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WEDNESDAY, MAY 30,2012
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ARTS
The Cumming
Sunset Quitters is
Open to anyone inter¬
ested in joining them
at 7 p.m the second
Tuesday of each month
in Northside Hospital
Forsyth's Building
1400. For more infor¬
mation, call (770) 889
9471
CHILDREN
The Hempton Park
library presents FCPL
Family Cinema at 2
p.m. today and 2 p.m
June 6 For more infor¬
mation, call (770) 781
9840 or go online at
www.forsythpl.org
The Forsyth County
Public Library will
show all four films of a
popular Disney pirate
series at the Hampton
Park branch Friday
through Monday The
times are 12:30 p.m.
Friday and 2:30 p.m.
Saturday through
Monday.
For more information,
call (770) 781-9840 or
go online at www.for
sythpl.org
The Forsyth County
Public Library
announces upcoming
summer teen events:
•Comic book drawing
workshop 6-7:30
p.m. Monday, Sharon
Forks branch
• “Own the Night”
night of Xbox Kinect
games, dancing and
beach bookbag craft -
6:30-8 p.m. June 7
Cumming For branch
more information,
call (770) 781-9840 or
go online at www.for
sythpl.org.
The Place of Forsyth
County will provide a
limited number of two
week YMCA day camp
scholarships for chil¬
dren ages 5-12 from
low-income families
Parents should call
(770) 887-1098 for an
appointment or eligi¬
bility requirements
CIVIC CLUBS
The Forsyth County
Lions Club meets at 7
p.m, the first and third
Tuesday of each month
at the Golden Corral on
Market Place
Boulevard For more
information, call Diane
O'Shields at (770) 893
4411 or go online at
www.forsythcountyli
ons.org.
The Rotary Club of
Johns Creek meets at
12:15 p.m. every
Monday at Johns Creek
Baptist Church, 6910
McGinnis Ferry Road
North Forsyth 400
Rotary Club meets at
noon every Tuesday at
Coal Mountain Park
Community Center,
3560 Setting Down
Road. For more infor¬
mation, contact
Clayton Rhoads, mem¬
bership chairman, at
(678)513-1864
DONATIONS
The Place of Forsyth
County has a food
pantry for residents in
need Monday through
Saturday, as well as a
meal at noon
Wednesdays. Photo ID
and proof of residency
needed For times, call
(770! 887-1098
Venturing Crew 39
has constructed an alu¬
minum can collection
trailer that's open to
community recycling
tt is behind the
Cumming Kiwanis Club
building at 417 Pilgrim
Mill Road in Cumming
Helping Hands
Partners, an organize
tion assisting Forsyth
County families, is in
need for its empty food
pantry Food and
household items are
needed Residents may
drop off donations at
523 Veterans Memorial
Blvd. or call for pick up.
For more information,
call (404) 545 5721 or
(678)341-8075
Cumming
Elementary will have
a recycle rally from 9
a m to noon the sec¬
ond Saturday of each
month at the school,
540 Dahlonega Hwy
Bring aluminum cans,
plastic bottles and
other recyclables
PIER Thrift and
Consignment Center
is accepting lightly
used items from 10
a.m. to 5:30 p.m
Tuesdays through
Saturdays at 5185
Browns Bridge Road
For more information,
go online at www.pier
foundation.org
EDUCATION
A women's assault
prevention class will
be Saturday at the
LanierTechnical
College Forsyth
Conference Center,
instructed by the
Forsyth County
Sheriff's Office and
sponsored by Business
400 and Lenny's Sub
Shop The event is free
and open to women
ages 18-70. For more
information or to
R S V P, contact Ron
Dinsmore at (770) 851-
7771 or ron®busi
ness400 com.
Registration deadline
is today.
The job seekers min¬
istry of the Catholic
Church of the Good
Shepherd will be at 7
p m. Tuesday in room
306 of the Parish Life
Center, 3740 Holtzclaw
Road One-on-one
coaching available for
those searching for a
job
St. Brendan's Caraar
Transition Ministry
will meet at 7:30 p.m.
June 7 in the church’s
Spiritual Life Center,
4633 Shiloh Road. Lisa
LoMonico will speak
on cover letters and
thank-you letters.
Everyone in a job tran¬
sition is welcome to
attend.
