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Help your waistline while helping the Montgomery College Germantown Athletics Foundation.
The foundation is hosting a Halloween 3K fun walk/run Friday afternoon at the school, 20200 Observation Drive, Germantown. Registration is 2 to 3 p.m. and the race starts at 3 p.m. Donations are welcome to the foundation. Wear a costume!
For more information, contact Mark Crutchfield at 240-567-6969, or Mark.Crutchfield@montgomery
college.edu.
Sign up for bowl-a-thon
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.
Underground railroad tales
Anthony "Tony" Cohen tells stories of his travels along the underground railroad at 12:30 p.m. Nov. 5 at Gaithersburg Presbyterian Church, 610 Frederick Ave.
Cohen, who has traveled the route twice, has planned a third trip in winter 2010 to follow the route taken by his great-great grand uncle and chronicle the tour in a documentary "Patrick and Me: A Personal Journey on the Underground Railroad."
His Nov. 5 talk is open to the public. Cohen will use a Power Point and DVD presentation, to explain the history of the railroad and his adventures on the first two trips. Call the church at 301-977-9533 for reservations.
80 years of turkey and ham
Hayrides, crafts and plenty of food will be on hand for the 80th annual Fall Dinner and Bazaar at St. Mary's Church and Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima in Barnesville on Saturday.
Do some leaf peeping on the way and enjoy views of Sugarloaf Mountain! The event is rain or shine noon to 7 p.m.
Full course dinners are $12 for adults and children ages 12 and younger eat free, except for carry-out meals, which are all $12. Baked goods such as pies and cakes, fresh and canned produce and pumpkins and cider from nearby farms will be on sale.
There will be crafts and Christmas items on sale. Treats will be given to trick-or-treaters, too!
Parking is free and handicap access is available. The church is located at 18230 Barnesville Road, Barnesville. For more information, call Jack Drescher at 301-831-6391.
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.
For more information, call 301-731-8320.
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