The deadline for all Community Calendar items is 4:30 p.m. the day before publication. To list your event, email Christine S. Carroll at [email protected] or call 910-817-2673. Please send an email or call as soon as possible if your event is canceled.
Today
AMVETS POST 316, 6:30 p.m., East Rockingham Fire Department.
Thursday
BLOOD DRIVE, 2:30-7 p.m, Calvary Baptist Church of Hamlet, 406 McDonald Ave., Hamlet. To make an appointment, call Jackie Dawkins, 910-582-4728.
CLERGY & CONGREGANTS LUNCH & LEARN: How to Prevent Suicide and Care for Those Affected, noon to 3 p.m., First United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 410 E. Washington St., Rockingham. N.C. Chapter area director Betsy Rhodes of American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and Dana Cea, AFSP-NC Chapter Area co-chair and communications ambassador, will speak. Free lunch, resources. To register, call Suzanne Maness, 910-627-1769, 877-211-5995 (toll free), or email [email protected]. Monday, July 24.
MASONIC MEETING, Hamlet Masonic Lodge No. 532, AF&AM, 7 p.m., 307 Main St., Hamlet.
Saturday
PANNING FOR GEMSTONES, 9 a.m. to noon, Rankin Museum of American Heritage, 131 W. Church St., Ellerbe. Students from preschool age to 16 may seine for minerals at the museum’s new mining flume. Sessions every hour. To register, call 910-652-6378.
Aug. 1
NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, 6-8:30 p.m., Cole Plaza and City Hall parking lot, Rockingham. Fingerprinting for children, dunking booth with police officers and other kids’ attractions, as well as graduation of cadets, 2017 Junior Police Academy.
Aug. 2
ROHANEN HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1959 luncheon, noon, Fatz Cafe, 714 US74 Bus. E., Rockingham.
Aug. 5
COUNTRY BREAKFAST, 7-10 a.m., Spring Hill Wesleyan Church, 289 Springhill Church Road, Hamlet. All you can eat, $6. Carry-out plates available. Proceeds will go to projects, missions and those in need.
Aug. 7
BURLINGTON INDUSTRY RETIREES, 8:30 a.m., Holiday Restaurant, 414 S. Hancock St., Rockingham.
Aug. 8
BLOOD DRIVE, noon to 5 p.m., McLeod Health Cheraw, 711 Chesterfield Highway, Cheraw, South Carolina.
Aug. 10
MASONIC MEETING Hamlet Masonic Lodge No. 532, AF&AM, 6:15 p.m. dinner, 7:30 p.m. meeting, 307 Main St., Hamlet.
Aug. 12
JACKSON, MORGAN AND ALBROOKE FAMILY REUNION, 12:30-6 p.m., Ellerbe Lions Club, 306 Millston Road, Ellerbe. For more information, call Frank Dumas, 910-995-1490; or Lena Ferguson, 910-995-0868, 910-652-3261.
Aug. 14
EAST ROCKINGHAM MEN’S CLUB, 7 p.m., East Rockingham Fire Department, 487 Airport Road, Rockingham. Visitors and new members welcome.
Aug. 24
MASONIC MEETING, Hamlet Masonic Lodge No. 532, AF&AM, 7 p.m., 307 Main St., Hamlet.
Aug. 26
KICK BACK AT THE COLE, health-education event for teens, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Cole Auditorium, Richmond Community College, 1042 W. Hamlet Ave., Hamlet. Information for those 13 to 19 on sex, drugs and driving.
Sept. 7
SANDHILLS AGINNOVATION CENTER ribbon-cutting/open house, 10:30 a.m., 1298 Crawford Road, Ellerbe. Please contact Susan to say you intend to come: 910-997-8255, [email protected].
Sept. 11
EAST ROCKINGHAM MEN’S CLUB, 7 p.m., East Rockingham Fire Department, 487 Airport Road, Rockingham. Visitors and new members welcome.
Sept. 14
MASONIC MEETING Hamlet Masonic Lodge No. 532, AF&AM, 6:15 p.m. dinner, 7:30 p.m. meeting, 307 Main St., Hamlet.
Sept. 28
MASONIC MEETING, Hamlet Masonic Lodge No. 532, AF&AM, 7 p.m., 307 Main St., Hamlet.
Oct. 21
PICKIN’ IN THE PINES, bluegrass and barbecue benefit to support 4-H campers, 6-11 p.m., Camp Millstone, 1040 Mallard Drive, Ellerbe. Music by the Blue Highway Band, the Long Gone Band and Lauren & Lane; pig pickin’ and heavy hors d’oeuvres; live auction. Adults only. $50 per person. For more information, visit go.ncsu.edu/millstone4hpickininthepines.