📅 Community Calendar Event
Event Title: Outdoor Fall Craft Event and Blessing of the Animals
Date: [Insert Date Here, e.g., Saturday, October 10, 2026]
Time: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM (Blessing of the Animals from 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM)
Location: Radcliff United Methodist Church, 275 S. Woodland Drive, Radcliff, KY 40160
Admission: FREE (No entry fee to participate)
Event Description:
Join Radcliff United Methodist Church for an outdoor fall craft and food event! Come out to support and shop local vendors to get a head start on your holiday shopping. In addition, Vine Grove United Methodist Church will join the event from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM for a special Blessing of the Animals. Bring your beloved pets to be blessed by the Pastor.
Vendor & Event Details:

• Facebook: Search events on the RadcliffUMC page for updates.
• Vendor Inquiry: Space is available! Contact Denise Haynes if you would like to participate as a vendor.

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• Title: Cardboard Nation: One Night Outside 
• Date: Friday, October 16, 2026 
• Time: 4:30 PM – 7:00 AM (Next day) 
• Location: Elizabethtown Community and Technical College (ECTC) Campus 
• Address: 600 College Street Road, Elizabethtown, Kentucky 42701-3053 
• Admission / Suggested Fundraising Minimums:
  • Adults (18+): $200 individual
  • Youth (under 18): $100 individual
  • Teams of 4+: $750 minimum combined 
• Contact: Josh Miller 
• Email: josh.miller@warmblessings.org
• Phone: 270-769-9276 
• Website: Warm Blessings Cardboard Nation 

Description
Join Warm Blessings Community Kitchen for a night of solidarity, awareness, and community. Spend one night outside in a cardboard shelter to help raise funds and awareness for neighbors facing hunger and housing instability. 
Schedule

• 4:30 PM — Gather & Check-In (rolling arrival)
• 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM — Community Awareness Time (open to the public): cardboard advocacy walk & community partner booths
• 6:45 PM — Reflection Moment
• Overnight — Sleep-out in cardboard shelters
• 7:00 AM — Morning coffee, closing reflections & departure

What to Bring
Sleeping bag or blankets, pillow, warm clothing, cardboard boxes, duct tape, and a flashlight or headlamp (the event runs past sunset with no installed site lighting).
How to Get Involved
Cardboard Nation uses peer-to-peer fundraising. Every participant sets up a personal or team fundraising page to collect donations ahead of the event. Sign up to become an individual fundraiser or build a team of 4 or more members.

The Monster Dash 5k takes place on Friday, October 16, 2026, at the Severns Valley Baptist Church (1100 Ring Road, Elizabethtown, KY 42701).
Here are the key details for the event:

• Schedule: Packet pickup begins at 6:30 PM EDT, and the race kicks off at 7:30 PM EDT.
• Pricing: Registration is $25 per person, while children 12 and under run free.
• T-Shirt Deadline:You must register before October 2, 2026, to receive a free race day t-shirt.
• Perks: Groups can form a "Social Team" of 5 or more members to receive a $5 discount per registration.