BRUNSWICK

On Jan. 18 from 5-7 p.m., the Brunswick community will gather at the Unitarian Universalist Church on 15 Pleasant St. for the 5th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Pasta Supper to raise funds for the Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program. The nonpartisan event is organized as a public service by the Brunswick Democratic Town Committee, and all members of the community are welcome to attend.

This pasta supper, which includes the option of gluten- free noodles, features homemade meat and vegetarian sauces, focaccia bread, salad, desserts, and coffee. Adults are encouraged to make a donation of $10 per person, but children under the age of 10 are welcome to eat at no cost. All proceeds from the event will benefit MCHPP, which provides assistance to at least 1,200 families in need each year.

Fatuma Hussein of Auburn is the featured speaker and will make some brief remarks about her work with refugee women from Africa. Now Executive Director of United Somali Women of Maine, Hussein lived in Somalia, Kenya, and Atlanta, Georgia, before she arrived in Maine in 2001.

After that, MCHPP Executive Director Karen Parker will provide a short overview of the programs her organization operates for the benefit of residents of Bowdoin, Bowdoinham, Brunswick, Durham, Harpswell, Lisbon and Topsham.

Parking is available on Middle Street, on Pleasant Street, on Town Hall Place, or in the lot of Curtis Memorial Library, which is closed for the holiday.

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