Nov. 21

ELLERBE FARMER’S PARADE 11 a.m. Contact Farm Service Agency at 895-3950 x2 for parade and vendor entry forms.

CAMERONIAN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, buffet breakfast, 6:30 a.m. until 10 a.m. All you can eat, $4.

SPECIAL OLYMPICS BOWLING SOCIAL from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. at Strikers Bowling Alley. For more information contact Cathy Hoggard at (910) 331-4222.

THANKSGIVING DINNER AT FOR SENIOR CITIZENS at Faith Assembly Outreach Ministries, 148 Daniels St., Dobbins Heights at 4 p.m. Pastors Mordecai and Linda Ross.

Nov. 23

FARMER’S LUNCHEON noon at the Richmond County Agriculture Services Center, 123 Caroline St., Rockingham.

RICHMOND COUNTY RETIRED SCHOOL PERSONNEL will meet at Sandhills Regional Center, at 11:30 a.m. Jacqualine Adkins, director of the Rockingham Senior Center, will be guest speaker.

LEAK STREET ALUMNI will meet at 6 p.m. at Leak Street Cultural Center.

CHHS-MAHS J.W. MASK JR. ALUMNI CHAPTER will meet at 6 p.m. at the NAACP building.

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. CHOIR will hold a rehearsal oat 7 p.m. at Providence Baptist Church on East Washington Street in Rockingham. For more information, call 582-8221.

Nov. 24

FARM-CITY WEEK BANQUET, 6:30 p.m. Cole Auditorium on the RCC Campus in Hamlet. Tickets may be purchased for $10 in advance from Farm Service Agency at 123 Caroline St., Rockingham, or at the door.

RICHMOND COUNTY WOMAN’S CLUB will holding a bake sale from 3 p.m. until 7 p.m. in the cafeteria of FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital.

AMVETS POST 316 will meet at 7 p.m. at the East Rockingham Fire Department.

Nov. 25

THE HUMAN SOCIETY OF RICHMOND COUNTY animal shelter will be closed to the public Wednesday and Thursday in observance of Thanksgiving. The shelter will resume normal business hours Friday, noon to 4 p.m., Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. and Sunday, 1 to 4. p.m. For information, call 895-0335.

Nov. 26

THANKSGIVING DINNER will be served at the Dobbins Heights Community Center on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 26, 2009 from 2 p.m. - Until. Call 582-0170. 582-2557 or 582-1866.

Nov. 30

BLOOD DRIVE, Second Baptist Church, Hamlet, 3 p.m. until 7:30 p.m.

BLOOD DRIVE, Rockingham Wesleyan Church, 3 p.m. until 7:30 p.m.

23RD ANNUAL COMMUNITY TREE LIGHTING will be held Monday, Nov. 30, at 5:30 p.m. at Hamlet Depot Park on Main Street. The program includes singing, performances by local youth groups and the reading of the Christmas Story along with the Official Lighting of the Tree.

Dec. 1

BURLINGTON INDUSTRIES RETIREES BREAKFAST 8:30 a.m. at Holiday Restaurant.

Dec. 3

RICHMOND COUNTY SENIOR DEMOCRATS will meet at the Family First Community Center, (the former Harrington’s Restaurant) with a program by Senator William Purcell on the 2009-10 state budget. Refreshments at 5:30 p.m. program at 6 p.m. All Democrats welcome.

Dec. 5

RICHMOND COMMUNITY THEATER OPEN HOUSE 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tour behind the scenes and see what makes a play happen; the lights, the sound, the costumes. Refreshments. Christmas on the Square in downtown Rockingham.

THE 13TH ANNUAL CHRISTMAS ON THE SQUARE downtown Rockingham, with entertainment, crafts and food from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Santa will be on the square all day. Come join the fun and get ready for the holiday season.

SPRING HILL WESLEYAN CHURCH will hold a country breakfast from 7 a.m. until 11 a.m. Call 582-5150.

PEE DEE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH will hold a breakfast buffett from 6:30 a.m. until 10 a.m. All you can eat for $4 and all proceeds go to Relay For Life.

Dec. 7

RICHMOND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL CLASS of 1975 will hold a reunion planning meeting at 7 p.m. at Carolina Farm Credit, Hwy. 220 North in Ellerbe.

BLOOD DRIVE on Dec. 7 at Freedom Baptist Church in Rockingham. The church will host the drive from 3 p.m. until 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 8

NAACP COMMUNITY MONTHLY MEETING, 7:30 p.m. at Poplar Springs Baptist Church, 478 Sandhill Road, Rockingham. For more information, call 582-2403.

Dec. 10

2009 ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARADE sponsored by the Hamlet Rotary Club, 3:30 p.m., rain or shine. Entry forms may be picked up at BB&T in Hamlet, Hamlet City Hall or RBC Centura in Hamlet. All entry forms are due by Dec. 1. Please contact Reba Dille, parade chairman, at 910-582-0184 for more information.

Dec. 12

THE EAST ROCKINGHAM UNITED METHODIST CHURCH MEN’S CLUB will sponsor a pancake breakfast from 7 a.m.-10 a.m. in the church fellowship hall. The charge is $3. All you can eat! A sweets and crafts sale will be held at the same time.

EMMANUEL MINISTRIES YOUTH is having a breakfast from 7-11 a.m., eat in or take out. 725 West Hamlet Ave., Hamlet.

Dec. 13

THE SANDHILLS RINGERS, a community handbell choir, will present “Christmas Around the World” at 3:00 p.m. in the sanctuary of First Baptist Church, Rockingham.

Dec. 18

BLOOD DRIVE at Walgreens in Rockingham on Dec. 18 from 10 a.m. until 2:30 p.m.

Dec. 19

BLOOD DRIVE will be held at Cameronian Presbyterian Church in Rockingham from 8 a.m. until noon.

Dec. 21

BLOOD DRIVE at First Baptist Church in Rockingham will be held from 3:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 29

BLOOD DRIVE at Roberdel Baptist Church from 3:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m.