Seeds of Hope Food Pantry director Isaac Mann has announced that after the receipt earlier this year of a $2,000 donation from Bangor Federal Credit Union, Seeds of Hope was able to apply “for membership in the Good Shepherd Food Bank.”

By working with that organization, which has facilities in Auburn and Brewer and helps feed the needy throughout Maine, Seeds of Hope “was able to multiply the value” of the Food Pantry’s “food dollars 10 to 15 times, making their once literal food ‘cupboard’ a full-blown pantry,” Mann wrote.

“With the donation” from BFCU and its association with GSFB, “we finally have the resources to reach out to the community,” he added.

“We’re excited to not only better serve our parishioners in need, but our neighbors as well,” which is why the organization is now working “to get the word out that we are here to help.”

Seeds of Hope Food Pantry is open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. every Thursday at Beacon of Hope Church of God, 1612 Ohio St., Bangor, which means those who could benefit from its services can next visit the pantry during those hours on Thursday, Nov. 15.

To make a contribution to Seeds of Hope or receive more information, call Mann at 945-0224.

Bangor Breakfast Kiwanis Club celebrates its 30th anniversary with a dinner and awards presentation beginning with a social hour at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, at the Sea Dog Restaurant in Bangor.

To make reservations, visit http://www.koffeekurrents.homestead.com/RSVP.html.

For more information about this club, call membership committee chairman Doug Damon at 942-6310.

Linda Gamble of the Prospect Volunteer Fire Department invites you to its Hunters Breakfast 4-8 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at the Prospect Community Center.

The cost of the meal, which features ham, eggs, home fries, beans, toast, juice, doughnuts and coffee, is just $5 for adults and $2.50 for children under 12.

Proceeds, Gamble wrote, benefit the PVFD.

Elizabeth Stevens e-mailed that St. John’s Council of Catholic Women is hosting its annual Christmas Bazaar 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at St. John’s Parish Hall, 207 York St., Bangor.

Lunch, served 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m., offers a choice of Normand Martin’s chicken stew or Marvin Garrick’s chili, along with Claudette O’Connell’s “ever-popular ployes,” and a visit “from a good, old-fashioned St. Nicholas between noon and 2 p.m.,” Stevens added.

The fair features crafts, baked goods, white-elephant items and a silent auction.

Chip Mattson wrote that the Hampden Historical Society is hosting its annual Christmas Bazaar 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 17, at Kinsley House, 83 Main Road South in Hampden.

The bazaar offers “an early opportunity to holiday shop” and the opportunity to purchase “a variety of handmade craft items, Hampden memorabilia, Christmas decorations and seasonal foods,” Mattson reported.

You will also find a white-elephant sale and a raffle for a knit afghan along with gas cards, gift certificates and gift baskets donated by local business owners.

Raffle tickets are $1 or six for $5 and can be purchased from HHS members, and all proceeds from the event benefit the work of the society.

For more information about this sale or the HHS, call Jerry Stanhope, 862-3463, or Paula Newcomb, 862-3112.

Gaynor Reynolds wrote that Armand O’Clair of Ecotat Gardens is offering two workshops “where you will have the opportunity to create a wreath of balsam fir tips gathered off the property.”

The workshops both begin at 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, and Saturday, Nov. 24, at Ecotat, at the intersection of 2699 Route 2 and Annis Road in Hermon.

The $25 registration fee includes materials.

To register, call 848-3603 or 848-5946.

Kelley Abdel Quder of Affiliated Healthcare Systems reports only 250 seats are available for Prize Bingo with doors opening at 11:30 a.m. and bingo starting at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at Brewer Eagles Club, 22 Atlantic Ave.

Admission is $10 for 16 games plus two special coveralls for an additional charge.

Tickets are available at the door or can be purchased in advance in Bangor at Affiliated Healthcare Systems, 931 Union St.; Riverside Pharmacy, 417 State St.; Westgate Pharmacy, 915 Union St.; and in Brewer at Airline Pharmacy, North Main Street.

All proceeds benefit Children’s Miracle Network of Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems.

For more information, call 973-6709.

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