Another loaded event schedule in the East Cobb area starts Friday morning with some spring cleaning, and ends Sunday with another Music in the Park concert.
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The annual Indian Hills Garage Sale takes place Friday and Saturday from 9-4 at select homes throughout the neighborhood (addresses and detailed lists here and here).
If you’re looking to clear out your own closet, bring unwanted shoes between 9-12 Saturday to Wheeler High School (375 Holt Road) for the Wheeler Band Booster Club Shoe Drive. Donations of gently worn, used and new shoes will be accepted, and in any size (more details here). They’ll have one more collection date, on May 10.
The Pope High School Band Car Wash Fundraiser is Saturday from 9-2 at Midtown Tire (2950 Johnson Ferry Road), with proceeds benefitting band programs, and you’ll get free refreshments while you wait.
Kids 3-16 are invited to bring their rods and bait and come to the Cobb PARKs Fishing Rodeo Saturday from 9-11 at Hyde Farm Park (726 Hyde Road). There will be awards given and the cost is $5 per child. To register click here.
Also on Saturday, Cobb PARKs is putting on its Spring Arts Festival from 10-4 at Jim Miller Park (2245 Callaway Drive). More than 100 artisans and vendors will be selling their wares, with food, music, glass art demonstrations and other activities and entertainment. Parking and admission are free.
Faith Lutheran Church (2111 Lower Roswell Road) is holding a Wine Tasting and Silent Auction Saturday from 6-9 to benefit its K-8 school. Tickets are $25/person ($25/couple for staff members). Childcare will be availablem and to sign up click here.
The Cobb Schools Foundation and Ivy Lane women’s clothing boutique are teaming up Saturday for the 9th annual Sources of Strength Fashion Show, to raise funds and awareness for teen suicide prevention.
A $20 ticket includes lunch at noon at Paradise Grille (3605 Sandy Plains Road), followed by the fashion show at 1 p.m. at Ivy Lane a few doors down. Attendeees will get a swag bag with gift cards from local businesses.
After some or all of that, Sunday’s for relaxing. Music in the Park returns to East Cobb Park (3322 Roswell Road) for another free concert from 4-6. Bring food and a chair/blanket to the concert stage and enjoy. Organized by the Friends for the East Cobb Park and presented by Wellstar, the Rotary Club of East Cobb, Frameworks Gallery, Home Depot and Site One Landscaping.
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