July Meeting Reminder

Meeting Reminder 

Our July Association meeting will be Thursday, July 20 at 6:30 p.m. Meetings typically last about an hour. The meeting will be held in the Fellowship Hall (basement) of State Street Baptist Church, located at the corner of State Street & L Avenue.

A public safety officer will at be the meeting to give us an update on crime in our are and note any attendee concerns.

Membership Renewal 

As a reminder, membership renewals were due June 1. If you were not able to attend our meeting to pick up a renewal application , you can download an application HERE. Application and membership dues may be turned in at the meeting or mailed to our PO Box.

Guest Speaker: Artist Chris Robinson 

Southern Lights, a long-term art installation by Chris Robinson, will span the Congaree River between Blossom Street and Gervais Street bridges for a decade. The laser installation is scheduled to light up every evening in Cayce, West Columbia and Columbia every evening for the next decade, launching on Saturday, August 19 as part of the Total Solar Eclipse Weekend celebrations.

Chris will be joining us to tell us more about the installation and answer questions. This a great time to get some behind-the-scenes knowledge about the upcoming signature art attraction.

In the Community 

Food Drive in memory of Linda Keisler Meetze 

Long-time director of God's Helping Hands, Linda Keisler Meetze passed away in May 2017. To honor her memory and support Gods Helping Hands (which gives support to many families in Cayce), we'd like to make a special push to collect items to present to them in August.

If you are able, please consider picking up any of these items for our drive:

• Canned fruits & veggies 
• Canned meats (such as tuna, chicken, Spam) 
• Canned soup 
• Pop-top meals 
• Spaghetti sauce 
• Peanut butter 
• Cereal 
• Cooking oil 
• Dried beans 
• Juice 
• Jello 
• Personal toiletry items (such as bar soap, shampoo, toothpaste) 

If you are not able to bring the items to the meeting, please send an email or Facebook message and we will coordinate picking them up.

Don't miss these November dates

The holiday season is right in front of us, and our calendar is getting busy. Please put these dates on your agenda:

Holiday Float Workday
Sunday, November 6 at 1 p.m.
1201 State Street

Christmas Tree Fliers distributed
November 7-11
Tree fliers will be taped to your roll-out trash cans; you can also order online HERE.

Election Day
Tuesday, November 8
Vote at your local polling station

Museum Decorating
Wednesday, November 16 at 5:30 p.m.
Cayce Historical Museum
Wear your Avenues t-shirts and ask for the room being decorated by the Cayce Avenues Association

November Avenues Association Meeting
Thursday, November 17 at 6:30 p.m.
Fellowship Hall of State Street Baptist

Last Day to Order Christmas Trees
Saturday, Nov. 19 at 5 p.m.
Turn your order form in to your street representative or order on our website HERE.

Christmas Tree Distribution
Thursday, November 24 from 2 to 5 p.m.
Friday, November 25 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday, November 26 9 a.m. to noon (if not finished on Friday)
Cayce Masonic Lodge, 12th Street & Oakland Avenue

Volunteer Call for the Cayce Festival of the Arts

The Cayce Festival of the Arts is just a little over two weeks away, and we're super excited.

At our body meeting last week, we discussed the need for volunteers at the Cayce Festival of the Arts. This is a vital part of our Festival being successful so we're asking for you help.

We will need help setting up on Friday, April 10 in the afternoon and all day on Saturday, April 11. Shifts on Saturday are only two hours, so we hope you'll all find time a little time to come by and help out.

If you can volunteer, please sign up here no later than April 1 so we can create our schedule and order your volunteer t-shirt.

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.

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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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.