is Yard Sale will have tons of great stuff! Vendors cost is only $30 per approx. 10x10 space (Tables avail $10 for the day) Reserve your spaces! Contact Bonnie Henderson at  770-745-1324 for more info.

His House Church is located at 109 Mars Hill Road in Powder Springs, Georgia.

First Baptist Church of Powder Springs will be hosting an exciting Impact Cheerleading Camp for 1st through 6th graders this summer!  This camp will be held June 22nd through 26th, from 9:00 am to Noon.  Each day consists of training for cheerleading jumps, motions and cheers as well as some fun activities such as "Creation Station", which is a daily craft time.  Our desire is for each camper to learn the basics of cheerleading and also have a fun time.  The cost is $85 per cheerleader and the deadline for registration is May 22nd.  You can pick up a registration form at the church or contact Lisa Solana at slasolana@aol.com.

While enjoying summer activities and planning vacations, many people forget that the need for blood donations persists. Donors are needed now to help prevent blood shortages, which commonly occur during the summer months. Start the summer off right. Make a blood donation today before you go on summer vacation. 

Summer is traditionally a difficult time for maintaining an adequate blood supply as families leave on vacation. Schools and colleges, which account for nearly 21 percent of the blood supply – are also out on break. Meanwhile, blood usage can often rise due to travel related accidents. Each summer, thousands of patients depend on blood to survive.

Donors are urged to give the gift of life on Monday, May 4, 2009 from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the following location:

Daily Grind Coffee Shop

3960 Mary Eliza Trace,
Marietta, Georgia 30064 

All presenting donors will receive a special gift from the American Red Cross and will be entered in a regional promotion to win a cruise for two. In addition, all participants will receive a Backstage pass to the Vans Warped Tour’s Atlanta Show. And, one lucky participant will receive a ticket to the show!!

The American Red Cross Southern Blood Services Region provides life-saving blood to approximately 120 hospitals and must have 1,200 people give blood and platelets each weekday to meet hospital demand. Accident victims as well as patients with cancer, sickle cell disease, blood disorders and other illnesses receive life-saving transfusions every day. There is no substitute for blood and volunteer donors are the only source.

Blood can be safely donated every 56 days. Platelets can be given safely every two weeks, up to 24 times a year. Most healthy people age 17 and older or 16 with parental consent, who weigh at least 110 pounds, are eligible to donate blood and platelets. For more information or to schedule an appointment to donate, please call 1-800-GIVE LIFE (448-3543) or visit http://www.redcrossblood.org/.

Please join us for The Taste of West Cobb at The Avenue West Cobb this Saturday, April 18, from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Each participating restaurant will feature popular signature menu items at special "taste" prices of $1 to $4. Event admission is free. Proceeds will benefit the award-winning Hillgrove High School Bands of Powder Springs, Ga. Over $2,000 in donated prizes will be given away including (2) AirTran tickets valid for travel anywhere in the continental US.

In addition to the Hillgrove High School Bands, the Lovinggood Band, Kemp Elementary Honor Chorus, Clarkdale Elementary Band and Chorus and other talented students are also scheduled to perform at the event.

For more Taste of West Cobb details or to purchase advance tickets, visit www.tasteofwestcobb.org or www.hillgroveband.com.

The ‘CobbWorks Mobile Career Center,’ a free job resource, will be available March and April at selected Cobb County Library branches in a partnership to make job-hunting tools accessible to community members. 

The portable facility is a converted bus filled, not with seats, but with 12 computer stations instead. One can complete an online job search, résumé and a cover letter at the station. The computers also have Internet access via satellite, which allows the opportunity for people to conduct searches for local, state and national jobs. 

“The ‘CobbWorks Mobile Career Center’ is an effective way to take workforce development services into neighborhoods where our community members live and work,” CobbWorks Executive Director and CEO, John Helton said.

 Professional job counselors from CobbWorks will also be available to assist job-seekers, Helton said. CobbWorks staff can help individuals plan job searches, apply for jobs on-line, create resumes and cover letters and answer career-development questions.  

Visitors to the mobile career center can continue their work inside libraries where they can access newspaper classifieds, sign up to use computers in the library, and check out the latest books on job hunting and career management. Services are free at the library and printing is available from computers and copying machines for 10 cents per page.   

 The career center will be available at the following libraries: 

South Cobb in Mableton:                   March 3     9 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Central in Marietta:                            March 4     2 – 4 p.m.

Merchant’s Walkin Marietta:               March 17   2 – 4 p.m.

Merchant’s Walk in Marietta:              March 19   2 – 4 p.m.

Stratton in Marietta:                           April 7        9 a.m. – 2 p.m.

                                                                                   

Before attending the event, participants should keep a few items in mind. Attendees should bring a thumb drive to save their work and a notebook to take notes. Computer usage at the mobile career center is unlimited for the duration of the visit unless there is a line to use the computers.  In that case, customers are limited to one-hour sessions. The bus is wheelchair-accessible.

 

Services at the CobbWorks Mobile Career Center are provided on a first-come-first-serve basis. Once individuals register in the CobbWorks Web page, a step that can be completed on site, then their search can begin.

 

For information call CCPLS at 770-528-2318 or CobbWorks at 770-528-4300.

The city of Marietta will kick off its year-long anniversary celebration with a reception Wednesday, January 14 at 6:00 p.m. in the City Hall lobby.

"We're celebrating not only the city, but the entire community," Marietta City Manager Bill Bruton said.