DEAR SUN SPOTS: Thank you for coming to our rescue last year. We are hoping that you will help us again this year.

Catholic Financial Life, formerly Union Saint-Jean-Baptiste Chapter Ste. Croix No. 413, is inviting area residents to join them in their annual family bottle drive to benefit Fr. Marc Boisvert’s Hope Village in Haiti.

Free The Kids.org is a nonprofit organization founded by Father Marc, a former U.S. Navy chaplain who has dedicated his life to Haitian orphans. Since the 2010 earthquake, Project Hope (Pwoje Espwa) is now taking care of more than 800 orphans, providing shelter, medical care, education and a soup kitchen.

This year donations are down by 40 percent because of other crises throughout the world. With the help of area donors, our chapter is hoping to raise enough money to qualify for $500 in matching funds from Catholic Financial Life. Last year, our joint efforts brought in $5,700.

We are asking for your help. Please save your bottles from May 1-31. Redeem your bottles and send us a check by June 10. Cash donations will also be very much appreciated. Please make checks payable to: Catholic Financial Life Chapter No. 413, c/o Mr. Jean Gastonguay, president, 237 Pleasant St., Lewiston, ME 04240.

Father Marc Boisvert, OMI is a Lewiston native. Let’s support his mission. You can make a difference in the lives of these poor orphans. To find out more about Father Marc’s orphanage, check out his blog at pwojeespwa.blogspot.com. — Jean Gastonguay, jmgartist@gmail.com

DEAR SUN SPOTS: We are so lucky to have you. You seem to find the answers for so many things. I thank you for that.

I see on TV that if you have an old refrigerator you want to get rid of, they will pay you $50 and pick it up. Could you tell me the address and phone number? — No Name, No Town

ANSWER: That program is run through Efficiency Maine. Those with computers can go to www.efficiencymaine.com, click on the drop-down menu for At-Home, then choose the Refrigerator Recycling Program and enter their Zip code. You will be given an appointment within a four-hour window.

Those without computers can write to Efficiency Maine, 151 Capitol St., Suite 1, Augusta, ME 04330-6282, 1-866-376-2463, fax 213-4153, for their appointment.

The rules online say the refrigerator must be in use and sized between 10 and 30 cubic feet.

Additional energy assistance programs are available at the site as well. They include appliances, heating and lighting. Visit the website or call the toll-free number.

DEAR SUN SPOTS: The fourth annual Spring Fling indoor yard, bake and plant sale will take place at the Rumford United Methodist Church at 455 Linnell St., Rumford, on Saturday, June 2, from 8:30 a.m. till noon.

We are looking for yard sale items (no books or clothing, please). Please call Peggy at 364-2617. If you have any plants to share (cuttings or perennials you are dividing), call Mary at 562-7050. Call me at 392-1285 for general information.

We will travel locally to pick up. Join us for this fun event! — Kathy, kacey964@roadrunner.com

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