Albany Area Community Calendar —March 13-21, 2016

CIVIC CLUBS

If you would like the speaker at your club listed, please email us the name and any organization the speaker represents by 5 p.m. Wednesday before Sunday publication (5 p.m. Tuesday on holiday weeks). Email the information to [email protected].

Albany Golden K Kiwanis Club meets 10 a.m.-11 a.m. Wednesday at 2509 Homewood Drive. Program:

Albany Kiwanis Club meets noon Wednesday in room C 252 at Darton State College, 2400 Gillionville Road. Contact Roger Marietta at (229) 894-2425.

Albany Lions Club meets at 11:45 a.m. Tuesday at Golden Corral, 2524 Archwood Drive. Contact Connie Houseman at (229) 347-3196.

Albany Rotary Club meets noon Thursday at Doublegate Country Club. Program:

Dougherty County Rotary Club meets noon Tuesday at Doublegate Country Club. Speaker

Exchange Club of Albany, chartered in 1936, meets at noon Friday at the Exchange Club Fairgrounds, 810 S. Westover Blvd.

Kiwanis Club of Dougherty County meets 11:30 a.m. Monday at Hilton Garden Inn, 101 Front St., Albany. Contact David Shivers at (229) 698-4253.Program: Bill Sadler — “Get Less Involved & More Engaged.”

Kiwanis Club of Lee County meets at noon Thursday at Grand Isle Club, 270 Grand Isle Drive. Contact Gene Goldsmith at (229) 888-7802.

MEETINGS

AA—Albany Central Group meets at noon and 7:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 12:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sunday at 427 Flint Ave.

AA—Homewood Group meets 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday at St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church, 4800 Old Dawson Road.

AA—Unity Group meets at noon Monday-Saturday at 314 Flint Ave., at the St. Paul’s Episcopal Church community house.

AA—Unity Group (women only meetings) meets at 10 a.m. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday and also Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. at 314 Flint Ave. at the St. Paul’s Episcopal Church community house.

AA—Unity—Sunday night meets at 7:30 p.m. today at 314 Flint Ave. at the St. Paul’s Episcopal Church community house.

Air Force Sergeants Association, Chapter 451 and Auxiliary Chapter A451, meets at 1:30 p.m. March 21 at American Legion Post 30. Open to enlisted USAF personnel, National Guard Reserve, prior service and retirees. Spouses and surviving spouses invited to attend. Contact Jack Tresslar, (229) 854-9688 or Charlie Jones, (229) 878-6475.

Al-Anon meets at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Covenant Presbyterian Church, 2126 Edgewater Drive.

Al-Anon meets 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church, 4800 Old Dawson Road.

Alateen meets 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Youth Room at St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church, 4800 Old Dawson Road.

Albany Chorale community chorus meets 7 p.m. Monday at Darton College, Building F, room 115. Contact (229) 432-6019 or visit www.albanychorale.org.

The Albany Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol, an official auxiliary of the Air Force, meets at 7 p.m. Monday at Southwest Georgia Regional Airport. The squadron is recruiting volunteers. Cadet members, ages 12-18, fly, learn to lead, perform search and rescue, and get in shape. Cadets meet two hours weekly and one Saturday monthly, and have opportunities to attend leadership training, career academies and other activities during the summer. Visit www.gocivilairpatrol.com/index.cfm or contact Lt. Col. Jim Shaw, (229) 881-7744, or Lt. Col. Fred Broome, (229) 449-1259.

Albany Community Toastmasters Club meets at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Community Policing Center, 1721 E. Oglethorpe Ave. Contact (229) 787-0014.

Albany Daylily Society meets at noon on Saturday at Phoebe East Conference Center, 2410 Sylvester Road. Pot-luck luncheon. Program: Mark and Patty Franklin of MP Flower Garden in Alpharetta will discuss their daylily and iris garden and his hybridizing. Contact (229) 436-3753.

Albany Sickle Cell Foundation meets 4 p.m. Tuesday at 1306 S. Slappey Blvd., Suite B. Contact (229) 432-7528 or (229) 430-2845.

Albany Flying Club meets Monday at 6 p.m. in the Albany Airport Conference Room. Anyone interesting in flying is welcome. Information: Contact Larry Robinson at (229) 395-5127.

Albany State University Toastmasters Club 5091 meets 10 a.m.-noon Saturday in room 172 of the ACAD Building at ASU. Contact (229) 255-6331.

Artesian Toastmasters Club meets at noon Thursday at Marine Corps Logistics Base-Albany. Contact (229) 639-8324.

