Events And Activities
North Benton Ambulance Service Free Pancake Breakfast
Sunday November 21st, join North Benton Ambulance Service from 7am until 12 Noon at theV/S High School for a FREE Pancake Breakfast!
A free will donation will be taken at the breakfast to help cover the cost for a new, much needed LUCAS CPR device.
What is a Lucas Device?
In certain emergency situations (such as accidents, natural calamities, etc. Breast Cancer Survivors Meeting Tonight
Area Breast Cancer Survivors will meet at the Pizza Ranch on Wednesday, November 17, a room has been reserved.
Dinner will begin at 6:00 p.m. with conversation to follow. It's friendly and informal! All area survivors are welcome to attend!
For questions, contact Angie Tharp at 472-2994, Lisa Staab at 472-5255 or Janet Woodhouse 472-4862.
Tour Delights 5K Run
The Tour deLights 5K run will be held on December 12th this year. The race will start at 5 p.m. with registration at 4 p.m.
The race will begin at the US Bank Community Building.
Get your registration in early and save a few bucks!
Tour deLights Registration Form
There is also a 1K fun run for the kids, so bring them
Above the Influence Meeting
November 18th, 2010
12-1 p.m.
ISU Extension Office
501 1st Ave. Vinton
Agenda will include:
Review of coalition events thusfar
Great American Smoke Out (GASO) info
Community Health Needs Assessment results
Drunk and Drugged Driving Month activities
Middle School Mixers
Risk and Margin Management workshops for cattle feeders scheduled in December
A series of risk and margin management workshop will be held for cattle feeders from Dec. 9-17 across northern Iowa. All workshops will be from 9:30 am to 2:30 pm. Land O Lakes Purina Feeds dealers are helping sponsoring the workshop in cooperation with the Iowa Beef Center and Iowa State University Extension.
Workshop dates and locations on contacts are:
Dec.
HERITAGE AGENCY SPONSORS CAREGIVER WELLNESS DAY
The Heritage Area Agency on Aging will host its annual Caregiver Wellness Day event Friday, Nov. 19, 2010. “A Celebration of Caregivers” is designed to give support and encouragement to informal caregivers of older adults in East Central Iowa and to help them focus on their own health and well-being.
This free program will be held at the Kirkwood Training and Outreach Services Center (KTOS), 3375 Armar Drive, in Marion, and registration will begin at 8:30 a.
Holiday Events planned for Vinton
It's never too early to start making plans for the Christmas season! As we did last year, Vinton Unlimited is partnering with our local merchants to help kick off the Christmas shopping season the right way! We've got some great activities planned in November and hope you will join us for all of them!
November 18
The 2nd Annual Lighted Holiday Parade and Christmas Tree Lighting will begin at 6:00pm.
Windsor Manor holds Craft Extravaganza and Bake Sale
The Vinton Alzheimer Support Group is led by Sharon Carpenter – please contact Sharon at 319-573-5605 for more information. The group meets monthly at Windsor Manor but will not have meetings through the winter.
Parkinson’s Support Group the 4th Tuesday at 1:30 held at Windsor Manor in the dining room.
Mentor Club to meet
The Mentor Club will meet at 12:00 p.m. on Friday, November 12th, at the Vinton Country Club, featuring Karilea of Cameron's Clothing and Henkle Creek Mercantile.
For more information call 472-4389.
Grief and the Holidays
The Stephen Ministry at Cedar Hills Community Church 6455 E Avenue NW (corner of Stoney Point and E Avenue NW, Cedar Rapids), will host a free seminar on helping those grieving loved ones prepare to successful enjoy the holiday season. The free seminar is open to the public and will run from 3 pm to 4:30 pm. on Sunday, November 14th. Main presenter will be Dr.