North Georgia Cruisers will have a Cruise In Saturday September 30th from 2 until at Dowdy Park. There will be plenty of food, 50/50 drawing lots of fun and fellowship. Come out and support the North Georgia Cruisers in this Fund Raising activity and enjoy the vintage cars, trucks, and motorcycles.
Mount Vernon Mills and Blood Assurance will be hosting a Blood Drive on Wednesday Sept 27 from 6AM until 5PM in the Denim Mill Central Conference Room at the Central Plaza. A tail-gate style cookout will be held and Football themed shirts or team color socks will be given as a special thank-you to all donors. Blood Assurance normally provides blood products just to our local Tri-state area however with the severe hurricanes in both Texas and Florida, blood donations will be used to help in these hard-hit areas as well. The community is invited to come donate along with Mount Vernon employees. Donors will also enjoy light refreshments.
The Gore Area Volunteer Fire Department will hold their annual meeting coming up on Saturday, October 14, 2017. The meeting will be held at the Gore Fire Hall located on Highway 27 with breakfast at 9 AM and the meeting at 10 AM. The public is welcome to attend.
The Community Free Lunch will be held this Saturday, September 30th at the Summerville First United Methodist Church from 11-noon. All are welcome.
Need something to do during fall break? The Summerville Library is holding a S.T.E.A.M. CAMP on Monday, October 2 and Thursday October 5 2017 from 10 AM to 1 PM.
A benefit for Wanda Durham, an EMT with Redmond EMS and former firefighter who needs help with medical bills to treat her cancer, will hold a 5K road race with a mile health walk on November 25 to help raise funds for Durham.
To sign up, visit runsignup.com.
The winner of last week’s Birthday and Anniversary Club was Jennifer Skelton. She received a $25 gift certificate to Menlo Family Restaurant and an arrangement from Duff’s Flowers. If you have names for the AM 1180 Birthday and Anniversary Club you can call 706-591-9038 or email chattooga1180am@hotmail.com
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The GA Dept. of Natural Resources is inviting everyone from northwest Georgia to a special Outdoor Adventure Day at “Sloppy” Floyd State Park on Sep 23.
The event is part of the statewide celebration of National Hunting and Fishing Day. It is FREE nd open to all ages, and will include fishing, archery, laser shooting, canoeing, live animal displays, a snake show, and a climbing wall. There will also be demonstrations for how to camp and fly fish. Hot dogs and drinks will be provided on a first come, firs serve basis. The only fee is for a $5 parking pass at the park.
