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The Ball Road Tabernacle Church is once again doing its part in the community-andbeyond. The church on Ball Road in Romulus is hosting a fundraiser in September to generate funds for the needy and provide help for the Niche for the Needy Food Bank and the Taylor Fish and Loaves organization. It will take place on Sept. 10.

“Hunger hurts. People are Romulus and the downriver area are hurting, not just financially, but their stomachs aren't full,” said Alan Richards, promotions director for the church. “There's not enough food to go around, they have to pay prescription costs, they have to pay

unexpected bills, and there's no money left to put food on the table.” Richards said he thought the church would be a good place to help. For the past 75 years, the organization has a history of help-ing the community, providing chari-table help for hundreds of people throughout the area. For the past six years, they've done a Thanksgiving fooddrive, aswell. The Patriots Ride for Hunger Freedom Festival will be another way to give back.

“It's all about helping families in need, not just with food, but offering themresources where they can find help for certain needs,” said Richard, who is aRomulus resident

who co-founded www.lookingto-helpyou.com, which helps families throughout theworld.

“Hunger has got to stop,” said Richards. “The only way we can stop it is through fundraisers like this, where churches and the city can work together to make our city better.”

He said he expects the festival to bring people in from surrounding

communities, too. It will take place on the church grounds. It will include a salute to veterans, with veterans from World War II to the conflict in Afghanistan in atten-dance, one of whom won a presi-dential award for valor.

“This is not a religious festival; it's not about trying to get the lost saved. That's not our job at this festi-val,” saidRichards. “We're honoring

vets, we're honoring people that are the working poor that are coming to have a good time with their family and we're raising resources to help those families in need. That's what this is all about. It's a community outreach effort.”

The council unanimously approved a permit for the event last week.

“I think it's remarkable what you're doing,” said Councilman WilliamWadsworth.

Richards said they will need vol-unteers for the event, too. For more information, call the church at (734) 722-9638. For information on the church, visit http://ballroadtaberna-cle.webs.com/.

Hunger hurts. People are Romulus and the downriver area are hurting, not just financially, but their stomachs aren't full.

Still have that old baby furniture taking up space in the garage?Need somewhere to send those boxes of books? Have all those old small household items that were replaced years ago still taking up space in the basement?

Boy, does the Belleville Area Museum and Historical Society have a deal for you. The group is currently searching for dona-tions of used items to sell during the city-wide garage sale Aug. 25-28. They are accepting household goods, decorative items, furniture, toys, antiques, small appli-ances, tools, books, baby items and even pic-tures.

“No clothing or computers, please,”

noted Museum Director Katie Dallos. “Please, ask friends and relatives who may have already had a yard sale to donate left-over items,” she said.

The sale will take place from 10:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Aug. 25 and then from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Aug. 26, 27 and 28.

Items donated to themuseumand society will be sold at the home of historical society members John and Debbie Juriga at 327 EastHuronRiverDr.

To arrange a time to drop off donations, call Juriga at (734) 697-0015 or (734) 395-8612. Proceeds from the sale will be used to support the projects and programs of the BellevilleAreaMuseum.

Tomorrow will be a special day in HeritagePark inCanton.

From 10-11:30 a.m., the Tiny Tot Olympics, offering pint-size games will take place.

Every child between the ages of 2-6 who participates will be a goldmedal win-ner and will have a chance to hold flowers and be recognized as an outstanding ath-lete, a spokesman from the recreation department said.

Parents are encouraged to bring their cameras for this photo opportunity. There is a $3 per child fee which will collected at the park.

Parksapalooza for those ages 5-15 will take place from 1-4 at the park tomorrow.

This is the seventh annual park event which includes an afternoon of games, contests and wild and crazy activities, the spokesman said.

Staff members from the Supervised Playground Program will lead all of the activities.

Parents are responsible for their chil-dren during this event, which will take place at the Heritage Park Amphitheater. There is a $5 fee per participant that includes all the afternoon activities. Heritage Park is located adjacent to the Canton Administration Building at 1150 S. Canton Center Road. For more informa-tion on these events, call (734)394-5460 or visit Cantonfun.org.

The Salvation Army will be collecting school supplies at Trinity Episcopal Church in Belleville from 1-6 p.m. Aug.18 whichwill be redistributed at the Plymouth headquarters to needy chil-dren from10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Aug. 24. Laurie Aren, director of family and community ministries for The Salvation Army in Plymouth, said that students in grades kindergarten through 12 would be able to select backpacks along with a $25 gift certificate to Payless Shoe Source during theBack 2 School Blitz 4. “This year, 20 groups, agencies or churches from Northville, Plymouth, Canton and Belleville have come togeth-er to support our kids going back to school,”Aren said.

Belleville is represented by Trinity Episcopal Church, First United

Methodist Church, Open Arms Lutheran Church, Van Buren Public Schools and WayneMetroCommunityActionAgency. Families will be registered for Back 2 School Blitz 4 by appointment only, she said. At this appointment parents will be asked for household income and identification for each child living in the home. Aren said she will be in Belleville for several days to take appli-cations.

Those qualifying for assistance will receive a voucher with an appointment time for theAug. 24 distribution. “Due to the number of families that come through for assistance, we will strictly enforce these appointment times,”Aren said.

TrinityEpiscopal Church is located at 11575BellevilleRoad.