Hospice of Eastern Maine needs male and female volunteers to “share their time and friendship with terminally ill patients and their caregivers,” wrote Wayne Melanson, HOEM director of volunteer services.
Six consecutive training sessions are offered 5:30-9 p.m. Tuesdays, from Oct. 13 to Nov. 17, in Suite 220 at Eastern Maine Medical Center Healthcare Mall, 885 Union St., Bangor.
Volunteers must complete an application and interview prior to Oct. 7, and class size is limited.
For information, call Melanson, 973-8269 or e-mail wmelanson@emh.org.
A program of Bangor Area Visiting Nurses, “hospice care focuses on the physical, emotional, social and spiritual needs of hospice patients and their loved ones,” residing within a 25-mile radius of Bangor, Melanson said.
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I thank Dania Stager-Snow for calling to report the last meeting of the season for the Franklin Historical Society is 7 tonight at the FHS museum on Route 200.
The presenter will be Nancy Willey, discussing the “Historical BaseLine Geophysical Project of the U.S. Coast,” according to information Stager-Snow updated me with and the late William “Bill” Robertson had provided before his death on Aug. 24.
Although we had never met, Bill and I became “phone friends” through his many calls about activities in the Franklin area.
I always knew the instant I heard his distinctively pleasant, booming voice, who was calling, and it made me smile.
It is obvious from the contacts I received regarding his brief illness and death at 85 that Bill had many, many friends, and that he will be greatly missed.
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Woodlawn Museum announces a presentation by Dan Farrenkopf, “Lunaform: A Slide Tour of a Maine Manufacturer,” 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, at the museum on Route 172 in Ellsworth.
The suggested donation is $10 and seating is limited. To register, call 667-8671 or e-mail events@woodlawnmuseum.org.
Farrenkopf’s topic will be the firm’s hand-built, all-weather garden vessels.
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Donna Heathcote wrote that G&H Ambulance Service, serving residents of Glenburn and Hudson, is sponsoring a “9-11 Heroes Remembrance Blood Drive” from 1 to 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11, at the Glenburn Fire Station, 144 Lakeview Drive.
Refreshments will be served and door prizes offered.
“Every person donating becomes a local hero to those in need, as there is a critical shortage of blood,” Heathcote wrote.
Walk-ins are welcome but, if you want to make an appointment, call the Maine Blood Center at 262-8797.
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Teams must preregister by Friday, Sept. 11, to participate in the Pirate Bed Race after the Grand Pirate Festival parade Saturday, Sept. 12, which is part of the 2009 Eastport Pirate Festival.
The winner-takes-all prize is $250 to be shared “by the team with the best time,” wrote John Miller.
For details, visit www.eastportpiratefestival.com
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Scott Phelps of Harbor House Community Service Center in Southwest Harbor invites you to play in the 14th annual Brennen Lowe Memorial Golf Tournament with an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start Saturday, Sept. 12, at the Causeway Club in Southwest Harbor.
The fee is $75 for the four-person scramble and includes lunch and prizes plus $50,000 for a hole-in-one on hole 7.
For information, or to register, call Phelps at 244-3713, ext. 104, or visit www.harborhousemdi.org.
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Ginny Joles reports the public is invited to “a charity social-auction to benefit The CAUSE, Central Aroostook United for Student Emergencies,” featuring celebrity radio hosts Bob and Sheri.
The CAUSE begins at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, at the University of Maine at Presque Isle Campus Center.
Only 250 tickets will be sold, and they are $30 each or $50 for couples.
Sponsor opportunities also are available for this fundraiser “to benefit area school students,” Joles wrote of the event, which will assist young people living in Ashland, Caribou, Easton, Fort Fairfield, Limestone, Mars Hill, Presque Isle and Washburn.
For information, to contribute an auction item, purchase tickets or become a sponsor, e-mail jjoles@roadrunner.com, call her at 760-2418 or e-mail Sharon Campbell at scampbell@mfx.net or call her at 764-5124.
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Friends of Willis “Bill” Monroe of North Blue Hill, who recently lost his home and its contents to fire, have established an account for him at Bar Harbor Bank and Trust.
Donations can be made out to the Willis Monroe Fund and mailed to BHBT, 82 Main St., Bar Harbor 04609.
For information, call Roxanne Grindle, 374-5310.
Joni Averill, Bangor Daily News, P.O. Box 1329, Bangor 04402; javerill@bangordailynews.net; 990-8288.