Kern United Methodist Church has an alternative craft fair on Saturday. It starts at 9 a.m. and ends at 2 p.m.
A press release said the fair will offer shoppers the chance to get unique gifts that make a difference; help provide income, hope, and dignity for some of the world’s poorest people; provide stewardship of the Earth’s resources; and support local and global programs that change lives.
Roane State students collected food for local food drives. Front row, from left, are students Rebekah Sullivan and Kelli Green, medical transcription program director Linda Marsh, students Paul Charpie and Summer Hammontree, dental hygiene program director Melinda Gill, and students Emily Scruggs and Jessica Ankrom. (Submitted photo)
Students in Roane State Community College’s dental hygiene program and medical transcription program teamed up to collect food for area food banks.
The academic programs are located at the college’s Oak Ridge campus. The students collected the donations for various food drives in Oak Ridge.
“The project gives students an awareness of people who have a need,” said Linda Marsh, director of the medical transcription program. “We are in a depressed economy, and I think it’s important for students to give back to the community.”
Vere Henry, arranger and director of Carib Sounds, from the Caribbean island of Antigua. (Submitted photo)
The 11th annual gala at the Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge on Dec. 7 will feature the flavors and rhythms of Jamaica.
The evening will feature a steel drum band, a Jamaican meal, auctions, the Oak Ridge High School Chorus, and an ORHS String Quartet.
The gala, which starts at 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, will benefit the Children’s Museum. This year’s theme is “Jamaica: Rhythm ‘n Paradise,” a press release said.
Guests will be entertained by the steel drum band Carib Sounds and island dancers, the press release said.
Ceramic artist Linda Sullivan, an Oak Ridge resident and member of the Foothills Craft Guild, is one of the artists who will be featured at the ORUUC Craft Fair on Sunday. (Submitted photo)
The Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church will have a Holiday Craft Fair on Sunday.
It’s scheduled from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the ORUUC Social Hall, a press release said.
“A longtime community favorite, the ORUUC Holiday Craft Fair has become a source of inspiration and a place of diversity and discovery in selecting those ‘only one of its kind’ gifts for those special people on one’s holiday gift list,” the release said.
The Craft Fair will feature the work of some of the region’s finest artists who work with glass, ceramic, wood, quilts, and other hand-sewn items, the release said. Photographs will be available for purchase.
Santa will be on the Secret City Excursion Train in west Oak Ridge for the next two weekends. (Submitted photo)
For the next two weekends, a train ride that starts in west Oak Ridge and rolls north of the former K-25 site in Roane County will feature a special guest—Santa.
“Santa will leave his sleigh in the garage and climb aboard the Secret City Scenic Excursion Train,” a press release said. “He’s sure to delight all the children as he and Mrs. Claus make their way through the coaches passing out Christmas gift bags and posing for pictures with the children.”
Santa will be the excursion rides that run Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 1 and 2, and again Dec. 8 and 9. The Southern Appalachia Railway Museum volunteers will have the train “all decked out in true holiday style to add to the enjoyment of the trips and the season.”
The St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Oak Ridge has a Christmas bazaar this weekend.
The bazaar will feature a wonderful selection of gifts, gourmet foods, and holiday decor, a press release said. Featured items are expected to range from art, jewelry, books, and compact discs to baked goods, bird feeders, jewelry boxes, candy, and soaps and bath products.
The American Museum of Science and Energy is offering free admission and a free movie Friday night.
The free movie is “King Kong vs. Godzilla,” a 1962 film about a pharmaceutical company that captures King Kong and brings him to Japan, where he escapes from captivity and battles a recently released Godzilla.
The Oak Ridge Breakfast Rotary Club recently presented its Service Above Self award to John Auxier, second from left. Also pictured from left are Linda Brown, Tonya Vargas, Jim Michels, and Michael McCutchens. (Photo by D. Ray Smith)
The Oak Ridge Breakfast Rotary Club recently selected John Auxier as the winner of the 2012 Service Above Self Award.
The award, presented at an October meeting, is unique because it is not given to Rotarians but instead to people or organizations that give outstanding volunteer service to the community, a press release said.
“This award is also distinctive in that it is not an annual award but is instead only given when the award committee believes there is a worthy recipient,” the release said.
The Oak Ridge Community Band will have its annual Christmas sing-along concert at 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 16, at the First Baptist Church.
The free concert will be in the church’s sanctuary, and there will be free refreshments at the end of the performance, a press release said.
The Roane State Community College’s annual holiday concert is scheduled for the second weekend in December.
The holiday concert includes two performances, one at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, and the other at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9, in the O’Brien Theatre on the college’s Roane County campus in Harriman.
Joan Cronan
Joan Cronan, University of Tennessee women’s athletic director emeritus, will be the speaker at the League of Women Voters of Oak Ridge holiday brunch on Sunday, Dec. 2.
“Under the vision and direction of Cronan, the University of Tennessee Lady Vols have garnered a reputation as one of the most visible and respected programs throughout the nation,” a press release said.
Brunch reservations are due by Monday, Nov. 26. They can be made by calling Maryann Mulvenon at (865) 482-3153.
Oak Ridge Kiwanis Toy Drive Project Chair Felicia Langley, right, and Kiwanis President Mark Hembree collect toys at the Enrichment Federal Credit Union. (Submitted photo)
The Kiwanis Club of Oak Ridge is collecting toys, games, books, stuffed animals, and movies through Friday to give to the Holiday Bureau.
The Holiday Bureau distributes them to families with children before Christmas, selecting recipients based on household income.
The Holiday Bureau will start distributing the toys on Dec. 6. Parents may select one new and some used items for each child. These are usually the only presents the children will receive, a Kiwanis press release said.
Oak Ridge Kiwanis Toy Drive Project Chair Felicia Langley will be collecting toys through Friday, Nov. 30, at the Enrichment Federal Credit Union, 201 S. Illinois Avenue, the release said. Toys will be taken to the Holiday Bureau before a Tuesday, Dec. 4, Kiwanis toy moving project. Checks can be made payable to the Holiday Bureau and could be marked Kiwanis Toy Drive.
