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Not open March 31 or April 1 for senior reviews
To help those needing assistance, the BMW CCA Foundation Museum is partnering with the Greer Community Ministries. By bringing containerized food to the Museum, visitors will receive a heavily discounted admission and the food will go to a good cause – helping the hungry.
The Greer Community Ministries aids those needing food and clothing. They also run a Meals on Wheels service to over 350 homes daily. And they share their food with other food organizations to help those needing a hand.
The BMW CCA Foundation has the mission of Saving History and Saving Lives. The Foundation houses over 75,000 BMW items and is the largest archive outside of Munich, Germany, the BMW AG headquarters. They save lives through a Street Survival program, a teen driving program that has taught almost 30,000 teens to be better drivers. Teens learn advanced car handling skills and prepare for emergencies by driving with increased awareness and gain techniques to help in unusual circumstances.
The current museum exhibition, called GENESIS: BMW From the Beginning, has the most comprehensive collection of older BMW cars and motorcycles in the US, including the oldest known BMW car in the US, along with many pre-war and post-war vehicles.
In honor of National Doctors’ Day, The Blood Connection (TBC) is donating five dollars to Doctors Without Borders USA for every blood donation given on Tuesday, March 30th at a TBC center or blood mobile. Donors will also receive a $20 gift card (e-gift card at centers) as a thank you. TBC is doing this promotion to recognize the relentless work of local doctors and nurses. Especially in a year marked by a worldwide pandemic, their dedication to the community has been instrumental to our healing. As noted in the facts below, almost 293,000 blood products were sent to local hospitals in 2020 to help patients who rely on blood donations. On the other side of every one of those units sent is a doctor who administered that treatment, ultimately affecting the patient’s family, friends, coworkers, etc.
In honor of National Doctors’ Day, The Blood Connection (TBC) is donating five dollars to Doctors Without Borders USA for every blood donation given on Tuesday, March 30th at a TBC center or blood mobile. Donors will also receive a $20 gift card (e-gift card at centers) as a thank you. TBC is doing this promotion to recognize the relentless work of local doctors and nurses. Especially in a year marked by a worldwide pandemic, their dedication to the community has been instrumental to our healing. As noted in the facts below, almost 293,000 blood products were sent to local hospitals in 2020 to help patients who rely on blood donations. On the other side of every one of those units sent is a doctor who administered that treatment, ultimately affecting the patient’s family, friends, coworkers, etc.
Hub City Farmers Market, in partnership with the Spartanburg County Foundation and Leadership Spartanburg, is proud to bring a new community garden to downtown Spartanburg! Located on Church St. across from City Hall and the Spartanburg County Library’s downtown campus, the garden features 12 rentable plots.
Interested in renting one of the garden plots? Read through the rules and regulations below, then submit an application or questions to Heather Raines at [email protected] or call (864) 585-0905.
TOTAL Ministries Shares The Love Of God By Assisting Our Neighbors In Spartanburg County Who Are Facing Financial Hardships.
Volunteers are the lifeblood of TOTAL Ministries. We have a remarkable cadre of volunteers who interact with our clients in the office and countless others who help us in various outreach programs. To learn more about volunteer opportunities, please contact us at [email protected] to volunteer.
Volunteer opportunities exist for:
Individuals
Church Youth Groups
Scout Groups
Senior Citizens Groups
Service Groups
Specific volunteer jobs exist for:
Filing
Interviewing
Data Entry
Food Pantry Workers
Pick Up of Donated Items
Help with Mass Mailings
Grounds Maintenance
Food Drives
Training and shadowing is provided. A new volunteer is never asked to do anything alone until they are comfortable with the task.
Peanut Butter
Jelly
Rice (1-lb. bags)
Dry Beans (1-lb. bags)
Canned Meat / Tuna / Beef Stew
Grits / Oatmeal / Cereal
Mac & Cheese
Soup
Pasta and Spaghetti Sauce
Canned Vegetables (Peas, Carrots, Potatoes)
Canned Fruit / Applesauce
Paper Towels
Toilet Paper
Hygiene Products
Want to place a TOTAL barrel in your church or place of business? Contact the director of TOTAL Ministries and we’ll bring them to you.
Samuelle Green
Liz Miller
We’re dividing our exhibition space in half for two artists to create two large-scale site-specific installations. Each artist will have approximately 1500 square feet to build immersive installations that incorporate and magnify fragments of reality into worlds of fantasy and fiction.
This exhibition is generously sponsored by The Arkwright Foundation, Bagwell Fence, Carolina Alliance Bank, Caroline + Brooks Crenshaw, Susan W. + Russel Floyd, Susu + George Dean Johnson Jr, Vicki + Tom Nederostek, and Margaret + George Nixon.
The Upcountry History Museum will continue its mission of connecting young audiences with hands-on STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) learning experiences when it hosts Framed: Step Into Art.
