Work Session-

The Woonsocket City Council will meet in the second floor conference room of City Hall at 7 p.m. tonight to discuss possible amendments to Section 13-6 of the Code of Ordinances, pertaining to tag day permits.

Skate drive-

Got an old pair of skates in the attic? The Woonsocket High School Hockey team is seeking donations of ice skates for their Learn to Skate program to be used by local kids who do not have skates. All ice skates will be welcome and accepted. Skates can be dropped off at River Island Park on Saturday morning on Feb 11 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

The Woonsocket High School Hockey team will be at River Island Park for the Learn to Skate Program on Saturday mornings from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., February 4, 11, 18, 25 and March 3, 10, 17, 24, and 30, weather permitting.

Canned goods-

American Legion Post 85 (870 River St.) will be conducting a canned food drive from Feb 1 - Feb 29 to support local food banks. Donation boxes will be set up inside Post 85. Donate a canned good on any Friday during Fish & Chips hours (4-7 p.m.) and you will receive a free beverage!

Blood Center T-shirt contest-

The Rhode Island Blood Center will hold its third annual student T-shirt design contest and recognition program to acknowledge one gifted artist and hundreds of students that donate blood three times a year.

Three-time a year high school blood donors will receive a T-shirt designed by one of their peers, a design chosen ultimately by a community wide on-line secret ballot.

The Rhode Island Blood Center’s T-shirt contest has been extremely popular among young artists, student donors and Blood Center employees. At high school drives throughout the year, hundreds of donors proudly wore the T-shirt designed by Christa Larence of Cumberland, who was a junior at Mount Saint Charles Academy. The first winner was Halle Rasco of Woonsocket High School.

Student artists of all ages throughout the area are encouraged to submit their T-shirt designs by mail or on-line to the Rhode Island Blood Center by March 9, 2012. Entries will initially be reviewed by a panel of Blood Center employees, who will choose the three finalists. The final entries will be put on the blood center web-site and selected by a community wide on-line secret ballot.

The winning design will be placed on T-shirts that will be mailed to all students 19 and under who donate three times between September 1, 2011 and July 11, 2012 and make one attempt to give blood at a high school drive.

The winning artist will not only see their design on T-shirts worn throughout the state, but will also be awarded an 8GB iPod Touch.

High school students, faculty and staff donate more than 8,000 pints of blood each year, nearly 10 percent of all blood collected by the Rhode Island Blood Center. To learn more about the program includes guidelines and entry information, visit the contest’s web site at www.ribc.or/designforlife.

Another city scholar-

The University of Hartford has announced that Michael Berard of Woonsocket has been named to its Dean's List for Fall 2011.

Chartered in 1957 with the mission to be a "private university with a public purpose," the University of Hartford offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs in the arts, the humanities, business, engineering and technology, education, and the health professions. The University's student body of 7,200 represents 48 states and more than 60 countries. For more information, visit www.hartford.edu.