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PAGE 6B -- THE COMMERCE (GA) NEWS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2007
Church News
Erastus Plans
Christmas Bazaar
Saturday, Dec. 1
Erastus Christian Church
will hold a Christmas Bazaar
Saturday, Dec. 1.
Homemade crafts and baked
goods will be sold.
Anyone interested in having
a booth is asked to call Martha
at 706-335-4001 or Diane at 706
335-5955.
Space is limited.
The church is located at 2050
Neese Commerce Road.
New Hope Plans
Singing Sunday
New Hope Baptist Church,
Nicholson, will host The
Standridge Family, of South
Carolina, for a concert Sunday,
Nov. 25, at 11 a.m.
The group will be performing
traditional songs, original mate
rial, as well as some Christmas
music.
The church is located at 211
Stapler Drive .
For more information, call 706
614-8697.
Athens Master
Choral To Sing
At Tuckston Dec. 2
Tuckston United Methodist
Church, Athens, will present “A
Christmas Card from the Athens
Master Chorale” Sunday, Dec. 2,
at 4 p.m.
The concert includes the Alfred
Burt Carols, three settings of Ave
Maria (by Arcadelt, Biebl and
Lauridsen) and Daniel Pinkham’s
Christmas Cantata. Admission is
free.
For information, go to www.
athensmasterchorale.org.
The concert will be held at 4175
Lexington Road.
Oconee Baptist
To Open Clothes
Closet Saturday
Oconee Baptist Church on
Hwy. 82 Spur, Dry Pond, will
hold a clothes closet from 1 to 3
p.m. Saturday, Nov. 24.
Clothing for the entire family is
available for free.
For more information, call 706
367-8644.
Church News Policy
Church news is due by Friday at noon, due to the
Thanksgiving holiday. Items received after the deadline
may not be published .
All church news is subject to editing for content and
length.
Due to space limitations on some weeks, churches in the
Commerce area are given priority for publication.
Photos are welcomed, but will be published only once.
Digital photos submitted as JPEG or TiFf files are welcomed.
Photos of poor quality; such as those submitted on computer
paper, may not be published.
Special services, such as revival, homecoming and anniversa
ries; along with a new service/class or change in service times;
and events, such as car washes, yard sales, singings, etc. may
be published. Regular service times are not published.
Church news is only published in the church news sec
tion. Church news items may be published only once.
All church news must contain the church’s address and
contact phone number.
Fax items to 706-387-5430 or e-mail to churchnews@
mainstreetnews.com.
For questions, call April Reese Sorrow, at 706-387-5401.
Group Seeks Donations Of Gifts
For 'Forgotten' Seniors At Christmas
The “Be A Santa To A Senior” program served more than
600 senior citizens throughout Northeast Georgia last year.
BOGART -- Now in its fourth
year, a national program that has
brightened the lives of hundreds
of thousands of older adults
with gifts and companionship
is again being organized locally.
The “Be a Santa to a Senior”
program, sponsored by Home
Instead Senior Care, provides
presents to seniors who other
wise might not be remembered
this holiday season.
“We see many older adults
who have no one during this fes
tive season and that makes for a
very sad and lonely time,” said
Joe Ward, owner of the Home
Instead Senior Care office in
Bogart. “Whether they are in a
nursing home or in their own
homes, where more are choos
ing to stay, it’s important to
reach out those who are usually
overlooked during this special
time of the year.”
The Bogart Home Instead
Senior Care office, whose care
givers provide non-medical
home care and companionship
to seniors in northeast Georgia,
has partnered with the Athens
Community Council on Aging
and two Athens merchants for
its fourth annual “Be a Santa to
a Senior” program.
Last year, area volunteers
delivered 5,000 gifts to 600
seniors in Bogart and northeast
Georgia. Ward hopes to serve
even more older adults this holi
day season.
“Our goal is to deliver gifts and
provide much-needed compan
ionship to at least 1,000 seniors
this year,” Ward said. “We hope
that the community will sup
port our efforts as a way of
giving back to the older adults
in our area who have given us
so much.”
Through Friday, Dec. 15, shop
pers can select ornaments from
the “Be a Santa to a Senior” trees
at Hodgson’s Pharmacy, 1220
South Milledge Ave.; Georgia
Square Mall, 3700 Atlanta
Highway; and the Athens
Community Council on Aging,
125 Hoyt St. Each ornament
lists the first name of a senior in
need, along with gift requests.
They can then purchase items
and return them unwrapped
to Home Instead Senior Care,
Hodgson’s Pharmacy or the
Athens Community Council
on Aging along with the orna
ment. Home Instead Senior
Care enlists community volun
teers, including members of the
Georgia Gym Dogs gymnastics
team, to gather, wrap and deliv
er the gifts. A wrapping party is
scheduled for Wednesday, Dec.
12. Deliveries will take place
Dec. 17. Anyone interested in
wrapping and delivering gifts
can contact Tanya Woods at
(706) 613-2224. Additional infor
mation can also be found at
www.beasantatoasenior.com.
Businesses, churches and
other groups and organizations
are encouraged to contact the
local Home Instead Senior Care
office about adopting groups of
seniors.
Last year, 196,500 seniors across
North America received 312,500
gifts through this program, which
has become the largest gift-giving
project of its kind for older adults.
In 2006, more than 21,000 vol
unteers supported the program
and 1,500 locations across North
America hosted a tree.
Secret Santa Workshop
Dec. 1 Offers Christmas
Shopping Just For Kids
Commerce’s annual Secret
Santa Workshop will be
held Saturday, Dec. 1, at the
Commerce School of Dance,
North Broad Street, from noon
to 3 p.m.
It’s a children’s Christmas
shopping event sponsored by
the Commerce Area Business
Association, the Downtown
Development Authority and
the Pilot Club of Commerce.
All gifts will be priced under
$10, and there will be volunteers
to help children select gifts and
manage their money. Vendors
will bring merchandise to the
site a week prior to the event.
Volunteers will set it up and sell
it and get the proceeds to the
merchants.
“We’re searching for vendors
that are interested,” says Hasco
Craver, DDA executive direc
tor. “This is a great opportunity
for local businesses to market
to kids right here in the down
town.”
Call 706-335-2954 for informa
tion or to enroll as a vendor.
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