Community Calendar

Community Calendar runs daily in the Review. Nonprofit and charitable organizations may e-mail items to lricks@athensreview.com. Regularly scheduled events will run at the bottom of this column as space permits.

• Volunteers are needed to deliver meals to the elderly for Meals on Wheels. The local route takes about an hour to run. For more information contact Gladys Bowman at 903-675-8577.

• The Texas Game Warden Museum at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center is looking for individuals interested in volunteering their time to open the museum on Saturday and Sundays to visitors. For more information call 903-670-2251.

• Caring Hearts Hospice, at 1837 West Main in Gun Barrel City, are looking for volunteers. For more information and to register for a training session call 903-887-4788.

Saturday, Dec. 5

• Light Up Athens will hold “Celebration on the Square” beginning at 5:30 p.m. The event will include a story teller entertaining children with Christmas stories in Ginger’s Park and Christmas music provided by Leslie & Friends at the north side of the court house. The tree lighting ceremony takes place after the parade and Santa will be at his home to visit with children.

• Trinity Valley Community College Theater Department will present “A Tuna Christmas” in the auditorium. A six-performance run is scheduled Saturday at 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday at 1:30 p.m. Five cans of non-perishable food will be redeemable for one free admission.

Sunday, Dec. 6

• The Henderson County Republican Women and the Cedar Creek Republican Club will hold a joint Christmas Party and dinner at the Ranch House Restaurant in Gun Barrel City. Dinner will be served at 6 p.m. Entertainment will be provided by Jimmy Dale and Dotty Hartsell. Attendees should bring a new unwrapped toy that will be donated to the Rainbow Room. For more information call 903-887-4867.

• Lakeland Community Concerts will host the Trinity Valley Community College Choir and Symphonic Band in a free Christmas concert at the Dogwood Baptist Church, on 6467 Farm-to-Market Road 2494, at 3 p.m. Shuttle services will be provided from the TVCC north parking lot. Santa Clause will in attendance. For more information call Stewart Cochran at 903-489-2022.

Monday, Dec. 7

• Henderson County Senior Citizens will sponsor a country western dance at the Senior Citizens Building, on State Highway 31 east, from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. All ages are welcome. Music will be provided by the Highway 31 Band.

Wednesday, Dec. 9

• Henderson County Retired School Personnel will hold its meeting at the First United Methodist Church activity building at 2 p.m. A Christmas program will precede the business session. Refreshments will be served. Any and all retired school employees are invited to attend.

Friday, Dec. 13

• Light Up Athens will hold its annual Keep Athens Beautiful Christmas Decorating Contest. The Keep Athens Beautiful board members will judge displays on Dec. 14. The awards will be for Keep Athens Beautiful, Residential, Children’s Choice and Best decorated business. To enter a display call 903-675-7961.

Monday, Dec. 14

• Trinity Valley Community College community services will hold a Financial Aid Seminar at 6 p.m. in the Library Classroom on the Athens campus. The purpose of this seminar is to provide information about different forms of financial aid that may be available to students enrolling in non-credit workforce training. Students interested in financial aid for the spring should plan to attend this seminar. For more information call 903-675-6212 or visit www.tvcc.edu/communityservices.

Monday, Dec. 21

• Henderson County Senior Citizens will sponsor a Christmas dance at the Senior Citizens Building, on State Highway 31 east, from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. All ages are welcome. Music will be provided by the Highway 31 Band.

Regular events

• Genesis HospiceCare and First Presbyterian Church will host a five-week series “Coping with Grief during the Holidays.” A meeting will be held at the church, on 306 East Tyler Street, every Wednesday — from Dec. 2 to Dec. 16 — from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. The public is invited to any or all of the free sessions. For more information call 903-675-4730.

• Trinity Clinic Canton education room, 18780 Interstate 20, will host monthly bereavement support groups the first Friday of each month from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. The facilitator will be Nora Gravois, LMSW. For more information or to register call 903-266-3400, ext. 127 or 800-777-9860.

• The Workforce Solutions East Texas Job Club meets each Tuesday, at 205 North Murchison Street, Suite 101 in Athens, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. It helps job seekers with various aspects of conducting job searches, interviewing techniques, resume writing and current job trends.

• The Athens Lions Club meets the second and fourth Thursday of each month. Meetings are at the Tilo’s Cuisine in Heritage Square at 12 p.m. For more information call 903-477-0301.

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