Drivers needed

LEWISTON – Road to Recovery is an American Cancer Society service program that provides transportation for cancer patients to their treatments and home again.

Transportation is provided according to the needs and available resources in the community and the Lewiston/Auburn community is in need of more volunteer drivers.

If interested in becoming a volunteer driver, contact Bonnie Bickford at the American Cancer Society via e-mail [email protected] or call 1-800-464-3102, ext. 3729, for an application.

The American Cancer Society provides a simple training program and the opportunity to meet with fellow volunteers throughout the year. Volunteers may be provided help with fuel expenses.

Church partners

PORTLAND – Leaders from historic churches throughout Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont will train with Partners for Sacred Places to obtain funding for critical building repairs. The training will begin May 15 in Concord, N.H.

Partners will assist 15 soon-to-be selected northern New England congregations (five in each state) in the fundraising training, “New Dollars/New Partners for Your Sacred Place.”

The effort marks a first-time collaboration between Maine Preservation, New Hampshire Preservation Alliance and Preservation Trust of Vermont, which are recruiting congregations and other partners for the program.

Orientation meetings, open to all interested congregations in Maine, will be held at the Hammond Street Church, 28 High St., Bangor, from noon to 2 p.m. and at the First Parish Congregational Church, 116 Main St., Yarmouth, from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, March 22.

Sarah Peveler, director of training at Partners, will accompany Roxanne Eflin to explain the program and answer questions. Contact Eflin at 775-3652 or [email protected] or www.sacredplaces.org/training.htm for details.

Funding available

PORTLAND – Three cash awards recognizing Maine nonprofit organizations that have achieved significant results by combining ingenuity with sound management practices will be presented this spring by the Maine Association of Nonprofits.

The awards, totaling $10,000, will be presented to three organizations, selected through an application process, on April 27 at the annual conference at the Eastland Park Hotel in Portland.

The applications are available on the Web site at www.nonprofitmaine.org. The deadline for submitting applications is March 14.

The Maine Association of Nonprofits provides training and educational programs, services and resources and advocating for the sector overall. To find out more about the annual Award for Nonprofit Excellence, go to www.nonprofitmaine.org.

Author to speak

AUGUSTA – Old Fort Western’s 20th-annual winter lecture series will continue at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 8, in the learning gallery, city hall, 16 Cony St., with the program, “Little Pine to King Spruce.”

The program is based on the recent book, “Little Pine to King Spruce: A Franco-American Childhood”, by Fran Pelletier. Pelletier will be the speaker. Pelletier grew up in Milford in the 1930s.

The series schedule is available at www.oldfortwestern.org or by phoning 626-2385. Most programs take place on Thursday evenings but some have been slated for Sunday afternoons. Series admission is free. Donations to help cover series expenses are encouraged.