• The Silk Hope Ruritan Club will hold its fall American Red Cross blood drive on Friday, October 15 from 2:30 until 7:30 p.m. at the Silk Hope Ruritan Club building located at 8110 Silk Hope-Gum Springs Road. Come give and challenge someone else to “Give the Gift of Life”. For more information, contact Doug Boyette at 919-563-1151.

• The Chatham County Public Health Department and Community Diabetes Advocates are holding a diabetes support group on October 11 at 6:30 pm at Family Resource Center, 225 Chatham Square. The topic will be medications and diabetes. Speaker will be pharmacist, Stephen Joyce of Siler City Pharmacy. There will be a discussion on the challenge of living with diabetes. Open to diabetics, their family and friends. For information, call Marissa Jelks, 542-8297. 

• Child Care Networks, Inc. will be sponsoring a family oriented literacy event aimed at encouraging literacy in young children and families. Free and open to the public. Saturday, October 9 from 10 am to 1 pm at Wren Memorial Library in Siler City. For additional information, call Nina at 919-542-6644, ext. 22. 

• The annual Lions Club Pancake Breakfast will be held Saturday, October 16, from 7:00 am until 11:00 am at First United Methodist church Fellowship Hall, located at 1101 West Raleigh Street in Siler City. Tickets are $5.00 for adults, children 6-12, $2.50 and under 6 eat free.

• The Hispanic Liaison and NAACP are teaming up to set up a voter registration table at Siler City Wal-Mart on Thursday, October 7 from 9 am to 12 pm.

• Building a partnership with your child’s teacher; how to work together, parent and teacher, for your child’s success in school. A meeting for parents and caregivers to come together and learn, talk and share about how to accomplish this. Sponsored by Chatham County Together’s Family Advocacy Program. October 14 at Chatham County Together! in Siler City, 104 ½ South Chatham Avenue at 6:30 – 8 pm. Pizza and soda will be served for dinner and childcare will be available. Call before the meeting to register your child. For more information, call Elizabeth Vickrey, at 663-2370.

• Chatham County Together! volunteer orientation and mentor training, Tuesday, October 12, 5:30-8:30 at the Wren Memorial Library. A light meal will be served. Learn to become a friend and role model for youth ages 6-17 in Chatham County. For more information or to reserve a spot, call 542-5155.

• Farm Fun Day will be held on Saturday, October 9 from 10 am to 3 pm at the National Guard Armory in Siler City. Fun for the entire family. FREE Admission.

• The Jordan-Matthews PTA will meet on Monday, October 11 at 6:30 p.m. All are welcome to attend.

• Join a park ranger at Parker’s Creek Beach at 1 pm and paddle a canoe on the Parker’s Creek Pond at Jordan Lake on October 16 and 17. Schedule two hours for this event. No experience necessary. Participants must be least 12 years old; anyone under 16 years must have a parent or guardian participating. Pre-registration required. Call 919-362-0586 to register.

• Friday Walking Series at Jordan Lake, spend some time outside, get some exercise, learn something new, and explore the state park. Meet a park ranger at 2 pm, October 15, Ebenezer’s Old Oak Trail (Area A) – easy – 1 mile. Wear appropriate shoes and dress for the weather.

• Annual Tailgate Rock Swap will be held on October 9, at 535-A Old Sanford Road, Moncure. Free admission. Educational and fun event. Gemstones, minerals, arrowheads, fossils, or lapidary equipment. .For information call 919-542-2700 or 800-910-6112.

• Lexington and Davidson County will host their annual Barbecue Festival on Saturday, October 23. Exhibits, activities and entertainment for all the family. Admission is free and the public is invited.

• Pre-School Storytime at McIntyre’s Fine Books & Bookends, every Wednesday at 10:30 am. For information, call Sarah at (919) 542-3030.

• The Chatham County Soil and Water Conservation District will meet October 14 in the Conference room downstairs in the Agricultural Building in Pittsboro. This is an open meeting. If you would like additional information, contact our office at 919-542-8240.

• The Randolph Youth Theater Company will present four performances of Wonderland! They are scheduled for October 21 and 22 at 7 pm and October 23 at 2 pm and 7 pm at South Asheboro Middle School. For information or to purchase tickets, call (336) 629-4272 or e-mail info@rytc.org.