Tyler Wintle was just 10 years old when he died in 2004 of a brain tumor, but the only child of Scott and Sandy Wintle of Dexter is lovingly remembered by many people. One of those people is Juanita Merritt, who founded Tyler’s Warm Hugs of Giving Hope.

The project in Tyler’s memory is a collection of donated fleece blankets, which people can drop off at The Creative & Logomotion at 189-B State St. in Bangor.

The Creative owner Wally Thurston and Logomotion owner Valerie Grant will gladly accept your donations from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Once they have the blankets, they will embroider them, and Merritt will deliver them to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, where they will be given to children who are receiving treatment for cancer.

The fleeces, for infants to teens to take home, are “a blanket of comfort for a sick child,” Merritt wrote. “There isn’t anything I can think of that would warm a child more.”

Through the first week of February, Merritt reported, “we have 82 blankets and are still going strong.”

Tyler’s Warm Hugs of Giving Hope will be an ongoing project, she explained, and you can e-mail Merritt at tylersblanket@hotmail.com, or call her at 866-0140 for information.

The University of Maine business faculty will face student athletes in the second annual Broomball Game from 6 to 6:20 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18, before the start of the University of Maine-Boston College men’s hockey game at Alfond Arena in Orono.

Proceeds from a raffle and other fundraisers benefit Children’s Miracle Network of Eastern Maine Healthcare.

UMaine President Bob Kennedy and his wife, professor Mary Rumpho Kennedy, are coaching the faculty team, while UMaine head football coach Jack Cosgrove will direct the student team.

Mireille Le Gal of the University of Maine Office of International Programs and National Student Exchange reports the second annual International Dance Festival, which is free and open to the public, begins at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18, at the Maine Center for the Arts on the Orono campus.

More than 30 performers, dancing solo and in group pieces, have been rehearsing for six weeks for their performance, which will include cultural costumes of the countries represented.

Dancers hail from India, Sri Lanka, Africa, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Mexico, Spain, Brazil, Nepal and the United States, and dances will range from Irish step dancing to a new dance, capoeira, which employs a variety of martial arts kicks and strikes. This dance is believed to have evolved among African slaves to prepare for an uprising when martial arts training was forbidden by slave owners, and this “dance” appeared to be harmless entertainment.

Information about the festival is available by calling the Office of International Programs at 581-2905.

On behalf of Old Town United Methodist Church, Diane Vatne invites you to attend its Chocolate Lover’s Sunday and Sandwich Luncheon from noon to 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19, at the church, 744 Stillwater Ave.

Sandwiches, chips, pickles and a hot fudge sundae are yours for $3.50 or, if you prefer a sundae only, the fee is $1.50.

For an additional amount, you can purchase other chocolate favorites such as bars, candies, cookies, fudge or brownies to eat in or take out, and all proceeds will benefit Crossroads Ministries of Old Town.

Hampden Congregational Church organist-pianist Clayton W. Smith will present a recital at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19, at the church, 101 Main Road.

Proceeds from his performance, “Riches to Rags: A Cabin Fever Recital,” benefits the Help for Hampden Fund.

The suggested, free-will donation is $10 per person or $20 per family.

Sandra Johnson of Orono reports that in anticipation of a storm that didn’t materialize, members of River City Cinema Society postponed last week’s presentation of “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.”

So the Soup and Cinema Sunday is now scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19, at Union Street Brick Church, 126 Union St. in Bangor.

Admission is $12 for those 12 and over; $10 for RCCS members, $5 for children 5-11 and free for children under 4.

If you pre-purchased your tickets, they will be honored or refunded.

Members of RCCS thank Merrill Bank for making available its parking lot at 201 Main St.

For information, visit www.rivercitycinema.com.

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