Ramona Calendar of Events from March 28 through April 3. A separate entry lists Easter Egg hunts scheduled from Friday through Easter Sunday. A local band, the Nobles, will stage the Nobles Evolution Concert in Ramona Library Community Room Thursday from 3 to 6 p.m.

Kiwanis President Walter Ainslie, left, presents a check for $1,000 to Sal Giafaglione, who represents San Pasqual Academy during Kiwanis’ breakfast meeting on Saturday. San Pasqual Academy is a first-in-the-nation residential education campus designed specifically for foster teens. The academy in Escondido provides foster teens with a stable home, individualized education, and the skills needed for independent living.
The public will see the changes that have been taking place in the Ramona Food and Clothes Closet at 773 Main St. when it re-opens its doors at 9:30 a.m.
Store remodeling plans began in November. When renovation started in January, the nonprofit kept its doors open until March 4, when major remodeling necessitated the closure.
A grand re-opening and a celebration of Ramona Food and Clothes Closet’s 30th year will be on April 1 at 9:30 a.m. The public is welcome to join the celebration.
Two free events, open to the community, will be held this week to mark St. Patrick’s Day.
Irish crafts, food, and dance will be featured at a St. Patrick’s Day celebration, at 3 p.m., Friday, March 15, at Ramona Library, 1275 Main St. For more information, call 760-788-5270.
Dos Picos County Park will offer a Leprechaun Hunt on Saturday, March 16. Teams or individuals can hunt for the 21 leprechauns that will be hiding in the park.
On March 21, Ramona Community Foundation (RCF), an affiliate of The San Diego Foundation, will hold its first free workshop in a four-part series for the local nonprofit community.
The focus of the March workshop is Board Governance and it will be led by nonprofit leader Wes Brusted, a Ramona resident and nonprofit industry leader with an array of leadership accomplishments, said Trudy Armstrong with The San Diego Foundation.

The Soroptimists and the Iota Rho chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma teachers society recognized the birthday of Dr. Seuss in two separate celebrations.

Ramona Futbol Club, Inc. has partnered with Arsenal FC to form Arsenal FC San Diego in Ramona.
“We want to make available to every soccer player in Ramona the high level training and notoriety that Arsenal FC brings anywhere you find an Arsenal FC Team,” said David Jordan, president of Ramona FC.
Our Town Calendar of Events from Thursday, March 7, through Wednesday, March 13.

Ramona Pony Baseball invites all past, present, and future players, along with members of the community, to its 2013 Opening Day Ceremonies on Saturday morning, March 2, at the Pony Baseball fields.
“Blast to the Past” is this year’s theme as the group recognizes last season’s accomplishments and celebrates the ground-breaking of the Shetland Field.

Friends of Ramona Library’s second annual Trivia Bee will be paired with coffee tasting and desserts as two-member teams and the audience see just how much they know on Saturday, Feb. 23.
Two-member teams from local service and social clubs will compete for a perpetual trophy that is permanently displayed in the library at the event, which will start at 7 p.m. in Ramona Community Library, 1275 Main St.
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