Gardendale



August Alive

East Gardendale Baptist church, at 360 Tarrant Road, will host August Alive.

• Aug. 12: Dr. Charles T. Carter

• Aug. 19: Dr. John King

• Aug. 26: Children’s Night with Dr. Junior Hill

All services begin at 6 p.m. Special music and nursery provided each night. Call 608-0889.



Singing

Aug. 30, 1:30 p.m. Fieldstown Church of God is hosting a singing by the Gospel Enlighteners.



Tent revival

Sept. 5-6 Trip to Corinth, Miss., for tent revival. Leaving from Hamburger Heaven in Gardendale. Call J.R. Kennedy at 283-8679 or David Norris at 288-4365.



Reunion

Sept. 6, 2-4 p.m. The Campbell family reunion will be held in the Park Place building (behind Moncrief Cemetery) for the descendants of Jane and James Campbell and their children. Bring cakes, desserts or drinks. Utensils furnished. Call B.H. Cambell at 836-2082; send mail to 529 Ridge Road, Birmingham, AL, 35206; or email bhc35206@bellsouth.net.



Sports, Outdoors Dinner

Oct. 1, 6:30. Gardendale First Baptist Church will host the first Sports and Outdoors Dinner at the church. Old-fashioned fish fry with all the trimmings. Professional angler Randy Howell guest speaker. Tickets are $5, available at church’s Encouraging Word bookstore. Call Allen Oakley at 488-8716.



Angel Food

Angel Food participants can now purchase any special box without having to buy a regular box of Angel Food. Call David or Nita Clark at The Church Revived at 229-7421 or 229-7378.



Recovery Meetings

Celebrate Recovery meetings at Gardendale-Mt Vernon United Methodist Church every Thursday at 6:30 p.m. Call Paul Wiegert at 631-7631.



TOPS Meetings

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets Mondays, 6 p.m., in the Family Life Center of First Baptist Church, Room 2208. Led by Robert Pliner. Call 608-0606.

Historical info needed

The Gardendale Historical Society is looking for historical information and old pictures of Gardendale. The society meets the third Saturday of every month, 10 a.m., at the Gardendale-Martha Moore Public Library and always welcomes new members. Call Patsy Duncan, 608-3375.



Free Tot Shots

The Jefferson County Department of Health will host free tot shot clinics the fourth Thursday of each month at Gardendale First Baptist Church in the Family Life Center, 3-5 p.m.



Council Meetings

Gardendale City Council meets the first and third Monday of each month, 6 p.m., at Gardendale City Hall. Meetings are open to the public. Call 631-8789.



Mount Olive



Memorial Fund

The Scott West Memorial Fund has been opened at Superior Bank in Mt. Olive to benefit West’s family.



Free Child Care

There will be free child care in the Mt. Olive area for 3 and 4 year olds. The head start program is now enrolling for the summer. Regular full-day childcare is offered. Call 608-1661.



Fultondale



Founder’s Day

Aug. 22, 2-8 p.m. Founder’s Day will be held at Black Creek Park in Fultondale. No charge to attend.



75th Homecoming

Aug. 23, 10 a.m. – noon. New Georgia Baptist Church will be having its 75th anniversary homecoming. Special music by Steel City Quartet. The church is located at 5300 Decatur Highway in Birmingham.



Council Meetings

Fultondale City Council meets the second Monday of the month at 6 p.m. and fourth Monday at 11:30 a.m. at Fultondale City Hall. Meetings are open to the public. Call 841-4481.



Mother’s Day Out

Walker’s Chapel Baptist Church has Mother’s Day Out every Tuesday and Thursday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Call Amy Ritch at 841-8426.



Volunteers needed

Life Care Hospice in Fultondale is looking for volunteers and patient volunteers. Call Tiffany at (256) 734-1170.



Kimberly



Council meetings

Kimberly Town Council meets the second Tuesday of the month, 6:30 p.m., at Kimberly Town Hall. Meetings are open to the public. Call 647-5551.



Warrior



Health Fair

Aug. 22, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Family Life Center’s health fair will feature various physicians will attend, as well as the Warrior Fire Department, representatives teaching about sexually-transmitted and other diseases, nutritionists and other health care representatives. The event is free to the public. Family Life Center is at 215 Park Drive in Warrior (next to Fred’s).



Fireworks Show

Sept. 6, 8:30 p.m. The 2nd annual Labor Day Fireworks Show sponsored by Fuel-Z and Fireworks Unlimited will be behind Fuel-Z, off I-65 Exit 282.



Book donations

North Jefferson-Blount Public Library Foundation is collecting used books for a book sale to benefit the future Regional Library at Warrior. Date of book sale not set. To donate, call Anne Jolly at 590-4909 or Linda Taylor at 647-3506.



Council Meetings

Warrior City Council meets the first and third Monday of every month, 7 p.m., at Warrior City Hall. Pre-council work sessions are at 6:30 p.m. Meetings are open to the public. Call 647-0520.



Morris



Mother’s Day Out

Enon Baptist Church’s Mothers Day Out program will offer childcare for children 6 weeks to 4 years old on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The program follows the Jefferson County School System calendar, so is closed during all of the breaks. Call 647-9614.



Council Meetings

Morris City Council meets the fourth Tuesday of every month, 6 p.m., at Morris Town Hall. Meetings are open to the public. Call 647-0596.



Hayden

Benefit

Aug. 15, 1-4 p.m. CrossRoads Baptist Church on Hwy. 160 is hosting a benefit. Free live music, door prizes, food. Donations accepted. Proceeds go to James Porzio Treatment Fund at Peoples Bank in Warrior for cancer treatment. Call 647-9262.



Council Meetings

Hayden Town Council meets the second Tuesday, 6 p.m., at Hayden Town Hall. Meetings are open to the public. Call 647-0520.



Trafford



Council meetings

Trafford Town Council meets the third Monday of every month, 7 p.m., at Trafford Town Hall. Meetings are open to the public. Call 647-3751.



Other Communities



School starts back

Aug. 12, 24 Gardendale Christian Academy and public schools in north Jefferson County resume classes Aug. 12, while Tabernacle Christian starts back Aug. 24.



Singing

Aug. 16, 2 p.m. Zola Baptist Church will host a singing. The Browning Family will be the featured group. The church is located on White Oak Trail just past Traditions Bank at the Hayden/Corner exit of I-65. Call 647-6579 with any questions.



Free Seminar

Aug. 19, 1:30-3:30 p.m. The Alabama Cooperative Extension System will provide a free seminar to provide resources regarding heir property. Learn the proper steps to protect your land; get answers to your questions. At the Birmingham Public Library at 2100 Park Place. Guest speaker is attorney Craig Baab of the Alabama Appleseed Office for Law and Justice.



School reunion

Sept. 3-5 Woodlawn High grand reunion 1950s and 1960s will be at Panama City Beach. Call Becky Williams Henderson at 631-7528 or visit www.woodlawnhigh.org.



Archery Shoot

Sept. 19 A free 3D Archery Shoot will be held at Camp David in Jones Chapel. From I-65, take Exit 308, go west on Hwy. 278 for 11.6 miles, turn left on Co. Rd. 940, drive 3.7 miles and turn left at “3D Archery” sign. Call Allen Oakley at 488-8716.



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