Geauga Happenings

November 19, 2020 by Staff Report

Virtual Turkey Trot

November

The Chagrin Falls Booster Club presents its annual turkey trot virtually due to COVID-19 restrictions. Participants can still help support the Chagrin Boosters and schools by participating signing up for the virtual event at www.chagrinturkeytrot.com. Then run, jog, walk, or bike 3.1 miles at any time in any location during the month. Submit fun photos and results online. The $20 per person fee includes a T-shirt for the first 500 registrants.

Geauga Co. Tea Party Meets

Nov. 19, 6:30 p.m.

Geauga County Tea Party will meet at the Metzenbaum Center, 8200 Cedar Road, Chester Township. Professor John Plecnik, of the Cleveland Marshall Law College, will be speaking on bias in American education.

For more information, visit www.geaugacountyteaparty.com.

Audubon Monthly Bird Hike

Nov. 22, 8 a.m.

Help Blackbrook Audubon find bird species from northern boreal forests that have been spotted in the area during its next monthly survey. Members and guests meet at the lower parking lot of Beaty Landing, 543 East Walnut Ave., Painesville.

Blackbrook will monitor this site on the fourth Sunday of each month until March 2021. The list of birds found is posted on eBird.org.

For more information, visit blackbrookaudubon.org or www.lakemetroparks.com.

Christmas Cookie Contest

Nov. 28, 8:30 a.m.

Drop off a dozen cookies in front of the Burton Fire Department from 8:30-10 a.m. to be included in the Burton Chamber of Commerce’s Country Hearth Christmas cookie contest and sale. Winners will be announced at 10:30 a.m.

Plates of the remaining cookies will be sold after judging at 10:30 a.m. in front of the fire department.

Ugly Sweater Run

Nov. 28, 9 a.m.

Sign up for Burton Chamber of Commerce’s Country Hearth Christmas 5K Ugly Sweater Run and 1 mile Penguin Waddle. The run begins and ends at Burton Fire Station, 13828 Spring St. in Burton. Registration is at 8:15 a.m.

Early registration is $20 per person for the run, or $25 for day of race. The waddle is $10 per person. Prizes awarded for age bracket winners and best sweater or costume. Pets and children are welcome in the waddle. All preregistered participants receive a T-shirt.

Register online at www.gcxcracing.com/uglysweater

Dorothy’s Porch Giveaway

Dec. 3 and 4, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

A free giveaway of clothing for the family, Christmas items, books and bedding will be held at Celebration Lutheran Church, 10621 Auburn Road, Chardon. Masks are required; social distancing will be observed.

Donations will be accepted through Nov. 26 by appointment only. Call 440-285-5402 to schedule.

GEL Zoom Webinar

Dec. 4, 8-9 a.m.

Join Geauga Economic Leadership (GEL) via Zoom webinar for its December Entrepreneur Success Event. Hear Deby Lexow, of LOCLE Box, discuss the challenges and joys of starting and running a thriving gift business.

For information on how to register, email info@geaugagrowth.com or call 440-564-1060

GEL breakfasts are co-sponsored by Geauga Growth Partnership and Kent State University at Geauga.

GCP Holiday Networking Event

Dec. 10, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Geauga Growth Partnership will host a virtual holiday networking event via Zoom. Join for conversation, games and prizes. Upon registration, guests will receive goodie bags filled with gifts from fellow members.

Call 440-564-1060 or email info@geaugagrowth.com to register.

Holiday Meal Drivers Needed

Volunteer drivers are needed Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 26 and Christmas Day, Dec. 25 to deliver meals to seniors who are alone for the holidays.

All meals are delivered from the Chardon Senior Center, 12555 Ravenwood Drive in Chardon.

Volunteers pick up the holiday meals at the Chardon Senior Center and deliver them to the assigned seniors’ homes.

For more information or to volunteer, call Deana Catucci at the Geauga County Department on Aging, 440-279-2145.