CLASSES/SEMINARS/EVENTS
Stafford Senior High School Class
Host Families Needed by ASSE International Student Exchange Programs for school year 2009-2010. 540/286-2529.
Fredericksburg Cyclists Bike Club rides through October. bikefred.com.
Runner Safety and Self-Defense Clinic, April 21 6 p.m. at Fredericksburg Police Department. $5. RSVP to
Email: farcinfo@gmail.com.
Cuidado Casero Home Care of Virginia
Volunteer Orientation, Rappahannock Big Brothers Big Sisters, Thursday,
Yard Sale Spaces available for Spotsylvania County's annual Spring Yard/Craft Sale. $15 for one space, $20 for two or $30 for three. 540/507-7010.
Child Safety Seat Inspection, Monday, April 20, 3-6 p.m. at Spotsylvania Fire and Rescue, Bancroft Road. Free. 540/898-0052.
Voting Rights Presentation by Paula McMahon, a Disability Rights Advocate, Friday at 1 p.m. at disAbility Resource Center. 800/662-3962.
The Princess Closet will offer gently-used and new formal wear and accessories to help area young ladies prepare for prom. Saturday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. 804/564-1874.
Empowering Families Building on your strengths seminar will be held tonight, April 27 and April 30, 7-8:30 p.m. at Salem Church Library, 2607 Salem Church Road. 410/251-1920.
Fredericksburg Seventh Day Adventist Community Service Center, 1108 Caroline St., will host a series of free classes on Sundays from 2 to 4 p.m. through October. The April 19 class includes free blood pressure screenings. 540/373-4642.
Free Educational "Spotsylvania Local Retirement Opportunity Program," April 15 at 1 p.m. and April 18 at 1 and 3 p.m. at Salem Church Library, 2607 Salem Church Road. 540/786-1812.
SELF-HELP/SUPPORT GROUPSAnimal Rites USA, a pet-bereavement support group, meets second Tuesday of the month, 7 p.m., Conference Room 2, Central Rappahannock Regional Library headquarters, Caroline Street. Sponsored by Animal Rites USA. 540/361-7487. Free.
Bright Beginnings, a mentor program for unwed teen mothers. Dinner and child care every Monday, 6 p.m., Salem Fields Community Church, Gordon Road. 540/854-7759.
Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants, support group for families and friends of offenders and ex-offenders as well as those interested in assisting or learning more about helping former inmates, meeting Monday, April 20 at 7 p.m. at Stafford Baptist Church, 2202 Jefferson Davis Highway. 540/659-7517.
Fredericksburg Foster and Forever Families, support group for families with foster or adoptive children and for waiting families, meets fourth Thursday of every month, 7 p.m., Fredericksburg United Methodist Church, Hanover Street.
THEOS, an interdenominational support group for widowed persons, meets the fourth Tuesday of every month, 7:30 p.m., Fredericksburg Baptist Church. Chaplain Jack Marcom, 540/370-4325.
MEETINGSFredericksburg Photography Club meeting Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. at Fredericksburg United Methodist Church, 308 Hanover St. Program will be "Developing Your Vision" presented by Tim Lucente. 540/659-8409.
Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries and Spotsylvania Sheriff's Office will hold a community meeting Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Chancellor Community Center to share information about the ongoing issue of bears in the county. 540/507-7177.
HOW TO SUBMIT ITEMSItems for the Community Calendar should be submitted by noon the preceding Thursday. Send to The Free Lance-Star, 616 Amelia St., Fredericksburg, Va. 22401, fax to 540/373-8455 or e-mail newsroom@freelance star.com. Include a telephone number. Due to space limitations, the Meetings section of the Community Calendar is limited to clubs whose special events include outside speakers or entertainment.