Around town: Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024
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Prisma Health Tuomey Hospice is always seeking volunteers to serve during end-of-life care in patients' homes. Volunteers serve as companions for patients and respite for caregivers. No medical care is provided by volunteers. Contact Lorianna Steele for more information, (803) 904-6315 or lorianna.steele@prismahealth.org.
The South Carolina Education Association Retired is seeking new members. The group meets at 11 a.m. at the North HOPE Center, 904 N. Main St., every fourth Wednesday of the month unless otherwise specified. Dates for the 2024-25 year are: In 2024, Nov. 20 and Dec. 18; and in 2025, Jan. 22, Feb. 26, March 26 and May 28. Contact Ernestine Mickens at (803) 840-2156 for further information.
On Saturday, Nov. 9, from noon to 5 p.m., support the restoration of Pleasant Grove school with a fish fry at 1012 Joe Marie Road, Alcolu. Buy fried fish, grab stylish T-shirts or hoodies, and snuggle up in cozy handwoven blankets. For more detailed information about the event, visit the official webpage at Hpgschool.org or send an email to hpgschool12@gmail.com. Pleasant Grove Restoration Project Committee has been working on the building since February 2023. It was the first public school for African-American students in Clarendon County.
On Monday, Nov. 11, the Sumter County Veterans Association will host its annual Veterans Day Event. The Veterans Day Parade will start at the comer of Main and Bartlette streets and begins at 10 a.m., traveling down Main Street. The Veterans Day Ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. on the front lawn of the courthouse, and immediately following, vendors will host our meet and greet on the back lawn of the courthouse at 141 N. Main St., Sumter.
The Evening Optimist Club is accepting applications for the annual Sumter Christmas Parade which will be held on Sunday, Dec. 8, at 2 p.m. The theme for the 2024 Christmas Parade is "Believe." If your school, civic club, church, or business would like an application, please contact Gail Hyatt at (803) 983-3916, or via email, gailhyatt@sc.rr.com. Deadline for entry is Friday, Nov. 15.
If you have any used bicycles you no longer want, donate them to be fixed up and given to children at Christmas by dropping them off at any Sumter fire station in the city and county all year 'round. Palmetto Optimist Club is accepting the bicycles, in partnership with the Sumter Evening Optimist Club.
Moms of Sumter Addicts (MOSA) Prayer Group meets the second Thursday of each month from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Birnie Hope Center, 210 S. Purdy St., Sumter. This is not a step program or a self-help group but is a group of mothers of addicts spending time in prayer and working to understand and encourage the building of a personal support network. MOSA does not judge, criticize, give advice or discuss other members' situations. For information on the group, contact MOSA.prayer@gmail.com.