Ask an Expert — Life Changer classes: 5:30 p.m.-7 p.m., Mondays and Tuesdays, GraceWay Education Addiction/Recovery Outreach Center, 411 W. Tift Ave. Contact (229) 446-4550.

Aspire Behavioral Health & Developmental Disability Services Board meets 3 p.m. Tuesday at Aspire Behavioral Health Building, room 102, 601 11th Ave., Albany. Open to public. Contact (229) 430-4005 or visit www.albanycsb.org.

Daffodil Garden Club meets 11 a.m. Tuesday at Federated Garden Center on Fifth Avenue in Albany. The club’s meeting this month is a special design program event. Tickets to attend are $20 each, which includes the program, a luncheon, a silent auction and the opportunity to win door prizes. Contact (229) 436-6888.

Darton State College Concert Band rehearses 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Tuesday in Humanities Building room F113, 2400 Gillionville Road, Albany. Community members invited to join without audition.

Divorce Care support group meets 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m. Wednesday at Sherwood Baptist Church, 2201 Whispering Pines Road, free child care available. Contact (229) 883-1910, ext. 217.

Flint River Model Railroad Club meets at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Raleigh White Baptist Church in Albany. During each meeting members work on various aspects of model railroading and have a program focusing on promoting railroad history through modeling. Contact Jimmie Swann at (229) 883-3517.

Fort Valley State University Albany Area Alumni Chapter meets 10 a.m. Saturday at Carter’s Grill restaurant, with breakfast at 9:30 a.m. Contact Mary Wright at (229) 669-2911 or TeShaunda Hannor-Walker at (478) 952-9438.

Friendship Force meets at 6:30 p.m. March 21 at Covenant Presbyterian Church meeting room next to the gym. Bring a covered dish. Contact (229) 432-7715. No meetings in July and August and December.

Good Life Drum Circle meets 4 p.m.-5 p.m. Saturday at Riverfront Park, 112 S. Front St. Bring your rhythm, drums or other percussion instruments and chairs. No drumming experience necessary.

Helping Our Veterans meets 7 p.m. Wednesday at 1721 E. Oglethorpe Blvd., Albany. Contact (229) 878-6243.

Marine Corps League of Albany meets at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at River Point Golf Course Club House, located at 801 River Pointe Drive, Albany. All former and active duty Marines and FMF Corpsmen are invited. Contact Tim McClelland at (229) 869-7119.

MOPS International (Mothers of Preschoolers), which provides food and fellowship for expectant mothers and mothers with children up to 5-years-old, along with child care for children, meet 6 p.m.-8 p.m. Tuesday at Gillionville Baptist Church, 4614 Gillionville Road, Albany. Women do not need to be members of Gillionville, or any church, to participate. Membership is $40 per year (some scholarships available), but no cost for first visit. Contact the church office, (229) 435-9738, for additional information or Mary Lombard, (229) 869-2343, for registration.

National Active and Retired Federal Employees, Chapter 643 meets at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Knights of Columbus, 2009 Gillionville Road. Lunch buffet is available. March 16 program: Doug Lorber of Albany Audiology.

Shamrocks Barbershop Quartet rehearsal 5:30 p.m.-7 p.m. Thursday at St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church, 4800 Old Dawson Road. All men who enjoy singing are invited to attend. Contact Joe Wingard, (229) 376-1030.

Shire of Ravenwood, the Albany branch of The Society for Creative Anachronism established in 1978, is an educational group dedicated to the study and re-creation of the Middle Ages (600 to 1600). Meets 3 p.m. March 20 at Turtle Park behind the CVB Visitor Center on Front Street.

Sons of Confederate Veterans meets 6 p.m. March 21 at Golden Corral Restaurant in Albany. Potential members invited. Contact James W. King at (229) 854-1944 or [email protected].

Sunbelt Photo Club of Albany is a nonprofit local organization of imaging enthusiasts of all skill levels who meet at 7 p.m. Thursday in Education Room 1 at Phoebe North in Albany. Sunbelt Photo Club presents various “how-to” programs pertaining to photography, shares images and food, plans photographic field trips and discusses equipment. Membership is open to the public, and annual dues are $20. Contact Alan White at (229) 883-3191.

Survivor’s Support Group: 2 p.m. Tuesday. Education, support and advocacy group for those experiencing issues related to domestic violence/dating violence and physical and emotional abuse. Confidential. Call (229) 439-7094 for information and location.

