The Bleckley County Health Department will hold a Back to School Bash from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. July 31.

It's designed to promote vaccines for back to school. Activites include face painting, popcorn, snow cones, a bounce house, as well as Princesses with a Purpose characters. Open to children in Pre-K through seventh grade.

For more inforation, call Debbie Martin, (478) 934-6590, or email Debbie.martin@dph.ga.gov. The health department is located at 152 N. 8th Street in Cochran.

A Hospice educational seminar will be held at the Cochran city auditorium November 13 at 5:30 pm.  It'll be hosted by Dr. Kevin G. Moore, Bereavement Coordinator with Pruitt Health Hospice of Cordele.  Moore will discuss hospice options that may be needed by your family or friends as well as "Camp Cocoon," a service that helps children ages 6-17 deal with the loss of a loved one.  Admission is free.  Refreshments will be served.

To learn more about Pruitt Health, visit their website.

It was an extra busy morning in downtown Cochran Saturday as members of Mt. Calvary Baptist Church and other friends of Bleckley resident Tara Raffield raised funds for her.  

They held a bake sale and also stood at traffic lights to collect donations.  Money raised will go toward expenses associated with her fight against cancer.