WELCOME — Welcome Fire Department will check fire hoses beginning 8 a.m. Saturday morning. First Street, from Campbell Street to Main Street, will be closed while they perform the check.

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Welcome Fire Department is taking applications for two firefighter positions. Applications are available at City Hall. The deadline to hand in an application is 4:30 p.m. Oct. 11. Think about serving your community as a firefighter.

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Martin County Relay for Life is sponsoring a drive-through luminaria ceremony Sept. 26 at the Martin County Fairgrounds west of Fairmont.

Now more than ever, cancer patients and researchers need your help to fight cancer. Events have been suspended and donations have decreased. Funds raised through Relay for Life honor survivors and remember loved ones. They also help give cancer patients and their families the resources they need with breakthrough research, patient care programs, cancer screenings, education, prevention initiatives, and a live 24/7 helpline for answers and support at (800) 227-2345.

Contact your favorite Relay for Life team to buy luminaries, donate or for more information about the drive through. Donations also will be taken at US Bank in Fairmont. All checks should be payable to American Cancer Society. For more information, contact Marsha Williams at (507) 236-2034 or online at gjwmgw@frontiernet.net

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Welcome Legion has begun its annual Pheasants for Vets fundraiser for help in serving Veterans Day dinners to all Minnesota veterans in veterans homes and hospitals. Stop in at the Welcome Legion and “buy a bird” to get the donation tag hung up there. The fundraiser runs until Nov. 6. Thank you for your generous support.

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There will be a Red Cross blood drive from noon to 6 p.m. Sept. 29 at St. Paul’s United Church of Christ in Welcome. Call in for an appointment time at (800) 733-2767, text BLOODAPP to 90999 or go online at www.redcrossblood.org. Appointments are necessary to provide time for social distancing and special sanitization between donors. Please use a mask also.

Blood is in short supply and is needed now. If you are able donate blood, every donation may save three lives.