Postponed

Due to overwhelming response, a record restriction and career fair announced for Friday has been postponed while organizers seek a larger venue.

The event was to have been held 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday at Greater Newton Grove Cathedral in Moultrie. 

The free event was to give people information on how to get criminal records restricted from public view. It is sponsored by the Mental Wealth Center in Valdosta in conjunction with the Moultrie-Colquitt County NAACP, the Colquitt County Board of Commissioners, the Moultrie Police Department, the Georgia Justice Project, the Southern Judicial Circuit of Georgia, State Bar of Georgia’s Pro Bono Project, Georgia Legal Service Program, and the Judicial Council of Georgia.

A new date and time had not been announced as of The Observer’s deadline on Tuesday.

Baptist Union Meeting

The Home Mission Baptist Union Meeting will be held at Bethlehem Schley Baptist Church in Moultrie on Saturday and Sunday, July 29-30.

The Rev. James E. McBourrows is chairman, the Rev. Willie F. Clay is vice chairman, and the Rev. J.W. Greene is pastor.

Senior Resource Fair

Sowega Council on Aging will hold its Summer Regional Senior Resource Fair from 9 a.m. to noon Friday, July 28, at The Cross Church, 647 Georgia Highway 3 in Camilla.

This free event, serving seniors and caregivers from Baker, Mitchell, Colquitt, and Grady counties, seeks to connect seniors with resources that are designed to improve the lives of the aging community.

A main part of the event is the addition of the Georgia Seniors Farmers Market Nutrition Program, a federally funded program that offers fresh fruits and vegetables to eligible participants at approved market sites each year. Farmers Market participants also receive nutrition and health education on the benefits of fresh fruits and vegetables.

To learn more about the Summer Regional Senior Resource Fair, please visit www.sowegacoa.org or call 1-800-282-6612.

Back to school picnic

Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, 421 Sixth Ave. N.W., will be hosting a Back to School Community Picnic Saturday, July 29, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free school supplies and free food will be given away. Local community members are encouraged to attend and fellowship with family and friends.

Giveaway

Raceway, 1301 Veterans Parkway North, will host a Customer Appreciation Back 2 School Giveaway Saturday, July 29.

A DJ will perform 1-3 p.m.

Free school supplies and free food will be given away. A raffle will also be held.

School supplies

ACOP and Brothers in Medicine present a Back to School Supply Drive through Aug. 2. Donations will be distributed at the Boys and Girls Club Culbertson Center.

The groups are looking for pencils, colored pencils, pens, crayons, markers, erasers, glue sticks, rulers, composition books, college-ruled notebooks, college-ruled paper, pencil pouches and pocket folders. Please deliver donations to Brittany Dyer at PCOM South Georgia. For monetary donations, please email acopsga@pcom.edu.

Development Authority

The monthly meeting of the Moultrie-Colquitt County Development Authority will be 11:30 a.m. Aug. 2 at the Chamber of Commerce building, 116 First Ave. S.E.

Blood drive

The Give a Hand Blood Drive will be held 1-6 p.m. Aug. 2 at the Moultrie Masonic Lodge, 617 Fifth St. S.E., to collect blood for the American Red Cross.

For more information, contact Lonnie Holland at (229) 921-3300.