The Manna House will be open on Thanksgiving Day, serving breakfast from 8:30 to 9 a.m. and lunch from 11 a.m. to noon.

Community Pet Adoption will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, on the main campus of Carolinas Hospital System, 805 Pamplico Highway, Florence.

The McLeod Activity Center for Kids (MACK) is gearing up for “Gingerbread Games” Winter Camp full of games, crafts, and activities for children, ages 3 to 13 years.

LAKEWOOD, WA. – Sarah Elizabeth Casper, formerly of Florence, S.C. and John David Naletelich, formerly of Trout Creek, MT, were married Sept. 6 at Thornewood Castle in Lakewood, WA.

McLeod Hospice will celebrate the 30th Annual “A Light for Someone You Love” Tree Lighting Ceremony on Thursday, December 3, at 5:45 p.m.

A Flyball tournament will be hosted by the Pawmetto Pack Flyball Club on Dec. 12-13 at the Eastern Agricultural Fairgrounds, Indoors, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday.

Lauren Fields of Florence will travel to Tampa, Fla., in January to compete as a division finalist in the MTNA Senior Woodwind Competition.

The FMU Chorus and CUT TIME Show Choir will combine to present a Fall Concert on Thursday evening, Dec. 3, at 7:30 p.m. In the Kassab Recital Hall on campus.

COWARD – The public is invited to Breakfast with Santa, on Dec. 5, beginning at 8:45 a.m. (check-in begins at 8:30 a.m.) inside the Community Building at Lynches River County Park.

McLeod Regional Medical Center is among the first hospitals in the region to offer patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation an alternative to long-term blood thinning warfarin medication with the newly approved WATCHMAN Left Atrial Appendage Closure

The November meeting of the Samuel Bacot Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution was held on Nov. 11 at Central United Methodist Church in Spears Hall.

The Florence Lion’s Club and Black Jack Harley-Davidson will present the 32nd Annual Toy Run Parade on Dec. 6.

The Florence County Museum will host a gallery lecture by Dr. Lana A. Burgess on Saturday, Nov. 21, at 1 p.m. Dr. Burgess will use works of art currently on display from the Wright Collection of Southern Art to provide an overview of Southern Art.

Women Wanting Wisdom will present their second women’s conference at Central Methodist Church in February 2016. Entitled “Cultivate, A Women’s Gathering Around the Word,” the two-day event will feature Kelly Minter with worship by Cultivate Acoustic Trio.

The Holiday Show 2015 opens at the Art Trail Gallery on Tuesday, Nov. 17 in the gallery at 185 West Evans Street. The show features a variety of affordable artworks of all types, perfect for holiday gift-giving.