Haitian Ministries and other Maine organizations “that are supporting clinics, orphanages, schools and hospitals,” are planning a “Maine Walks for Haiti” event and are seeking sponsors and participants to form a team and “Go the extra mile for Haiti,” reports Pam Brochu.
The event begins with registration at 9 a.m. Saturday, June 5, at Webber Campus Center at Peabody Hall at Husson University in Bangor.
Brochu said, “Haitian Ministries is a medical ministry serving the northern region of Haiti, standing with our Haitian brothers and sisters [in] providing and developing sustainable health care and proclaiming the Good News.”
All funds raised at this event “will support the medical clinics, provide medical care for orphans and help feed the poor,” Brochu wrote.
For more information about Maine Walks for Haiti, call Brochu, 491-4775; Alison Reed, 299-8020 or e-mail pambrochu@yahoo.com.
For assistance with this event, Brochu wrote, Haitian Ministries extends “a huge thank you to Julie Green and Husson University.”
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Holly Twining invites you to Celebrate International Migratory Bird Day, 7 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, May 15, at Fields Pond Nature Center in Holden.
The event is free and includes a variety of activities for the whole family.
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The Ladies Aid Society of Tremont Congregational Church will hold an outside yard-bake sale, 8 a.m.-noon Saturday, May 15, at the church, Route 102 in Bass Harbor.
Bobbe Elliott hopes you attend and “bring a friend.”
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Mary Connolly reports Pittsfield Community Garden Club will hold its annual plant sale at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, May 15, at the Cianbro parking lot on Main Street.
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Jane Jarvi invites you to the book sale held by Edythe Dyer Friends of the Library, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, May 15, in the new Friends Bookshop in the basement of the Edythe Dyer Community Library, 269 Main Road North, Hampden.
The Friends Bookshop is not handicapped-accessible.
Proceeds benefit “expanding the availability of technology within the library, including a large-screen reader system for the visually impaired,” Jarvi wrote.
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Dover-Foxcroft Kiwanis Club is host to Kiwanis Park Family Health and Safety Day, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, May 15, at the Dover-Foxcroft park.
Gary Nelson chairs the event that includes “other groups and organizations … to help promote and encourage” a healthful and safe lifestyle for local residents, the release states.
Emergency response equipment, a bike rodeo for second-graders, and a possible landing of a LifeFlight helicopter, “if it’s available,” Nelson said, are part of this event.
For information, call Nelson, 343-1984, or e-mail garynelson@garykiwanis.com.
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A public tree planting ceremony is 10 a.m. Saturday, May 15, in the field of the historic Jonathan Fisher House on Mines Road in Blue Hill.
Linda Hoskins reports the planting is part of the planned re-creation the property’s apple orchard, and this planting will be adjacent to “the 200-year-old St. Germain pear tree” originally planted by the Rev. Fisher.
Individuals can adopt a tree for a $175 donation to the Jonathan Fisher Memorial.
For more information, call 374-2459 or e-mail info@jonathanfisherhouse.org.
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Renee Smith of Sunbury Village invites you to a Bear Paw Quilters Quilt Show, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, May 15, at Sunbury, 992 Ohio St., Bangor.
Admission is $3, and you also can enjoy a buffet luncheon from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for $7.
Door prizes and quilt raffles will be featured, and the show includes outside vendors.
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Toni Mailloux wrote that First Baptist Church of Belfast will hold a public supper with ham and beans, 5-6:30 p.m. Saturday, May 15, at the church, 95 High St.
Admission is $6 for adults, $3 for children under 12.
Proceeds, Mailloux said, benefit Tim and Patty Long, who are missionaries in Mexico working along its border with the U.S.
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Newburgh resident Gerry Ross Sommers has been hospitalized seven times since being diagnosed with cancer in November 2009, wrote Regina Ross of Carmel.
And as the “bills continue to mount up,” community members, family and friends are doing what they can to offer “some financial support,” Ross said.
A Benefit Supper and Country Jam Session begins with supper from 4 to 6 p.m. and the jam session 6:30-9 p.m. Saturday, May 15, at Newburgh Elementary School on Route 9.
Admission is by donation, and the benefit will feature both a pie and silent auction.
For information, call Regina Ross, 848-7473 or Shirley Ross, 794-3566.
Joni Averill, Bangor Daily News, P.O. Box 1329, Bangor 04402; javerill@bangordailynews.com; 990-8288.