Join the Helping Hand Clinic at its First Annual Healing Awards Dinner on Saturday, September 9th starting at 4:30 pm at Carolina Trace Country Club (2100 Country Club Drive) in Sanford. This year’s event will be honoring Dr. Marty Pate. Tickets are $75 and can be purchased on Eventbrite.com.

Ladies from zero to 100 are invited to the Culdee Presbyterian Church (916 Highway 73) in West End on Sunday, September 10th from 4:30 to 6. There will be food and fellowship. Bring your favorite salad. For more information visit CuldeeChurch.net.

The Sandhills Photo Club’s Monthly Meeting for September is on Monday, September 11th at 7:00 at the Sandhills Horticultural Gardens (3245 Airport Road) in Southern Pines. The featured speaker will be professional photographer and writer Gary L. Friedman. For more information, visit SandhillsPhotoClub.org.

Christians United Outreach Center’s truck will be at the Jonesboro Heights Baptist Church (316 Main Street) in Sanford to collect donations on Saturday, September 16th from 9 until 1. The organization needs items such as pasta, rice, flour, sugar, paper products, peanut butter, soups, canned meats, crackers, beans. Cash or checks payable to CUOC will […]

Come to San Juan Diego Mission Church’s Hispanic Heritage Festival on September 16th. Mass begins at 9 with the festival following. There will be snacks, children's games, singers, musical groups, horse parade, and a rodeo. The church is located at 6963 North Carolina 705 in Robbins.

On Saturday, September 16th, the Vietnam Veterans of America Moore County will be remembering POWs and MIAs at the Moore County Veterans Memorial (near the intersection of NC Highway 24/27 and NC Highway 15-501) in Carthage. Starting at 11:00, there will be patriotic music, readings, reading of names of NC POW/MIA and wreath laying.

Zach’s Toy Chest presents the 3rd Annual Casino Night and Live/Silent Auction: Doubling Down on Childhood Cancer Saturday, September 16th at 5:00 at the Governors Club (11000 Governors Drive) in Chapel Hill. Enjoy a night of great food and fun. You will also have an opportunity to support Zach’s Toy Chest directly by filling a […]

As part of Rowan Creek Week, Three Rivers Land Trust staff will lead a 2-mile nature hike at the Fred and Alice Stanback Educational Forest and Nature Preserve in downtown Spencer on September 18th starting at 5:30. Please meet at the gravel parking lot at the end of 11th Street in Spencer. Please wear hiking […]

The North Carolina Cooperative Extension of Moore County is looking for anyone who would be interested in being a Master Gardener. The Cooperative (707 Pinehurst Avenue) in Carthage is hosting an Interest Meeting on Tuesday, September 19th from 5:30 to 6:30 pm. There will be pizza and raffle prizes. Children are welcome.

Stop by Triangle Land Conservancy’s Williamson Farm and Nature Preserve (4409 Mial Plantation Road) in Raleigh on Friday, September 22nd from 6 to 8 pm to meet staff and volunteers along with the traveling team from Leave No Trace! Learn how practicing Leave No Trace principles can help keep our nature preserves and their surroundings […]

Join the Community Outreach Alliance, CORA, on Saturday, September 23rd at 4:00 for a celebration! CORA is celebrating its new warehouse pantry and administrative space. Join the staff and volunteers at 40 Camp Drive in Pittsboro to celebrate this milestone and enjoy a variety of food, live music, and tours. For more information, visit CoraFoodPantry.org.

Quarters for CARA will take place on Sunday, September 24th from 2 until 6 at the Stevens Center (1576 Kelly Drive) in Sanford. A quarter auction is a cross between an auction, a raffle, and a shopping party where you bid quarters to win fabulous items. Remember it all benefits the animals at Carolina Animal […]

Falyn Owens, Extension Wildlife Biologist with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, will present, "All About Armadillos: What to Know about North Carolina’s Nine-Banded Newcomer,” at the next meeting of the Sandhills Natural History Society. This event, on Monday, September 25th at 7:30 pm, is free and open to the public at the Weymouth Woods […]

Lee County’s Cooperative Extension is hosting a workshop - Garden Editing and Perennial Division this Friday (September 29th) from 2 to 5 at the Lee County Center (2420 Tramway Road) in Sanford. The workshop is free, but space is limited, so RSVP at go.ncsu.edu.

The Tramway Baptist Church’s youth is holding a yard sale this Saturday (September 30th) from 7 am to noon at 2400 Jefferson Davis Highway in Sanford.

MIRA’s Music Fest is on Saturday, September 30th at Rubicon Farm (570 Rubicon Road) in West End. All proceeds support service dogs for American Children. Children under 12 are free with an adult. Gates open at 1:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the gate. For more information, visit MiraEvents.org.

Sanford Brush and Palette Club’s First Annual Student Art Show starts Thursday, October 5th at 1 through Sunday, October 7th at 4. The event will be at the Mann Center (507 North Steele Street) in Sanford. The art show will feature art from Lee County’s talented Juniors and Seniors. For more information, visit SanfordArts.org.

The Relay for Life in Scotland County will be held on Friday, October 6th from 6 to 10 pm at Scotland High School – Pate Stadium in Laurinburg. The event will feature "The TAMS" band. Good food, good music, great fellowship and celebration!!

The Triangle Land Conservancy’s Autumn Tour will be at the Williamson Farm and Nature Preserve (4409 Mial Plantation Road) in Raleigh on October 7th from 1 to 3:30. On this 4-mile hike, you will explore varying habitats and see multiple types of regenerative agriculture. This is a free event, but preregistration is required at triangleland.org.

The Joel Fund is hosting Family Game Night on Saturday, October 7th from 3 to 7 p.m. at 822 South White Street in Wake Forest. Enjoy family games, board games, yard games and sports, face painting and great food. The event is free. For more information and to register, visit TheJoelFund.org.