TODAY IN CALHOUN: Don't forget to mark your schedule for these events Saturday, July 30
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* On July 30, VF Outlet will host a Kids Fun day while parents shop for back to school clothes. There will be a coloring contest for ages 3-5, 6-8 and 9-11. Entries will be accepted from 12-5 p.m. on this day. The winners will be judged by VF employees, and each winner will receive a free backpack of their choice to be given away on Monday, Aug. 1. VF will also be having free face painting from 1-4 p.m. and The Balloonatic will be making free balloon figures and magic tricks for the kids from 2-4 p.m.

* Guyequoni-Time of the Ripe Corn Moon will take place at New Echota Saturday, July 30, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Historic demonstrations, featuring Cherokee watercolor artist, Billy Mack Steele, who will create a special painting depicting the Cherokee storytelling tradi-tion. All buildings will be open with volunteers from Friends of New Echota available to answer questions. Admission fee allows access to museum, film, and self-guided tour of historic grounds, buildings, and nature trails. All proceeds support programming, preserva-tion, and education at New Echota State Historic Site. The site is located one mile east of I-75, exit 317, on GA Hwy. 225. Admission is $4 - $6. For more information, call 706-624-1321 or visit www.gastateparks.org.

* Heritage Baptist Church will sponsor a school supply giveaway Saturday, July 30, from 9 a.m. to noon. Backpacks will be filled with needed supplies and handed out at the church, located at 345 Curtis Parkway. For more information or to make a donation, call Steve Wil-liams at 678-986-6575.

* TrueNorth Church will be providing a hot meal to those families in need Saturday, July 30, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Boy Scout building located just inside the Yellow Jacket Football Stadium.

* The Youth of Victory Fellowship Center will be hosting a School Supply Giveaway on Saturday, July 30 from 9:00 a.m. to noon or as long as the supplies last. The location for the event will be the church parking lot at 925 Oothcalooga Street, Calhoun, Georgia. For more information please contact Audrey Montgomery at (706) 346-9842.

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