The briefs

Firefighters serve pancake breakfast

The Long Grove Firefighters Association and South Lake County Regional Community Emergency Response Team will present their "Flaming Flapjacks Pancake Breakfast" from 8:30 a.m. to noon Saturday at Long Grove Fire Protection District, 1165 Old McHenry Road.

Long Grove firefighters will serve an all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast, with flapjacks, sausage, muffins, coffee, orange juice and more for $5 per person (free for kids under 3).

The event will feature live music by Tom Swenson, a 50/50 raffle, chair massages, and a silent auction for gift certificates and gift baskets, as well as chocolate chip pancakes, face painting, balloon animals and a Firefighter Puppet Show at 10:30 a.m.

Monarch conducts hospice training

Monarch Hospice and Palliative Care will conduct hospice volunteer training from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at their office, 3115 N. Wilke Road, Suite H, Arlington Heights. Those successfully completing the two-part training will be certified hospice volunteers.

For more information, call (847) 885-1818 or (866) 455-1818, or e-mail barbarac@monarchhospice.com. An online volunteer application is available at www.monarchhospice.com.

Concert to benefit NIU scholarships

Prospect High School's Chamber and Varsity Choirs will perform a concert titled "…And the Light" at 2 p.m. Sunday at the First Presbyterian Church of Arlington Heights, 302 N Dunton Ave., Arlington Heights. A free will offering will be collected, with all proceeds going to the NIU Feb. 14 Student Scholarship Fund. For details, call Ken Whitney, (847) 718-5364.

Art classes offered in Long Grove

The Long Grove Park District will offer Young Rembrandt's art classes for ages 6 to 12 from 3:05 to 4:05 p.m. Wednesdays April 9 through May 21 at Country Meadows School, 6360 Gilmer Road, Long Grove, or Thursdays April 10 through May 22 at Killdeer Countryside School, 3100 Old McHenry Road, Long Grove. The cost is $65. For details, call (847) 438-4743 or visit www.longgroveparkdistrict.com.

Harper will host college night

The annual College Night at Harper College will be held from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Harper College Wellness and Sport Center in Building M. Harper College is at Euclid and Roselle Roads in Palatine.

Harper's College Night will host representatives from over 200 colleges and universities throughout the nation. More information is available at the College/Career offices at any District 214 school, or by calling (847) 925-6000.