Alacare Hospice seeks hospice volunteers to visit patients, provide a break for caregivers and/or provide spiritual support.

Training provided, and no medical care is involved.

For more information, contact Patty Lynn, 341-0707 or patricia.lynn@alacare.com

Camp Bluebird Newly diagnosed adult cancer patients are encouraged to register now for an upcoming Sacred Heart Health System program that offers support, encouragement and renewal for both patients and their family members. All adult cancer patients are encouraged to participate, even if they are not seeing a Sacred Heart physician.

Camp Bluebird, a retreat experience for people coping with cancer, is scheduled for Oct. 20 – 22 at Sacred Heart’s Miracle Camp.

Evening campfires conclude the day's activities.

To obtain more information or a registration form for Camp Bluebird, please call Pat Brown at (850) 416-7176. For information about Miracle Camp, visit the Camp's Web site at www.campbluebirdfl.com.

Family Service Center of Bay Minette is in need of canned goods and monetary donations for their food pantry. For more information, call  937-7858.

Unique Crafts will be offered for sale from 9 to 11 a.m. the fourth 

Thursday of every month at the Loxley Civic Center. Call 

964-7733 or 747-0263,

The American Cancer Society's Baldwin Baron's Ball “A Masquerade Affair” will be September 18, 2010, from 6:00 p.m. to Midnight, at the Daphne Civic Center. $100.00 per person/Cocktail Attire. Live entertainment by Hotwire. Dinner prepared by Stapleton Catering. Wine provided by M&J Wines. Silent and Live Auctions. For more information call 1-800-227-2345 or visit www.baldwinmaskball.org .

The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) will hold a grassroots meeting, hosted by The Haven and the Baldwin County Humane Society (BARC!), to connect with area animal advocates on the topic of animal protection, possible legislation and public policy. This meeting will be held Sept. 23, 6-8 p.m., at the Fairhope Civic Center.

For more information, visit www.HavenForAnimals.org or www.BaldwinHumane.org.

Little Miss Heritage Pageant" is October 8, 3 p.m., at Silverhill School. The pageant is open to Kindergarten and 1st grade girls in public or private schools of Baldwin County. A registration form must be completed and returned to the Pageant Committee with a $20.00 Non-refundable entry fee and photograph of contestant postmarked on or before Friday September 24th. Registration forms can be picked up at Silverhill Town Hall or the Central Baldwin Chamber of Commerce. There will be a rehearsal the Friday before at 5:00pm. For more information please call 251-978-0085 or email littlemissheritage@yahoo.com.

Baldwin County Training School Heritage Fest 91 Foundation presents "PURPLE & GOLD CABARET," Saturday, September 25, 2010 at Bayfront Park, Daphne, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Tickets $20/person. 

Dress is “Sunday Best.” Dancing and free buffet.

Contact the BCTS Education Museum, Tuesday & Thursday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 251-626-9886.

Team Fox for Parkinson’s research will be held at Bruno’s Supermarket in Spanish Fort September 26 from noon to  until 3 p.m.

The event will include a free health fair with over 15 vendors doing various health screenings, singing by a local church group and activities for the kids.

In order to raise money for Parkinson’s research Team Fox will have a silent auction with prizes which include a Budweiser kayak, several grills, Coca-Cola tailgate prize packs and Coca Cola hammocks.

The event will close with a one mile fun run called Shake, Rattle and Run.

Applications for the run are available at Bruno’s Supermarket in Spanish Fort and Fairhope.

In ordered to be guaranteed an event t-shirt you must apply before September 18th.

The cost of the fun run is $5 in advance and $10 the day of the event

The Baldwin County Historical Society meeting will be Sunday, September 26 at 2:30 p.m. at the Daphne Senior Center at 2605 Highway 98 in Daphne.

The program will be on the modern legacy of the British Colonial Period on the Middle Gulf  Coast.

The program will concentrate on the effects of British Colonial Rule in British West Florida from 1763 to 1782.

Frank Laraway will present the program. Light refreshments will be provided. Admission is free and the public is welcome.

The Central Baldwin Education Foundation will host its first Honey Bee 5K & 1 Mile Run/Walk on Saturday, October 2 at 8 a.m. Registration forms are available at all Central Baldwin Schools and the Central Baldwin Chamber of Commerce.

Perdido Key Chamber of Commerce will hold an “Oktoberfest” Oct. 2 at the Villago, 13700 Perdido Key Drive, Perdido Fla.

More than 100 imported beers and microbrews will be available to sample.

There will be brats, and a variety of entertainment, including the Joe Occihipinti Band. Admission, $15. A package price of $30 includes sampling wristband, t-shirt and mug.

For more information contact the Perdido Key Chamber of Commerce, 850.492.4660

The 2010 Cove Dog Olympics will be held Saturday, Oct. 9 at Pirates cove in Josephine, Ala. at 10 .m. Dogs of all types are invited to try their paws at the water sprint, dock diving, burger eating and best dog trick.

Five intrepid canines will demonstrate the “Tar Ball Fetch.”

For more information, go to: Facebook – Cove Dog Nation. E-mail: mjhealy@gulftel.com or call 251-986-6240.

The Eastern Shore Business Alliance (ESBA), a business networking group, meets at

7:30 a.m. every Thursday at the Daphne Recreation Center in the Daphne Civic Center

Complex. For details, go to www.esbaAL.com.

