Bank needs help

POLAND – Poland Community Church Tri-Town Food Bank supports approximately 35 families a month in Poland, Minot and Mechanic Falls. At this time the cupboards are bare. Staff is asking surrounding communities to help fill the cupboards.

Make donations to Linda Laskey, at 998-4227, 1212 Maine St., Poland, ME 04274. Deliveries can be made from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays at the food bank.

Looking good

LEWISTON – “Look Good … Feel Better,” the American Cancer Society’s program for assisting women who are faced with appearance changes resulting from cancer treatment, will be offered from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Sept. 19, at Central Maine Medical Center’s Sam and Jennie Bennett Breast Care Center, 12 High St., Suite 103. Anyone seeking more information should call Diane Mulkhey at 795-2440. For more information about the meeting and/or a wig, call Sandy Piper at 345-9048.

Classes open

LEWISTON – Lewiston Adult Education has many classes scheduled to begin throughout the fall. There are more than 20 new options for learning availthroughout the next few weeks.

Scrapbooking workshops will be held on Tuesdays, Sept. 18 and 27. The “Science of Magic” is a one-night workshop scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 25. “eBay: The Art of the Sale” has been rescheduled to begin on Sept. 25.

“Bulb Basics,” “Parenting for Teens” and yoga are scheduled to begin on Tuesday, Oct. 2. “What You Need to Know about Long-Term Care” is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 3. A “New England Curiosities Tour” will take place in the seacoast New Hampshire area on Friday, Oct. 5, and “In the Words of Shakespeare,” a dramatic reading class, will begin on Wednesday, Oct. 10. For more information, see the blue fall brochure or visit www.lewistonadulted.org.

Legion to meet

LEWISTON – Post 22, American Legion, will hold a membership meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, at the Multi-Purpose Center, 145 Birch St. The agenda will include an update on membership and finances; planning for a spaghetti supper on Oct. 19 for early bird members who have paid their 2008 membership dues by that date; and planning for two scholarships given to relatives of Post 22 members who have been accepted to a college or a school of higher learning. Resumes must be mailed to Adjutant Jerry DerBoghosian, 30 Fairview Drive, Lisbon Falls, ME 04252, before Oct. 19. For more information, contact Commander Donald T. Dube at 783-6002.

Distribution day

AUBURN – Auburn AC Serve, part of Serve New England’s food and volunteer program, will hold Distribution Day from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 22, at the Auburn Advent Christian Church, 263 Turner St., Whitney Street entrance. Registrations for October also will be taken. For more information, call Janet at 784-2164, check out servenewengland.org, or call toll free 1-888-742-7363.

Tank talk

LEWISTON – “Dive Tanks Aren’t Just for the Bends Anymore” will be the topic of a St. Mary’s Entrees to Health Series talk at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, at Lepage Conference Center, 99 Campus Ave.

Dr. Robert Abrahamsen and Sue Bowie, RN, Regional Wound Care and Hyperbaric Center at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center, will lead a discussion on the ways the technology is creating cures for diabetics, cancer patients with radiation burns and other hard-to-heal wounds. Registration is required. Call 753-5467 to reserve a seat by Sunday, Sept. 23.