For years, the Bangor-area fundraiser for the National Kidney Foundation of Maine had been a Great Chef’s Dinner and Auction, but that is about to change, according to event coordinator Aimee Senator of the National Kidney Foundation of Maine’s Portland office.

Replacing that particular event will be one that should delight the young ladies in our readership area as the brand-new NKFM Harvest Moon Father/Daughter Dance makes its regional debut from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21, at Jeff’s Catering in Brewer.

Dana Wilson and his disc jockey service will provide the music for dads and daughters ages 13 and under to dance to; Bell Photographic will be available for photo memories of this special event; and each little lady will receive free gifts.

Tickets are $35 for two, plus $5 for each additional daughter.

You can obtain tickets for this very special evening for a most worthy cause by calling 772-7270 or toll-free (800) 639-7220.

Senator reminds readers that proceeds from this fundraiser will help provide money to assist dialysis patients in need as well as enable the foundation to conduct free kidney screenings throughout the state.

During the group’s last fiscal year, more than $63,000 in direct financial assistance was provided to patients and more than 700 people were screened for kidney disease without charge.

Senator pointed out that Maine, one of 51 foundation affiliates in the country, has more than 3,500 kidney patients and 800 of them are on dialysis.

So, fathers and daughters, here’s your chance for a fun night out and the opportunity to help all those in need for whom dialysis is essential to life.

A public supper to help support the LaRomana Mission in the Dominican Republic is being hosted by members of South Addison Union Church at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18, at the church.

Proceeds benefit the mission in that country where registered nurse Judy Dakin of Addison will be making her fourth visit next January.

The supper menu includes baked beans, chop suey, Harold’s famous biscuits (courtesy of Pastor Harold Tyler), brown bread, coleslaw, pickles “and the best pies on Wohoa Bay,” according to Dakin.

Begun in 1989 with a request from a Haitian minister to help people working in the sugar cane fields of LaRomana, “Building the Dream” has become the “largest grass-roots mission undertaking in the world,” according to information supplied by Dakin.

That dream became Buen Samaritane Hospital, which started in 1990 and admitted its first patient in 1997.

Dakin has collected clothes, school supplies and medicines to take with her on this volunteer journey to the hospital, and fundraisers such as this will help defray her travel expenses.

People worried about heating bills can attend one of two Weatherization and Energy Conservation classes offered by Eastern Agency on Aging.

The classes each begin at 6 p.m. and will be held Wednesday, Oct. 19, and Monday, Oct. 24, at the EAA offices, 450 Essex St. in Bangor.

Each class is about one hour long and will be directed by Mike Curtis, who will help you better understand where the heat is leaving your house.

In addition to discussing the sources of heat loss, the classes will include demonstrations of installing plastic over windows, using a caulking gun, and installing door and window weatherstripping.

The classes are free and open to all people who are interested in conserving heat this winter.

To register for a class, call EAA at 941-2865.

Area residents are invited to an organizational meeting of the Simpson Memorial Library Community Outreach Volunteers at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, at the library on Plymouth Road in Carmel.

The topics of discussion will be program ideas to benefit the community, and fundraising ideas to support that effort.

For information, call librarian Tracey Hotham, 848-7145.

It’s not too late to donate books for the Down East Community Hospital Auxiliary Book Sale to be held 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21, and 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, Oct. 22, at Centre Street Congregational Church in Machias.

The fundraiser also includes a raffle, baked goods and the opportunity to socialize.

To donate books, call Barbara Johnson, Machiasport, 255-3576; Lil Hanscom, Marshfield, 255-4616; Dorothy Gaddis, East Machias, 255-3728; or Noni MacBride, Lubec, 733-4315.

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