COMMUNITY CALENDAR

TODAY

The New Romans Club will hold a luncheon today at 11:15 a.m. at Coosa Country Club, 110 Branham Ave. Auburn Brasher, development director for the Northwest Georgia Boys & Girls Clubs, will be the guest speaker. Contact Ruth Patton at ruthpatton6277@ comcast.net or 706-2310131 for reservations. The cost is $19.

THURSDAY

The Lavender Mountain

Quilt Guild will meet Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the Charles Parker Senior Center, 1325 Kingston Highway, for its monthly business meeting. For information call Jean Bray at 706-844-3032.

The Rome African Violet

Study Group will meet at 1 p.m. on Thursday at the Rome Federated Garden Center, 100 E. Eighth St. The program is “The Basics for African Violet Growing Water, Lights and Soil.” For more information call 706295-4756.

FRIDAY

Mercy Care and Heyman HospiceCare at Floyd will host Hope for the

Holidays, a time of education, preparation and relaxation for those giving care or grieving the loss of a loved one, on Friday from 11 a.m.1:30 p.m. at 300 Chatillon Road. The event will include a light lunch, massages and door prizes. Contact Heyman HospiceCare at 706-509-3200. An RSVP is requested but not required. Third Street Ministries

will give away winter clothing to low income and homeless men and women in the parking lot of Rome First United Methodist Church, 202 E. Third Ave., on Nov. 4 from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. and Nov. 7 from 2-4 p.m.

UPCOMING

Saving Our Streets will hold a winter coat drive on Nov. 4 at Hop N’ Shop, 301 Calhoun Ave. Winter coats for children and adults will be accepted. For more information contact Minister Selahdeen Muhammed at 706-388-0212.

Making Waves for Mental

Health is this year’s theme of the NAMIWalks Rome event on Nov. 4. Registration will begin at 9 a.m. The 5K walk will start at 11 a.m. in Heritage Park. The purpose is to raise awareness and reduce stigma surrounding

mental illness as well as to raise donations that fund NAMI’s free educational courses and support groups.

Register at www.namiwalks. org/rome. For more information call Jim Moore at 706506-5010.

Mackey Mason Lodge

No. 120, 8 Craven St., Cave Spring, will host a family night to honor wives, widows and veterans on Nov. 6 at 6:30 p.m. Dinner will be served at 6:30. For more information contact Kenneth Agan at 770-366-7290.

The Ridge & Valley Storytelling Guild will host A Time to Tell on Nov. 6 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in the Oostanaula Room at the library, 205 Riverside Parkway. Share a story or listen to others tell theirs.

The Pepperell Class of

1958 will have a luncheon at the Landmark Restaurant, 2740 Martha Berry Highway, on Nov. 8 at 11:30 a.m. For more information call Eleanor Hardin Hamby at 706-232-8144.

The Rotary Club of

Rome will host PEDS-Safer Walking Community GA Walks Summit with Kemberli Sargent on Nov. 9. The club meets at noon at Coosa Country Club, 110 Branham Ave.

Chieftains Museum/ Major Ridge Home in partnership with the

Rome International Film Festival and the Georgia Humanities Council will

host Cherokee musician

Tommy Wildcat for performances on Nov. 9 and Nov. 11. Wildcat will perform prior to the opening film at the 14th annual Rome International Film Festival at the Historic DeSoto Theatre on Nov. 9 at 6 p.m. Tickets are $15 and may be purchased at riffga.com. On Nov. 11, Chieftains Museum, 501 Riverside Parkway, will host a free day from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Wildcat will perform at 1 p.m. For more information about these events or the museum visit www.chieftainsmuseum.org or call 706-291-9494.

Rome Day Reporting Center will hold its 26th commencement ceremony Nov. 9 at 6 p.m. at North Rome Church of God, 1929 N. Broad St.