Harvest supper to aid Habitat for Humanity

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Habitat for Humanity of Greater Bangor has begun construction on the 12th Habitat House on Roosevelt Avenue in Brewer, and you can help finance that wonderful project.

Members of Habitat for Humanity invite you to their third annual Harvest Supper, 5-7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 120 Park St., Bangor.

The cost is just $6, or $4 for children 12 and under.

“There will be delicious foods, donated and prepared by volunteers, and we will be giving out door prizes,” wrote Tammy Trask.

She wants readers, and especially those of you who choose to attend this event, to know that proceeds from the supper “will assist in financing” the latest house being built by volunteers of Habitat for Humanity.

“We are on the building site, Monday through Saturday, weather permitting,” Trask wrote, “and graciously accept volunteers.

“We are also looking for volunteers willing to share two hours a month to participate on committees and the board” of Habitat for Humanity of Greater Bangor, she added.

For more information, call Trask at 942-8977 or e-mail info@habitatbangor.org.

Justice for Autism with Community and Kindness, or J.A.C.K., of Ellsworth is offering one winning applicant six weeks of free, one-on-one, intensive music therapy sessions with certified music therapist Alan Wittenberg of Surry.

The winner will be chosen during a random drawing at a J.A.C.K. fundraiser on Sunday, Oct. 21, reports J.A.C.K. volunteer Ann Schwartz.

Applications are available from J.A.C.K. secretary Donna Lee at 667-7417, at http://jacksfriends.org, or by e-mailing J.A.C.K. chairperson Jackie Davidson at jackieleedee@adelphia.net.

Laurie Mountain e-mailed that the PETS Indoor Yard Sale is 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 19- 20, at 225 Dexter Road, Route 7, in Corinna.

The sale features “one entire room of stuff-a-bag-for-a-dollar items,” she wrote. You will also find “painted pumpkins, holiday decorations, crafts, antiques, collectibles and new items.”

PETS is a local, nonprofit animal welfare organization providing low-cost spaying and neutering and other assistance in central Maine.

Mountain added the organization is “seeing a large increase in the number of abandoned animals this year,” particularly “mother cats and litters of kittens.”

She added “we desperately need the public to pitch in and help us,” and one way you can is “by attending our sale.”

Waldo County General Hospital Aid is sponsoring an American Red Cross blood drive, 2-7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19, at the Masonic Lodge “next to the Shrine Club on the corner of Northport Avenue and Wight Street” in Belfast, reports Sandra Gordon of Waldo County Healthcare.

The theme of the drive is “Help Patients in Need,” by making “up a shortfall of approximately 1,000 units across the Northeast,” she explained.

The blood drive goal is 60 units of blood.

To participate, you must be 17, weight at least 110 pounds, be in general good health, and have valid identification.

Walk-ins are welcome, but you can make an appointment by calling 800-GIVE-LIFE.

For more information, visit www.newenglandblood.org.

We’re approaching that creepy-fun time of the month, which is why Jane Moon wants you to know that the Hancock Recreation Committee and the local Drug Abuse Resistance Education program hope thrill-seekers of all ages will enjoy Fright Night at the Fairgrounds from 7 to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 19-20, at Blue Hill Fairgrounds.

The event features a haunted hayride, “scary scenes” and a “spectacular haunted house,” Moon wrote.

Admission is $8 for adults and $5 for children.

The Hancock Recreation Committee, she explained, “is a volunteer group, working to raise money to sponsor sports programs for children in Hancock.”

For more information, call 422-3393.

Competition in the annual Fall Carriage Day, a fun event for all ages, begins at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, at East Ridge Stable, Ridge Road in Charleston.

There is no admission for spectators, and refreshment proceeds benefit the Angels on Hooves Program.

For more information, call Robin Corey, 285-3625.

Katherine Hansen called to say “there are still a few table rentals available” for the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 200 of Hermon’s first annual Holiday Bazaar, which will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, at the Hermon Rescue Squad Building on Billings Road.

The space rental, including chairs and covers, is $25 each, and you can call Hansen at 848-3049 for more information or to reserve your space.

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