Once again, president Ethelyn Treworgy and members of Three Rivers Kiwanis Club of Milo and Brownville have been working to bring you an evening of delightful entertainment for a worthy cause.

An old-time American Jamboree will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, at Milo Town Hall.

Admission is by donation at the door, and refreshments will be available by donation as well, and you can take a chance on a 50-50 raffle.

Proceeds from the event will benefit the after-school program of SAD 41.

The show features musicians “from the area and around the state,” Treworgy wrote of entertainers who will be playing everything from “guitar to steel guitars, electric guitars, banjos, mandolins, tambourines and other instruments,” she added, “along with singing from some very fine vocalists.”

You will hear everything from country music to blues, gospel and old favorites.

The after-school program is a new one, “started last year, for grades K through 12, in all schools in SAD 41,” Treworgy said.

“All money raised for this program, between now and June, up to $25,000, is being matched by a very generous individual in our area.”

Treworgy reported that, in last year’s program, Milo elementary pupils learned to play chess; middle-schoolers enjoyed “a hands-on area history project,” and high schoolers took advantage of a cooking-nutrition class.

Among the programs being evaluated for the current school year, she wrote, are chess, sewing, woodworking, painting, crafts and hiking, “and the list is still in progress.”

Treworgy wrote that “there is a great need for volunteers to help with these programs.”

If you are interested in lending your expertise or experience, you should call SAD 41 Superintendent Shirley Wright at 943-7317.

In conjunction with Autumn Gold Weekend in Ellsworth, executive director Joshua Torrance wrote that Woodlawn Museum will host a contradance at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, at the museum on Route 172 in that community.

Featuring the Oakum Bay String Band from the Blue Hill Peninsula, the dance will cost $10 admission, and tickets may be bought at the door. Light refreshments will be available.

Torrance wrote the band has been “calling contras, squares and circles to the traditional music of New England, Ireland, Canadian Maritimes and Appalachia” for 26 years.

For information, call 667-8671 or visit www.woodlawnmuseum.org.

From Milissa LaLonde comes word that the 17th annual Bucksport Community Concerns Hunger Walk begins with registration at 11:30 a.m. and the 3-mile walk at 12:30 p.m., both on Sunday, Sept. 30, at St. Vincent De Paul Church in Bucksport.

Pledge forms are available at local businesses and schools, she reported, and ice cream will be served after the walk.

If you cannot attend, but would like to contribute, donations can be mailed to Hunger Walk, P.O. Box 841, Bucksport 04416.

For information, call 469-2155.

Everyone associated with the Animal Orphanage hopes you and your pets will attend the Blessing of the Animals and Fun Dog Show beginning with the blessing at noon and the show at 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 30, in the ball field behind the Old Town-Orono YMCA on Stillwater Avenue. In case of rain, the events will be conducted inside the YMCA.

At this 14th annual event, you will find contests for best-dressed, longest tail, best trick and “waggiest” tail as well as tennis ball pickup and musical chairs, among others, and you can participate in a 50-50 or kayak raffle.

The fee for each category is $1 and proceeds directly benefit animal care at the orphanage.

Refreshments will be on sale as will Animal Orphanage merchandise.

For information about this event or the no-kill shelter that houses animals until they are placed in a home, call Margaret Baker at 827-8777.

Wayne Griffin of the Institute for Civic Leadership in Portland announces that organization and the Board Network are conducting a workshop for prospective and current board members and nonprofit executive staff.

“The Core Responsibilities of Nonprofit Boards” will be from 8 a.m. to noon Thursday, Oct. 4, at the Dyke Center for Family Business at Husson College in Bangor.

Registration is $70 per person and $55 for each additional group member. Cancellations must be made 48 hours in advance.

The workshop will address roles and responsibilities of board members and various ways of handling challenging situations.

For information, call Griffin at 773-3254, ext. 100, or e-mail wgriffin@civicleadership.org.

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