While the students are away, and parking is a dream, Downtown Chapel Hill is the right call. Give the summer hotline a ring for all our Summer Slowdown deals, specials and events: 919-338-1331.

Fireworks at Black Squirrel are back! The long-loved fireworks in Goshen are coming back with a new name, Fireworks on the Fairway. This event is free for the entire community. We hope youÕll enjoy some food and beverages from local food trucks, shop with some vendors, and relax on the fairway as we celebrate this great country of ours.
Date: July 4, 2024
Time: Doors open at 4pm, Fireworks at 10pm
Where: Black Squirrel Golf Course
Who: Open to All
Schedule:
4PM Ð Doors open
8PM Ð Program Starts
10PM Ð Fireworks

Last Chance for Ed's Famous Enchiladas and Cottage Cheese Pie!!!
Also a chance to buy his recipes - $10 each or $15 for both
A Silent Auction featuring Meals on Wheels Director, Amber Eslinger's beautiful Artwork!

Don't Miss this incredible night!!!!

Join our first annual Pollinator Promenade at the Elkhart Environmental Center, celebrating all things pollinator! This fun "run" event features 3 competitions that will take place around our newly planted prairie: a pollinator-themed costume contest, speed walking race, and scavenger hunt. It will also showcase booths by local vendors and organizations, food vendors, kidsÕ activities, and games! The event is free and open to the public. Each competition is $1 to register. T-shirts are $20. All ages welcome!

To register or purchase a t-shirt, visit https://elkhart-environmental-center.ticketleap.com/pollinator-promenade-2024/ . T-shirts must be purchased by 6-24.

If you'd like to volunteer for the event, you can sign up here: https://signup.com/go/TogPvOU. Volunteers will receive a free t-shirt, antennae, and food/snacks throughout your shift(s). Feel free to volunteer with friends and family!

The Elkhart Environmental Center is located at 1717 E. Lusher Avenue in Elkhart.

Join Dr. Gunderman, author of the book Hoosier Beacons, at the Oakwood Resort as he shares amazing tales about Indiana's own John Wooden, known for playing at Purdue and coaching basketball at South Bend Central High School. Wooden went on to a successful career as a NCAA coach for the UCLA Bruins, winning ten national championships. This program promises to be educational, fun and may bring a tear to your eye. Come and be amazed at the nature and accomplishments of IndianaÕs own John Wooden.

Join the women of River Bend Chorus for a summer of music every Tuesday evening from July 16 through August 13!

Experience barbershop music for four weeks while learning a new song alongside the chorus. No previous barbershop or music experience required! Then on week five, grab your friends for a concert to show off your new skills.

Come all five weeks, or as many as you are able to attend, even if you can't make it to all of them.

Your $10 fee covers the entire 5 week program, including your camp t-shirt, sheet music, and learning tracks to help you sing along. Register and pay at our event link... we cannot guarantee a shirt if payment is not received prior to the event.

Relevant Church Presents Serve the City Giving Back to the Community

NILES, Mich - Relevant Church is hosting its annual Serve the City event on Saturday, July 20. With a deep commitment to serving the needs of the community, Relevant Church will kick off the day with dedicated outreach to local businesses and people in need within our area, followed by helping residents in their homes and an exciting ÒParty in the ParkÓ in the afternoon.

On July 20th, Relevant Church will begin its day of serving by going out to various local businesses and organizations in the Michiana area starting at 9 am. Volunteers will serve and fulfill the requests of the people and businesses we serve such as landscaping, painting, deep cleaning, etc.

Community Celebration: ÒParty at the ParkÓ

Serve the City will end with an afternoon with a celebration at Cherry Street Park with ÒParty in the ParkÓ. The entire community is invited to come out to this free event. There will be fun games for all ages, awesome prizes, free hot dogs, and so much more!

Relevant Church invites all residents in the Michiana area to join ÒServe the CityÓ and the ÒParty in the ParkÓ. What would it look like if we all spent one day making a tangible difference in our community and region together?'

Join us for Serve the City on Saturday, July 20th at 9:00 am ending with a Party at the Park at 1:00 pm. For more information, visit thisisrelevant.cc/serve24.

Relevant Church has been active in Niles since 2016. The churchÕs mission focuses on serving the local community and helping people discover that Jesus is Relevant. Relevant has collaborated on community service projects with YMCA of Southwest Michigan, LifePlan of Niles, Michigan, the Ferry Resource Center and other local organizations.

For more information on Relevant Church visit http://thisisrelevant.cc or contact Taylor Bailey at [email protected].

On July 20th Meals on Wheels of Goshen will be near the Goshen Kroger selling Chicken and Potatoes!

Come visit us and support Meals on Wheels!

On Saturday, July 20, 2024, at Kamm Island Park, 600 W Front St, Mishawaka, Indiana, the South Bend Fire Fighters Association, Inc. will present the 25th Annual Firefighters Blues Festival. With the proceeds from this ever growing and wonderful festival, we maintain and operate our two necessary and successful fire safety education programs for children in Michiana:

First, is our Survive Alive Houses. These modular homes had been retrofitted with the latest technology to demonstrate an actual house fire and several other traumatic circumstances for the children. Our second program is The Hoosier Burn Camp, located in Battleground Indiana. Operating since 1997, this is a safe place for children whose lives have forever been changed, physically and emotionally, by the tragedies of fire.

The Fire Fighters Blues Festival is a day filled with food, fun and music for the entire family.
Starting off at 1:00 PM will be our Local 362 Allstars, followed then by Howard and the White Boys. Next up will be Stefan Hillesheim, and then Ivy Ford will take the stage at 7:00 PM. Rounding out our festival will be Albert Castiglia.

Lights! Camera! Action! Join us at The Oakwood Resort for this second in a multi-year program, featuring old movies and great memories from lake families from the past and not so distant past. Lights! Camera! Action! Join us for a special showing of three historic short films, from 1937 to 1957. These films highlight what life was like in Syracuse, Indiana and on Lake Wawasee.

Come and share your memories of this lake!