The Emory Johns
Creak Hospital
Auxiliary has four
scholarships available
to students seeking
health-related degrees
For information on
requirements and
deadlines, go online at
www ejeha com For
further questions, call
chairwoman Joan Holt
at (770) 495 9628
FUNDRAISERS
A “Slice Cancer"
fundraiser for Stick it
to Cancer will be from
11 a m. to 10 p.m.
Tuesday at Pizzeria
Azzurri, 3560 Browns
Bridge Road, Ste 1200,
where a portion of all
proceeds will benefit
the organization Those
who show up in their
favorite team jersey
will be entered to win a
Kindle Fire
LEISURE
The 2012 Forsyth
County Garden Tour
will be from 9 a m to 5
p m Saturday at six
gardens across the
county.Tickets are $15
in advance, $20 the
day of For more infor¬
mation, go online at
http://fcmg sharepoint
com or call the Forsyth
County Extension
Office at (770) 887-
2418
Tha Wilkie family
reunion will be June
10 at the Old
Hightower Baptist
Church in the Free
Home community A
covered dish lunch will
be served following
church services All
family and friends are
welcome
The Cook family
reunion will be at 1
p m, June 10 at Haw
Creek Baptist Church's
fellowship hall in
Cumming Relatives
and friends are invited
to come 8nd bring a
covered dish For more
information, call Vivian
at (770) 926 6200
The Brookwood
Farmer's Market will
kick off its third season
from 4-7 p m. June 15
at Caney Creek
Preserve on Caney
Road The event will be
held in conjunction
with the opening of a
new county park For
more information, go
online at www.brook
woodfarmersmarkot.
com
The 80th annual
Sullivan-Mashburn
family reunion will
be June 23-24 in
Blairsville For more
information, call Tracy
Lea Baugh-Cape at
(706) 969 8970 or
Allison Sullivan at
(404) 723 0730.
The Sounds of
Sawnee Concert
Band is looking for
musicians to join
There are no auditions
and no dues The group
rehearses from 7:30
9:30 p m. every
Monday at First Baptist
Church of Cumming,
1597 Sawnee Drive.
For more information,
go online at www
soundsofsawnee com
or call Garth at (770)
205 6000.
MEETINGS
Faith’s House Inc.
has meetings for single
mothers from 6:30-8
p.m the second
Thursday of each
month at Mentor Me
North Georgia, 210
Dahlonega Hwy., Suite
203 Light dinner pro¬
vided and free onsite
child care available
For more information,
go online at www faith
shouseinc org
The 82nd Airborne
Division Association
is looking for members
who have served in the
military and are air¬
borne qualified For
more information, call
Gary Weller at (678)
943 1935
VOLUNTEER
World Heritage
Student Exchange
Program is seeking
local host families for
international students
for the 2012-13 school
year For more infor¬
mation. contact
Roxanne Lawson at
(770) 833 5717 or go
online at www
whhosts com
PIER Thrift and
Consignment Center,
5185 Browns Bridge
Road, is in need of vol¬
unteers from 10 a m to
3 p m Tuesdays through
Saturdays The store is a
nonprofit group that
trains and employs
adults with disabilities
For more information,
go online at www pier
foundation org
Forsyth County
Senior Services is
looking for volunteers
for Alzheimer's disease
respite care The ser
vice is for those with
the disease or other
types of dementia The
Sunshine Club meets
from 11:15 a m. to 3 15
p m Monday through
Friday at Forsyth
County Senior
Services, 595
Dahlonega Hwy
Volunteers assist staff
with activities includ
ing games, music,
crafts and exercise For
more information, call
JimYarbrough at (770)
781 2178
Foster homes for
cats and dogs are
needed urgently
through the Humane
Society of Forsyth
County No-kill Shelter
Both regular and short
term foster homes
needed For more infor
mation, call (770) 887
6480 or go online at
www.forsythpets.com
and click “volunteer"
Hands On Forsyth is
seeking volunteers for
its many opportunities
in Forsyth County For
more information, go
online at www hand
sonforsyth org or call
Kerry or Sean at (770)
205-1701
ONGOING
EVENTS
The Forsyth County
Beekeepers Club
meets at 6:30 p m
every fourthThursday
of the month at the
Sawnee Mountain
Preserve off Spot Road.
Anyone is invited to
attend and learn more.
For more information,
go online at www.for
sythbeekeepersclub •
ory or corrtact Palmer
Hafner at pshprideCit
Comcast net or (678)
315 5111
Cumming Garden
Club meets at 10 a m
the secondTuesday of
ovory month at
Cumming Baptist
Church. For more infor¬
mation, call (770) 844-
7061
Navigators
Toastmasters meets
at 7:30 p.m. the second
and fourth Tuesday of
each month at St
Brendan's Spiritual Life
Center off Shiloh Road.
