For people interested in finding bargains (and who isn’t, today?) Barbara Waters of Millinocket wants folks in the Katahdin area to know St. Martin’s Thrift Store is open for business from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursdays on the lower floor at 112 Maine Ave. in Millinocket.
Waters said that although, as “a belt-tightening measure, St. Martin of Tours’ church office, gift store, food pantry, conference room and the office of the emergency fuel fund were moved from 112 Maine Ave. to various locations within the church, the thrift store was not part of that move.”
Donations of men’s, women’s, children’s and baby clothing, small nonelectrical appliances and small household goods still are being accepted for resale “at very nominal prices,” Waters wrote.
There also is a building, at that location, “where donors may drop off contributions any time, night or day, throughout the week,” she added.
Waters wants readers to know that “all proceeds, after expenses, are used to support Katahdin area charities, prime among them the nondenominational food pantry and emergency fuel fund,” and that “none of the money goes to the church, itself.”
She pointed out that, “for more than 25 years, St. Martin’s Thrift Store has been assisting the disadvantaged and other residents of the Katahdin area communities to stretch their budgets” and that, for everyone, of any income level, it is a store where you receive excellent value for money well spent.
With approximately 20 volunteers keeping the store open three days a week, and local Knights of Columbus members “doing the heavy lifting,” the store could extend its hours if it had more volunteers, she wrote.
If you are interested in volunteering your time for this most worthwhile project, call Dorothy Howard at the parish office, 723-5902.
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Courtney King of the American Lung Association of New England invites Mainers who are interested in participating in the 25th annual Trek Across Maine this summer, to learn all about this 180-mile trip from Sunday River to Belfast by attending the third annual Trekker Bash, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12, at Sea Dog Banquet and Catering Center, 26 Front St. in Bangor.
Information from veteran trekkers and representatives of the ALA staff, and the opportunity to register and have your questions answered about this fundraiser are all part of the event that includes refreshments, door prizes and music.
Admission is free, but registration is required and can be made by calling 888-241-6566, ext. 0313.
More information about the Trek Across Maine is available at www.lungne.org.
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Iris Simon of Maine Coast Memorial Hospital’s Health-Link program e-mailed that its Hancock County Lose and Win teams “have reached the halfway point of the 10-week program, and have accumulated a loss” of more than a half-ton.
Averaging the most pounds lost over the past weeks of the program is The Burnt Cove Market String Beans team, followed by Excess Baggage of Hannaford in Ellsworth and 12 Carats of Mount Desert Island Hospital in Bar Harbor.
Jenny Gott, Union 92 school health coordinator, will present “Mindful Eating,” Thursday, Feb. 12, at the MDI and Ellsworth sites, while Lose and Win participants in Deer Isle-Stonington will have a yoga session with Brennan Murphy that evening at the Island Community Center.
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Here’s a fun-filled valentine’s experience offered by Page Farm and Home Museum’s free brown bag lunch lectures.
“Not Exactly Victoria’s Secret: An Informal History of Ladies’ Lingerie,” is at noon Thursday, Feb. 12, at the museum on the campus of the University of Maine in Orono.
Offered as part of Fiber Maine-ia, the celebration of the International Year of Natural Fiber, museum program chair Mary Bird reports, the presenter is Michele Goldman, “an expert on needlework traditions” who will “bring her knowledge of fabrics, stitchery and history to this examination of fashion treasures from the museum’s collections.”
For more information, call the museum at 581-4100.
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Jessie Mellott wrote the Anah Shrine Mini-Bikes 10th annual family Valentine’s Day dance is Friday, Feb. 13, at the Shrine Hall, 586 Main St., Bangor.
Proceeds benefit hospitals “and also help keep our bikes running.”
Admission for this event for families with children of all ages is $10 per person, free for children under 3. Every child wins a prize.
Tickets are available at the Shrine Hall or by calling 942-2254.
Joni Averill, Bangor Daily News, P.O. Box 1329, Bangor 04402; javerill@bangordailynews.net; 990-8288.