“Thomas Day, Cabinet Maker: Man in the Middle” will be presented on Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 5:30 p.m. in the community room at Warren County Memorial Library by Laurel Sneed, educator, researcher, media producer/film-maker, executive director of Thomas Day Education Project. The event is free and the public is invited to attend. This project [...]
VGCC Students Hold Musical Fundraiser
February 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The Vance-Granville Community College chapter of the Phi Beta Lambda business student organization will hold a fundraiser concert with a “retro” theme on Saturday, Feb. 25 at 3 p.m. in the Civic Center on the college’s main campus in Vance County. “Back in the Day: A Musical Tribute to The Good Old Days” will feature [...]
Warren County Memorial Library to Present Southern Cooking, High and Low
January 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The Warren County Memorial Library and the North Carolina Humanities Council present “Southern Cooking, High and Low: A Short History of the Cuisine of the South” at 3 p.m. on Sunday, January 22, 2012 in the community room at Warren County Memorial Library. The program, presented by “Road Scholar” John J. Beck, will explore the [...]
Discount Furniture Center Hosts Ribbon Cutting benefiting Ruin Creek Animal Protection Society
January 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Come to Discount Furniture Center tomorrow, January 10, 2012 at 1:00pm for their ribbon cutting. Discount Furniture Center is located beside Carolina Lanes in Henderson. For everyone that comes to the event, Discount Furniture Center will make a donation to Ruin Creek Animal Protection Society of Henderson, NC. You show up, they make the donation. [...]
New Hope Elementary School Hosting Zumba Fitness Class
January 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment
New Hope Elementary School is hosting a fund-raising event featuring a Zumba Fitness class from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Friday, January 27. The event is sponsored by the school’s staff and PTA. It includes the one-hour high energy class taught by certified Zumba instructor Cissy Lowery. The event also will offer door prizes. Admission [...]
Local Photographers Hosting Help Portrait Charity Event
January 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
On Saturday January 7th from 9:30-4:30 we will be hosting a help portrait event at the YMCA in Clarksville, VA. Veterans, Foster kids, families that have fallen on hard times…anyone who would not otherwise be able to afford professional photography is welcome to attend. We will be serving refreshments and providing a 5×7 to all [...]
VGCC Culinary program announces upcoming dates for The Vanguard Café
December 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The Vanguard Café in Oxford, where students in Vance-Granville Community College’s Culinary Arts program prepare and serve lunch for the public, is inviting the public to participate in developing culinary students’ kitchen and hospitality skills by dining there on scheduled Thursdays during the upcoming spring 2012 semester. “This gives students an opportunity for realistic training, [...]
Epsom Volunteer Fire Department Ladies Auxilliary Hosts Christmas Event
November 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Epsom Volunteer Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary presents….. Pictures with Santa & The Christmas Shop. This Saturday, December 3rd from 10am-1pm at the Epsom Volunteer Fire Department
VGCC students help needy families at the holidays
November 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Students in the Christian’s Fellowship Organization at Vance-Granville Community College recently completed a service project to benefit local families in need during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. The club “adopted” two families in Vance County by providing them each with Thanksgiving dinner and children’s toys for Christmas presents. From left, Christian’s Fellowship Organization advisor and [...]
Christmas With The Embers December 2nd, 2011
November 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
North Carolina band, The Embers, will play a return engagement in Henderson on Friday, December 2. The family sit-down concert, featuring “Christmas with The Embers,” will take place at the Vance-Granville Community College Civic Center at 7 p.m. The Embers are a North Carolina tradition renowned for their special brand of rhythm and blues and [...]
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