For more information,
call (404) 597-7612 or
e mail paxtonfinan
cial <> beilsouth.net.
Baby Boomers of
Cumming and North
Fulton is a group of
married couples who
enjoy social activities
like dinner, theater,
trivia and more. For
more information,
e-mail boomercou
pies « gmail.com.
The Toastmasters
Community Voice
invites guests to learn
how to effectively com¬
municate in a busi
ness, family or social
environment. It meets
from 6:45 8 p.m.
Mondays at the
Holiday Inn Express
Meeting Room off Ga
400 s Exit 14, Visitors
are always welcome.
For more information,
go online at http://com
munityvoice.freetoast
host.com
Garden of
Empowerment, a
nonprofit organization
with the purpose of
empowering separated,
divorced and widowed
women to move for¬
ward with their lives, is
celebrating its 10th
anniversary For more
information, call Sue at
(770)815-2628 ore-mail
her at sue Agardeno
fempowerment org
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For more information call
770 - 205-8963
forsythrwws.com
Family Haven, a non¬
profit organization sup¬
porting victims of
domestic violence, has
opened a thrift store at
433 Canton Hwy., in
the Sportzplex
Complex across from
Ingles. Temporary sum¬
mer hours are 8 a m. to
4 p.m. Monday
through Saturday.The
store features a variety
of clothing, furniture,
media and more.
Donations, pick-ups
and delivery services
are available For more
information, call (770)
844-0842.
Chestatee River
Chapter of
Daughters of the
American Revolution
meets at 3 p m. every
second Sunday of each
month at the Forsyth
County Safety
Complex, 3520
Settingdown Road. For
more information, call
(678) 513-6127
FairTax Forsyth
meets the last Monday
of the month at the
Golden Corral in
Cumming. Dinner and
social time will be from
6-7 p.m., with the
meeting from 7-8:15
p.m, For more informa¬
tion, call Dave Andrews
at (404) 510-2306.
The North Georgia
Barbershop Singers
is a member of the
Barbershop Harmony
Society and has grown
to 33 men who love to
sing. The group wel¬
comes new members
to visit from 7-9:30
p m. Tuesdays at Christ
the King Lutheran
Church, 1125 Bettis
Tribble Gap Road.
Toastmasters of
Forsyth County fos¬
ters self-confidence
and personal growth in
a mutually supportive
environment.
Bimonthly meetings
are from 6:45-8 p.m.
the second and fourth
Thursday at Midway
United Methodist
Church, 5025 Atlanta
Hwy. Guests are
I always welcome. For
more information, go
online at www.forsyth
toastmasters.org or
call Mary or Steve
FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS
Williams at (770) 887-
8478.
Hand-Me-Rounda
Thrift 8hop, 102
Buford Dam Road, is a
drop-off point for the
American Cancer
Society Wig Drive.
Store hours are 10 a.m.
to 6 p.m. Monday
through Saturday and
noon to 4 p.m. on
Sundays. For more
information, call Ginny
Nunnally at (770) 316-
4612.
The Humane Society
of Forsyth County
No-KII! Shelter Thrift
Store, 168Trl-County
Plaza, is open and
accepting donations
from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Tuesday-Saturday. The
thrift store has a vari¬
ety of items for sale,
often marked down
over time. For more
information, visit www.
forsythpets.org (770) or call
889-1365, Ext. 8.
The Holistic Moms
Network meets the
secondTuesday of each
month at 6:30 p.m. at
Land of a Thousand
Hills Coffeehouse, 5095
Post Road, hosting
informational speak¬
ers, yoga groups, and
play groups for moth¬
ers interested in holis¬
tic health and green
livng. For more infor¬
mation, e-mail Ann
Links at hoMsticmom
forsyth@yahoo.com,
or visit www.holiatic
moms.org.
Newborns in Need
Cumming chapter
meets from 9 a.m. to 3
p.m. the fourth Tuesday
of each month at Dear
Craak Shores
Presbyterian Church,
7620 Lanier Drive. Men
and woman who can
sew, knit, crochet or
just cut out and stack
fabric are wanted to
participste.The group
makes various baby
items for prematura
newborns and families
in economic need.
Donations of money or
supplies are also
accepted and are tax
deductible. For more
information, contact
Mariana Baker at (770)
781-8303.