You can help support the work of some very special people this holiday season when you make a contribution to the Hancock County Medical Mission.

Dr. Charles Hendricks will lead a group of medical missionaries, translators and students Feb. 10-24 to Ibarra, Ecuador.

Because supplies must be purchased and packed, donations must be received by Wednesday, Jan. 10, and can be sent to HCMM, P.O. Box 241, Ellsworth 04605.

Registered nurse Kathleen Cousins of Milford is one of those planning to take part in this mission, and she is hoping sponsors will help her cover the cost of the flight, which is approximately $1,175. Donations are tax-deductible.

You can write Cousins at 74 Bradley Road, Milford 04461, or call her at 827-2572 for more information.

Cousins explained in an e-mail that “any funds received, above the expenses, will be used to purchase medical supplies.”

Last year, she added, volunteers took more than 1,200 pounds of surgical equipment and supplies to Ecuador, which were left behind for use there.

Missionary volunteers “also purchase The New Testament, in Spanish, to give to the natives,” she wrote and, after morning devotions, the missionaries “start a 10-12-hour day providing medical, surgical and dental care.”

Hancock County Medical Mission is a member of Medical Ministry International. More information can be obtained by writing HCMM at the above address or visiting www.hcmm.homestead.com.

Maine women have the opportunity to apply for four scholarships offered by the Maine Federation of Business and Professional Women-Maine Futurama Foundation.

Bangor BPW Club co-presidents Germaine Murphy and Anne Spencer, with local BPW scholarship chairwoman Julie Antworth, have announced that each scholarship provides $1,200 for school expenses, and that applications must be received by April 20 to be considered for the 2007-08 school year.

The Rachel E. Lemieux Youth Scholarship and the Arline Andrews Lovejoy Youth Scholarship are awarded to a high school senior or recent graduate attending college in the fall of 2007. Applications are available at high school guidance offices or from Antworth.

The Continuing Education Scholarship is awarded to a woman whose post-secondary education is in progress, who has completed at least one year of an accredited college or training program, and is enrolled for at least one more year to complete the program. Applications are available at college financial aid offices or from Antworth.

The Career Advancement Scholarship is for a woman age 30 or older who is enrolled in an accredited college or training program. Those applications are also available at college financial aid offices or from Antworth.

For more information, write to Antworth at 1453 Union St., Bangor 04401, or call her at 947-4915.

String musicians who would like to consider joining the Bangor Symphony Orchestra are invited to audition Jan. 27, at the Maine Center for the Arts on the campus of the University Maine in Orono.

For information, call BSO personnel manager Surya Mitchell (800) 639-3221 or 942-5555

or e-mail surya@bangorsymphony.com. Information is available at bangorsymphony.com.

This has to be something of a first: Members of Bangor High School Class of 1962 are missing their class list!

Bruce Flagg is chairman of the BHS Class of ’62 45th Reunion planned for Aug. 11 at Penobscot Valley Country Club in Orono. He hopes to see lots of his classmates there.

However, Ellen Flagg reports, “We don’t have a list of alumni. No one even knows if one exists, so we’re trying to get the information out, any way we can. We even put it on classmates.com.”

Members of BHS ’62 or anyone who knows a member of that class and his or her address is asked to call Bruce Flagg’s office during regular business hours, speak with his secretary and provide her with the pertinent information.

To help BHS ’62 compile a new class list and to get more information about the reunion, call 945-9463.

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