Daily Five: Hikers Group

1. Join the Pequotsepos Hikers at East Beach in Charlestown, R.I., at 9:30 a.m. for a hiker. The group consists of adults and older children and goes on hikes on alternate Mondays and Saturdays. A naturalist from the Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center leads the hike. The cost is $10 for non-members. For directions and/or registration, contact the Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center at 860-536-1216.

2. The Mystic Hoxie Firehouse is hosting a family style pasta dinner to benefit Cindy Grant, an emergency dispatcher fighting multiple myeloma. She needs a stem cell transplant. The dinner will be held tonight from 5 to 8 at the firehouse at 34 Broadway Avenue in Mystic. Tickets are $10 and available at Groton Emergency Dispatch, the Poquonnock Bridge Fire Department and the Mystic Fire Department.

3. You know what sounds good for lunch today? Baked stuffed chicken with potatoes and carrots. And you know where you can get? At Calvary Church's Lenten Lunch today from noon to 1:30 p.m. The lunches cost $10 and the proceed's benefit Calvary Church and the Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center.

4. The Mystic Rotary Club meets today at noon at the Mystic Hilton. The club is always seeking community-service oriented new members and meets every Monday at noon. Contact Laureen Morley at 860-608-9967 or newlaurs@snet.com for more information.

5. The Mystic & Noank Library, Bill Memorial Library and the Groton Public Library are looking for some good books to eat. The 7th Annual Edible Books Festival takes place on Sunday, April 7, 2013 at the Groton Public Library, but the libraries need edible book entries by March 28.

According to an announcement posted on Patch, an edible book can look like a book, be a pun on a title, refer to a character in a book or just have something to do with books. Anyone can create an edible entry. Contact the Friends of the Bill Memorial Library at 860-445-0392, the Groton Public Library Circle of Friends at 860-441-6750 or the Friends of the Mystic & Noank Library at 860-536-7721 for entry form and find more information at the International Edible Book Festival website.