Special Events

Feb. 4. HOMESMART’s Grand Opening Celebration. The public is invited to the grand opening celebration of HOMESMART, 3570 Memorial Drive, Decatur GA, a retailer that offers customers weekly or monthly lease payment options for brand name products including furniture, appliances, computers and electronics. The event will take place Saturday, Feb. 4 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and will feature celebrity appearances by Atlanta Dream’s Lindsey Harding, HOMESMART personality CeCe Smart and V-103’s Bubby Love. Harding and Smart will be onsite greeting fans, taking photos and signing autographs. Bubby Love will also be onsite from noon to 2 p.m. offering guests an opportunity to win up to $1,003. Other prizes include one of 10 pairs of Atlanta Hawks tickets, one of four Atlanta Dream basketballs autographed by the entire team and a 32-inch LCD television. HOMESMART will also provide free food and gifts to the first 25 guests to arrive as well as an area designated for children with a bounce house and an airbrush face painting station, both open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

Volunteers Needed 

Patient needs volunteer shopper. Compassionate Care Hospice has a patient who lives in the Decatur area on Clairmont Avenue. She needs groceries purchased once a week. The grocery store is right next door to her home. If you have one hour a week to assist this patient, call (770) 220-2723 or e-mail ltatum@cchnet.net.

Meals on Wheels needs Decatur volunteers. Senior Connections is in critical need of volunteers to deliver Meals on Wheels routes in Decatur. The organization delivers thousands of meals to seniors at risk for hunger and needs Decatur drivers Monday through Friday. It takes about 90 minutes per route and volunteers can deliver once a week or once a month. Saturday drivers are needed as well. Corporations can “adopt” a route and rotate volunteer employees. To register as a volunteer, visit www.seniorconnectionsatl.org  or call (770) 455-7602.

Regular Meetings 

Bereavement support group. Those who have lost a loved one are invited to join this new support group facilitated by Hospice Atlanta’s Chaplain Daphne Clement, D. Min., BCC, and bereavement coordinator Schaune Griffin. Individuals are welcome to attend any or all the meetings. Wednesdays, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. The Chapel, Hospice Atlanta Center, 1244 Park Vista Drive, Atlanta. For more information, call (404) 846-2994. 

Nami Mental Health Support Group. Meets every second, third and fifth Monday, 6:30-8:30 p.m., at Agnes Scott College, Hopkins Building Wellness Center, 141 E. College Ave. For more information, call (404) 604-2350 or www.nami.org.

The National Osteoporosis Foundation Support Group meets the third Monday of each month at First Baptist Church of Decatur and third Saturday at DeKalb Medical Wellness Center from 11 a.m. to noon. For more information, contact Carolyn Grove at (404) 538-8914 or e-mail grovecd@bellsouth.net

Support group. A National Alliance on Mental Illness support group for people in recovery from mental illness, Connection meets at the Agnes Scott College Wellness Center on the first, third and fifth Mondays of each month. Another group meets on Wednesdays at Shallowford Presbyterian Church, 6:30-7:30 p.m. For more information, call (404) 604-2350.

PowerCore is a referral networking association that allows only one person per profession, so there isn’t any competition at the table. To see if your classification is available, learn more and get a personal invitation to visit, click http://tinyurl.com/PowerCoreTeamVisit, call 404-816-3377, or email wendy@powercore.net . Meeting Day: Weekly; Time: 7am-8:30am; Location: Varies based on Team; Cost to Visit: $3-10; Address: 3060 Pharr Ct NE, Atlanta, GA 30305.

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