MILANO NEWS
The Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center will hold a blood drive on Saturday at the Milano Volunteer Fire Department’s McLane Station in honor of Devin Love. The event will start at 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Contact Devin Love, 512-820-8034, to sign up to donate, or visitwww.giveblood.org. Sponsor code is BVL7. Successful donors will receive a free beach towel.
FIRST BAPTIST VBS—Milano First Baptist Church will host its Vacation Bible School July 21-24. Attendees are asked to arrive at 5:30 p.m. the first night so registration can be filled out and they can get started at 6 p.m. Times will run from 6 to 8:30 each night.
The theme this year is “In The Wild: Encountering Jesus.” Sunday and Monday nights will be waterslide nights, so send a towel and extra clothes for your children.
RAH-RAH CAMP—Rah-Rah camp this year will be held July 30-31 at the Milano Elementary Gym. It will run from 9 a.m. to noon each day.
FOOTBALL SKILLS TRAINING—Milano football summer skills training times and dates have been announced. They started last week but will continue on July 18, July 24, July 25, July 29 and Aug. 1. Players must have a current physical to participate in the skills training. Two-a-days will start the morning of Aug. 5.
AG BOOSTERS—Milano/Gause Ag Boosters has started their fall “Freezer Full of Meat” fundraiser. Tickets are $5 each or five for $20. Prize includes freezer, processed pig, turkey, and chicken, along with processing cost cuts. Drawing will be held Oct. 19 and winner need not be present to win. Winner chooses processing cuts and processing will be Nov. 25 at Westphalia Meat Market. Let me know if you need tickets.
SUNFLOWER FUN RUN/WALK—The Sunflower Fun Run/Walk benefiting the Melodie Hope Jones Memorial Scholarship Fund is set for Sept. 28 at Davidson Creek Park in Caldwell. The kids’ one-mile fun run is at 9 a.m. and the 5K Sunflower run will start at 9:30 a.m.
Prices are $30 for the 5K and $25 for the Kids Run. Guaranteed T-shirt if registered by Sept. 1. Please wear bright colors the day of the race. Sunflowers, crazy socks and tutus are encouraged. Registration will also be available on race day from 8-8:45 a.m.
CONTACT INFO—Be sure to send me any of you or your group’s upcoming events, Vacation Bible Schools, and fundraisers, 254-718-0133 or m _ lagrone@yahoo.com.
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