Special Events

Aug. 21 and 22. Summer Flavors Festival. The Meadows area of Piedmont Park will be the venue for summer foods, music and more at the Summer Flavors Festival starting at 11 a.m.  The event, at 10th Street and Monroe Avenue, downtown, will feature cooking demonstrations from a number of Atlanta restaurants and caterers; a children’s area; a fitness and wellness pavilion; a merchandise walk and a music stage of local and national acts. Admission to festival is free to the public.  Tickets for food may be purchased at the event.  Some proceeds benefit diabetes awareness and treatment.  Screening for diabetes will be provided onsite. For more information, call (770) 944-7005.

Aug. 29. Rainbow Tea. Alternative Solutions for Adolescents with Preventive Interventions, Incorporated (A.S.A.P) will be hosting its first Rainbow Tea 1 - 4 p.m. at the Lou Walker Senior Citizens Facility. Kenisha Thomas Randall founded A.S.A.P in 2004 as a service for adolescents with focus on women and children. The funds raised will go toward monthly workshops, three college tours, and a spring 2011 Washington D.C. tour. Tickets priced at $10 can be purchased online by going to www.solutionsgroupatl.com and selecting the “Current Events” tab or email, info@solutionsgroupatl.com.

September 11, 2010   4th Annual Walk of HEROes 5K  Walk of HEROes event includes a 5K Run/Walk, Tot Trot, and Community Hero Fun Day. Your participation helps those with developmental disabilities, substance addictions, and mental health illnesses served by the DeKalb Community Service Board. Individuals and groups are invited to participate! For general information or to volunteer at the event, contact Michelle Potter at 404-508-7875 or mpotter@dekcsb.org. To register, visit http://www.dekcsb.org 

 Oct. 2. Entrepreneurial and Small Business Owners 2010 Vendor EXPO. This event will feature mini workshops, mass networking opportunities and all day shopping with community vendors at Occasions Event Center, 

2101 Northlake Parkway Tucker. Find other business owners to connect with by visiting sponsors and vendor. Industries represented include: branding, information technology, marketing, telecommunications, grant writing, consulting, business analysts, web design, insurance, health & wellness, clothing, jewelry, cosmetics and more. Tickets are $10 and are available in advance. http://2010vendorexpo.eventbrite.com. Vendor and sponsor opportunities still open. For more information call, (404) 849-3384

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.  Six Wednesdays, 10-11:30 a.m., starting 8/18.  Free. The Chapel, Hospice Atlanta Center, 1244 Park Vista Drive, Atlanta. For more information, (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. - 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 close-contact networking association. There are three defining characteristics of close-contact networks: Regular meetings with an attendance requirement; one person per profession and a sole purpose of passing referrals. To see whether a specific classification is available, and to get an invitation to visit, e-mail info@powercore.net. Meeting dates and times are subject to change. For more information, visit www.powercore.net

Decatur Team: Scott Boulevard Baptist Church, 2532 North Decatur Road, Decatur, Every Tuesday, $12 a month, 7 - 8:30 a.m.

Weekly Bible study. Bible study every Thursday evening at 7:15 p.m. Kingdom Builders International Deliverance Ministries Inc., 4122 East Ponce De Leon Ave. Suite 7, Clarkston. For more information call (770) 885-9170 or visit www.kbidministries.org. 

Peer to peer is a learning program for people with mental illness. It consists of nine two-hour units taught weekly by a team of three trained mentors who are personally experienced with mental illness. Participants come away from the course with a binder of materials and other resources. The class and materials are provided free of charge. The meetings are 6:30-8:30 p.m. the first, third and fourth Thursdays of January, February and March. DeKalb Medical Center, 2701 North Decatur Road, Decatur. Rehabilitation Services Conference Room. For more information, call (404) 604-2350.

Survivors Network for those abused by priests and other clergy (SNAP) support group meets the fourth Thursday of each month from 7 until 8:30 p.m. This group is for those who have been sexually abused by clergy. For more information, contact Denise Weaver, Atlanta SNAP leader, at (678) 665-7631 or Mona Brewer, co-leader, (404) 805-7575 dweaver@stop-csa.com. Visit www.survivorsnetwork.org.

Tuesday evening lectures. “Looking at the Current Middle East Geopolitical Scene through the Lens of Scripture” is presented in biblically illuminating lectures by a world-traveled Jewish believer. Learn how end times and messianic prophesies from the Hebrew scriptures are fulfilled. Informal and free lectures are on Tuesday evenings at 7:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of the First Alliance Church, 2512 N. Druid Hills Road, Atlanta. For information, call Gary at (770) 354-1501.