FAYETTE — Non-profits of Fayette will hold open houses to showcase to the community their work and provide a day of fun and delicious activities on Saturday, July 25.

The library will teach visitors to use their ancestry program, host story hour for all ages at 10 a.m. and will sell cook books.

The Fayette Fire Auxiliary will begin its annual bake and RADA knife sale starting at 9 am. It will celebrate its 25th anniversary with complimentary cake for breakfast from 9 a.m. to noon at the fire station. The fire department will host a chicken barbecue at noon. But the day begins with

Friends of Starling Hall has collected gift certificates and items from popular local businesses for its silent auction. Donations from Maggie’s Farm, Clark’s Marine, the Apple Shed, Steep Hill Blueberry Farm, Depot Mercantile and Cranberry Creations will be open for bids. Local artists and craftspeople have donated beautiful wooden utensils, woolen sweater mittens, a handmade market basket and artist-made jewelry. Donations of antiques continue to come in. Bidding starts at 11 a.m. with announcements of winners at 4 p.m. accompanied by dessert.

Fayette’s Historical Society will show off the Starling Hall during the silent auction. Members of the historical society will lead tours and discuss the central position the hall held in community life for over one hundred years. Proceeds from the silent auction will go toward bringing the hall back to its former central role in community life.