Bangor Daily News readers are familiar with the story of Joshua Barker, who is in need of a heart transplant.

A story in January introduced readers to the 24-year-old as “the Spin Skater of Pinpoint Pond, the man originally from Trescott who prompted a children’s story about perseverance and courage.”

His dreams of becoming an Olympic skater were dashed at 19 when he was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy, an enlargement of the heart.

Barker’s many friends and supporters continue to do all they can to assist him financially through the lengthy and difficult process of qualifying to become a candidate for this surgery.

Members of Perry Congregational Church will hold an indoor yard-bake sale and luncheon they’ve titled “Spin Skater of Trescott” from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, May 19, at Perry Congregational Church on Shore Road.

Ann Carter wrote that church members “will be raising funds to help the family … with the enormous costs connected with the treatment of his heart problems.”

She added that benefit includes many great “things, tempting baked goods and delicious lunch offerings.”

All proceeds benefit Barker’s medical and other financial needs.

Rain or Shine, Adoptive and Foster Families of Maine director Bette Hoxie reports, Foster Day at The Fort, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, May 19, at Fort Knox in Prospect, “is a go.”

“Bring your umbrellas,” she said.

Diane Bartley wrote that the residents of Greenville Housing were so pleased with last year’s fundraiser, they’re holding their second annual Town Wide Yard Sale, rain or shine, Saturday, May 19, in that community.

A map of the town and list of participants are available at Greenville Housing Pritham Park on Pritham Avenue.

In addition, residents of Pritham Park will hold a bake sale at Nickerson Park, 25 High St.

Greenville Housing is a federally funded housing facility for the elderly, and proceeds help purchase “flowers, benches and other items to spruce up the park and make some of the commercial areas more pleasing,” Bartley wrote.

For more information, call 695-2811, 695-3505 or 695-2702.

Pat Felton of the Belfast Garden Club has two pieces of news.

The first is the club’s annual Green Thumb Plant Sale 9-11 a.m. Saturday, May 19, at the Belfast Boathouse.

She urges you to “get there early,” because there are “lots of quirky gifts to purchase with potted plants in them.”

“Then, throughout the entire growing season,” she continued, you can enjoy Open Garden Days, one-day visits to private gardens in Belfast, Northport and Searsmont, “each open from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on a predetermined schedule, through mid-September.”

The complete list is available at www.belfastgardenclub.org/opengardendays.

“You may also want to plan a garden visit” along the “historical walking trail,” she wrote, “which is along some of the same streets; or sail into the harbor and moor for a day of walking around Blooming Belfast.”

Cheryl Murphy of Hermon and members of Murfs Maineiacs, a team that will participate in the Boston Breast Cancer three-day event in August, will hold its third annual bake-yard sale fundraiser beginning at 9 a.m. both days, Saturday, May 19, and Sunday, May 20, at 356 Billings Road in Hermon.

For more information, call her at 944-8977.

Erin Giles is coordinator of Bangor Baptist Church MOPS, Mothers of Preschoolers group.

MOPS is participating in The Great Moms Walk beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 19, at Fairmount Park in Bangor, she wrote, to benefit Shepherd’s Godparent Home in Bangor.

Giles said MOPS members “meet in churches throughout the U.S., Canada and 19 other countries,” as part of a “program designed to nurture mothers with children from infancy through kindergarten.”

This group meets the first and third Tuesdays of each month, September through May.

The nonprofit Shepherd’s Godparent Home, she explained, “is a maternity home for single, young, pregnant girls needing a safe and secure place to stay while they are expecting” and “is run solely on donations.”

Eleven piano students have been selected by their teachers for the Student Piano Performance at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 19, at All Souls Congregational Church, 10 Broadway in Bangor, reports All Souls music director, Kay Byther Eames.

Admission is free and the public is invited to attend.

Performing on the Arlan A. Baillie Steinway grand will be students of Eleanor Beckwith, Sandra Blanchette, Ann Forsing, Paulina Glazman, Sarah Pendleton, Patricia Stowell and Tamara Thomas.

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