The bilingual (English and Spanish), exhibition transforms the works of well-known painters into interactive environments. Children ages 3-12, enter the exhibit by stepping though an oversized frame and are immersed in the worlds created by well-known artists. Each work is re-created as a three-dimensional, sensory, walk-in environment that includes a print of the artist’s original work as well as important facts about the artist’s life and painting style.
Supporting the National Standards for Arts Education for K through 5th grade, the exhibit provides conversational prompts that employ visual thinking strategies. Children explore the works of four specific artists, as well as enter a Mona Lisa Gallery where they discover a print of the original painting along with famous parodies, and step behind a a cutout version replacing Mona Lisa’s face with their own.
The exhibition’s four interactive spaces include:
• Dinner for Threshers by Grant Wood explores rural life at the turn of the century inviting children to tend to the chickens and eggs, prepare a seasonal meal, set the table, and mix and match the farmers patterned shirts.
• Camp at Lake O’Hara by John Singer Sargent invites visitors to Sargent’s 1916 camp in the Canadian Rockies. Children climb inside a tent, explore camping gear like Sargent’s, prepare a meal over the campfire, and create a painting of what today’s campsite might look like.
• Corn Festival by Diego Rivera visitors travel to Mexico through this piece from the Court of Fiestas in the Ministry of Education Building in Mexico City. Children explore a rendition of one of Rivera’s frescos, add flowers and ribbons to the flower tower for a celebration and add their flourish to a miniature building mural.
• Big Chicken by Clementine O’Hara visitors meet Louisiana’s most famous female artist and folk-art icon and create imaginary animals like Hunter’s “goosters”! Children load the cart and climb behind the reins of Hunter’s giant rooster to take the load into town.
In addition to climbing inside works of art, children are invited to curate their own exhibit gallery, draw self-portraits, take part in an art/history hunt through the exhibit and create different images at a three-dimensional pattern puzzle.
Greenville nature photographer, Anthony Q. Martin, has agreed for Fountain Inn Museum to display his photography. His photos are absolutely remarkable.
I’m going to open up a Zoom. We’ll talk about whatever you want.
Let’s see how we can help each other figure life out.
Photo from our friends at Flat Rock Together
With springtime comes warmer weather, blooming flowers, and of course, a trip to the Flat Rock Playhouse Gardens! QR codes can be found on the garden beds, so you can use your smartphones to learn more about the hundreds of plants you see as you stroll through the gardens. All you need to do is point your smartphone camera at the code and tap into information about the individual plants around you. We hope to see you on the Rock enjoying the flora with friends and family.
The CROWD Academy
The Southern Coalition for Social Justice in partnership with SC Appleseed, and SC Counts is offering virtual training on redistricting, the mapping process, and tools citizens can use to organize their communities and engage in the redistricting process. The CROWD academy training model has been implemented in every state in the southeastern United States with the exception of South Carolina until now.
Learn how to attract and support these beautiful, beneficial pollinators in your home landscape.
Please register by Sunday, March 28. Zoom link will be emailed on March 29.
WWII: Training our Soldiers
Examine artifacts from World War II, explore local training bases, and learn about life on the home front. This lesson meets SC standards for 4th-5th grade, and is designed for children ages 9-11 years old.
WHAT: History Homeschool Day
WHEN: Every last Tuesday at 1:30 p.m.
WHERE: Upcountry History Museum
HOW: March 30 is open to kids ages 9-11 years old
WHY: Get hands-on with history while incorporating state standards
COST: $9 per student & $10 per adult
UHM MEMBERS COST: $5 per student & Adults are FREE
“Self-sufficiency through self-employment.” Taught by Paul Smith, professor of business administration and professional advisor, participants will learn how to choose a business idea, develop a marketing plan, explore financing options, develop a customer service philosophy, and more. If you are a new business owner or have dreams of one day becoming an entrepreneur, this class is for you.
This course costs a total of $45 and a commitment to attend at least 7 of the 10 courses. The courses will take place on Tuesday evenings from 5:30-7 pm and the dates are as follows: February 9th, February 16th, February 23rd, March 2nd, March 9th, March 16th, March 23rd, March 30th, April 6th, April 13th
After a highly successful return of baseball to Fluor Field this past weekend with the Reedy River Rivalry presented by ScanSource, the Greenville Drive are prepared to host additional amateur baseball games in Downtown Greenville.
Drive General Manager, Eric Jarinko, noted, “While we anxiously await the Drive’s Opening Day scheduled for Tuesday, May 4th in 63 days, we’re excited that Fluor Field will host top quality amateur baseball with a mix of college and high school games over the next two months.”
Join us for this live virtual event presented via Zoom. Join us for a virtual travel guide experience of the verdant South American country. Allow your imagination to taste the local foods, hear the regional music, take in the memorable sights and fine arts, and so much more of the treasures of Colombia. ¡Vámonos paisas! Q&A to follow the presentation
