Deadline for Avenues Christmas Tree Orders

Happy Friday Neighbors!

This is your reminder that today is the deadline for ordering Christmas trees for the Avenues Christmas Tree Lighting project. Please take your order forms to your street representative today.

If you want to order, but misplaced your flyer, you can order online this year and pay by Paypal. Just go to this link and complete the online form, and we'll send you a Paypal invoice: http://cayceavenues.blogspot.com/p/avenues-tree-lighting-pr…

If you placed an order online already, all the invoices have been sent. Please email cayce.avenues.assn@gmail.com if you didn't receive it.

Don't hesitate to reach out to me at cayce.avenues.assn@gmail.com if you have questions or need help getting your order in.

November Association Meeting

Our November meeting is Thursday, Nov. 20 at 6:30 in the Fellowship Hall (basement) of State Street Baptist.

We will have a speaker this month from God's Helping Hands, a social service and charitable organization located right here in the Avenues. They have done incredible work to help the less fortunate here in Cayce.

In previous years, we have held an food drive to benefit God's Helping Hands, and since the need always seems stronger during the holiday season, we are calling for donations at our November and December meetings.

Please consider bringing one of the following items to be given to God's Helping Hands:

1. Non-perishable food items
2. Personal hygiene items (toothbrushes, toothpaste, deodorant, etc.)

We love how our neighbors look out for each other.  Thanks for your participation!

Let us know if there are any questions: cayce.avenues.assn@gmail.com.

Cayce Festival of the Arts

The Avenues Association is proud to announce the innaugural Cayce Festival of the Arts to be held April 11, 2015.  

We are calling all fine artists, fine crafters, writers and authors to join us that day.  We are also asking the public to put this date on your calendars and plan to spend the day with us and our artists.  For more information please go to our website at http://caycefestivalofthearts.blogspot.com.

This will be a family event that will feature outstanding artists as well as a student art display and contest.  Food trucks will also be on site to provide a unique dining experience.  ATM machines will also be on site.  

Just imagine spending a day with us at this historic location amongst the old brick kilns at the Guignard Brick Yards on Knox Abbott Drive!

We will be only feet away from Cayce's famous River Walk.  Add a family walk along the river to your day of fun.

More information will be forthcoming, so stay tuned an hope for a day like this on April 11 next year!

2014 Christmas Tree Lighting Project

Flyers started going out this weekend for the Avenues Assssociation Christmas Tree Lighting Project.

We are fortunate that the Cayce Farmers Market was able to provide trees to us again for $20. Proceeds benefit the Cayce Historical Museum.

And this year, we have online ordering available. Go to our Cayce Avenues Tree Lighting Project tab for more details.

Check out the fun from previous years!

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SAVE THE DATE!

Please join us for our December neigborhood association meeting and holiday potluck!
Thursday, December 18 at 6:30 p.m.
The Fellowship Hall (basement) of State Street Baptist
Bring a side dish or dessert to share.

National Night Out Avenues Stroll [photos]

Thanks to our neighbors and public safety who joined us for our Avenues stroll last week. We will see everyone at our October meeting on Thursday.

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National Night Out Announcemnt

National Night Out Avenues Stroll

October 7 - 6pm - 7pm

Come join your neighbors for a stroll around the heart of the Avenues. You never know who might join us!

We start at 701 O Ave (Woman's Club of Cayce) to 9th, down N to 7th, and so on until Indigo then back to O Ave on 7th. Start the walk with us or join us when we pass your street.

Since it will start to get dark toward the end of the walk, please wear light colored clothing. Glow sticks will be provided.

Join the event via our FB page:

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The Cayce Granite Quarry Tour

A number of the Avenues neighbors took a guided tour of the Quarry today and loved the trip.  We spent an hour and half learning how to make little stones out of big rocks and how to stay safe in the process.

As you can see it is a very big hole in the ground.  Some five hundred feet deep and a totally closed operations.  Meaning that the water used is rain and runoff and recycled right back into the operation. No pollution here!  They think that there is  enough granite to last to 2050 at which time there will be a huge lake left for the residents of the area to enjoy.

As you can see our intrepid "Day miners" are dwarfed by the equipment.  These are not your father's Tonka Toys.

We had the opportunity to see a safety film and general description of the operation before going out to the site.

We actually came out with the same head count as we had on arrival.  All in all it was an enjoyable time and we all want to thank the plant head honcho John Overmyer for his generosity and expertise. Now we need to find another trip for the membership to enjoy.  Any ideas?  

Have a great week end.

It's Beautiful Day in Cayce! [Upcoming Dates]

Good morning, friends and neighbors!

We have lots of events to share with you. Please mark your calendar for the following dates:

Avenues Association Events

Thursday, Sept. 18 - Avenues Association Body Meeting
6:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of State Street Baptist Church.

Saturday, Sept. 20 - Cayce Quarry Tour
The Cayce Quarry has arranged for a group of our members to take a tour at 9 a.m. Because of the limited quantity of people allowed, sign-ups are required. Members, watch your emails for more details.

Tuesday, Oct. 7 - National Night Out
Traditionally, we've celebrated National Night Out on the Texas date. This year, we'll be having a neighborhood walk through the Avenues. Details to follow via email.

Cayce's Centennial Celebration

Friday, Sept. 5 - Concert at the Brickworks
Tokyo Joe will be playing. Gates open at 5 p.m. Parking will be in the Southern First lots, and overflow will go into Parkland Plaza. Bring a camp chair or blanket to sit on.

Saturday, Sept. 6 - Family Fun Day
Family Fun Day will be from 12-5 p.m. at Granby Gardens Park  (in front of City Hall). There will be a bounce house, water slide and face painting. The fire engine and Cinderella will be available for photos.

Sunday, Sept. 7 - Opening the Time Capsule
A time capsule was buried at the Cayce Historical Museum 25 years ago, and it will be opened on Sunday. A new capsule will be bird. There will also be birthday cake, lots of history of Cayce and people dressed in costume from Cayce's various historical events.

All Centennial Celebration events are free. Contact the City of Cayce for more details.

Congaree Blue Grass Festival

Saturday, Oct. 4 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Granby Garden's Park - Lots of a great bluegrass music, good food and family fun. This event is free and open to the public. Watch the Festival FB page for more details.

Have a happy and safe Labor Day Weekend!


P.S. Carolina is playing their first home football game tonight. Kickoff is at 6 p.m., so be aware that that traffic will be heavy around the University all afternoon. Please plan accordingly if you have to be out and about.

Back to School Drive

The Back to School Drive for school supplies is in force.

Please consider picking up come of the items on this list and dropping them at the Cayce location to help our less fortunate students out.

The local contact is as follows:
Tony Hill
2442 Charleson Hwy
Cayce SC 29033

Cutoff date is August 1.

Thanks for SERVPRO of Cayce/West Columbia and Lexington for organizing and sponsoring this event.

Welcome!

Thanks for visiting our new Cayce Avenues Neighborhood Association website. This site is under construction, so we appreciate your patience as we slowly get it built.

Please check back soon for updates, and we're looking forward to seeing everyone at our next neighborhood association meeting on August 21.

Also, be sure to visit and like us on our Facebook page.