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
AMERICAN LEGION POST 147 Share Night, 5-8 p.m., Captain D’s Seafood, 1219 E. Broad Ave., Rockingham. Residents are encouraged to have supper with veterans.
HAMLET HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1960, noon, Captain George’s Seafood, 510 E. Broad Ave., Rockingham.
Friday
BLOOD DRIVE by the American Red Cross, 1:30-7 p.m., First Baptist Church, 2116 Main St., Ellerbe. Goal: 61 donors. Sign up online with sponsor code “First Baptist Church Ellerbe” or contact Elsie Freeman, 910-817-4720, to make an appointment for a whole-blood or power red cell donation. Visiting redcross.org/RapidPass on the day of the drive will reduce wait time.
MOVIE NIGHT at Timber’s Crossing Free Will Baptist Church, “The Shack,” outdoors at 8:45 p.m., 277 Loch Haven Road, Rockingham. Attendees are encouraged to provide lounge chairs. In case of rain, the event will be moved inside. Refreshments will be served.
Saturday
SHORT STACKS FOR BIG CHANGE benefit breakfast, 7-10 a.m., Fatz Cafe, 714 US 74 Bus. E., Rockingham. Plates $7 per person. Proceeds will benefit club charities. Contact Inell Allen, 910-895-9480.
Sunday
DESCENDANTS OF ROBERT LEE USSERY annual family reunion, 1 p.m., fellowship hall, McDonald Baptist Church, 259 McDonald Road, Rockingham. Attendees are encouraged to take covered dishes, beverages. Contact Carrie Ussery, 910-206-2589.
Monday
RAIDER CHEER CAMP, 8 a.m. to noon July 24-27. Richmond Senior High School, 838 US1, Rockingham.
July 27
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.
July 29
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 1957 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. 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. 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.