ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1995, Roanoke Times
DATE: Thursday, December 7, 1995 TAG: 9512070064
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-12 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
The meeting will be at Friendship Manor, 397 Hershberger Road N.W. Use exit 3E off Interstate 581. For information call Clive or Betty Rice at (703) 563-9034.
Craft fair deadline
BLACKSBURG - The deadline for the 25th annual Brush Mountain Arts and Crafts Fair, scheduled for March, is Dec. 15.
More than 100 artists show and sell at the fair, which is juried to ensure quality and variety. Categories range from baskets to pottery to watercolors to woodcarving. Live entertainment, food and children's activities highlight the event, which is sponsored by the Voluntary Action Center.
For more information, call Fair Coordinator Julie Earthman at 552-4909.
Bloodmobile visits|
ROANOKE - The American Red Cross Appalachian Regional Blood Services will collect blood this month at these locations:
Monday, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m, Narrows High School.
Tuesday, 1 p.m.-5 p.m., Lowe's in Christiansburg.
Dec. 15, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Blacksburg High School.
Dec. 18, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Shawsville High School and Blacksburg Marriott, noon-6 p.m., 961-2207.
Dec. 20, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Plymouth Inc., Radford.
Tuesday, Dec. 26, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., First Christian Church, Tyler Ave., 639-2140.
Dec. 29, noon-6 p.m., St. Paul's United Methodist Church, Main Street, Christiansburg.
Call Sandra Myers, Donor Resources, at 961-2207.
Camping volunteers
DUBLIN - Claytor Lake State Park will be one of 15 Virginia parks participating in the 1996 Campground Host Program. Camping is free in exchange for one to three months of service. From March 1 through Dec. 2, 1996, 15 state parks will offer 22 campground host positions.
Campground hosts spend 30 to 90 days camping at a state park in their own recreational vehicles or tents in exchange for performing such duties as greeting campers, distributing park and local information, reporting problems to staff and keeping the campground and bathhouses clean.
Through the Virginia State Parks "7 for 7" program, people who want to volunteer for one week may camp free for a week and receive other benefits. Volunteers with skills in carpentry, plumbing, painting, electrical work and landscaping are being recruited to help repair and maintain park facilities.
Volunteers are needed for other projects at all 28 state parks, six historic sites and 15 natural areas.
Write Paige Tucker, volunteer program manager, 203 Governor St., Suite 214, Richmond, Va. 23219.
Kiwanis Club trees
CHRISTIANSBURG - The Kiwanis Club of Christiansburg is selling Christmas trees through Dec. 17 next to Thompson Tire Center on Roanoke Street in Christiansburg. Trees range from $14 to $40 depending on the size and type of tree.
Proceeds from Kiwanis fund raisers go back into the community to support youth activities.
Call Bob Denham at 382-6904 or 651-8337.
Hi Y fund-raiser
BLACKSBURG -Dayspring Christian Academy's Hi Y Club is sponsoring a fund-raiser at Fazoli's in Christiansburg Monday, Dec. 11.
The club will earn $1 for every "all-you-can-eat" dinner purchased between 5 and 9 p.m.
Money raised at the event will be used to send club members to the Model General Assembly in Richmond this March.
Fazoli's patrons will be greeted at the door by Hi Y members Monday.
The club members will give customers tickets to be presented when ordering the dinners.
Cookbooks on sale
CHRISTIANSBURG - Cookbooks by students and volunteers of Literacy Volunteers of the New River Valley are on sale. The 300-recipe book includes familiar fare as well as out-of-the-ordinary dishes like cactus salad and raccoon stew. Cookbooks are $10.
Call Barbara Guthrie at 382-7262, or mail order to LVA/NRV, P.O. Box 96, Christiansburg, Va. 24073.
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