Events for March 2015

HealthWorks is having a community wide Couch 2 5k training program beginning Monday, January 12th and ending Saturday, March 21st. Each Saturday at 8:00 a.m., weather permitting, meet us at the Union County Fairgrounds for a community run/walk. For HealthWorks members, a training schedule will be posted on the 2nd floor. Non-members may pick up a copy of the training schedule in the lobby of HealthWorks. Inquire at the front desk.

**NOTE:  You can also download the C25K app on your smartphone

HealthWorks Fitness Center is starting the New Year with Get Lean in '15. This program is an 8 week challenge that focuses on total wellness through a variety of Fat Loss Lifestyle Education Classes and Workouts. Participants will receive a pamphlet containing healthy nutrition and time efficient workouts. Interactive lectures teaching the fat loss lifestyle are scheduled weekly on Sundays from 3:00-4:00pm. This program will end Friday March 20th.

Over 600 South AR families selling more than 50,000 children and teen items. You will find upscale gently used clothing (newborn through the largest teen sizes), baby gear, equipment, furniture, toys, books & more!

El Dorado Bankers Blood Drive will be held at the South Arkansas Art Center on Monday, March 2nd! Free snacks, drinks, and T-shirts will be given with each blood donation! there will be a drawing for a $600 Walmart Gift Card for a lucky donor!

Topic: History of South Arkansas University Speaker: Dr. James Willis

Vehicle Refinishing for the Insurance Industry AR C.E. Course ID # 10088575 provided by Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes provider ID # 4460. Qualifies for 7 C.E. points. Sponsored by Laneys Collision Center and provided as a community service to local insurance personnel. Lunch will be provided.

Join us for our 3 year Anniversary Meeting

Meet as a community at the Union County Fairgrounds for the Couch 2 5k run/walk (weather permitting).

If you like Hot and Spicy Shrimp and Crawdaddy's then Jalisco's Mexican Restaurant In Strong, Arkansas is where you need to be on Saturday March 7 Starting @ 5 pm.

The 58th Annual Civitan TV Auction will be held on Monday, March 9 from 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m at  Immanuel Baptist Church, broadcasted live on cable channel 14, KAGL radio Real American Country 98.7 and streaming on Immanuel Baptist Church El Dorado's website www.ibceldorado.org.

 Proceeds benefit South Arkansas Developmental Center for Children and Families.

The worldwide mission of Civitan International is to build good citizenship by providing a volunteer organization of clubs dedicated to serving individual and community needs with an emphasis on helping people with developmental disabilities.
 

Join us for a fun and fast paced look at these emerging social networks. In this seminar, we will explore how these social networks may fit your business and how to make these effective. We will also discuss time management tips on how to make sure you are spending the appropriate amounts of time on these social networks.

March is Red Cross Month, Come join the fun! Come and learn about the American Red Cross. Does your Business have a plan in the event of a Disaster? Become a Volunteer. Free Blood Pressure Checks and Light refreshments will be provided.

The first African-American graduate of Central High School will speak on "Lesson from Little Rock" in the eighth annual SouthArk Lecture Series. Risking life and limb, Ernest Green and eight classmates agreed to integrate the formerly all-white school in 1957 and made front-page news around the world when Governor Orville Faubus refused them entry and President Eisenhower had to send Federal troops to keep the peace. Currently, Mr. Green is the Managing Director of Public Finance for Lehman Brothers' Washington, D.C. office.

Meet as a community at the Union County Fairgrounds for the Couch 2 5k run/walk (weather permitting).

Union County Master Gardeners' Dirt Friends Festival will feature two garden speakers:Janet Carson, University of Arkansas Horticultural Specialist and Bob Byers, Landscape Architect with Garvan Woodland Gardens, Hot Springs, AR. Door open at 8:30am, program begins at 9am. In additio to the speakers there will be vendors, refreshments and door-prizes. Fee is $10. For more information contact Charlotte Abbott, 870-862-1099.

The Bereavement Program of Life Touch Hospice offers Life Bridge Grief Camp for youth ages six through seventeen who have lost a loved one. Participants learn and share about their grief in a caring environment while also taking part in a low ropes course, horseback riding, and crafts. Parents and/or guardians are able to take part in a brief session that focuses on helping youth who are grieving.

