Don’t worry about the weather affecting this special pre-Halloween activity, reports Bobbi Yeager, executive director of United Cerebral Palsy of Maine, because UCP hosts its third annual Pumpkins in the Park, from 3:30 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, inside the Bangor Civic Center.

Admission is just $2, and all proceeds benefit programs of UCP.

“We will have hayrides, games for children, and kids can go trick-or-treating from patch to patch,” Yeager said. “It’s really fun.”

Yeager explained that local children’s groups, including school classes and members of area Boy and Girl Scout troops, “are creating the pumpkins for us” to fill the various pumpkin patches.

You also will find food available for purchase.

This is a special year for UCP as it celebrates 50 years of providing services to people living with disabilities.

Since its inception in 1954, UCP has led the way in improving conditions for children with disabilities, from integrating them into the public school system to providing summer camp experiences at Camp Capella on Phillips Lake in Dedham.

Erika Lyford, secretary of the junior class at Penquis Valley High School in Milo, wrote me to announce that her class is hosting the 38th annual Hunters Breakfast from 4:30 to 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, at the high school.

This longtime all-you-can-eat buffet includes ham and eggs, baked beans, pancakes, biscuits, juice and coffee.

Admission is $4 in advance or $5 at the door. You can purchase advance tickets from any member of the junior class.

Sandi Cook invites you to attend the Pathway Wesleyan’s Fall Auction Extravaganza 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, at Penobscot Christian School, 1423 Ohio St. in Bangor.

The fundraiser features a silent auction, nonauction booths featuring the Christmas Corner, Nature Table, Home Sweet Home, and tables with items for ladies, gentlemen and children.

Lunch and snack items will be sold, and the event promises “fun for all ages.”

Poet Anthony Taylor Dunn will read from and sign copies of his book, “Sunbathing at the Bottom of the Atlantic,” 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, at Calais Free Library.

Dunn will be joined by fellow poet Duane Ingalls.

You are cordially invited to attend, and refreshments will be served.

The book can be purchased at BookMarc’s in downtown Bangor, Borders near the Bangor Mall or at www.AnthonyTaylorDunn.com.

For more information, call the library at 454-2758.

Nicole Heanssler reports the Waldo County General Hospital Oncology Clinic annual Cancer Walk begins with registration at noon and the walk at 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30, at the WCGH Education Center, 118 Northport Ave. in Belfast.

The registration fee purchases you either a T-shirt, for $15, or a hat, for $10.

You can preregister for the 2.5-mile walk by calling 930-2555, or you can register the day of the event.

Theme baskets, donated by WCGH departments and community members, will be raffled at the end of the walk, and tickets are $1 each or six for $5.

Tickets are on sale from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the hospital cafeteria, and can also be purchased the day of the raffle.

Proceeds benefit the Cancer Patient Fund and Mammography Fund to assist cancer patients who have difficulty paying medical bills or are unable to afford the cost of a mammogram.

Members of the Orono AFS Chapter are raffling a quilt to raise money for its AFS Scholarship Fund, to benefit Orono students going abroad through this international exchange program that was founded in 1919.

Nancy Grant reports the “We Are The World” quilt was hand-appliqued and hand-assembled by AFS supporters and machine-quilted by Sandy Bubar.

Currently on display at the Orono Public Library, it can be seen in November at Merrill Merchants Bank in Orono.

Raffle tickets are $2 each, three for $5 or six for $10. They can be purchased at both sites, by calling Grant at 866-4542 or by contacting any member of the Orono AFS Chapter.

The winning ticket will be drawn during the 2005 Orono AFS Chapter Auction on Sunday, Dec. 11.

The quilt blocks represent Switzerland, Africa, The Netherlands, Sweden, Scotland, France, Japan, China, the Americas, Italy and the Arctic homeland of the Inuits.

The blocks were appliqued by Grant, Ruth Bentley, Imogene Brightman, Pat Cody, Mary Ann Devoe, Linda Dougherty, Jane Gall, Jan Hale, Sally Irons, Anne Mawhinney, Barbara Ross, Beverly Styrna and Leah Vetelino.

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