PORTLAND

Blue Wrap for World Health

Partners for World Health is holding its first annual Blue Wrap Project Runway Show at 6 p.m. March 30 at the Portland Museum of Art.

Blue Wrap, a synthetic fabric used to sterilize surgical supplies, will be used by artists, fabric designers and students to showcase their designs and creations.

Tickets cost $50. Proceeds will donated to Partners for World Health to buy medications which will be carried to developing countries.

STANDISH

Bedtime story program

Saint Joseph’s College is offering a bedtime stories program from 6 to 7:30 p.m. March 30 at the Harold Alfond Center.

Children in kindergarten through third grade are invited to listen to stories read by college students. The theme of the stories will be farms.

There will also be crafts, games and snacks. For more information, call 893-7723.

 

CPR, first aid course

Saint Joseph’s College is offering a course in CPR and first aid from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Harold Alfond Center. The course will train participants to perform CPR on adult, children, and infants, and how to respond to emergencies.

Participants will learn to respond and care for unconscious victims, breathing emergencies, sudden illness, bleeding and more.

The cost is $60 or $40 for recertification. For more information and to register, call 893-6615.

 

Kids Night Out program

The Saint Joseph’s College athletics department is holding a Kids Night Out program 5:30 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Harold Alfond Recreation Center.

The program, open to children ages 7 to 13-years-old, will offer games, movies, swimming, rock climbing, arts and crafts and sports. Cost is $9 per child and $6 for each additional child from the same family. The program will also be offered on April 16.

For details, call 893-7723.

Babysitter training class

Saint Joseph’s College is offering a course in babysitter’s training and first aid certification from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Harold Alfond Center.

The course will provide people ages 11 and up with the information and skills to provide safe and responsible care for children. Topics nclude leadership skills, care giving, first aid, safe play and safety.

Organizers are asking participants to bring a toy to class that they consider to be a safe, along with a lunch, snacks and a drink. Cost is $55.

For more information, call 893-6615.

SCARBOROUGH

Essential Tremor group

The Maine Essential Tremor Support Group will meet from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Maine Medical Center’s Scarborough Learning Resource Center.

This is an informal self-help group for people struggling with essential tremors, a neurological disorder that causes the hands, head, voice, legs or trunk to shake rhythmically. March is the National Essential Tremor Awareness Month.

For more information, call 510-1402.

FALMOUTH

Workplace wellness class

Maine Medical Center’s Lifeline Workplace Wellness Program is offering a six-week certificate course in the fundamentals for work site wellness beginning from 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesday at 5 Bucknam Road.

The deadline to register is Friday. For more information, call 781-1545.

 

Creating new life program

Deb Bergeron, a life coach and Lisa Clement, an interior designer, will present a workshop, “Creating the Life You Love,” from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Saturday at True North Health Center on Route 1.

The workshop is designed to help people move beyond the beliefs that limit their experiences in life.

Cost is $99. To sign up, call 797-9007 or go to www.oceanofpossibilities.com.