Lincoln area residents age 60 and older have a new opportunity to enjoy good food and fellowship.

Carol Higgins of Eastern Agency on Aging in Bangor reports that organization has a new site in Lincoln. “We have opened up a new Meals for Me site at the United Methodist Church on Center Drive,” Higgins said.

Delicious hot meals will be served there on Tuesdays, but to participate it is recommended you call 825-4084 to make a reservation.

Higgins explained the reservations are requested “so they will know how much food to make.”

The food preparation is an all-volunteer effort, she explained, offered in a “lovely, warm, inviting” setting by a “really friendly group” of hardworking volunteers.

“They are amazing,” Higgins said of the volunteer cooks and workers. “They all pull together and do such extraordinary work, and they are so enthusiastic about it. I just love all the Meals for Me volunteers.”

The suggested donation to help cover the cost of the meal, Higgins said, is $2.50 per person.

“But, if you can’t do that, you can still eat. It’s all based on ability to pay,” and no one is turned away, she said.

In addition to receiving a nutritious hot meal, the on-site dining experience offers attendees a chance to mingle with old friends and make new ones.

The agency provides meals for more than 200,000 individuals annually, either in their homes or at Meals for Me sites in Penobscot, Piscataquis and Hancock counties.

As I reported in a recent column, former Bangor Daily News sunriser, Bangor High School graduate and University of Southern Maine student Mary Cameron begins a 1,500-mile hike of the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine on Saturday, Feb. 22, her 21st birthday.

Cameron is making the trek in honor of her grandmother, who has Alzheimer’s disease, and to raise funds for the Alzheimer’s Association.

Her mother, Sharon Ballard of Bangor, wrote she would be happy to accept contributions to the Alzheimer’s Association on behalf of her daughter.

Donations may be sent to Cameron in care of Ballard at 40 Vernon St., Bangor 04401.

Orono Public Library director Kathy Marks-Molloy invites you to the library’s second Community Movie Night, 6:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 21, at the library on Goodridge Drive.

The movie is the 1964 musical, “My Fair Lady,” starring Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison. Refreshments will be served.

For more information, call the library at 866-5060.

Carol Toner, a University of Maine history research associate, is teaching a course about women in the U.S. military. In April, she explained, her students “will be interviewing women who have served, or are serving, in the military.”

Toner asked that any readers who would be willing to be interviewed call her at 581-3147 or e-mail Carol.Toner@umit.Maine.edu.

“The interview would take about one hour, and students will come to the participant’s home” to conduct the interview, she said.

“We are interested in learning about women’s experiences both in the U.S. and overseas,” Toner added.

The Morgan McDuffee Memorial 5K Run-Walk beginning at 9 a.m. Sunday, March 2, at the Clifton Daggett Gray Athletic Building on Central Avenue in Lewiston benefits the McDuffee Fund for Safe Schools.

The fund, founded by Suzanna Andrew, fiancee of the late Bates College senior who was killed while intervening in a street fight near the Bates campus, is affiliated with the Safe School Initiative of the American Red Cross, which provides curriculum materials emphasizing violence prevention for elementary, middle and high schools.

While the run-walk is not affiliated with Bates College, two Bates students, junior Graham Vesey and senior Kathleen Burk, are chairing the event.

A senior scholar-athlete, McDuffee was captain of the lacrosse team. His degree in economics was awarded posthumously and received by his parents, Regis McDuffee of Newburyport, Mass., and Lisa Freeman of Peterborough, N.H.

Entry fees are $7 for students under age 13; $10 for students age 13 to 17; and $16 for other entrants.

Registration can be made the day of the race or in advance by writing a check to the American Red Cross with “Morgan W. McDuffee Memorial Fund for Safe Schools” in the memo line, and mailing it to Morgan McDuffee Memorial 5K Run-Walk, Bates College, Box 783, Lewiston 04240.

Efforts also are under way to make online registration available at the Bates College home page, www.bates.edu.

Joni Averill, Bangor Daily News, P.O. Box 1329, Bangor 04402; 990-8288.