calendar of events 6:30-9:30 p.m. the third Friday of each month. $15 for members ($30 for nonmembers), with $2 sibling discounts for everyone. Call 2105622 or visit ymcawnc.org.
March 20
Spare Me Bowling Tournament
Support Special Olympics Buncombe County by bowling with a team. Family games, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Adult games, 5-8 p.m. At AMF Star lanes, 491 Kenilworth Road, Asheville. $20 per person, five-person teams. Fee includes two games, shoe rental and T-shirt. Sign up at buncombecounty.org/parks.
March 21
Joyful Noise showcase and raffle
Joyful Noise Community Music and Arts Center’s students will show what the center offers, from chamber music to clogging, drama and more. All ages. At 2:30 p.m. at Grey Eagle Music Hall. Free. Joyful Noise is raffling a queen-size log cabin quilt to raise money for music and art scholarships. Drawing at the showcase. Winner need not be present. Raffle tickets are $10 each or three for $25. Tickets available until March 15 from Joyful Noise faculty, students/families, and at these businesses: Shop Around the Corner, Zuma Coffee in Marshall, Soli Classica, Acoustic Corner, and West Asheville Music and Art. Visit joyfulnoisecenter.org.
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MOMS GROUPS A sampling of support groups for moms in WNC. Arden Moms Meetup Group: A group for stay-at-home moms of preschoolers or babies in the Arden/South Asheville/Fletcher area. Visit meetup.com/arden-moms or contact Susan Toole at ArdenMoms@gmail.com. Asheville Moms with Multiples: Group for moms with multiples meets 7 p.m. the first Thursday of each month at the Women’s Resource Center on Doctors Drive, behind Mission Hospital. Call 444AMOM or visit !ashevillemom.com. Biltmore Baptist MOPS: MOPS is for all mothers of children from infancy to kindergarten. Meetings are 9:30-11:30 a.m. the first, third and fifth Wednesday of each month at Biltmore Baptist Church, 35 Clayton Road, Arden. Call 687-1111, e-mail mopsofbbc@yahoo.com or visit mopsofbbc.com. La Leche League of Asheville: Pregnant moms, babies and toddlers welcome at all meetings. Monday morning group meets at 10 a.m. the second Monday of the month at First Congregational Church on Oak Street. Contact a leader: Susan, 628-4438, Jessica, 242-6531, Falan, 683-1999, or Tamara, 505-1379. Monday evening group meets at 7 p.m. the third Monday of the month at Awakening Heart on Merrimon Avenue. Contact a leader: Yvette, 254-5591, or Molly, 713-7089. La Leche League of Hendersonville: Meets at 10 a.m. the second Wednesday of the month at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Hendersonville, 2021 Kanuga Road. Babies and toddlers welcome. Contact a leader: Andrea 676-6047, Katie 808-1490, or MC 693-9899. Mom2mom: Christian moms group meets at St. Paul’s Church, 32 Rosscraggon Road, Rosscraggon Business Park Building B, Asheville. Moms with any age children are welcome. Call 388-3598. Mommy and Me: Park Ridge Hospital offers a support group for moms at 10 a.m. the fourth Monday of the month. Contact Amy Mast at 216-7244. The hospital offers a luncheon for moms and babies, noon-1 p.m. the third Monday of the month, at the hospital’s private dining room. Call 681-2229. MOMS Club of Hendersonville: A support group open to mothers of all ages in the Henderson County area, including mothers who have home-based businesses and those who work part-time but are home with their children during the day. Meets 9:30 a.m. the first Thursday of the month at Hendersonville Church of Christ, 1975 Haywood Road, Hendersonville. Children welcome. Call Kerry at 692-7724 or visit hendersonvillemomsclub.wordpress.com Montreat/Black Mountain MOPS: Meets 9-11 a.m. the second Tuesday of each month at Black Mountain United Methodist Church, 101 Church St. Free child care available. Call Michelle at 6698012, ext. 4001, to reserve a spot. North Asheville MOPS: Meets 9:30-11:30 a.m. the first Monday of each month at Maranatha Baptist Church, 1040 Lower Flat Creek Road, Weaverville. Contact Jennifer Warner at 423-6180 or Liban Morris at lmorris_cid@hotmail.com.
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