USC Aiken students go homeless to raise funds
USC Aiken Baptist Collegiate Ministry members will sleep outside Security Federal Bank on Laurens Street from 7 p.m. Friday to 7 a.m. Saturday to raise $12 per participant and awareness for the Summer Missions Program. The group aims to raise 750 dollars, has already collected over 200, and invites donations by check to the Aiken Baptist Association or in person Friday night.
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USC Aiken
Usca Baptist
Laurens Street
Security Federal Bank
Usca Baptist Collegiate
Gina Kelly
Kelly
Peru
Canada
The
Baptist Convention
South Carolina
Dren
Connie Maxwell
Greenwood
Missions
Aiken Baptist Association
Ginak
Bellsouth
USC Aiken Baptist Collegiate Ministry
Bellsouth. Net
Ola Hitt Signs Memoir At Aiken Museum Event
Ola Hitt, age 100, will sign copies of My Home In Aiken at the Aiken County Historical Museum gift shop from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. The memoir charts her life from 1910 birth at Pascalina in Montmorenci to running a boarding house and opening a veteran rehabilitation home in 1960. Levy praises Hitt’s service to World War II and Korean War veterans and her broad civic work with local historical and genealogical groups.
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Ola Hitt
Aiken
Aiken County
Hitt
Pascalina
Montmorenci
Chesterfield Street
Levy
United States
Book signing by Ola Hitt in Aiken museum event
Ola Hitt signs her memoir at the Aiken County Historical Museum Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. For details call 642-2015. Wanda Payne, editor, will speak at the Aiken Barnwell Genealogical Society meeting Sunday May 16 from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Aiken County Public Library.
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Aiken County
Wanda Payne
Aiken- Barnwell Genealogical Society
Aiken County Public Library
Aiken
The
Pickin in the Park Returns to Park Avenue This Saturday
Bluegrass event Pickin in the Park resumes this Saturday from 10 30 a m to 1 30 p m along Park Avenue with free public access rain or shine. Organized by Vintage Music’s Roger Abernathy it invites families to bring lawn chairs and instruments for an afternoon of community music and casual jams in the park. Repeat attendance has grown with 100 plus attendees last month as local musicians meet and play. Contact Rachel Johnson at ijohnson aikenstandard com for details.
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Park Avenue
Roger Abernathy
Abernathy
Rachel Johnson
ijohnson@aikenstandard.com
Tony
Aiken
Linda Zulli-Trumbauer
Linda
Trumbauer
Nmss.org
Rjohnson
Aikenstandard Com
Residents lace up to walk for MS in Aiken
Local residents gather for the 2010 Walk MS in downtown Aiken, starting at 9 a.m. at the Public Library. The event supports the National MS Society Mid-Atlantic Chapter, aiding research and services for over 8,000 MS patients in western North Carolina and South Carolina.
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Aiken
Aiken County Public Library
Chesterfield St. S
National
Jeannie Cato
Cato
Tony
Carl Smith Wins PAL Boxing Title at 145 Pounds
Carl Smith of North Augusta Police Athletic League defeated Laquan Parker of White Rock by unanimous decision to win the 145-pound, 15–16 year old division at the State Police Athletic League titles held April 17.
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Carl Smith
North Augusta Police Athletic League
Laquan Parker
White Rock
Smith
State Police Athletic League
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Aikenstandard.com
First Baptist Church
Vainer
Public Library
Porky Bradberry
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