Week in May for the Salvation Army's Camp Hope, 626 Union Court. The $1,000 check will be presented 9 a.m. Wednesday in Community Room A at Aurora BayCare Medical Center, 2845 Greenbrier Road. Camp Hope provides professional, safe and affordable childcare during the day for youth ages 7 to 12 of low income families. It offers religious, cultural, artistic, educational and self-developmental classes and fieldtrips throughout Wisconsin to promote character development and positive values. For more information on Camp Hope, call 497-7052 Ext. 110. Become a Literacy Council tutor The Literacy Council of Brown County will hold its tutor orientation meeting at 7 p.m. June 11 at The Learning Center inside the Literacy Council of Brown County, 424 S. Monroe Ave. The orientation meeting acquaints prospective volunteer tutors with the Literacy Council program, the tutor training process, and the expectations for new tutor volunteers. Anyone wanting more information should call Kathy Cornell, program coordinator, at 435-2474. Ashwaubenon Volunteers needed for gypsy moth suppression Anyone interested in helping to collect gypsy moth caterpillars at Klipstine Park for the summer is invited to attend a volunteer meeting at 11:45 a.m. Monday at the park, located at Parkview Middle School, 955 Willard Drive. Volunteers would check and collect burlap skirts wrapped around the trees to collect the caterpillars. Workdays would be Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. through the end of July. Call Ashwaubenon Parks, Recreation & Forestry Department at 492-2331 for more information. Brown County Marquardt quits committee leadership Sup. Mary Marquardt of Bellevue has resigned as chairman of the Brown County Board's Administration Committee. Election of a new chairman has been added to the committee's agenda for its meeting at 4 p.m. Thursday in Room 200 of the Northern Building. Marquardt said she was resigning from the chairmanship, but not from the committee, because her role as chairman required her to also attend meetings of the board's Executive Committee, and she can't attend those meetings because of a scheduling conflict.