For 10 years, Carey Besse has been recreation director for the town of Glenburn, working hard to make life better and healthier for residents, old and young, of that community.

Now we learn that Besse is working hard to make her own life better and healthier, as she battles breast cancer.

To help Besse and her husband, Phil, and 17-year-old daughter, Sam, through this difficult time, friends and community members will hold a benefit silent auction.

Bidding will be from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and the items will be awarded to the winning bidders from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, March 22, in the cafeteria of the Glenburn School.

Among items already donated are heating oil, an Old Town kayak, Harley-Davidson merchandise, jewelry, hotel stays, gymnasium memberships and gift cards.

Shelley Shaw reports any donations to help make this auction a success for this very special person will be welcome.

“Carey has lived in Glenburn since she was 5 years old,” Shaw said of the woman who graduated from Bangor High School in 1986.

If you would like to make a donation to the auction, or a financial contribution to assist the family at this time, contact Shelly Shaw, 41 Richards Road, Glenburn 04401, or call her at 941-6765.

Robin Long of the Bangor Y reminds readers that Caring Connections “is a cooperative program of the Bangor Y and Eastern Maine Medical Center, supported by the fundraising efforts of Healthcare Charities.”

A Caring Connections Bone Health Information and Discussion Group, Meditation for Relaxation and Stress Relief, begins at 10 a.m. Thursday, March 20, at the Bangor Y on Second Street.

Long reports the featured speaker will be Amy Burgoyne, who has practiced and taught meditation for 10 years.

“She has seen, firsthand, the differences the practice can make with individuals in all levels and areas of their lives,” Long wrote.

Meditation can help with such issues as “healing from trauma, postpartum relief, goal focusing, developing intuition, anger management and learning to communicate in difficult situations,” Long said.

This introductory session is free and open to anyone interested in meditation.

A calcium-rich snack and recipe will be provided.

If you would like to attend or receive more information, call Long at 941-2808.

Renee Curtis has more information about another fundraiser for Orono High School Project Graduation.

This time, Curtis invites you to participate in bingo, with doors opening at 11 a.m. and the event running from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 22, at American Legion Post 84 on Park Avenue in Orono which, she said, is across from Thriftway.

Tickets are $10 and include up to 18 playing cards.

The prizes are surprise boxes valued at approximately $50 each. Food items and raffles also will be available.

If you have questions about this event, call Julie Eugley at 852-6263.

Toni Mailloux e-mailed, “Got cabin fever?”

If you do, she wrote, “The Unique Meals Committee of the Belfast Lions Club has just the cure.”

The group, she wrote, will hold an Everything Haddock (plus baked beans) Fundraising Supper.

The event features two sittings, at 4:30 and 6 p.m. Saturday, March 22, at the Waldo County Shrine Club, 85 Northport Ave., Belfast.

Admission is $8 for adults, $4 for children under 12. Tickets can be purchased at all SAD 34 schools.

The menu features fish and chips, fish chowder, baked stuffed haddock, baked beans, coleslaw and rolls.

Proceeds will be used to purchase defibrillators for SAD 34 schools.

Cindy McLaughlin and Mark Savage report the Brewer High School Outdoor Education Department is preparing for its annual yard sale, 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 29, in the BHS cafeteria, and the group needs your help.

Clothing, furniture, sporting goods, books and much more are needed “in order to have another successful sale,” they wrote.

“If you have anything to donate, including your time to help,” call BHS at 989-4140 and ask for either McLaughlin or Savage to arrange for pickup or delivery.

The sponsors do have one request, however, that you do not bring television sets or computers, “because there is a fee to dispose of them if they don’t sell.”

Weather permitting, the fundraiser will include a car wash and a returnable collection.

McLaughlin and Savage remind you that “without people like you we wouldn’t have such a great program.”

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