Cutline: The Ladies Auxiliary of Memorial Post 197 of the American Legion presented 25 bags on Easter to assisted living residents at Springbrook Center on Spring Street. The canvas bags were filled with candy, tissues and assorted other items. “They were so excited,” said Juanita Valeriani of the auxiliary. Courtesy photo

Line dancers to entertain seniors

The Golden Country Line Dancers will entertain when the Westbrook Senior Citizens meet at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, May 2, in Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St.

Seniors will take a trip to the Country Music Jubilee on Thursday, May 19, in Wrentham, Mass.

For more information, call 854-2292 or 854-2705.

Benefit for June

The Tony Boffa Band will perform at a dance to benefit June King-Wilbur, who is battling cancer, from 7 to 11 p.m. on Friday, May 13, at The Thomas Room (formerly South Portland Eagles ballroom) 729 Broadway, South Portland.

The evening of hope will include a silent auction, door prizes and more. Tickets are $15 or $25 for a couple.

Sponsors of the event include Lou Maietta, The Thomas Room, Tony Boffa Band, Tony Boffa, Carrie Hopperstad, WGME Channel 13, Steve DiMillo, DiMillo’s Restaurant and Grapheteria.

For more information, call 878-6637.

Cutline (ShermanPerrey family) – While vacationing recently in Washington D.C., two Westbrook families visited Sen. Susan Collins at the U. S. Capitol Building. In the photo, left to right, are Bill and Cleo Sherman, Sen. Collins, and Hilary, Joyce and Tom Perrey. Courtesy photo

Post 62 to meet

The Stephen W. Manchester Post 62 of the American Legion will meet at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, May 4, at 17 Dunn St.

A supper will precede the business meeting.

Blanchard Universalist guest speaker

Rev. Judith Blanchard will be the guest speaker at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 1, at the Universalist Church, 719 Main St.

Gini Worthen, chairman of the church’s Religious Services Committee, announced that Meg Huber would be organist at the service.

Westbrook dancers in “Cinderella”

Eight dancers from Westbrook will perform in the Maine State Ballet production of “Cinderella” in matinees at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 30, and Sunday, May 1, at Merrill Auditorium in Portland.

The Westbrook dancers are Grace Arsenault, Rebecca Arsenault, Sagan Clifford, Lydia Fox, Sabrina Gattine, Vanessa Pooler, Maura Quigley and Abigail Tompkins.

Tickets are on sale through Porttix at 842-0800 or www.porttix.com

For more information, call 781-7672 or visit www.mainestateballet.org

Seeking yard sale items

The Chopin Club is asking for donations for their yard sale in June.

All proceeds from the sale benefit the Winona E. Taylor Music Scholarship Fund. The yearly scholarship is awarded to a Westbrook High School senior who has excelled in music.

The yard sale will be 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 18, at 254 East Bridge St. Those wishing to donate items should call Karen at 854-2924.

Book discussion reminder

Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., will host a discussion of topics raised in the book “God’s Politics” by Jim Wallis at 7 p.m. on Tuesdays from May 3 through June 7.

Topics will include “Why can’t people talk about religion and politics?” and “Why does the ‘right’ get it wrong and the ‘left’ doesn’t get it?” The discussion is open to the public and to all points of views.

For registration or more information, call Wanda Dunlap at the church office at 854-9157.

Join Hands Day

Trinity Lutheran Church, 612 Main St., is organizing a cleanup in Westbrook next month as part of the sixth annual national “Join Hands Day.” Those interested in helping should meet at 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 7, at Riverbank Park on Main Street, rain or shine.

The goal is to cleanup community areas including the riverbank, Riverbank Park, business district and Beaver Pond. Trinity’s youth group and the social ministry group have recruited help from City Councilor John O’Hara along with Mission Possible, Scouts, Salvation Army and other churches.

Bags and gloves will be provided. The city’s Public Services Department will help with collecting the bags of trash that the project generates.

At 12:30 p.m. on the day of the cleanup, Trinity Lutheran Church will serve the project’s volunteers a light lunch, provided by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans.

It marks a national day of volunteering and sparks friendships among people of all generations. The event is sponsored by America’s Fraternal benefit Societies in partnership with the Points of Light Foundation and the Volunteer Center National Network.

Trinity sponsoring supper

Trinity Lutheran Church is sponsoring a bean supper from 4:30 to 6 p.m. on Saturday, May 14, at the North Scarborough Grange on Route 22 in North Scarborough.

The proceeds will be split among the Preble Street Resource Center, the Center for Grieving Children and the Maine Youth Chaplancy Fund. There will be matching funds of up to $1,000 from your local chapter of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, a Fortune 500 member that helps nearly three million members achieve their financial goals and give back to their congregations and their communities.

The menu for the bean supper is beans, hot dogs, coleslaw, rolls and homemade pies. Tickets, $6 and $2.50, will be available at the door. For more information, call 854-5653.

This article was submitted by Brenda Orach.