October Newsletter
Faith & Blue Weekend 
Join us Sunday, October 12th for the Faith, Justice, & Unity March and Faith & Blue Weekend Closing Ceremony. Following the march, there will be a Closing Ceremony with a performance by a community choir, an ecumenical service, and speakers.
3:30pm - 4:40pm: Free hot dogs at the Rotary Centennial Pavilion in Gastonia, NC.
5:00pm: March from the Rotary Centennial Pavilion to CaroMont Health Park
5:30pm - 6:30pm: Closing ceremony at CaroMont Health Park.
If you are not participating in the march, you can arrive at CaroMont Health Park starting at 5:00pm.
Keep an eye out in your local community for information about local community breakfasts on Friday (10/10) and service projects on Saturday (10/11). Information about some local events is available through the button below.
You can support our Faith & Blue by donating through the link below.
Community Leadership AwardsNominations are due October 15
MLK Essay Contest Submissions due November 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM.
MLK Unity Award 
Nominations due November 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM.
This award recognizes current or former Gaston County citizens who have performed exemplary community service to help build bridges of unity across lines of race, class, gender, faith and/or among municipalities within our county.
Check out our weekly Togetherness Project Newsletter for ideas about how to reach out to others on these national days. You can find the newsletters on the Loneliness page or on the Newsletters page.
Article of the Month Eight of the world's most extraordinary tiny hotel rooms
Deborah Nicholls-Lee | BBC | 27 December 2024
“From Colombia's upcycled sewer pipes to spheres suspended in the sky in Canada, capsule hotels have been reinvented for a new generation of travelers.”
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