The caring dancers of Back Door Dance Studio of Eddington will present “The Zoot Suit Revue” in two benefit performances for Pine Tree Hospice of Dover-Foxcroft and Greenville.

The first performance of the exciting swing-dance show is 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18, at the Milo town hall auditorium.

The second performance is 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2, at the Greenville High School auditorium.

Admission for each performance is $7 for adults and $3 for students, and tickets will be available at the door.

At the Milo performance, refreshments will be sold by members of Three Rivers Kiwanis Club before and during the show, and all proceeds will benefit PTH, which provides volunteer services for individuals and families in the Penquis region during the process of dying and bereavement.

For information about these performances or the services of PTH, call Sherry French, 876-9008, or the PTH office, at

564-4346.

For more information about Back Door Dance Studio, and how it might help your nonprofit organization, visit or call owners Chuck and Sue McKay at 843-5638; write them at 34 Lois Lane, Eddington 04428; e-mail swingtime34@aol.com or visit www.backdoordance.com.

Members of St. Joseph HealthCare’s Better Breathers’ Club are being treated to a picnic sponsored by Apria from noon to 3 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 16, at Cascade Park in Bangor.

The picnic will be an opportunity for club members and their families to enjoy good food, games and fun.

BBC is a support group for people with lung disease that meets monthly from 1:30 to 3 p.m. on the third Thursday at the Willette Conference Center at St. Joseph Healthcare Park, Building 1, 900 Broadway in Bangor.

The organization was developed to help make the most up-to-date health care information available to respiratory patients.

The meetings include guest speakers, games and other activities and, particularly, encouragement from one another.

If you are interested in attending one of these meetings, call Voni Burke or Denise Holt at 262-1803 for information.

Two more events precede the Komen Maine Race for the Cure 5K Run-Walk and 1K Fun Run-Walk, which is Sunday morning, Sept. 19, along the Bangor waterfront.

A breast cancer survivors’ reception is planned for 5-8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18, at the Sea Dog Restaurant in Bangor.

After that event, the public is invited to enjoy the music of five live blues bands performing in “The Blues for the Cure” from 8 p.m. to midnight at Jeff’s Catering in Brewer.

Tickets are $6 each, and proceeds benefit the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation’s Maine affiliate.

Volunteers are needed to help with the Pemaquid Oyster Festival, which is from noon to dusk Sunday, Oct. 3, at Schooner Landing on Main Street in Damariscotta.

Volunteers are needed to fill positions that range from oyster shucking to deck work on the tour boat, wrote Greg Latimer.

“Volunteers will be essential to the event, which is the primary fund-raiser for the Edward A. Myers Marine Conservation Fund,” he added of the fund that provides grants for marine research and education, primarily for the Damariscotta River area.

To become a volunteer, call Latimer at 563-7961 or visit the Web site at pemaquidoysterfest

@yahoo.com.

In October, The Battered Women’s Project of Aroostook County will celebrate 25 years of service to those suffering from domestic violence in the northernmost areas of our state.

According to information provided by the organization’s Fort Kent office, one of the main focuses of next month’s celebration will be to highlight survivors.

Project staffers particularly want to hear from domestic violence survivors who did not have services available to them a quarter-century ago, in The County.

Staff also would like to hear from people who may have used local services or faced traveling long distances to receive domestic violence services before the project’s presence in The County.

Information being sought includes what a survivor’s experience was like before such services were available and, specifically, what kind of response people in domestic crisis received from their communities, families, law enforcement personnel and clergy as well as what worked for them in finding safety and what did not work.

Anyone comfortable with sharing such experiences is asked to call 834-7395 or (800) 439-2323.

You are assured that your confidentiality will be respected.

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