Pumpkin Festival

Are you ready for the season of pumpkins?

Cooler air, warm colors, falling leaves, hoodies, pumpkins, 
and festivals......

Celebrates their 35th annual pumpkin festival on October 10th this year. The 2nd Saturday of October brings people from all over out to enjoy a parade, crafts, food, music, dancing, rides, and pumpkins.

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Fun Facts:

Over 1.5 billion pounds produced each year in the United States.

World's largest pumpkin weighed 1,800 pounds.

Largest pumpkin pie weighed 2,020 pounds.

Each pumpkin has over 500 seeds.

Over 45 different varieties of pumpkins.

Pumpkins are 90% water.

*Goodhousekeeping.com

More information about the Pumpkin Festival:

http://visitpickenscounty.com/event/777/35th-annual-pumpkin-festival-is-coming/

http://pumpkintownfestival.org/

Haunted Halls/Halloween Costume Ball

This is not a typical story that Dacusvillenews post on the blog, but seeing that the community is reaching out to help the Miracle Hill Children's Home we thought that it would be helpful to inform the community.

For more information:

https://www.facebook.com/DacusvilleHauntedHalls?fref=ts

Dacusville Good News Club

Good News Club is a weekly interdenominational Christian Program for 5-12 year old children featuring a Bible lesson, songs, memory verses, and games. 

Volunteers are in need to help fill positions. 

The Good News Club meets Thursdays at the Dacusville Elementary School Cafeteria from 2:30-4:00 

Starting September 17, 2015

For more information contact

Michelle Palmer, Ministry Coordinator  

at (864) 608-8508

GoodNewsClub.DES@aol.com.

GoodNewsClub is hosted by 

Mt. Carmel Baptist Church

LIFEHouse

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Children,

born into a world

full of unknowns and uncertainties

.......dependent on us. 

In Pickens County, "We currently have over 70 kids in care and only six foster homes, so that means over 80 percent of our kids are placed out of county."

"We got 160 more kids in care in 2014 year than we did the previous year.  In 2013 we served 509 children in foster care.  This year we're up to 675."-Carla Poole, DFCS Case Manger 

Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this:

to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. -James 1:27

The LIFEHouse Project

LIFEHouse is a Dacusville community residential safe haven for children of families in crisis; offering loving support and care to children in need of temporary residential care.  

The initial capabilities of LIFEHouse will provide care for eight children.  

Pastors Melissa and Chad Albertson

VISION:

To provide the highest quality of loving care for the children of Pickens County families in crisis.

MISSION:
Supporting children of families in crisis through residential, educational and outreach services through a multicultural, non-denominational organization.






"A dream is becoming a reality!  God is so Good!" -Melissa Albertson



For this dream to continue to become a reality we need YOU....

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Want to make a difference in the life of a child?

 You can help LIFEHouse by donating your time, resources, or financially.

May he defend the afflicted among the people and save the children of the

Directors of LIFEHouse
Rob and Karen McElyea

needy; may he crush the oppressor -Psalm 72:4

To get involved contact us at:
864-246-1562

LIFEchurch 
199 Thomas Mill Rd. Easley, SC 29640
https://www.facebook.com/lifechurchsc?fref=ts

"Write the vision and make it plain on tablets, that whoever sees it can run with it"

*Reinhardt, Angela (2015). Pickens in desperate need of foster parents. www.pickensprogressonline. 

Dreams Do Come True

This has been a dream for Craig and Cory Brown and this weekend it's coming true.

Craig and Cory Brown

Craig Brown grew up in Dacusville, his family was in farming but he had a dream to own his very own rodeo. He's currently in construction but desires to only be in the Rodeo business. Cory Brown is also a Pickens County resident and has been around rodeos most of her life. Talking to Cory she said that she wants to create a place where families can go and enjoy a fun evening together.  

"We love the sport of rodeo and the country life and strive to bless others as God has blessed us." -Cory Brown

They are offering hayrides, pony rides, and a mechanical bull. Vendors will be selling hot dogs, boiled peanuts, BBQ, and other goodies. There will not be any drinking on the premises.

Want to enjoy some fun right in your back yard?

7 Championship Rodeo Events

Bareback Bronc Riding

Tie-Down Roping

Bull Riding

Cowgirl's Barrel Racing

Saddle Bronc Riding

Team Roping

Cowgirl Break Away Roping 

SEPTEMBER 4-5

494 HAMBURG RD. 

DACUSVILLE

8 PM Nightly

Tickets:

Adults $15 Advance $12

Kids (5-10) $10 Advance $8

Kids (under 5) FREE

Advance tickets available at Ivey's Furniture, Pickens & Easley

For More Information:  
Cory Brown (864) 246-9426

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Double-B-Arena/547970475346022?sk=photos_stream

Family Roots

We come from the same roots,

we carry the same blood.

