What’s In Your Attic? Antique Appraisal Fair

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Infiniti Coaches Charity Challenge

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Blue Ridge Area Food Bank has been selected as the charity of choice by UVA Men’s Basketball Coach, Tony Bennett, to participate in the Infiniti Coaches Challenge. Tony is the only coach in the challenge for Virginia so there’s no competition within our state.

 

From January 2 to March 12 you can help the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank win $100,000… or 400,000 meals!  UVA Men’s Basketball Coach, Tony Bennett, has chosen the Food Bank as his charity and all you have to do is go to www.espn.com/Infiniti and vote for Coach Bennett – DAILY!  Then share this link with your friends, family, co-workers, everyone and ask them to vote too!

New Exhibit at Plains District Museum

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Native Americans in Plains District

               

A look at the Native Americans who lived in the area through history, pictures, folk lore and displays of artifacts.  The exhibit Includes extensive collections of Native American relics from the collections of Gene Driver and  Ben May of Broadway and Charles Rife of Timberville. The Rife Collection contains over 2500 items carefully documented in a journal which was willed to Rockingham Co. after his death.  Plains District Museum is now the custodian for the collection. Also on display is a sculpture of an Indian Chief carved with a chain saw as a gift to Coby Mongold of Broadway.  Visit the Museum to get a glimpse of a little known aspect of life in Plains District.

 

The exhibit will be on display through April, 2017.

Holiday Indoor Yard Sale

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Get an early start on your holiday decorating and shopping at the Museum’s Indoor Yard Sale!

 

New inventory of decorations, books, household articles and more.

 

 

Ten Thousand Villages Community Shopping Event

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Want to help support the R-H SPCA this holiday season? Simply shop at Ten Thousand Villages in Harrisonburg from November 26 through December 10, and mention the R-H SPCA. Ten Thousand Villages will donate a portion of their proceeds each time the R-H SPCA is mentioned. Shopping at this unique store is like traveling the world – Ten Thousand Villages has handmade items from all over the globe.

 

Remember, please do your holiday shopping at Ten Thousand Villages this season, and mention the R-H SPCA.

Home for the Holidays

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Everybody’s holiday wish is a home for orphaned pets. Can you open your heart and give a loving pet a home for the holidays?

 

Our annual Home for the Holidays adoption event will be held at the shelter from November 12 through November 19.  During the event, you can adopt an adorable pet for only $25, if they are spayed or neutered. Animals not fixed will require a spay/neuter deposit, plus a $10 adoption fee.

 

Stop by the shelter at 2170 Old Furnace Road on November 12 and 19, and enjoy hot chocolate, hot apple cider, and cookies as part of the holiday celebration.

 

Adoption fee includes age appropriate vaccines, flea and parasite treatment, and a microchip ID. Adopters will also receive a holiday gift package during this special event.

 

To see pictures of all the cuddly critters, visit rhspca.org. Call 540-434-5270 with questions.