The Military Child Education Coalition will host a “Back to School Basics” workshop for parents and students at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Dairy Queen in Richmond Hill.
The workshop will explore how parents can help improve their students’ school performance and offer tips and research-based approaches to how children learn and ways to help them best prepare. All materials provided are free of charge.
For more information, contact the Fort Stewart Parent to Parent team at ptop.Stewart@militarychild.org or 706-662-8905.

Educators meeting
The Bryan-Evans Retired Educators Association will have its first meeting of the year at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in the social hall of Pembroke United Methodist Church.
All retired educators are invited to join the group for a brunch social, followed by a general meeting a guest speaker James Twiggs.
For more information, contact Anne Miller at lamiller_2@msn.com with “BEREA” in the subject line.

College savings workshop
Parents and grandparents are invited to a “College — Getting from Here to There” dinner and seminar on 529 college savings plans at 6 p.m. Sept. 12 at the Richmond Hill City Center in J.F. Gregory Park.
Investments in a 529 plan will fluctuate in value with changes in market conditions and when sold may be worth more or less than the original investment.
The dinner is sponsored by Edward Jones financial adviser Laura Evans. Call 756-5113 to reserve place for the dinner and seminar.

Crabbing tournament
The Offshore Outlaws will host the fourth annual Kids’ Crabbing Tournament on Sept. 14 at Fort McAllister Marina. Registration is from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Weigh-in is from 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Following the tournament, there will be a crab boil complete with waterslides, music and hermit crab races.
For more information, contact John Seckinger at 912-547-0149 or info@salt-cured.com.

Library book sale
The Friends of the Richmond Hill Library are planning a fall book sale set for 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 14 and are looking for book donations.
The organization is in need of good used books, especially young children books. There are bins in the Richmond Hill Public Library to drop off donations.
The nonprofit group is in need of nonfiction of all types: history, crafts, sports, gardening, etc.; general fiction in paperback (contemporary and classic); and children’s books.
For more information about the Friends or the book sale, call 756-3580 or visit the group’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/RichmondHillLibrary.