CPR classes are held by the Silverhill Fire Department. To sign up 

call the Town Hall at 945-5198.

17th Annual Weeks Bay Native Plant Sale will be held Oct. 8-10, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, at Safe Harbor at Weeks Bay, across U.S. Highway 98 from the Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Includes trees, shrubs, perennials and plants to attract butterflies and hummingbirds as well as dune plants. 251 928-9792.

The C. F. Vigor High Class of 1975, is making plans for a Reunion  to be held on December 11, 2010.

They are asking all Vigor classmates of 1975 to the “Celebration of 35 Years of Excellence.”

For more information please contact William Chastang, President at 251-508-5336.

Polo at the Point is set for Oct. 17 at Sonny Hill Polo Complex in Point Clear. Activities for this sporting charity event that helps cancer research, local nonprofits and children’s charities.

7th Annual John L. Borom Alabama Coastal Birdfest

will be held Oct. 14-17 at various locations in Baldwin County. Visit www.AlabamacoastalBirdfest.com for more details.

Spanish Fort Elementary will host a “Fall Festival” Oct.30. The fun begins at 9 a.m. and runs to 1 p.m. at the school. The event will have “family fun for all ages” with arts and crafts, inflatables, relay races, carnival games, food, music and much more. For more information, contact, joshlaura@bellsouth.net.

Heritage Harbor Days will be celebrated Nov. 5,6, and 7 in Foley’s heritage Park along Highway 59. Hours: Friday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.;

Saturday, 9 a.m .to 8 p.m. and Sunday 11a.m .to 6 p.m. Call 251-943-1200  with questions.

City Rhythm Big Band will host a free season opening dance and concert Friday, Nov. 19 at the Loxley Civic Center.

The 18-piece band  is based in Loxley and plays many of the big band tunes from the 1940s. For more information call the Civic Center at 964-7733 or visit the band’s website at cityrhythmbb.com.

Quilt Show will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, Friday and  Saturday, Feb. 3-5 at Robertsdale United Methodist Church, Highway  59, Robertsdale. More than 300 quilts will be creatively displayed with  antiques and collectibles. There will be old quilts, new quilts, simple quilts, and elaborate quilts. Some quilts will have been made  by beginners and other quilts by experienced quilters. A soup, salad  and dessert lunch will be available 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Vendors with quilting supplies will be on hand. Bring your scissors, as there will be scissors sharpening available.

Costs are $5 for the quilt show and $7 for lunch. Proceeds will go to mission  projects local, national and international. For more information  contact Betty Gwaltney, 947-5354; or Robertsdale United Methodist Church, 947-4602.

Or e-mail rdaleumc@gulftel.com;

or Mary Barnhill, 964-5169 or  visit the church’s website at www.robertsdaleumc.com.

Quilting Queens of Central Baldwin meet at 6:30 p.m. the second  Tuesday of every month at the George Pervy Thames Senior Citizen Building, 22651 E. ChicThe club meets monthly on the second Tuesday for a brief club meeting and informational program and  the third and fourth Tuesday will be a “sit and sew” time.For more  informationcall 947-2903 or 964-5169.

Central Baldwin Kiwanis Club meets from noon to 1 p.m. every  Wednesday at RBC Bank in Robertsdale. For more  information  call Shelby Singleton at 947-7361 or Carolyn Dunnam at  947-8740.

The Pickin’ Friends a dulcimer group, meet every Wednesday from 9 a.m. to noon at the Foley Senior Center on Rose Avenue. The group  invites beginners and experienced players of appropriate acoustic  folk instruments, such as dulcimers, guitars, mandolins and so forth, 

to join them. Beginners classes, teaching both tabs and chords are  available. For more information call  971-1633 or 962-3174.

Red Hatters meet from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. the third Thursday of every 

month at the call 964-7733 or 747-0263, or email 

loxcivic@gulftel.com.

The South Baldwin Amateur Radio Club invites everyone interested in 

ham radio, whether already licensed or not, to attend their regular 

club meetings on the third Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. at the 

Baldwin County Emergency Operations Center, McAuliffe Road, Robertsdale. For more information, contact Paul Goulart at  943-2953.

Robertsdale Garden Club meets at 2 p.m. the second Thursday of each month, September through May. Everyone is welcome. Call 986-6520  for information.

Folk art and ceramic  classes are offered beginning at 1:30 p.m. every 

Thursday at the Baldwin County Council on Aging, 22251 Palmer St., 

Robertsdale. For more information call 972-8506 for more information.

Fun in the Son cruise-in, originally held the last Friday of every 

month, has moved to the last Saturday of every month in the parking 

lot of Sonic Drive-In on Highway 59 in Robertsdale beginning at 5 p.m. There will be music and door prizes. No alcoholic beverages. Cruisers receive free cokes from Sonic. This is a ministry of Faith  Fellowship Church.

Loxley Art Council meets at 7 p.m. the third Tuesday of every month 

at the Loxley Civic Center. For more information contact Joey Knight, 

Loxley Civic Center Events Coordinator, call 964-7733 or 747-0263.

email loxcivic@gulftel.com

Festive Holiday Ball will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 11 at the  Loxley Civic Center. Admission is $5. Dance to the music of the City  Rhythm Big Band. For more information call the  Civic Center at 964-7733 or visit the band’s website at  cityrhythmbb.com.