BEA Community Calendar for the Week of 2/2/23
The Middleton Library Crafternoon for Adults: Tuesday, February 7th @ 1:00. Come & Craft Together! Bring your favorite craft and craft with others! Do you crochet? Scrapbook? Make jewelry? Teach others your craft or just come to be together with other crafters. ***We will also be sewing grow bags for gardening out of old t-shirts (provided)--PLEASE BRING NEEDLE, THREAD AND A THIMBLE*** Preschool Storytime: Thursday, February 9th @ 1:00. Join us for Storytime for Preschoolers! We will be reading winter stories and we’ll have fun activities and treats! Book Club for Adults: Friday, February 10th @ 1:00 This month’s Book Club Pick: Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly Copies of the book will be available for checkout at the library. (Will meet monthly; 2nd Friday of every month). Family Movie Day: Saturday, February 11th @ 11:00 Come one, come all! We’ll be watching a family-friendly movie in our new library addition! (We haven’t chosen the movie yet). Basic Tai Chi: Fridays in February @ 12:00. Our Hardeman County Extension Agent will be with us to do an introduction to Basic Tai Chi. The classes will last one hour every Friday, January 13th--March 3rd. Basic Chair Yoga for Arthritis: Wednesday, February 15th @ 12:00 Our Hardeman county Extension Agent will be with us to do an introduction to Basic Chair Yoga. The classes will last one hour. STEM Class With Kasi: Thursday, February 16th @ 4:00 Kids! We will have fun activities using S.T.E.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics). Kasi will do hands-on learning with participants. It’s going to be so much fun!! And it’s all free! Ages 6-13 Gardening classes for adults and children will be March 16, 23, and April 13 and 20 at noon each day. Needed items are paper towel tubes, paper plates, paper towels, solo cups (16 and 20 oz.), bags of potting soil, seeds (especially tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, zucchini, peppers, mustard, turnip greens, basil, marigolds, and dill), gardening hand tools, watering cans (regular and child size), and other gardening supplies. For more information, call the Middleton Community Library at 731-376-0680.
The Hardeman County Commission for Black History will have its annual February Black History Month Activities, with the theme of “Black Resistance”. The first activity will be The Annual Banquet on Saturday, February 11 at Dixie Hills Baptist Church. The Annual Musical will be on Sunday, February 19. (The location has yet to be determined). The final activity will be The Annual County-Wide Worship Service on Sunday, February 26 at Union Hill Baptist Church. These activities will aid in the Elizabeth W. Lake Memorial Scholarship Fund.
Loaves and Fishes Food Bank needs all non-perishable food items. Call 609-2397 to drop off your donations. Canned fruit and protein items are most needed.
The Bolivar Elementary Pancake Day will be February 25 from 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Bolivar Elementary School. Takeout only.
Bolivar Masonic Lodge #608 meets the 1st Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m. Grand Junction Community Walk every second Saturday of the month at the city park, if it rains it will be at the Old Cotton Gin.
The Warrior Center in Bolivar on North Water Street needs donations of men’s hygiene products like bar soap, body wash, shampoo, toothpaste and toothbrushes; Men’s clothing like shirts, pants, shoes, socks, and underwear; cleaning supplies like dish soap, multipurpose cleaners, bleach, laundry soap, fabric softener, window cleaner, air fresheners, Lysol disinfectant, Comet, Ajax, paper towels, and Pinesol; Vehicles in good running condition, preferably multi-purpose vans (a receipt will be provided with tax id for donation purposes) notebook paper, spiral notebooks, ink pens, Bibles, computers, tools, and other household items. For more information, call 731-212-0259. For Meals on Wheels assistance, please call the Southwest Human Resource Agency at 658-9292.