AROUND TOWN (Aug. 2, 2023)

Stress busting

The Heart of Texas Area Agency on Aging will be sponsoring a Stress Busting Class for Family Caregivers beginning on Tuesday, July 18, and it will run for nine weeks every Tuesday at the Marlin Public Library from 2-3 p.m. No charge to attend. For information, call Jan Smith at (254) 495-0858 and leave a message.

Annual Meeting

Families of Hillcrest Cemetery will hold its annual meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 8, at 7 p.m. at Marlin Senior Civic Center.

ATTENTION RLHS classes of 1971-73

The 1st annual RLHS 50+ Reunion will be held Aug. 5 at St Ann’s Center in Rosebud. Date is quickly approaching so if interested in attending call Beckie Hughes Seiley at (254) 855-7818 for more info.

ECONOMIC 

OPPORTUNITIES

ADVANCEMENT 

CORPORATION OF PLANNING

Region XI Head Start/Early Head Start announces the sponsorship of the Child Care Food Program. All children attending Head Start / Early Head Start will be offered the same free meals and will not be discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, religion, gender identity (including gender expression), sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA.

food giveaway

Every second Tuesday of the month at 3 p.m. until 4 p.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church parking lot in Marlin.

American Legion

Falls County American Legion Post 31 meets the second Monday of the month at 1 Mesquite Tree Lane at 6 p.m. Their phone number is (254) 883-5056.

Marlin senior 

center

Marlin Senior Center hosts dominoes from 9 a.m. to noon on Monday and Thursday; Bingo from 9 a.m. to noon on Wednesday. The Jamboree is held every third Saturday from 6-9 p.m. There is no admission fee. The building is also available for rent. The fee is $200 a day and a $100 deposit.

Story Time

Children’s Story Time returns to the Marlin Library on Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m.

NAACP

NAACP will meet every fourth Thursday of the month at 6 p.m. at the Hitching Post on 5029 State Hwy 7.

After School 

Program

The Boys & Girls Club of Falls County has an after school program that offers things such as homework help, health and life skills, and individual tutoring. It is $20 per child. The program takes place at Marlin Elementary School. For more information please call Sandra Jackson-Armstrong, Unit Director, at (254) 523-8735 or emailsjackson@bgctx.org. www.bgctx.org/FallsCounty1

Lions Club 

meeting

Lions Club of Marlin will meet every second Tuesday of each month at 12 p.m. at the Chicken Place. 

Veterans 

Assistance

Caritas of Waco Inc. will be in Marlin every first and third Monday of the month as part of their Veterans Case Management Program: Assistance For Veterans / Outreach. This will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 365 Coleman St, Marlin. For more information, call (254) 832-5971. To make an appointment please call Jason McCarty at (254) 640-0906. Dates subject to change due to holidays etc.

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