COMMUNITY CALENDAR

TODAY 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, today 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. SATURDAY Saving Our Streets will hold a winter coat drive on Saturday at Hop N’ Shop, 301 Calhoun Ave. Winter coats for children and adults will be accepted. For more information contact Minister Selahdeen Muhhammed at 706-388-0212. Oak Hill and the Martha Berry Museum will lead historic walking tours of Berry College on Saturday. The tours will begin behind Hermann Hall and will depart at 1 p.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. The tour is 2 miles at a moderate walking pace. It consists of recently restored historic buildings and will include refreshments served on the back porch of the Roosevelt Cabin. Tourists are advised to wear comfortable shoes and be prepared to climb stairs as well as negotiate uneven walkways. Tour admission is $5 for adults and $2 for children. The tour is free for Berry students, faculty, staff and alumni. Interested parties may pre-register by calling 706-368-6705 or by sending an email to rmclucas@berry.edu. Space is limited. The Summerville Renaissance Festival will be held Saturday from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Admission is free. Activities include live entertainment, shopping, art, games and food. Renaissance Performers from Georgia, Tennessee and South Carolina will be participating on five different stages. Over 37 live musical and special acts are scheduled throughout the day. For more information visit www. summervillega.org. Making Waves for Mental Health is this year’s theme of the NAMIWalks Rome event on Saturday. 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. UPCOMING Mackey Masonic Lodge No. 120, 8 Craven St., Cave Spring, will host a family night to honor wives, widows and veterans Monday. Dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. For more information contact Kenneth Agan at 770-366-7290. The Ridge & Valley Storytelling Guild will host A Time to Tell on Monday from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in the Oostanaula Room at the Rome-Floyd County Library, 205 Riverside Parkway. Rome Seven Hills Rotary will meet on Nov. 7 at noon at Coosa Country Club, 110 Branham Ave. Darlington Head of School Brent Bell will present a program on the future of education using the Cycle of Learning model. The Youth Committee will meet for minutes, membership, performance report, fiscal report, goals and objectives, and other items on Nov. 8 at Georgia Northwestern Technical College, 1151 Ga. 53 Spur, Calhoun. 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 North Rome Community Action Committee will meet Nov. 9 at 6 p.m. at the Community Kitchen, 4 Calhoun Ave. The committee has the goal of improving the quality of life for the citizens of North Rome and celebrating neighborhood improvements. For more information call Charles Love at 706290-3437. The Berry College Jazz Ensemble will present “A Night of Afro-Cuban Jazz” at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 9 in the Ford Auditorium at Berry College, 2277 Martha Berry Highway. The Ensemble, directed by Director of Jazz and Percussion Studies John David, will perform pieces by Dizzy Gillespie and Tito Puente. Drummer and percussionist Frankie Quinones will be performing as a guest artist. The concert is free and open to the public. The Promoting Access for Individuals with Disabilities Committee will meet for minutes, brochure, goals and objectives and other items on Nov. 9 at 10 a.m. at Vocational Rehabilitation, 450 Riverside Parkway, Suite 200. To list an event email RomeNewsTribune@RN-T. com or call 706-290-5252. To have an event listed in Roman Record as well, please send it at least 10 days in advance.