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Hospice Caring Inc. will host its 15th Annual Hospice Caring Bowl-A-Thon at noon Saturday at Bowl America, 1101 Clopper Road. Since 1989, Hospice Caring Inc. has been providing support to adults and children facing life-limiting illness and grief.

The nonprofit's annual Bowl-A-Thon combines entertainment, food and fun as families, friends, and co-workers join to bowl for charity.

Here's the challenge: Find a team of 3-4 members and start thinking of a fun costume to wear. Each team member seeks pledges and records them on a pledge sheet.

Proceeds go to Hospice Caring to help provide, at no charge, practical and emotional support to adults and children who are facing life-threatening illness or grieving the death of a loved one, said spokesman Matt Gearhart.

For more information and pledge sheets, call 301-869-HOPE (4673) or call Lynne McVeigh at 623-433-9921. Or download and print brochures and pledge sheets from the nonprofit's Web site, www.hospicecaring.org.

United Way says thanks

The Montgomery County United Way Regional Council is hosting its annual "Thank you, Montgomery County..." appreciation and recruiting event from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Strathmore Mansion, 1701 Rockville Pike, North Bethesda 20852-3324.

Discover new ways to help your community. The United Way of the National Capital Area "mobilizes community resources to create lasting, positive differences in our community and improve the lives of Greater Washington residents," according to the nonprofit's Web site, www.unitedwaynca.org.

Prime goals are: expanding access to affordable housing and improving child wellness through a focus on healthy eating. For more information, call 301-731-8320.

Free financial seminar

The Montgomery Village Foundation is hosting a free informational seminar "to discover how an annuity can help you reach your long-term financial goals, such as retirement," said Emily Fields, Lake Marion Center Director.

Scott Leishear, a financial advisor with Edward Jones financial services firm "will explain the three types of annuities and what may be right for you," Fields said in an e-mail to The Gazette. "He will provide you with valuable information and answer all your questions."

The free seminar runs from 7 to 8:30 pm. Nov. 9 at Stedwick Community Center, 10401 Stedwick Road. Registration is required.

Call Emily Fields at 301-948-8082, ext. 21 to reserve a space.

That time already?

Mark your calendars for the Montgomery Village Foundation Holiday Craft Bazaar!

The fun is free and runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 14 at the Lake Marion Community Center, 10120 Apple Ridge Road, Montgomery Village.

Shop for handmade gifts for the holidays from more than 50 vendors displaying "unique and exciting items in many different mediums including jewelry, clay miniatures, knitted and stitched items, candles, photography, bath oils, quilted bags, hair accessories, fabric and quilted items, purses, frames, ornaments, and much more!" reads an invitation from the foundation.

For more information, call 301-948-0110.

Shopping at the mansion

Do your holiday shopping "in the elegant setting of a century-old Gaithersburg estate," reads a city invitation to a designer tag sale next week at the Kentlands Mansion.

Shop your heart out from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 6 and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov.7 at the mansion, 320 Kent Square Road.

Admission is free. For more information, call 301-258-6425 or visit www.gaithersburgmd.gov/kentlandsmansion.

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