Take Off Pounds Sensibly Ga. No. 245, a weight-management group, meets at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at Byne Memorial Baptist Church. Contact Faye Vick at (229) 787-5252.

TOPS GA No. 170 Putney meets 6 p.m. Monday at Putney Community Center. Contact Theresa Henderson at (229) 439-9715.

Weight Watchers: Meetings are held at 414 N. Westover Blvd., Suite D. Weigh In Times: Monday, 5:30 p.m. – 6 p.m.; Thursday, 11 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.; Friday, 9 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.; Saturday, 8:30 a.m. – 9 a.m. Go to WeightWatchers.com for meeting and weigh in times.

REUNIONS

A planning meeting for the 2016 Fitzgerald National Guard Reunion will be held at 9 a.m. Monday at Floyd’s ​Resturant. The reunion is set for April 16.

The Albany High School Class of 1966 is planning its 50th Reunion for April 22-23, 2016. Contact [email protected] or [email protected].

BLOOD DRIVES

The American Red Cross has these blood drives scheduled in South Georgia this month. Especially needed are donations of blood types O negative, A negative and B negative, as well as platelets and type AB plasma.

Thursday: 2 p.m.-7 p.m., Turner County Civic Center, 601 E. Madison St., Ashburn;

Friday: 2 p.m.-7 p.m., Albany Mall, 2601 Dawson Road, Albany; 3 p.m.-7 p.m., Margaret Jones Library, 205 E. Pope St., Sylvester;

March 22: 10 a.m.- 2 p.m., South Georgia Technical College, 402 N. Midway Road, Cordele; 2 p.m.-7 p.m., Bell Plantation, 7902 Magnolia Industrial Blvd., Tifton;

March 23: 9 a.m.- 2 p.m., Southern Regional Technical College, 52 Tech Drive, Tifton;

March 25: 9 a.m.- 2 p.m., Terrell County High School, 201 Greenwave Blvd., Dawson;

March 29: 11 a.m.- 4 p.m., Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, 2802 Moore Highway, Tifton;

March 31: 1:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m., Porterfield Methodist Church, 2200 Dawson Road, Albany; 11 a.m.- 4 p.m., Dorminy Medical Center, 200 Perry House Road, Fitzgerald; 3 p.m.-7 p.m., Omega Baptist Church, 219 Oak St., Omega.

GARDENING

Annual Plant Swap and Shop: 9 a.m.-noon, April 2, Federated Garden Club Center, 808 5th Ave. Bring a plant to exchange/swap and then browse our garden items for sale. Proceeds to directly benefit the Garden Club Center repairs. Experienced gardeners available to help with plant problems and to identify plants and bushes. No admission cost. Sponsored by the Women’s Garden Clubs of Albany.

MUSIC

Piano Lessons: The Albany State University Early Learning Center now offers piano lessons for all ages in the afternoons and on weekends. Lessons cost $40 per session. Contact the center at (229) 430-2792.

HEALTH/FITNESS

American Heart Association Healthcare Provider CPR Courses for certification and recertification are available. Cost is $45 and certification is valid for two years. Contact (229) 883-0024 or email [email protected].

Gentle Yoga Class for Women Cancer Survivors is held 1 p.m.-2 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays at Albany YMCA; fee, $29 per month. Contact (229) 312-0042.

Hula Hooping for Women Cancer Survivors is held 7 p.m. Mondays. Fee $15 per month or $5 per class. For location and more information, call Candy Reid at (229) 889-0313 or visit www.hoopsforhealing.com.

Fire Safety classes meet twice monthly at 2401-C4 Dawson Road. Cost $15 per person. Contact Velma Raven at (229) 881-7600.

Infant Swimming Resource classes will be held at the Country Inn and Suites throughout the year. Contact (229) 343-7982, email [email protected] or visit www.infantswim.com.

VOLUNTEERING

Cancer Coalition of South Georgia exists to prevent cancer and increase survival among the people of South Georgia through community-based services, education, research and outreach with all funds and services remaining in the 32-county region. Volunteers are being sought to to assist with planning for the following upcoming events: Albany Night for Hope, Feb. 6, 2016, Hilton Garden Inn; Valdosta Night for Hope, March 5, 2016, Valdosta State University Ballroom. Contact Doris at [email protected] or call (229) 312-1700.

Albany Area YMCA seeks volunteers in youth sports, aquatics, fitness, fundraising and facilities management. Contact Tracy Wallace at (229) 436-0531, ext. 212.

Albany Civil Rights Institute is seeking volunteers.

