Saturday November 12th

West Marine, 5221 Lanier Islands Parkway (Friendship Road), Buford, GA 30518, will have a double-braid splicing class on Saturday November 12th  from  0930 to 1030 or so in the store.   Coffee & donuts will be the fare.   A West Marine customer volunteered to teach the class.  Come by, socialize with your dock friends and see how Ellie demonstrates the art of splicing.

From 8:30 am until 5:30 pm, the location is at the Army Corps of Engineers’ Lanier Project Management office, 1050 Buford Dam Road, Buford, GA 30518. For full details, click here.

Tom Hanks narrates the epic story of the 9/11 boatlift that evacuated half a million people from the stricken piers and seawalls of Lower Manhattan. Produced and directed by Eddie Rosenstein. Eyepop Productions, Inc.

BOATLIFT was executive produced by Stephen Flynn and Sean Burke and premiered on September 8th at the 9/11 Tenth Anniversary Summit: Remembrance/Renewal/Resilience in Washington. The Summit kicked off a national movement to foster community and national resilience in the face of future crises. See www.road2resilience.org to become a part of the campaign to build a more resilient world. The film was made with the generous support by philanthropist Adrienne Arsht, Chairman Emerita, TotalBank (www.arsht.com)

This is really a rewarding job (and a terrific way to earn Merit Marks). Tim Tyson is sending out a plea for volunteers to help in the gathering-of-items process. Business owners are all too happy to donate, as it can easily create new regulars.  Items can be collected from your favorite places where you do business. There is no need to be hesitant about asking them to help out.

If you have an item you think might be of use in our auction, just let us know. The one caveat is that we don’t want it to become a garage sale. Many folks use this as a last minute Christmas shopping venue.

Help is desperately needed. This auction has, over the past 8 years, proven to be a great help to our budget. But the Waterlog is a very time consuming job, and there aren’t enough hours in the day to do both that AND a one man silent auction. Please contact Tim and earn a special place in his heart.

From 8:30 am until 5:30 pm, the location is at the Army Corps of Engineers’ Lanier Project Management office, 1050 Buford Dam Road, Buford, GA 30518. Click here for more details and to register online.