Not only does this serve as a reminder that Women Work & Community is celebrating its 25th anniversary and its new location with an open house, but it also is a request to help the women who have been able to improve their lives through this program.

The open house is from noon to 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16, at WWC, Acadia Hall, 216 Texas Ave. in Bangor.

Now that the organization has more space, wrote WWC regional manager Jane Searles, the program has initiated a free Professional Clothing Room “for women who need new clothes, shoes, pocketbooks for job interviews, school interviews, for trade shows if they own a business, and for volunteer positions.”

WWC has some clothes, she added, but is seeking more clothes “that are on hangers and cleaned.”

She explained that the program has no budget to dry clean the donated items, nor does the staff have time to wash clothes.

To donate clean professional clothing, call 262-7840 to find out the best time to drop things off, Searles wrote.

The room should be ready by mid-November and, she reminds readers, “this is not a thrift shop for everyone,” but one that is geared toward women in transition.

Bangor Police Department Detective Catherine Rumsey reports the Bangor Police Athletic League and the Bangor Parks and Recreation Department will offer a radKIDS program, which will meet 6-8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 20; Wednesday, Oct. 22; Friday, Oct. 24; Monday, Oct. 27; and Wednesday, Oct. 29, at Bangor Parks and Recreation on Main Street.

A personal empowerment and safety education program was designed for boys and girls ages 8 to 10. Class size is limited.

A later session is planned for youngsters ages 5-7.

The cost of the program is $10. To register your child, call Rumsey at 947-7384, Ext. 253.

Once the class is full, a waiting list will be maintained for future classes.

Canoe City Quilters of Old Town has donated a quilt to be raffled for Hospice of Eastern Maine.

The donation is in memory late CCQ member Pat Atwood, who also was a HOEM volunteer.

Wayne Melanson, director of volunteer services for Bangor Area Visiting Nurses and HOEM, described Atwood as a “dedicated hospice volunteer who herself benefited from hospice care at the end of her life.”

All proceeds will benefit programs and services of HOEM.

The drawing is 3 p.m. Monday, Dec. 15, at HOEM, Suite 220, 885 Union St., Bangor.

Tickets are $1 each, $5 for six tickets or $10 for 12 tickets, and are on sale at HOEM.

You also can purchase them by calling Melanson at 973-8269, e-mailing him at wmelanson@emh.org or, beginning Wednesday, Oct. 15, at the Old Town Public Library.

The first of what will be the annual meeting of Penobscot Country Area Triad begins with a business meeting at 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 16, at Miller’s Restaurant in Bangor.

After a buffet lunch and the presentation of special recognition awards, Maine Attorney General Steven Rowe will give the keynote address.

TRIAD board member Charlie Sias reports the meeting is open to the public. The $7.50 luncheon fee can be paid at the door.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Maine, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and local police and sheriffs’ departments sponsor TRIAD programs throughout the state.

The organization is a partnership that links local police departments and sheriffs’ offices, criminal justice practitioners, senior volunteer groups and senior service providers to the end of identifying ways to reduce criminal victimization of the elderly.

TRIAD’s purpose is to identify ways to reduce criminal victimization of the elderly, including financial fraud, predatory lending practices, identity theft, inheritance fraud and scams by local home-repair contractors.

Steve, Trena and Kayla Williams extend their “heart-felt thanks” to Chief Scott Stewart and members of the Orrington Fire Department for their “quick response” and their “great effort” when the Williamses’ house burned last month.

The family also thanks them “for keeping in touch with us” since the fire, Trena Williams wrote.

“We are proud of all you guys, and we are glad no one got hurt during the fire.”

Here’s a note for readers who submit items you want to appear in this column.

I’ll be flying to California at the end of the week to meet my new granddaughter.

After Saturday, Oct. 18, my next column will appear Tuesday, Oct. 28.

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