Take AARP Smart Driver courses

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Refresh your driving skills and knowledge. The award-winning AARP Smart Driver four-hour course not only updates your awareness of new road design, traffic laws and how to adjust your driving to compensate for physical changes, but it may also qualify you for a multiyear discount on your car insurance. The class costs $20 for AARP members and $25 for non-members. Call or text Margaret at (830) 308-9241 for registration for the June 22 course at Jeffords Insurance, 40 N. Mill St., Manning, or Kelly at (803) 566-3141 for registration for the course at United Methodist Church, 17 E. Rigby St, Manning.

Complement your AARP Smart Driver course with a free CarFit event. CarFit is an assessment to improve your safety and comfort - and reduce the risk of injury during a crash - by making the proper adjustments to ensure your car "fits" you properly. The CarFit events follows the June 22 Smart Driver Course at Jeffords Insurance, 40 N. Mill St, Manning. You do not have to take the Smart Driver Course to attend. Call or text Margaret at (830) 308-9241 for registration.

Wateree Community Actions Inc. Head Start and Early Head Start programs serving low-income, disabled, homeless and foster children birth to 5 years old in Clarendon, Lee, Kershaw and Sumter counties is accepting applications for enrollment in Head Start and Early Head Start for the 2024-25 school year. Persons interested in enrolling their children should contact the Head Start Center serving their area of residence, call the administrative office of Watereee CAA Head Start Program at (803) 774-8520 or Early Head Start at (803) 440-8569 or apply online by clicking on the Head Start icon at www.wcai.org. Wateree Community Actions Inc. Head Start and Early Head Start Programs comply with the U.S. Department of Agriculture mandate that prohibits discrimination based on race, color, sex, age, disability or national origin. Transportation services are provided for children enrolled in the Head Start Program. Transportation services are not provided for Early Head Start.

The City of Sumter will hold its next community cleanup on Saturday, June 15, with everyone welcome to pitch in to beautify the city they live in. The remaining scheduled cleanup days for this year are on Saturdays: June 15, Aug. 17, Oct. 19 and Dec. 14. The city will provide supplies for volunteers and pick up the bags after the events. Fill out a volunteer form at https://tinyurl.com/fmxkavkp.

Sumter Senior Services will host a yard sale at 119 S. Sumter St. on Saturday, June 1, from 8 a.m. to noon. Come find your treasure in a little bit of everything from knickknacks, clothing, kitchen utensils, kitchenware, decorations, shoes, brand new items and slightly used items. Please contact Tamyra Walker Johnson or Gail Wilson at (803) 773-5508 if you would like to participate. Space is limited. The fee to rent a space is available for $10 (if you bring your own table) or $20 per table and space rental. All proceeds will benefit Sumter Senior Services Home-Delivered Meals and other senior programs.

The Sumter County Recreation Department offers after-school enrichment programs for ages 5-12 from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Monday-Friday for a session fee of $100 per participant at the following locations: Catchall-Shaw Community Center, Cherryvale Community Center, DeLaine Community Center, Eastern Community Center, Ebenezer Community Center, Rembert/Rafting Creek Community Center, Salterstown Community Center. Call (803) 436-2248 for information. Session II will be held until May 22, 2024.

Clarendon County Healthy Counties Advisory Council in partnership with HopeHealth and McLeod Health Clarendon will hold a Men's Expo with free health screenings on Saturday, June 29, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Clarendon County Recreational Gym.

If you have any used bicycles you no longer want, donate them to be fixed up and given to children and 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.