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Welcome
Click here to see the Union Mills Learning Center's 2010 Calendar of Events
Click here to see video of Dixie Moon
Click here to see video of Timberidge
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Due to popular demand, our Benefit Bluegrass Concert Series at the Union Mills Learning Center will continue indefinitely every Friday. (September, October, November, etc.........)The crowd continues to grow. And why shouldn't it? Where else could you get this kind of entertainment value! For just $5 for adults and children under 12 free, this is a family night out that almost anyone can afford.
Hope to see you there!
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Last Saturday of each month@ 10:00 A.M. The next Swap Meet is on September 25th.
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Bring items for barter or sale
Plants, produce, tools, services, materials, farm/domestic animals,
household items, anything useful that you would like to trade for
something else
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Have large items you can’t bring? Bring a picture and the info.
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In these tough economic times let’s pull together to help ourselves,
while helping others!
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Click here to see details of the July 31st Swap Meet.
A gift that lives on forever!
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Are you looking for a one-of-a-kind gift for someone special? Do you want to contribute to a charitable organization and make a difference? Consider purchasing a memorial window at the Union Mills Learning Center!
By placing an order for a window to be installed at the Learning Center, you will have a legacy that will live on! Each window is 36" x 91" in size. the cost of a window is $550. Each donated window will have a plaque installed below the window with the donors name and dedication.
If you are interested, please call 287-2191. Help us save a building that was a home for many and holds years of memories, as well. Click here to see the list of Memorial Window Dedications.
Please help
There is a small but growing group of citizens in our area that do not intend to let the Center close. We are hard-working and determined folks that see the value of the school as a community center and we will continue our fund-raising efforts so that the people of Union Mills and Rutherford County have the opportunity to hear the history of the property and build the future of it, as well. God willing, the UMLC will be around for a long time.”
The Learning Center is an excellent asset to the Union Mills community and surrounding areas, but it needs your help and support to continue to provide these services to the area. If you live in the area and would be willing to help by volunteering your time to help with these activities, please contact Loyce Broughton: (828) 287-2191 or lbtvcrewing@gmail.com. If you live in the area or outside the area, your monetary donations would be very helpful and very appreciated. The donations are tax deductible.
Click here for a free and easy way to help our Center!
Click here to hear the oral history of Union Mills provided by Rev. Charles Nanney in 2008. To purchase a book that Charles Nanney wrote about Union Mills History, go to: http://roundhillbaptistchurchnc.org/
The Union Mills Learning Center
Mission Statement
Through the dignity of our hard work we will protect the integrity of Union Mills, the rich history of the area and the pride of its citizens for the past 100 years: thus creating a community center for all. We have formed this organization for the purpose of:
BRINGING OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER
Goals
Our goal is to provide tutoring for our children through after school activities, recreation and cultural enrichment for our adults. We will provide life enrichment, economic opportunity, continuing education, health and welfare and entertainment. All citizens will benefit from access to the Union Mills property. We are renovating the buildings and upgrading the grounds to continue education in music, dance, GED classes, after-school tutoring, computer classes, arts and crafts, history and recreation for all of our citizens. Our auditorium will be used for children and parents to demonstrate their creativity in learning, dance recitals, special meetings and local musicians, as well as for touring musicians and arts groups. Memorabilia will also be donated by our alumni and community. We plan to initiate a program also to gather the oral history from our citizens.
Being a part of community based centers of Rutherford County (which are the former schools located in Union Mills, Gilkey, Green Hills, Dunbar and Kids Sense Museum of Rutherfordton), our facilities will be available for extended programs in each of our communities. A program director will be available to coordinate these programs.
The beloved school property once again will be the center of learning and community life in Union Mills. The buildings will be filled with classes, enterprises, meetings, entertainment, and all the activities that represent the core life of the community, with the school gymnasium and 6.4 acres of land that the Rutherford County Commissioners gave the organization, we want to create programs that will meet the needs of our children, adults, and elderly of our community. We will offer a complete recreational program in its broadest sense with the use of our gym and ball field. The 250-seat auditorium will fulfill our desires to enhance our arts and cultural programs.
It is important to realize that all who are involved in the Union Mills Learning Center are volunteers. All donations and grants given to the Center go directly to improving the Center, its grounds and buildings. All donations are gratefully accepted.
