Teddy Bear Dance

PARIS – The Swingin’ Bears Square Dance Club will host its annual Teddy Bear Dance from 7 to 10.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, to support Right Start Christmas for Kids.

Each couple attending is asked to bring a stuffed toy. It will be a fun dance for new class members, with mainstream and plus level dancing, intermingled with round dancing.

Visitors are welcome free to the dance at Oxford Hills Middle School, Pine Street. John Thompson of Waterford, club caller, will do the calling and cueing. Refreshments will be served at intermission.

Empty bowl supper

SALEM – An Empty Bowl Supper will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7, in the Mt. Abram High School cafeteria. The $6 donation will benefit local food pantries.

The supper will be vegetarian-friendly. A silent auction will be under way all evening.

Bowls were made by the Mt. Abram pottery class. The menu will include soup, bread and dessert. Mt. Abram student chef JC McCarter will make the soups and bread.

Performances by the Mt. Abram Band, ethnic art students, Jazz Band and the Mt. Abram dance class will follow the meal.

Center funded

AVON – The board of trustees of the Sugarloaf Region Charitable Trust recently voted to grant $3,000 to help fund programs of the Opportunity Center of North Franklin County Inc.

The employees of Sugarloaf/USA donated $10,000 in grants this last session to four area organizations, including the Opportunity Center, the United Way of the Tri-Valley Area, Girls Talk/Teen Voices at Strong Elementary School and the Carrabassett Valley Public Library.

The trust is a private, nonprofit agency dedicated to improving the quality of life for the communities that make up the Sugarloaf area.

The goal of the assistance is to encourage the growth in existing human service and cultural organizations and to develop new organizations that will involve and improve the Sugarloaf area.