Albany Community Hospice is seeking volunteers interested in providing patient support and companionship. Contact (229) 312-7050.

Albany Museum of Art is seeking volunteers to assist in answering telephones, greeting visitors, creating and assembling mailings, events, projects and exhibitions. Contact (229) 439-8400.

Albany Symphony Association is seeking volunteers for various opportunities. Contact (229) 430-8933 or email [email protected].

Alzheimer’s Caregivers Time Out needs volunteers on Friday afternoons and Tuesday afternoons.

Evergreen Assisted Living needs volunteers.

Faith Community Outreach Center needs volunteers to work in building maintenance, data entry, dietitian assistant and clerk, filing clerk, receptionist and recreational assistant. Contact Janice Thompson or Leslie Revill at (229) 436-0807.

Flint River Chapter of the American Red Cross needs volunteers to assist with answering phones and general office work. Also needed are volunteers to help with fundraisers, mailings, special events and disaster assistance in 24 counties. Contact Wanda at (229) 924-2026.

Flint RiverQuarium needs volunteers for a number of positions throughout the facility.

Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia has various volunteer opportunities from leading a troop to chaperoning a trip to teaching a workshop. Contact 1-800-448-4762 or (229) 432-9188.

Habitat for Humanity is seeking volunteers.

Lee County Headstart needs various volunteers.

Lily Pad SANE Center is seeking CASA volunteers to work with abused and neglected children who are served through the Juvenile Court System, as well as volunteer advocates. Contact (229) 435-0074.

Morningside of Albany is looking for volunteers. Please contact Becky Hendricks at (229) 483-0325. Morningside is located at 1721 Beattie Road.

Palmyra Nursing Home needs volunteers to help with activities for residents.

Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital is looking for volunteers. Contact Volunteer Services at (229) 312-4336 (Main Campus) or (229) 312-4331 (North Campus).

Salvation Army needs volunteers to help serve meals. Contact Faye Turney at (229) 435-1428 Ext. 14 or email [email protected] to sign up.

Stitches from the Heart seeks volunteers to knit, crochet or quilt blankets, small sweaters and hats for babies, which will be donated to hospitals throughout the nation. Patterns available. Contact (877) 985-9212, email [email protected], visit www.StitchesFromTheHeart.org or write 3316 Pico, Santa Monica, Calif., 90405.

Thronateeska Heritage Center is accepting volunteers to work in its planetarium, museums and the archives. Volunteers can also gain experience in education, administrative work and customer service. Contact Alex La Pierre at (229) 432-6955 or at [email protected].

Wynfield Park Health & Rehab is seeking volunteers who can play cards, chess or teach crocheting to a resident. Contact Martha Hale at (229) 435-0741.

NOTICES

A Bible study group for men and women wanting to improve their lives is forming in the Albany area. Contact John Harrington at (661) 208 1189.

Affinis Hospice is a new Southwest Georgia growing company serving over 20 counties. They are looking for volunteers interested in office support and providing support to patients and families. Call (229) 435-2109 for more information.

American Cherokee Confederacy is accepting members with 1/16 or more of Indian heritage. Contact (229) 787-5722 or contact the tribal office at 619 Pine Cone Road.

Albany Paratransit System provides transportation for disabled, elderly and ADA-certified citizens for trips to doctors appointments, jobs, shopping or visiting family and friends. Contact (229) 430-5182 or visit www.albany.ga.us.

Sons of Confederate Veterans organization is accepting members. Free family tree research and documentation of Confederate ancestor. Contact James W. King, (229) 854-1944 or [email protected].

Flint River Chapter of the American Red Cross provides 24-hour personal response services for area senior citizens. The service provides a small, lightweight, waterproof device that can be worn on the neck or wrist and contains a button that, when pushed, provides personal support, especially in a medical emergency. Contact Nigel Poole at (229) 924-2026.

Narconon has a free brochure on the signs of addiction for all types of drugs. Narconon also offers free screenings and referrals. Call (800) 431-1754 or visit Prescription-abuse.org.

The Community Calendar is a summary of non-entertainment upcoming events published Sundays in SouthView. (Our Coming Up Calendar features upcoming entertainment events and runs Wednesdays.) If you have an item for the Community Calendar, please submit it by 5 p.m. Monday before publication. Submissions must be concise and emailed to [email protected]; faxed to (229) 888-9357, Attn. SouthView; or dropped by our office at 126 N. Washington St. Because of space constraints, items that are not time-sensitive or new may not appear each week.