Each year, people associated with the Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine gather to share the bounties of the season and to celebrate the good works of those who volunteer their services to assist others.

Sandy Tardiff, volunteer and development coordinator for the center, wrote that the center’s 18th annual harvest supper is 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, at the Unitarian Universalist Church on Park Street in Bangor.

Attendees are asked to bring a vegetarian dish to share “made from the bounty of this year’s garden harvest,” Tardiff wrote of the event for which the suggested donation is $10 for adults, $15 for families, $3 for children under 12.

“The harvest supper is a time for everyone to come together for an evening of good food, friendship and to celebrate the fruits of our labor for peace and justice over this past year,” she added.

Tardiff announced this year’s Hands of Peace award recipients are Bar Harbor lawyer Lynne Williams and lawyer Phil Worden of Northeast Harbor.

The lawyers “are being honored for their pro bono counsel and representation of more than 50 nonviolent civil disobedience cases involving Mainers calling for an end to the war and occupation of Iraq,” Tardiff wrote.

Williams and Worden “have devoted countless hours serving as legal observers of nonviolent civil disobedience, provided legal representation and have informed activists about their rights and the possible consequences of nonviolent action.”

“Through their efforts, they have upheld civil liberties and have been powerful advocates for dissent so essential for a vital democracy,” she wrote.

Tardiff added that, to make this evening complete, attendees will be entertained by Waldo Caballero “playing the zamponas,” which is a “South American panpipe.”

For information, call 942-9343.

On behalf of the 4-H Junior Leaders Club, Linda Rice urges you to attend the yard sale to help the group raise money for “an educational trip to Pennsylvania for the summer of 2008,” she wrote.

The yard sale is 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 12-13, at 1599 Pushaw Road in Glenburn.

The sale location is five miles from Broadway and 21/4 miles from Hudson Road, Route 221, she said.

If you have items you would like to donate to the sale, call Julia Bean at 945-3834.

“If you cannot stop by but would like to donate to their trip,” Rice wrote, you can send donations to Penobscot County 4-H Extension Office, attn: Kelly Hamilton, 307 Maine Ave., Bangor 04401.

Program director Mary MacKay reports The Salvation Army is ready for its annual harvest auction.

That free event begins with “presale of smaller items” at 5 p.m., and the regular auction 6-10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 12-13, at The Salvation Army, 65 South Park St., Bangor.

“Many area businesses have made donations that include a new chain saw, windows, flooring, new furniture, gift certificates and much, much more,” MacKay wrote.

You can purchase a light supper or snack while you are there.

For information or to donate items to the auction, call 941-2990.

Interested in skiing or snowboarding?

Looking for new or previously owned equipment so you can outfit yourself or your family in a way that might be a little easier on your pocketbook?

Stop by the Penobscot Valley Ski Club 37th annual ski and snowboard equipment sale 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, at the Bangor Parks and Recreation building on Main Street.

You’ll find everything you need for downhill and cross-country skiing, from skis and snowboards to ski wear. You also can “mix and mingle with other ski enthusiasts and learn about new equipment from knowledgeable vendors from all over New England,” reports Sally Burke.

Proceeds from this nonprofit community fundraiser will benefit club programs that include Learn to Ski, Junior Racing, the Caribou Bog Ski Race, Nordic events and discounted ski trips to Quebec and Sugarloaf/USA.

For more than 60 years, “PVSC has been involved with teaching youth skiing,” following its mission of promoting “skiing and snow sports through activities, instruction and competition,” Burke wrote.

“PVSC supports ski-related charities and encourages Maine families to get out and enjoy winter snow,” she added.

The club meets on Tuesday evenings, and “new members are always welcome!”

For information about the ski sale, call 989-1709.

For membership information, call 866-3504 or visit www.pvskiclub.org.

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