Members of the St. Croix International Quilters Guild are celebrating their 10th anniversary this year.
With a membership of “about 40 ladies from Topsfield to Eastport and all points in between,” wrote Kathy Mekelburg, members from St. Stephen, New Brunswick, help put “the international in our name.”
The organization meets for a workshop at 6 p.m. the first Wednesday of each month at the Methodist Homes Recreation Center on Palmer Street in Calais, which means the next workshop is 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7, in Calais.
You are invited to attend.
“Our meetings and workshops are open to the public,” Mekelburg wrote of what she describes as “a very busy, giving and fun-loving group” that would like you to join.
In addition to the monthly workshop, the group meets from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. the first Saturday of each month for an all-day workshop and at 6:30 p.m. the third Wednesday of each month for a business meeting.
Among its activities are making quilts for Methodist Homes residents each Christmas; quilts for dialysis patients and “anti-ouch pouches” for breast cancer patients in New Brunswick and Maine, and quilts for Project Linus.
With raffles and auctions to benefit other organizations, the St. Croix International Quilters are busy as can be, and they invite you to call to learn more about what they do.
For more information, call Mary Ann O’Brien at 454-3014, Susan McIver at 427-6967 or Joanne Spencer in New Brunswick at 506-466-4775.
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Cancer Support Center of Maine, located in Bucksport, invites you to a benefit wine tasting 5-8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8, at Bugaboo Creek Restaurant, 24 Bangor Mall Blvd., Bangor.
To benefit CSCM’s We Can Help-You Can Help $100,000 fundraising campaign, executive director Barbra Vittum reports the cost is $10 for hors d’oeuvres and sampling of 10 wines during an event that will “allow the community to come together to support cancer patients and their loved ones.”
Hillary White of Pine State Beverage Co. will discuss the wines being tasted.
Tickets will be available at the door or can be obtained in advance by calling CSCM at 469-6363.
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Mabel Wadsworth Women’s Health Center is holding an interactive workshop, “Talking with your kids about S-E-X,” 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8, at the center in Bangor.
Seating is limited and reservations are required.
To register, call 947-5337 or e-mail educate@mabelwadsworth.org.
Open to “parents, grandparents, teachers, caregivers and anyone interested in increasing your comfort level when talking with kids about sex and sexuality,” the program is being held in recognition of Let’s Talk Month which, the release states, is “a national campaign coordinated to encourage parent-child communication about sexuality.”
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Oriental Jade Restaurant co-owner Lilian Lo reminds readers that Oriental Jade has been holding fundraisers for groups or organizations for the past decade, Lo wrote of the program, “which has proven itself to be a successful and rewarding endeavor.”
Oriental Jade offers its banquet room with seating for up to 80 people and its dinner buffet “on a designated Sunday or Monday evening,” with a special price of $14 for adults, $7 for children younger than 12.
You provide “a staff of seven” from your group to set up and serve, with your tips benefiting your organization or project.
For complete details, call the restaurant at 947-6969.
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Women interested in representing the Maine State Society as it Cherry Blossom Princess for the 2010 National Festival April 4-11 in Washington, D.C., should call the society for details at 703-237-1031 or write Maine State Society, 3434 Upside Court, Falls Church, Va. 22042-4019.
The application deadline is Dec. 12.
Joni Averill, Bangor Daily News, P.O. Box 1329, Bangor 04402; javerill@bangordailynews.net; 990-8288.