Nov. 28

HUMANE SOCIETY ADOPTION SPECIAL. $25 Adoption fee for all fixed dogs and cats. Rabies vaccine $6 extra. Shelter open noon to 4 p.m. Call 895-0335 for more information.

Nov. 29

HUMANE SOCIETY ADOPTION SPECIAL. $25 Adoption fee for all fixed dogs and cats. Rabies vaccine $6 extra. Shelter open noon to 4 p.m. Call 895-0335 for more information.

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.

HUMANE SOCIETY ADOPTION SPECIAL. $25 Adoption fee for all fixed dogs and cats. Rabies vaccine $6 extra. Shelter open noon to 4 p.m. Call 895-0335 for more information.

Dec. 1

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

REPUBLICAN PARTY OF RICHMOND COUNTY will host their annual “Christmas with the GOP” at 6 p.m. at the Ellerbe Springs Restaurant.

Dec. 2

ROHANEN CLASS OF 1959 lunc hat Pizza Inn at 12 p.m.

HUMANE SOCIETY 2009 low cost spay/neuter programs. Open to All. Appointments limited; purchase voucher ASAP. Program #1 - No residency or income restriction vouchers for $57 to $77 include surgery, one-year rabies vaccine, pain meds and transportation to/from clinic. Program #2 - $20 vouchers available for Richmond Co. households receiving any one or more public assistance items - Medicaid, Food Stamps, Work First, Health Choice, adoption or foster care assistance or Medical Qualifying Benefit (MQB) assistance. HSRC representative in Richmond County Health Dept. lobby on Wednesdays, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Vouchers available all other days at animal shelter. Call 895-0335.

Dec. 3

MUSIC ON MAIN STREET HAMLET, 6-9 p.m. Food, music and entertainment. Christmas at the Depot, museum tours available, the gift shop will be open.

RICHMOND COUNTY SENIOR DEMOCRATS will meet at the Family First Community Center, (the former Harrington’s Restaurant). Refreshments at 5:30 p.m. program at 6 p.m.

CAROLINA HOME EDUCATORS FAMILY SUPPORT (CHEFS) will hold its monthly parent meeting on Dec. 3 from 1:30 to 3 p.m. at the Cheraw Recreation Department Families in Chesterfield, Marlboro, Richmond and Anson counties interested in home schooling are welcome to attend. Contact Chrisynda at (843)537-9463 or Anne at (910)997-6055 for more information.

Dec. 4

CRUISE IN, food, music and entertainment on Main Street Hamlet. Christmas at the Depot, museum tours available, the gift shop will be open.

Auditions for The Domino Effect Talent Show and Toppling Contest will be held from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the Leak Street Education and Cultural Community Center. The actual event is planned for 3 p.m. Dec. 12 at the same location, and is meant to promote awareness of problems related to alcohol and substance dependence.

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.

PEE DEE GUARD CONFEDERATE ENCAMPMENT, LEAK-WALL HOUSE, 11 a.m. until 4 p.m.

Dec. 6

CHRISTMAS AT THE HAMLET DEPOT, museum tours available, music and dancers, caroling at the Depot Park, 2-4 p.m.

ROCKINGHAM MOOSE LODGE Annual Senior Citizen’s Dinner, 1-3 p.m.

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. 9

HUMANE SOCIETY 2009 low cost spay/neuter programs. Open to All. Appointments limited; purchase voucher ASAP. Program #1 - No residency or income restriction vouchers for $57 to $77 include surgery, one-year rabies vaccine, pain meds and transportation to/from clinic. Program #2 - $20 vouchers available for Richmond Co. households receiving any one or more public assistance items - Medicaid, Food Stamps, Work First, Health Choice, adoption or foster care assistance or Medical Qualifying Benefit (MQB) assistance. HSRC representative in Richmond County Health Dept. lobby on Wednesdays, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Vouchers available all other days at animal shelter. Call 895-0335.

SARA LEE HOSIERY RETIREES are invited to breakfast at 9 a.m. at the Holiday Restaurant.

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.,

THE DOMINO EFFECT TALENT SHOW AND TOPPLING CONTEST will be held at the Leak Street Education and Cultural Community Center at 3 p.m. The event is intended to promote awareness about alcohol- and drug-related problems in the community.

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. 14

EAST ROCKINGHAM MENS’ CLUB CHRISTMAS DINNER, 7 p.m. at the East Rockingham Senior Center, at the Herbert C. Diggs Memorial Park.

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.