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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 Items received after the deadline may not be published .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 Photos of poor quality; such as those submitted on computer paper, may not be published.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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Elm St. Commerce, GA 335-2162 i & Tune In To W.J.J.C. For Local High School Sports 1270 A.M.-W.J.J.C. Rob Jordan and Craig Fischer, Host “Sports Talk From High School to the Pros” 335-3155 or 335-1270 COMMERCE HARDWARE D&C RENTAL 129 Clyde Short Road Commerce, GA 335-3133 REGIONS BANK • Jefferson • Commerce • Homer • Maysville • Banks Crossing Member FDIC 10518 967 947 053 688 140 9 470 821 848 097 204 45