The celebration of Harmony Day will take place in Honey Brook on Saturday, Sept. 20. In addition to community-wide yard sales, the event will feature activities at numerous venues in the community. New attractions this year will be a running event, a car show, a skatepark competition and a barbecue and bluegrass event.

The Honey Brook Community Partnership (HBCP), which sponsors Harmony Day, will hold the 5K Sweetwater Run and kids' 1-mile fun run at the Lanchester Landfill and Reclamation Center, 7224 Division Highway, Narvon. Race-day registration will take place from 1 to 1:45 p.m., with the run start time at 2 p.m.

Race proceeds will be used by the HBCP to support nonprofit groups in the Honey Brook area that provide food and emergency support services, such as the Honey Brook Food Pantry, the Honey Brook Community Library and Steeple to People. HBCP chair Julie Funk noted that more than 40 people have registered so far for the first-time event.

For more information about the 5K and the 1-mile fun run and to register, visit http://www.runsignup.com/Race/PA/Narvon/HoneyBrookSweetwaterRun.

The Draggin' Wagons Car Club's fall car show will take place at Calvary Chapel of Honey Brook, 5011 Horseshoe Pike, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Vehicle owners of all makes and models are invited to participate in the upcoming show, including classic, antique and custom vehicles; street rods; muscle cars; antique cars; motorcycles; and trucks.

Those who choose to display their vehicles will be asked to make a registration donation. Registration will take place on the day of the show. There will be no admission fee for spectators, but the club asks that all guests bring nonperishable food items for donation to the Honey Brook Food Pantry.

At the upcoming event, trophy winners will be selected in a variety of classes, and there will be Club President's Choice Award. Proceeds from the upcoming car show will benefit local charities, including Steeple to People Ministries in Honey Brook. For more information, visit www.facebook.com/DragginWagonsCarClub.

The newly opened Honey Brook Skate Park at Umble Park, 174 Suplee Road, will hold the Robert Zamecki Skate Jam. The event, which will feature a flea market, free face painting and skateboarding contests, is being held in the memory of the late Robert "Skate" Zamecki, a skateboarding enthusiast. Complete details about the event are available at http://www.facebook.com/honeybrookskatepark.

Honey Brook Baptist Church, 143 Suplee Road, Honey Brook, will present "BBQ and Bluegrass at the Brook" from noon to 5 p.m. Among the featured musicians will be Last Hour, the Ben Rochester Family and Chosen Road. The event will also include a barbecue rib cooking competition and pork and chicken barbecue meals available for purchase. Pony rides will be offered, weather permitting. For more information, visit http://www.facebook.com/TheBrookPA.

Funk said that she is pleased that Harmony Day will include new events this year. "(Harmony Day) has generated greater community interest," she noted.

Other events on Harmony Day will include the following: Honey Brook Hardware, 5004 Horseshoe Pike, yard sales and food; Honey Brook Community Library, 687 Compass Road, used book sale from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and a yard sale from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Howell Lodge, 1505 Walnut Road, chicken barbecue; Honey Brook Presbyterian Church, 4331 Horseshoe Pike, yard sales and food; Honey Brook American Legion, 4820 Horseshoe Pike, pancake breakfast and a car wash by the Twin Valley High School Mini Thon Club; and State Farm Insurance, 161 Pequea Ave., free paper shredding, 9 to 11 a.m.

The Honey Brook Pickleball Association will have a competition at Honey Brook Borough Park, 71 Pequea Ave., from 9 to 11 a.m. followed by a free clinic at 11 a.m.

Honeybrook Golf Club, 1422 Cambridge Road, will have yard sales on the pavilion, coffee from Mane Brew and a 20% discount at the Greenside Grille from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Long Way Home, 4680 Horseshoe Pike, will have live bands performing in the garden area beginning at 3 p.m.

Residents of Honey Book and surrounding towns are invited to participate in Harmony Day activities. "From the HBCP prospective, the main thing is to promote community spirit," said Funk. "We want the community to come out and enjoy the celebration of that."

More information about the Honey Brook Community Partnership and Harmony Day is available at http://www.honeybrookpartnership.com and http://www.facebook.com/hbpartnership.org.