The Calhoun County Health Department’s annual Drive-Thru Flu Shot Clinic is to be 7 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday at Hill Crest Baptist Church, 5117 Post Oak Road, just past Saks Road on U.S. 431 North. The cost is $15 per shot. Cash or check only and Medicare will be accepted. No appointment is necessary. You’ll remain in your vehicle the entire time. Call 256-435-0540 for more information.
Dancing and spotlight dancing, sponsored by the Birmingham Ballroom Dance Association, a local chapter of USA Dance, and Concordia Beneficial Society, is to be 7-10:30 p.m. Oct. 8 at the Concordia Beneficial Society, 3400 First Ave. N., Birmingham. Tickets are $25 each or a table for eight for $200. All profit is to go to Alzheimer’s of Central Alabama. Call 205-873-1064 or 205-915-0482 or 205-823-1659 for more information.
The EAL Sickle Cell Walk is to be 9 a.m.-noon Oct. 9 at Zinn Park. Call The Sickle Cell Foundation at 205-780-2355 or 800-735-0405 for more information.
The annual Zachariah Benefield reunion is to be noon EDT, Sunday at Tanner State Park. Bring a covered dish. Call Roy Benefield at 770-562-3543 for more information.
Clean out the greenhouse sale, sponsored by the Calhoun County Master Gardeners/Tree Amigos Program, is to be 8-11 a.m. Oct. 2 at Cane Creek Community Gardens at McClellan. Unusual perennials for sun and shade, trees and shrubs will be available at discounted prices. Proceeds from the sale are to benefit the 4H program at the Coosa Valley Attention Home. Call the Calhoun County Extension System office at 256-237-1621 for more information.
YMCA Youth Blast, a youth activity and fitness class for ages 8-14, is to be 4-4:45 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays beginning Oct. 4. Pre-registration is required by Tuesday. The October session focus is “Drum Beats,” a youth fitness program combining drumming with stability balls. Call the Oxford Y for Now at 256-832-9622 for more information.
Classes on the familiarization with the Hispanic culture and the Spanish language are to be 9-11 a.m. the first and third Saturday of each month beginning September and continuing through February 2011 at The Anniston Star, 4305 McClellan Blvd. The classes, sponsored by the Calhoun County Hispanic American Association, are free with donations accepted. Call Gladys Denizard at 256-435-4060 for more information.
A T-shirt fundraiser, sponsored by Advanced Imaging of Gadsden/Anniston, Mary Hager and Anne Sheradin, is taking place to benefit a family with both spouses recently diagnosed with cancer.
All proceeds from the sale of the T-shirts are deposited into an account set up specifically for this family. Donations may also be made directly to Cancer Warriors at Exchange Bank, 230 N. 3rd St., Gadsden, AL 35901, or any of their five locations. Call Mary Hager, Tina Hayes or Tara Fulford at 256-549-0008 in Gadsden or 256-835-0835 in Anniston.
