Just in time to get that new look for school, Lorraine Colpitts announces a Locks of Love fundraiser from 4 p.m. to midnight Saturday, Aug. 23, at Spectacular Event Center on Griffin Road in Bangor.

Sponsored by Safe and Sound Youth Transportation of Brewer, “with Spectacular Event donating all the food,” and Robin Lozier of Safe and Sound and Spectacular Event “coordinating the huge silent auction,” Colpitts wrote, the event will be conducted on a “first-come, first-served basis.”

All haircuts, and the silent auction, will end at 8 p.m., in time for everyone to “enjoy the DJ entertainment as well as other random prize drawings throughout the event,” Colpitts wrote.

Admission to the event is a Locks of Love ponytail at least 6 inches long, in healthy condition brought to the event, “or we will cut it for you,” Colpitts wrote; volunteering at the event; or a $10 donation. Proceeds benefit Locks of Love, which “creates the hairpieces for children suffering from hair loss due to illness or disease,” Colpitts wrote.

Considering the success of last year’s event, which produced 240 Locks of Love and raised $3,200 for the Florida-based Locks of Love organization, Colpitts was very pleased with the response. She wrote the event was “pretty amazing. Let’s do it again!”

Colpitts added that organizers are still seeking hairdressers for two-hour shifts, and you can receive more information by calling 866-990-1900, 989-4200, 949-1723 or faxing 989-2100.

Sue McKay reminds readers the historic Bangor Band is performing at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 20, at Riverfront Park in Old Town.

The concert is sponsored by Old Town Public Library, and you are invited to “bring your lawn chair, maybe a blanket or jacket, and enjoy this free, hour-long concert,” McKay wrote.

If it rains, the concert will be held at Sargent Community Center on Bennoch Road.

Joyce Leck of Brooksville e-mailed that the Jolly Helpers are serving an International Dinner at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 20, in the vestry of West Brooksville Congregational Church on Route 176.

Admission for the meal of stir-fry, lasagna, chili, vegetables, French bread, and apple pie and ice cream is $10 for adults and $6 for children 12 and under.

“All are welcome and encouraged to attend,” Leck wrote.

Members of the Charlotte Historical Society invite you to hear author Lane Willey discuss the Underground Railway at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 20, at Charlotte town hall on Route 214.

Willey’s research has led to a book that will be published in the fall.

Refreshments and conversation follow the meeting.

Nan Cobbey of the Belfast Garden Club wrote that new gardeners who are interested in raising their own vegetables and fruits may want to attend the next BGC Open Garden Day, which is 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 22, at the garden of David Cassida, 268 Northport Ave. in Belfast.

The suggested donation of $3 benefits BGC civic projects. A list of gardens and directions is available at local businesses, at www.belfastgardenclub.org or inside the birdhouse at Post Office Square in Belfast.

Cobbey wrote that Cassida has been gardening for nearly 50 years and raises most of his plants from seed. His garden includes “beds of greens, herbs, vegetables, flowers and fruit trees,” and he sells some produce at a farm stand.

The summer-long garden tours are all the same time, the same admission and are all on Fridays, Cobbey reminds readers, and the final garden tour is Sept. 19.

Members of Perry Grange invite you to a public New England Boiled Dinner from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, at the Grange hall on South Meadow Road. For more information, call Kathryn Mekelburg, 454-0654.

On behalf of Boy Scouts of America Troop 15 of Brewer, Teresa Maybury invites you to participate in, and attend, its first Brewer Days Car Show from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6, in the Twin City Plaza parking lot on State Street in Brewer.

The registration fee is $5 per vehicle, and the check-in time is from 9 to 11 a.m. that day.

Maybury reports that awards will be given in nine classes, including trucks and motorcycles, as well as the presentation of a People’s Choice Award.

The event features music, food and other activities, and more information is available by calling Maybury at 989-0411 or e-mailing tamaybury04@aol.com.

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