The Hays Area Chamber of Commerce will have a groundbreaking ceremony at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday for the new Ellis County EMS/Rural Fire Building, 1105 E. 22nd. The ceremony will be held in the empty lot located at the corner of 22nd and General Hays, just east of Commerce Bank.

Also next week, the chamber will have a ribbon-cutting ceremony in recognition of the newly renamed Hays Community Theatre. The ceremony is scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday at Fox Pavilion, 1202 Main.

The chamber will wrap up the week with a check presentation at 10 a.m. Thursday at CASA of the High Plains, 107 W. 13th. The 2014 Leadership Hays class organized a benefit concert, “Rockin’ for CASA,” on June 13 that raised $7,025 for CASA of the High Plains. The funds will go directly to helping foster children in the 23rd Judicial District.