Our annual tree (seedlings) giveaway is February 17, 2024, at the Calhoun Recreation Dept gym at 601 S River Street in Calhoun from 8:30 to noon.

A community-wide bi-annual recycling event at Rock Bridge Community Church in Calhoun.

World Environment Day is celebrated annually on 5 June and encourages awareness and action for the protection of the environment.

Arbor Day is a national holiday created to recognize the importance of trees. The most common way people celebrate Arbor Day is to get together in groups to plant trees.

Earth Day is an annual event on or around April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection.

Recycling takes place at Rock Bridge Community Church at 906 Curtis Parkway in Calhoun from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Volunteers are always needed to work this day.

Gordon County residents can get rid of unwanted tires, electronics (no TVs or those big ancient computer monitors), tennis shoes, and much more, for free, at our spring recycling event. We will also shred documents. And there will be a place to donate blood. This is our semi-annual, community-wide event to properly recycle and dispose of unused or unwanted household products. Items being accepted include:

Soft plastics and films

Hard plastics with or without numbers

Plastic flower pots

Computer towers

Batteries and tools containing batteries (please tape battery terminals)

Electronics (no big, huge TVs or ancient computer monitors - sorry!)

New or used tennis shoes

Paper shredding (Limit 5 boxes per household. This offer isn’t for businesses.)

Eye glasses

Tires (Limit 5 per household. This offer isn’t for businesses.)

Canned and non-perishable food items

Donations will be accepted and are accepted via our secure website right now.

Our free tree-give away event at the Calhoun Recreation Department.

Gordon County residents can get rid of unwanted plastics, electronics, batteries, paint and much more, for free, at our Fall Recycling event. For the first time, we will be accepting household hazardous material. Please see details below for all items we are accepting, and some that we are not accepting, at our Fall event:

• Plastics

  • Hard plastic/Plastic flower pots

  • Soft plastic

• Electronics

  • Computers

  • Laptops

  • Routers or modems

  • Printers

  • Audio-video devices, including DVD/CD players

  • Mobile phones

  • Clock radios

  • No tube TVs, CRT monitors, or Microwaves with front glass please

• Batteries

  • Car batteries

  • Lawn mower batteries

  • Alkaline batteries – do NOT have to be taped

  • Lithium batteries – terminal taped

  • Tool batteries (not the tool)

  • Nickel Cadmium batteries

  • Nickel Metal Hydride batteries

  • Lead Acid batteries

  • Power banks

  • e-bike/scooter batteries

  • Button batteries – taped

  • Hearing Aid batteries

  • Defibrillator batteries

  • Smart watches

  • Wireless earbuds

  • Misc. small electronics WITH a battery

  • No e-cigs/vapes or murcury batteries please

• Paints (20 gal limit/household)

  • Latex paint, like Behr and Valspar

  • Kilz

  • Minwax

  • Thompson Wood Sealer

  • Helmsman, Polyurethane

  • Spray paint

  • Paints considered hazardous (see Household Hazardous Materials below)

• Household Hazardous Materials - first come, first serve

  • Herbicides, like Roundup, Ortho, Miracle Grow, and Remuda

  • Pesticides, like Raid, Seven Dust, Ortho 3-in-1, etc., including those in aerosol cans

  • Paints considered hazardous such as lacquer, lacquer thinner, enamel paints including marine type paints and epoxy

  • Lightbulbs containing mercury, such as florescent bulbs

  • Aerosols: Lubricants, paints, degreasers, household cleaners

• New or used tennis shoes

• Paper shedding (5 box limit)

• Eye glasses

• No tires please

• No expired or unused medications please

Food Drive

Please bring non-parishable food for the food insecure in our community.

Blood Drive

Blood Assurance will be on-site to help make your donation experience as pleasant as possible!. Donating blood is a safe, simple and rewarding experience that usually takes less than an hour! Donating is easy, and it makes a huge difference in the lives of others.

Please get a good nights sleep on Friday, eat a good meal within 4 hours of your donation, and drink plenty of fluids (juice and water) on Saturday.

Donations Will Be Accepted

Cash and check donations will be accepted during the event and credit card donations are accepted via our secure website at any time.

It’s that time of year again; a time to start planning for spring , and planting for our future.

We are happy to offer many varieties of tree seedlings this year in celebration of GA Arbor Day, and we hope you will make plans to visit us at the CALHOUN RECREATION DEPARTMENT on

FEBRUARY 19, from 9:00-12:00, to select those trees that are just right for your property.

Here are some of the varieties we will have available this year:

• Bald Cyprus

• Northern Red Oak

• White Dogwood

• VA Pine

• River Burch

• American Elm

• Sweet Gum

• Washington Hawthorn

• Box Elder Maple

• Shumard and Willow Oak

• Pecan

• Sycamore

• Poplar

We have a limited supply of some varieties, so if there is a specific tree you are interested in, plan to

arrive at 9:00 a.m.

This event is made possible by the following contributors:

• City of Calhoun (for purchasing the seedlings)

• Keep Calhoun Gordon Beautiful volunteers

• Calhoun Woman’s Club volunteers

• Ga Cumberland Academy students

• Sonoraville HS Agriculture students

• Kim Townsend , C Recreation Dept.

• And many other generous volunteers

We look forward to seeing you, Saturday, February 19th.

2021 Rivers Alive Cleanup