Celebrity Waiter is food, fun, silent auction and more. This event is alot of fun and all for a good cause. All proceeds from this event go to Relay for Life/American Cancer Society. Local Celebrities come out and have fun. You can buy tickets from team members or contact us by email.

This monthly program is for ages 50 and better! Each month will feature a little something different, for example: Wellness Education, Exercise Demonstrations and even Quarterly Birthday Celebrations. We laugh and socialize while learning ways to live life to the fullest. This month we are celebrating January, February and March birthdays...cake,games and fun! Call now to make your reservations.

This monthly support group is for caregivers and others dealing with Alzheimer's disease. Come join us and get the emotional support you need. A light lunch is served Sponsored by South Arkansas Center on Aging, Area Agency on Aging and LifeTouch.

Email marketing doesn't cost much or take a lot of time, but it's effective - a perfect fit for small businesses! Target the customer you want to reach and get results with email. Learn how to get your messages opened, how to grow your list, and how to use email service providers to create professional-looking campaigns in a snap.

Vince Gill & Friends Live featuring Ashley Monroe, Charlie Worsham & Jenny Gill Thursday, March 19th at the El Dorado Municipal Auditorium. Showtime is 7 pm with doors opening at 6 pm. Tickets are $100, $60, $50, $40 & $30 and are available at www.mainstreeteldorado.org or by calling (870) 862-4747.

Fundraiser for bikers against child abuse,black gold chapter. Fun for all ages! Events include poker run, live bands , state cook off, biker games, lots of vendors, door prizes and much more.

We feel this is a great public service trying to educate everyone on the care and upkeep of a mayhaw orchard with all the different speakers we have coming to the Eldorado Conference center for our program. Our cooking contest is really starting to garner a lot of interest for the $250 / $100 / $50 top prizes for the best mayhaw recipe and after the judging is over everyone is invited to sample all the entrees, also they have some really nice door prizes. There will be coffee and mayhaw jelly/ biscuits in the morning followed by our guest speakers and then the cooking contest and break for sampling. The Eldorado trolley will be scuttling everyone from their motels to the conference center and then out to Paul's Mayhaw orchard for an orchard tour guided by Robin Bridges from the Union County Extension service and Rafash Brew from the Union Parish Extension service from Monroe La. There they will be treated to free samples of mayhaw wine and homemade mayhaw ice cream, there will be limited grafted mayhaw trees for sale also. Following that the park superintendent (Paul Butler) at Moro Bay State Park is giving guided boat tours to see mayhaws in the wild on the Ouachita river. But one of the biggest attractions is the Mayhaw themed 4 course meal to be served with free samples of mayhaw wine at Fayray's restaurant on the downtown square Friday night (March 20th) after the Vince Gill concert (March 19), (which I hear is sold out ) and that response has been overwhelming but this is a 1st come 1st served / no reservations. The Eldorado A & P commission has given us $3000.00 to help advertise with-in a 100 mile radius and we have several great sponsors who have taken us under their wing putting forth much faith in helping make this a success this year.

This Concert OVERVIEW With over 380 million records and singles sold, ABBA is one of the best selling music artists of all time and the second best selling music group of all time. Their music has been heard all over the world and most recently has been attributed to the musical/ movie "Momma Mia". In 2010, they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Now you can hear Arrival, original band members of ABBA, direct from Sweden. Playing regularly to millions of world wide audiences live and on television, they will come to El Dorado to entertain. Come join us for an experience you are sure to remember. TICKETS ARE NOT SOLD OUT! You can get tickets online or pay at the door by cash or check only!

Monthly Meeting of Local Red Cross Volunteers. Lunch is provided.

All Vehicle Poker Run starts at BancorpSouth downtown parking lot at 8:00 am last bike out at 9:30, last bike in at 12:00 noon. $25 Entry fee includes lunch and tshirt, Passenger Fee $20 inlcudes lunch and tshirt. You may purchase 2 extra cards at the last stop. All proceeds benefit Relay for Life/American Cancer Society.

The first of 2015 Cruise In. Bring your Hot Rod and show it off. Enjoy the fellowship of others who of like mind. If you don't have a Rod, come and enjoy the eye candy.