While activities surrounding the recognition of October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month are winding down, awareness and vigilance need to be ongoing. Representatives of the Battered Women’s Project in Aroostook County are doing their part to ensure that is so.

Samantha Cousins reports the Battered Women’s Project will host a Domestic Violence Awareness Walk beginning at noon Wednesday, Oct. 31, at Riverside Park in Presque Isle.

The opening speaker, for what is described as a “short program,” will be Assistant District Attorney Carrie Linthicum.

Cousins reports the program will honor the survivors of domestic violence, remember the victims who have died, and celebrate “the hope, strength and courage of families affected by domestic abuse.”

After the program, the group will walk through the downtown area. A brown bag lunch will be provided at the conclusion of the event.

Cousins urges you to “show your willingness to support the victims and survivors of abuse by attending this year’s Presque Isle domestic violence awareness walk,” as this last day of October “concludes a month of numerous awareness, prevention and educational activities” in communities throughout The County.

For information, call 764-2977.

A safe and productive journey is our wish for Brenda Davis, executive director of Cross Roads Ministries of Old Town, as she steps out today on what will be her record-setting sixth annual Maine Credit Unions’ Ending Hunger Walking Tour.

According to information provided by the Maine Credit Union League, Davis will set a new record of communities visited when she travels through 52 of them, from Kittery to Madawaska, covering between 600 and 700 miles in the Pine Tree State.

For the second year, Davis’ walk will take her through all 16 Maine counties and, at each credit union she visits, Davis will be given a contribution to support the cause.

Jon Paradise of the Maine Credit Union League also reports that “again this year, the Maine Credit Unions’ Campaign for Ending Hunger will also make a $100 donation to a food pantry in each of the 52 communities” that Davis visits.

The Maine Credit Union League Campaign for Ending Hunger has pledged nearly $20,000 for the tour and, since 1990, raised more than $2.3 million to help end hunger in Maine.

To follow Davis on her journey, visit www.mainecul.org.

Wayne Griffin reports spaces remain for those who would like to attend the workshop, “Legal Issues: What Every Nonprofit Board Member Needs to Know,” hosted by the Institute for Civic Leadership.

The workshop is from 8:30 a.m. to noon Thursday, Nov. 1, at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center, 80 Belmont Ave., Belfast.

The registration fee is $70 and $55 for additional group members, and cancellations must be made 48 hours in advance.

The workshop is for nonprofit board and staff members, and will be presented by lawyer Robert Levin, who specializes in nonprofit organizations.

The institute’s release says if you are one who is “concerned about your potential liability, as a board member, this program is for you.”

“You’ll walk away armed with a fundamental understanding of the key, legal issues” faced by members of nonprofit boards. An introductory workshop, the program is designed specifically for those who are not lawyers.

To register, call Griffin at 773-3254, ext. 100, or e-mail him at wgriffin@civicleadership.org.

Here’s a reminder from the American Cancer Society that the first Downeast Living with Cancer Conference is 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2, at the Holiday Inn in Ellsworth.

Free for cancer patients, family members, caregivers and medical professionals, the conference theme is “Hope, Progress, Answers – A Path to Healing and Wellness.”

Featured speakers are cancer survivor and Blue Hill Memorial Hospital family physician Dr. Daniel Reinke and Mount Desert Island resident, author and cancer survivor Dr. Dianna Emory.

The conference is partially sponsored by a donation from licensed practical nurse and longtime American Cancer Society volunteer Harriette Mitchell of Bar Harbor. Individuals are invited to register for the conference by calling the American Cancer Society at 800-227-2345 or visiting www.cancer.org.

Melody Weeks reports the return of the John Bapst Drama Program Mystery Dinner.

Tickets go on sale today for the comedy, “Dead 2 Rights,” with two evening performances Friday, Nov. 9, and Saturday, Nov. 10, in the John Bapst Memorial High School auditorium, 100 Broadway, Bangor.

Tickets are $15 for adults and $13 for students and available from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday at the John Bapst Memorial High School Fine Arts Office.

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