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The Avon
Rotary Club is offering
competitive scholarships
to graduating seniors of
Avon High School.
Applications must be
postmarked by Friday April
18, 2008. Applications are
available through the high
school guidance counselor
department or through the
Rotary Club at
kmitchell@redcross-indy.org.
The Town of
Avon is accepting
applications for the
Community Enrichment Fund
until March 31, 2008.
The Town of
Avon designates a fund
each year to be used for
community events that
improve the community.
The primary
purpose of the grant is to
promote public events —
including activities such
as art fairs, outdoor
concerts, fireworks
displays, patriotic events
and community celebrations
within the Town of Avon.
Applications are accepted
until March 31 at 4:30 pm,
and funds will be awarded
in April.
The Parks
Council will review the
applications and issue a
recommendation to the Town
Council.
In 2007,
grants were awarded to:
Avon
Community Heritage
Festival
Rib Fest-Avon Chamber of
Commerce
West District YMCA-Strong
Kids Daycamp
American Legion-Blue Star
Salute
Central Indiana
Artists-Fall Art Fair
Applications should be
mailed to:
Town of
Avon
Community Enrichment Fund
Application
6570 E US 36
Avon, IN 46123
Applications are available
at www.avongov.org.
Indianapolis is the first
stop in the five city tour
of Operation Care Package
24/7. Sgt. Klay South, OCP
24/7’s president, felt a
need to take his
organization to the road
to raise awareness and
gift package donation for
the 76th brigade. Two
different location stops
are scheduled for
Greenwood and Avon, IN.
This March marks the
largest deployment of the
Indiana National Guard
(76th Brigade) since World
War II. “We will have a
banner for the deployment
of these troops at each
stop to show each city’s
support. Everyone who
donates will be signing
that banner that we’re
going to send off to
them”, says Sgt. South.
The tour will take place
in the parking lot at a
Wal-Mart in each named
city and will kick off in
Indy on Friday, March 28th
and continue through April
14th. The goal is to
supply each soldier with
two care packages per
month while they’re
deployed. That means that
for a nine month
deployment time, each city
must total 12,200 care
packages. The tour means a
great deal to Sgt. South,
who was critically wounded
as a marine on his second
tour in Iraq. “I know what
these guys are going
through, so that’s why it
means so much to me. I
want the 76th Brigade to
feel like the heroes they
are”.
Dates: March 28-31st,
Time: 5:30am til Midnight,
Friday-Monday
Place: Wal-Mart (see dates
and times below)
March 28th-29th ; 9500 E.
US Highway 36 Avon, IN
46123
March 30th-31st : 1133 N.
Emerson Ave. Greenwood, IN
46143
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Upcoming events |
The Hendricks County Solid
Waste Management District
and the Hendricks County
Sheriff’s Department are
partnering to offer a
Pharmaceutical Collection
for the community on
Saturday, April 5th, 2008 at
the Hendricks County Lawn
and Garden Show.
Our waterways are routinely
threatened when medications
are flushed down a toilet or
washed down a drain. Waste
water treatment plants are
not designed to remove many
of the chemicals that make
up today’s pharmaceuticals.
Trace amounts of estrogens,
anti-depressants,
anti-epileptics and other
pharmaceutical compounds are
being detected in our
streams and rivers.
Some individuals recognize
that flushing medicines down
the toilet or washing them
down the drain is not a safe
disposal option, but they do
not know how to properly
dispose of the drugs. As a
result, medicines simply
accumulate in homes.
However, the abuse of
over-the-counter and
prescription medications,
especially by teenagers, is
increasing. Many times the
abused drugs are simply
taken from stockpiles found
in homes. Law enforcement
recognizes the need to
remove and properly dispose
of expired and unwanted
medications so the drugs do
not end up in the hands of
individuals looking for a
high.
Additionally, as the biggest
consumers of prescription
medications, an alarming
number of senior citizens
misuse and self-prescribe
medicines; using expired
medications for past
ailments to treat new,
undiagnosed symptoms. Years
and years worth of
pharmaceuticals that have
accumulated in the home can
contribute to confusion over
proper dosages and which
pills to take when.
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Join us for the first in a
series of valuable
workshops from Seniors
University titled Putting
Your House in Order,
Helpful Tips Every Senior
Should Know on Tuesday,
April 15, 2008 from 9:00
am – 11:00 am at the
Plainfield Recreation
Center. Learn about
Organizing Your Personal
Documents, Cataloging Your
Personal Property,
Preplanning Your Funeral
Arrangements and Assessing
Your Financial Portfolio.
This workshop is Free but
seating is limited. Call
317-639-2631 to reserve
your seat. This workshop
is sponsored by Flanner
and Buchanan, My Will
Power, Hartman Inventory,
A.G. Edwards and Aging
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Events
this weekend |
The Hendricks County
Professional Business Women
invite you to their next
meeting on Tuesday, March
25, 6:30 p.m., at the
Danville Friends Church, 200
E, Danville. Tom Downard,
Avon Chamber of Commerce,
will be the presenter for
the evening. Please call in
your dinner reservations not
later than Fri, March 21, to
745-5159.
The Avon Relay for Life
committee is working on a
Team Blitz this week.
Have you seen information
about the event and been
interested but not been sure
about making the commitment?
Please contact Beverley
Austin at 317-272-4333 or
info@avonchamber.org for
more information.
Please see the calendar on the Chamber
website for upcoming events
www.avonchamber.org.
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