Community Briefs For January 13, 2011
By: Stephen Crews
Updated: January 13, 2011
"Souper" Bowl 2011 is now officially underway. Enterprise State Community College's Phi Beta Lambda Business Club will hold a soup drive in partnership with the Wiregrass United Way Area Food Bank.
Our donations will be used in a brown bag program called "Souper Bowl of Caring" to help low income elderly residents in Coffee, Dale, and Geneva County. We will be the drop off location for the Enterprise Area.
Boxes will placed around campus next week. For directions or questions call (334)347-2623 ext 2282.
Contestants Needed For Ms. Senior Wiregrass Pageant
SARCOA is looking for women age 60 or older to participate in the 2011 Ms. Senior Wiregrass Pageant.
The pageant, co-sponsored by the City of Dothan, will be held March 22, 2011 at 6:30 p.m. at the Dothan Opera House. Contestant registration deadline is Feb. 4, and spaces are limited. Contestant entry fee is $35.
The Ms. Senior Wiregrass Pageant celebrates graceful aging through intelligence, wisdom, talent and poise. Contestants must live in Barbour, Coffee, Covington, Dale, Geneva, Henry or Houston County and been a resident of Alabama for at least six months.
The winner of the Ms. Senior Wiregrass Pageant will move on to compete in the Ms. Senior Alabama pageant to be held during the summer. Participation in the state competition is encouraged but not mandatory.
For more information or to sign up, contact Tara Spallino at 334-793-6843.
Funds raised by the pageant support SARCOA’s Alabama Cares program for caregiver assistance.
Corporate sponsorships are available, starting at $200.
For more information on the Ms. Senior Wiregrass pageant or other programs and events sponsored by SARCOA, visit our website at www.sarcoa.org<http://www.sarcoa.org>.
Second Annual Wiregrass Black History Honors Banquet
The Community leaders of the Wiregrass area are working together to bring the 2nd Annual Wiregrass Black History Honors. We would like to extend this invitation to you to be apart of this event.
The awards banquet will honor all races and denominations February 12, 2011 at The Cultural Art Center 901South Saint Andrews Dothan, Alabama 36303 beginning at 2:00 p.m.
We
are honoring the children through out the seven county Wiregrass area
who have worked hard and are making a difference in their community. The
awards will not
be based on a nominee’s profession, but actual contributions to
community service. The youth nominations will be based on scholastic
achievement and star performance volunteering in their community.
Wiregrass Habitat For Humanity Golf Tournament
Wiregrass Habitat for
Humanity will celebrate our 11th Annual Charity Golf Tournament on
Friday, March 4, 2011 at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Highlands
Oaks. The first tournament of the year.
This year’s tournament will hold many great opportunities for the
enjoyment of sponsors and golfers alike. There will be prizes for first,
second, and third places net and gross, longest drive, hit the green,
and closest to the pin. There will also be a Hammer
Challenge and door prizes.
All proceeds will benefit Wiregrass Habitat for Humanity and will help
us continue our mission of eliminating substandard housing in the
Wiregrass.
Please consider participating in the 11th Annual Wiregrass Habitat for
Humanity Charity Golf Tournament. If you need further information,
please contact me at (334) 792-8453 or email me .
On the surface, this tournament is simply raising money for a Good
cause, but what it is really raising are Walls and Roofs and
Expectations. Together we can make significant changes in our community.
One house at a Time.
