During the month of April for child abuse awareness month, Lookout Mountain CASA is offering drop in trainings regardless of completed application status. If you are interested, the training is in person at 901 North Main Street, Lafayette, GA on Mon, Tues, Thurs 10- 1 or 1:30 – 4pm. This drop in training is only for the month of April, we can do an initial training, regardless of application status.
Chattooga Beekeepers will hold their monthly meeting April 12 at 7pm at the Ag Building, 40 Middle School Rd, Summerville. The speaker will be Gary Rains, a seasoned beekeeper from NWGA Beekeepers, who will present a program on Hive Inspections. Beekeepers, anyone contemplating bees, or friends of bees are welcome to attend. There is no charge.
The Armuchee Valley Community Center will host a Spring Market with arts and crafts vendors and an egg hunt for children, this Saturday. The Market opens at 11 a.m. – egg hunt starts at 1:30 p.m. at the Community Center on Highway 136 at Villanow. Food will be available and admission is free.
Volunteers are needed to speak up for children from broken places. Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) volunteers are specially trained people from all walks of life, who advocate for the well-being of Georgia’s children that have suffered abuse and neglect. CASAs are appointed to a case by the Juvenile Circuit Court judge to speak in a child’s best interest in their foster care case. Lookout Mountain CASA will begin training new volunteers monthly Monday through Thursday. The volunteers will help speak for children in Walker, Dade, Catoosa and Chattooga Counties. For more information and to obtain a volunteer application call 423-402-0843 or email lookoutmtncasa@gmail.com.
Next Tuesday, March 29, 2022 is “National Vietnam Veterans’ Welcome Home Day”. The event will be marked by a visit from the Georgia Department of Veterans Services Commissioner Patricia Ross, who will be speaking at the Chattooga County Memorial Home .
Residents of the Teloga Community are being invited to attend the annual meeting of the Teloga Volunteer Fire Department. The meeting will be held next week on Monday, March 21st. The meeting will get underway at 7 PM at the Teloga Fire Hall, located at 10322 Highway 337. Members of the community are urged to attend.
The application period for the Summerville-Trion Rotary Club is now open. The deadline to apply for the $1,000 scholarships is March 30, 2022. Students must live in Chattooga County in order to be considered for the scholarship. You can find all the details below:
The Trion Rec Department, Santa in Uniform and the Trion Golf Course will be hosting a Youth Golf Camp coming up later his month.
The 2022 Miss Trion Pageant will be March 26 @ 3PM in the Trion High School Gym. The pageant pen to any female student of Trion City Schools.
