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Healthy Hearts, Healthy Eating for Life
D&W Fresh Market, Family Fare and Felpausch pharmacies
and General Mills are partnering during the month of
September to promote heart health. The month - long
campaign will offer heart healthy assessment screenings,
information about products and healthy eating, heart
healthy samples and coupons, answers from trained
pharmacists, pedometers and the chance to enter
sweepstakes for $100 gift card to store (1 winner per
location). Pharmacies of all D&W Fresh Market, Family
Fare and Felpausch locations will offer the month-long
program beginning September 3. 2008. Check out these
locations: September 16, 2008, Family Fare, 4325 Breton
Road SE; September 17, 2008, Family Fare 1415 E Fulton
St.; and September 25, 2008, D&W Fresh Market, 2181
Wealthy St. SE.
Help Promote Literacy
The Literacy Center of West Michigan has scheduled two
(2) information sessions for prospective volunteer
tutors. These sessions are held at 6:30 p.m. and lasts
one hour. It allows persons interested in becoming
volunteer tutors to find out more about the Center and
its literacy programs. At the end of these sessions,
there will be an opportunity to sign up for tutor
training. The first session is on Wednesday, October 1,
2008, and will be held at the Cascade Library located at
2870 Jacksmith Ave. SE, Grand Rapids, MI. The second
session is on Tuesday, October 7, 2008, and will be held
at the Wyoming Library located at 3350 Michael Ave., SW,
Wyoming, MI. Please call (616) 459-5151 (ext. 10) to
register.
Walk For Kids
Members of the community are invited to Walk for Kids in
support of Camp Fire USA’s local neighborhood youth
programs. The walk starts 9:30 AM, Saturday, October 18,
2008, at Aquinas College, Jarecki Center for Advanced
Learning, 1607 Robinson Road SE, Grand Rapids. To
support this walk is to support the safe after-school
enrichment activities and summer programs that Camp Fire
offers for more than 2,400 low-income youth in the Grand
Rapids area each year. Registration fees for the walk
are $25 for individuals, $50 for family of four and $100
for team of five. Get the registration form at
www.campfireusawmc.org. For more details, call
616.949.2500 ext. 21.
Auditions for “Meet Me in St. Louis”
Master Arts Theatre will be holding auditions for Meet
Me in St. Louis, Saturday, September 20 at 10:00 AM and
Monday, September 22, 2008 at 7:00 PM. 9 Men, 6 Women
and 2 Girls (Ages 8 to 12) are needed. Meet Me in St.
Louis will run 16 performances, Thurs, Fri and Sat, from
November 20 – December 13, 2008. Auditions are held at
Master Arts Theatre at 75 77th Street SW. Questions?
Call (616) 455-1001 or (800) 455-5003 or email at
director@masterarts.org.
Gospel Fest
Community Volunteer Agency is sponsoring an acapella
gospel fest to honor the heroes of 911, Thursday,
September 11, 2008, 7 to 9:30 PM, at Wealthy Street
Theater. President/CEO Argie Holliman-Chibuzo is seeking
soloists, quartets, choirs and other musical groups to
donate their talents to make this event happen. Sign-up
is required by August 15. Interested performers and
people interested in ticket information, can call
616-245-6191 or contact Argie by e-mail at
chibroad@sbcglobal.net. A portion of the proceeds
will benefit the agency.
Essence Of Elegance, On Our Way Again
We’re on the way again to a New York Fall Excursion
Trip, on Wednesday October 22, 2008 — Sunday October 26,
2008. Includes Christmas Shopping, Sightseeing Tours,
Garment District, Hudson Cruise, Times Square, Harlem
and more. Trip includes 3 nights accommodations at
Residence Inn with free breakfast, Round trip motor
coach. Call now to reserve your seat. Call Martha
616-454-4927 or Beverly 616-247-6814 for more
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Family Fun Festival
Acts Gospel Outreach Ministries, Pastor Moses Alexande,r
presents Family Fun Festival at John Ball Park Zoo, 1300
W. Fulton St. Grand Rapids, MI 49504, September 13,
2008, 11:30am until 5:00pm. Everything is free: food,
popcorn, sno cones, bounce houses, raffles, face
painting, and much more. School supplies will be given
out along with backpacks and thousands of pounds of
food. Come out, bring your family and friends, and tell
your neighbors
“With This Ring 2008” Marriage Conference
Community Bible Baptist Church presents “With This Ring
2008” Marriage Conference on September 12-14, 2008 at
the Embassy Suites Hotel, Troy Michigan. Speaker— Pastor
Charlie Selmon, Jr. This conference is for all adults,
marrieds, singles, friends, relatives, co-workers, etc.
There will be several sessions. Cost will include 2
nights in the King Suites at the Embassy Suites, Full
breakfast, Elegant Saturday Banquet and All workshop
materials. Brochures including registration information
available by contacting Community Bible Baptist Church
at 811 Wealthy St. SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49506 or call
(616) 451-8237.
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