This connects us together,
what holds us together is love.

We are Family

Family is created by God, he designed it at the beginning of creation when he said, "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and two will become one flesh?" -Matthew 19:5 "God blessed them and said to them, Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it." Genesis 1:28

Family is important to God, and many families understand the importance of staying connected.

The Butts family understands the importance of staying connected.  While other families have allowed family reunions to stop, the Butts family reunions are still going strong.

Thomas and Bess Butts

Thomas and Bess Butts married and had 13 children.  Each year the 13 children and their families take turns planning and managing the reunion, or just their families if the children are deceased. 

Most families meet together one day, this family meets together all week.  They set up their campers and spend each day cooking, playing, praying and having devotions, and singing together.

Working to get the creek ready for the reunion

Ann, Tiffany, and Ruthe

  

At the reunion 
spending quality time 
with the younger 
Butts generation. 

Kendall rides his grandson on the 4-wheeler

Kendall spending time with his grandson...you will find everyone enjoys riding a 4-wheeler, that's a staple at the reunion.










Reunions are about creating memories

Susie dancing with her uncle Jim Butts

Benjamin  enjoys singing for his family.

The Butts are talented with many gifts, especially the gift of singing.








We can't forget about the food

Tommy cooking up some BBQ chicken

And playing Corn Hole

Jesseca enjoying a game of corn hole with her family

I had never experienced a family reunion like this one until I married into it.

The first time I attended it I was hooked.  It's wonderful to be able to take time to spend with the ones you love....stay connected to your roots.

Bess Butts with 12 of her children

Dacusville Jr. High Classes 1974-78 Reunion

"Wandering back through the rivers of time, as special memories flood my mind. People and places that once meant so much, now we rarely keep in touch.

 I recently walked through the old neighborhood, the houses now seemed just stucco and wood.  New families now making their own memories, raising their children and sowing their seed...

Although we have parted and gone our own ways, I sometimes journey back to those familiar days. To you my friend, I'll lift my glass.  As long as their are memories friendships will last!"
 Sally Gensel Deuel

Dacusville Jr. High Classes 1974-78 Reunion

July 25th

Dacusville Community Center 

(Old Dacusville Elementary School)

Time: 5-6 Tour facility

 6-10 Reunion in Cafeteria

RSVP by July 10th on facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/624912490943094/

Casual Dress

BBQ Catered: $8.00 plate

Travel Down Memory Lane...

Dacusville Sewcial

Sewcial is a gathering to socialize with those that are interested in sewing, knitting, crocheting, embroidery, etc.

There will also be a craft for those of you who would like to participate.  One of the first crafts will be making bookmarks for the Dacusville Community Library.

The first gathering is Tuesday, July 7th from 10:00 am to 12 Noon

The Sewcial room is in the main section of the Dacusville Community Center.  After entering the main entrance, go past the Cafeteria on the right and continue past the restrooms on the left, and the Sewcial Room is located past the restrooms.  There will be an identifying sign beside the door. 

For additional information or questions contact:

Linda Hall 864-423-3572

or

Marcia Given 864-907-0058 

Dacusville Sewcial also makes 

"Quilts of Valor

Providing Glasses through Fireworks

What does fireworks and the Lion's Club have in common?

Money to purchase glasses for the needy

The Dacusville Lion's Club provides glasses to the ones in need, they have provided 25 pairs of glasses this year. They have fundraisers to purchase the glasses.  The Dacusville Lion's Club sells fireworks during the 4th of July to raise the money, this is their biggest fundraiser.

If you purchase fireworks for 4th of July will you consider purchasing them from the Lion's Club, you will feel good knowing that your money will not go up in smoke.

They will be selling them July 3rd and 4th 

Dacusville Fitness Center

Need some motivation?  

The Dacusville Fitness Center is FREE!!!

Hours of Operation:

Monday

Wednesday

Friday

Morning: 6-10

Evening: 6-9

121 members are participating in the fitness center, they have made a step toward better fitness.....take your step, join and begin your fitness journey.

They also offer silver souls for the senior population and is looking to offer Zumba and Yoga. The fitness center is located at the end of the community center near the top of the hill.  

They are also looking at putting in a card system in the future.