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Ongoing Help Columbia Days before Christmas Day of 2014, parts of Marion County and the city of Columbia were damaged or destroyed by a tornado. Visit the website or Facebook page below to find out how you can help. www.helpcolumbia.com www.facebook.com/helpcolumbia Ongoing Marion County Humane Society Following the tornado that ravaged Columbia and Marion County, the organization needs chicken feed, cat and dog food, hay, and blankets. For more information, call 601-606-0232. E-mail: bjgandy@gmail.com Now until Mar. 31st Selections from the Sarah Ellen Gillespie Collection Will be on display at the Sarah Ellen Gillespie Museum of Art, located on the main Hattiesburg campus of William Carey University. The gallery is open weekday afternoons from 1:00-4:00. For more details, call 601-318-6051. The museum will be closed March 9–13 for Spring Break. Now until Mar. 31st Intellectual Disability Awareness Month In 1987, President Reagan declared March as Intellectual Disability Awareness Month. For more on local observances throughout March, contact The Arc of Southeast Mississippi (based in Hattiesburg at 601-583-4251) or The Arc of the Pine Belt Region (based in Laurel at 601-426-2944). www.archattiesburg.com www.arcpinebeltregion.com Now until Mar. 31st Mississippi Youth ChalleNGe Earn your GED for free. Youth ChalleNGe helps those between the ages of 16-18. For more details, call 1-800-507-6253. Every other Monday until Apr. 6th Free Tax Preparation Offered to those age 60 or more with low and moderate incomes, this this being offered from 10:00am-3:00pm at the Laurel Jones County Library. Call the library for more details at 601-428-4313. Now until end of current school year International Student Exchange This non-profit program, under the authority of the U.S. State Department, is currently looking for a few individuals to earn a supplemental income and a chance to go to Dublin, Ireland in November 2015. These people must be positive, energetic, and upbeat. Have a desire to help other people, making a difference in the lives of teenagers, families in the community and the local high school student body. For more details, call 1-844-556-6688. www.iseusa.com Mar. 7th Pine Belt’s Blessing of the Bikes Takes place at Laurel Wal-Mart. There will be door prizes, coffee and doughnuts, balloons for Kids, and admission is free. Registration starts at 9:00am; blessing at 10:00am. BBQ plates will be available for purchase for $7. For more details, call 601-319-6400. A timely reminder from thepinebelt.com, B95, Rock 104, KZ94.3 and Alive 96.5FM. Mar. 10th UBS Blood Drive in Laurel Takes place from 12:00pm-6:00pm at the Cameron Center in Laurel (711 North 10th Avenue). For more details, call 601-264-0743. www.UnitedBloodServices.org   United Blood Services will hold blood drives at Laurel's Cameron Center on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month. Editor's Note For more events, please click on the second arrow button from the right.  The two central arrow buttons will advance this calendar backward and forward one page. If you're looking for the ongoing events we talk about, they're listed at or near the end of our calendar. The best thing to do is click on the rightmost arrow button below.  Also, please click here for the concert calendar from 96.5 Alive FM's website for Gospel sings and Christian concerts. For garage, rummage and yard sales, please visit thepinebelt.com's Swap Shop. Thanks for letting B95, Rock 104, KZ94.3, 96.5 Alive FM and thepinebelt.com serve you. Doug Morris doug@pinebeltradio.com Showing 1-10 of 31 records.