The Maine Audubon Auction “returns by popular demand,” e-mailed Penobscot Valley Chapter vice president Bob Duchesne.

The fundraiser begins with a preview at 6 p.m., and the auction, with Duchesne presiding, at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 29, at Fields Pond Audubon Center in Holden.

Admission is free, and hors d’oeuvres and beverages will be served.

Items up for bid include outdoor adventures like “a Bar Harbor Whale Watch, a Moose Safari from the Birches in Rockwood, and a Moose Photo Tour of Baxter State Park,” he wrote.

You will also have opportunities to bid on such items as “excellent accommodations, fine dining, books, art, holiday gifts, bird boxes, feeders and much more.”

Duchesne wants you to know that all proceeds from the auction “support the local environmental education and programs of the Penobscot Valley Chapter” of Maine Audubon.

“It’s wild fun,” he added, “so come for the entertainment even if you don’t expect to bid.”

Beverly Norton is Salon Manager of MasterCuts, which is hosting a MasterCuts Kids’ Clip for the Cure from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30, at its salon in the Bangor Mall.

Norton reports that stylists are volunteering to give $7 haircuts to children 16 and under during this ninth annual event to benefit breast cancer research.

Also, through the end of the month, MasterCuts is donating 10 percent of its net proceeds from the sale of MasterCuts products to the fundraiser and, for a minimum $1 donation, clients receive a Clip for the Cure bracelet.

To date, MasterCuts stylists in 650 malls in North America have raised more than $5 million through a variety of fundraisers, from raffles to bake sales.

Proceeds from Kids’ Clip for the Cure are distributed through the Regis Foundation for Breast Cancer Research.

For more information, call MasterCuts at 941-1110 or visit www.mastercuts.com.

The Bangor Elks Lodge is hosting a Craft Fair, Flea Market and Yard Sale 9 a.m.-5 p.m., rain or shine, Sunday, Oct. 1, at 108 Odlin Road.

The public is welcome to participate, and vendor tables are available for $25 each.

Additionally, your donation of salable items would be appreciated and can be dropped off at the lodge.

For more information about the event or to make a contribution, call Steven Grant at the Bangor Elks Lodge, 942-6977, or Patty Reid, 848-3990.

All proceeds from the fundraiser benefit the Maine Children’s Cancer Program, one of the Maine Elks’ major projects.

According to information provided by the Bangor Elks, the Portland-based MCCP “serves infants, children and adolescents from across the state” and “is the only comprehensive cancer treatment program for children in Maine.”

Barbara Frey of Brewer, president of the Maine Dietetic Association, invites members and guests to join the MDA board in celebrating its 60th Anniversary during the Fall Educational Conference and Retreat Sunday, Oct. 22, and Monday, Oct 23, at the Samoset Resort in Rockport.

You are encouraged to attend the event to “Relax, Reminisce and Rejuvenate.” Additional information is available on the MDA Web site, www.eatrightmaine.org.

The MDA is a professional organization of 270 dietitians and Dietetic Technicians and a State Affiliate of the 65,000-member American Dietetic Association.

From Shannon Randall comes word that Etna-Dixmont School eighth-graders are planning an auction Friday, Dec. 1, to raise funds to benefit their class trip.

However, for this auction to succeed, your donations are needed by Wednesday, Nov. 1.

Your generous donations would be greatly appreciated by all the youngsters who are looking forward to this educational, fun experience.

For more information, call Randall at 234-2296 or Principal Cynthia Alexander, 234-2491 or 269-2361.

May Pardy, representing the Winterport Union Meeting House, wrote that the historic facility on Main Street in Winterport “is in serious need of having restoration work done on its clock tower.”

To help with that effort, Pardy wrote, Meeting House supporters are collecting unwanted or unused cell phones and ink jet cartridges “which we send to be recycled and get cash in return.”

She requests anyone with old cell phones or “spent ink or laser jet printer cartridges” to call 223-9950, and the items will be picked up for recycling.

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