Retired area educator and golf enthusiast Larry Reynolds of Bangor knows all too well what the diagnosis of cancer, and everything that follows, means to those who have the disease.

A three-year cancer survivor, Reynolds hopes to help young people and their families enjoy at least one, extra-special week in Vacationland.

All proceeds from the Larry Reynolds Charity Golf Tournament, beginning with registration at 7 a.m. and a shotgun start at 8 a.m. Friday, June 13, at Bangor Municipal Golf Course, will be donated to Camp Rainbow.

The registration deadline is Wednesday, May 28, and the registration fee is $75 per player for 18 holes and a cart for the four-person team scramble format event.

It includes a box lunch provided by J.B. Parker’s, an appreciation gift, prizes for first through third (gross and net), two closest to-the-pin contests, and a chipping and putting contest.

Golf professional Mark Hall will hit a drive for you, and those who enter the chipping contest, sponsored by Maine Energy, could win 100 gallons of fuel oil.

The fundraiser also features auction items, raffles and mulligans.

“If you are not a golfer,” Reynolds asks, “please consider volunteering” for the tournament.

Among other things, help is needed at the registration table and to oversee the contests. Reynolds is also seeking raffle items and gift-bag donations.

For information, or to register or volunteer, e-mail Reynolds at larryreynolds@yahoo.com; write him at 131 Maple St., Bangor, 04401; call or fax him at 945-3339 or call his cell, 356-1982.

If you cannot participate, but want to help a family attend Camp Rainbow, simply make out a check to the American Cancer Society, for Camp Rainbow and mail it to Reynolds.

Camp Rainbow uses the facilities of the Bangor Y’s Camp Jordan on Branch Lake in Ellsworth.

Sponsored by the ACS in Topsham, the program “is free-of-charge to all children who have been affected by cancer,” Reynolds explained.

He describes Camp Rainbow as “a place where kids, with cancer, meet new friends, jump, climb, swim, play, do arts and crafts and just have fun for an entire week.”

Camp Rainbow is June 15-21. Information and an application for children ages 4-18 is available by calling the ACS at 800-227-2345 or at www.cancer.org.

“A Benefit Dance for a Fellow Firefighter” is being hosted by Lucretia, Brooke and Nikalis McAlpine, who are members of the Mattawamkeag Fire and Rescue Department. The McAlpines are being assisted in this effort by other family members and friends.

The fundraiser benefits 35-year-old Eastbrook Fire Chief Rick McNeil, who was seriously injured in an April 19 fire that destroyed his mobile home and killed his 13-year-old son.

The dance, featuring M&M Music, is 7 p.m. to midnight Saturday, May 24, at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Lincoln.

Admission is $10 for singles and $15 for couples, and features a 50-50 raffle and a door prize.

For information, call 794-4961 or 290-7919.

The next program in University of Maine at Augusta Hitler’s Holocaust series is 1 p.m. Sunday, May 25, at Congregation Beth Abraham, 145 York St., Bangor.

“Perspectives on Genocide: Jews, Armenians, Blacks,” features Steve Katz, Boston University professor of Holocaust Studies and Jewish History.

The event is free and open to the public, and refreshments will be served.

Sponsors warn people that “these programs contain mature content and are not appropriate for children under 15.”

For information, call 621-3000.

We have received word that self-taught, nationally-known musician Michael Brown is returning to this area to present a concert at 4 p.m. Sunday, May 25, at Hammond Street Congregational Church on High Street in Bangor.

Sponsored by HSCC and Redeemer Lutheran Church, the admission is a love offering, and more information is available by calling 942-4381.

Brown’s musical presentation ranges from gospel to rock and roll, blues and jazz.

Bill Smith, Adjutant of American Legion Argonne Post 138 of Winterport, invites the public to a Memorial Day Parade beginning at 11 a.m. Monday, May 26, at Smith School.

The parade will “proceed up Main Street and Lebanon Road and end at the Oak Hill Cemetery, where there will be a ceremony,” Smith wrote in cordially inviting everyone “to view the parade and attend the ceremony.”

For information, call Smith at 223-9960 or e-mail billgerie@aol.com.

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