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Edgewater, Wisconsin -

This is not your Grandmother's bingo! It's a whole lot more fun.

No Advance Reservations or Ticket Sales: Doors open at 1 PM and we'll keep on letting people in until there are no seats left!

Price of admission is $15 and includes Bingo, Prizes, Entertainment, and Fun with your hostess, Cass Marie Domino. You will receive a Bingo Book of Seven Games (Six Bingo Cards for each Game) including two $250 Jackpot Games. Extra Game Books, Jackpot Game Cards and food and beverages are available for purchase.

Each event has its own theme with a contest for the best costume!

Bingo is at High Noon Saloon, 701A E. Washington Avenue. Doors open at 1 PM -- first numbers called at 2:30 PM!

Sunday, January 28, 2008 is Pajama Bingo! This is a fund-raiser for AIDS Network and everyone 18 years or older is welcome.

West Sayville, New York -

Customs and superstitions gathered through the ages go into the celebration of Halloween, or All Hallows Eve, on October 31st , the Christian festival of All Saints . It has its origins, however, in the autumn festivals of earlier times.

The ancient Druids had a three day celebration at the beginning of November. They believed that on the last night of October spirits of the dead roamed abroad, and they lighted bonfires to drive them away. In ancient Rome , the festival of Pomona , goddess of fruits and gardens, occurred at about this time of year. It was an occasion of rejoicing associated with the harvest; and nuts and apples, as symbols of the winter store of fruit, were roasted before huge bonfires. But these agricultural and pastoral celebrations also had a sinister aspect, with ghosts and witches thought to be on the prowl.

Even after November 1st became a Christian feast day honoring all saints, many people clung to the old pagan beliefs and customs that had grown up about Halloween. Some tried to foretell the future on that night by performing such rites as jumping over lighted candles. In the British Isles , great bonfires blazed for the Celtic festival of Samhain. Laughing bands of guisers (young people disguised in grotesque masks) carved lanterns from turnips and carried them through the villages. In the United States, children carve faces on hollowed-out pumpkins and put lighted candles inside to make jack-o'-lanterns. Halloween celebrations today reflect many of these early customs.

Here, at the Long Island Maritime Museum we like celebrate our own version of these ancient rites. Instead of a real skeleton, we burn the "bones" of a boat....a boat whose "time has come."

Any of the boats we have burned since 1990 at our annual Halloween event have been vessels which are no longer safe to sail or restore, and are of no value to our collection.

While it is always sad to bid farewell to a boat, we also welcome the "harvest” of the fruits of labor of our volunteers in the Penney Boat Shop, by raffling off a skiff built by these craftsmen and introducing the boat to be raffled off for the following year.

We thank you for your support of the Museum during the past year and invite you to join with us in celebrating these events.

*RAFFLE* $2 each or $10 for a booklet of 6 Drawing at the Halloween Boat Burning (Winner does not need to be present)

Each year, as a much-well needed fundraiser, the volunteer crew from the Moonbeam Boatshop build a boat to be used as a raffle to raise funds for the Museum. This year's raffle boat is a lightweight rowing/sailing sharpie skiff. The skiff is a truly versatile boat. It features a rare boat combination of rowing and sailing. As a sailboat, the sailing rig is easy to set up and handle. As a rowboat, the long, easy glide and excellent tracking makes rowing easy. The Long Island Maritime Museum 2007 raffle boat is a lightweight sailing/rowing sharpie skiff. Designed by Naval Architect Stephen Redmond. Built by the Museum Boat Shop Volunteers! Contact Museum (631) HISTORY to purchase raffle tickets.

Halloween costumes, hot apple cider, sea chanties, pumpkins, crisp autumn air and a great, big bonfire. Just $5 per person and under 12 FREE, come visit our Ghosts and Goblins.... October 26th, 2007 Gates open at 6 pm!!!!!

Washington, DC -

Enjoy free beer. Meet new people. Protect the planet. October 23, 2007 Tuesday 7-9 PM

Join us for free beer and become part of Sierra Club’s mission to explore, enjoy, and protect the planet. Meet other folks who care about local and national conservation issues, win prizes, and find out how you can help make DC a leader in the fight against global warming.

Location: Temperance Hall 3634 Georgia Ave NW • Washington, DC 20010

Directions: Temperance Hall is conveniently located one block south of the Georgia Ave-Petworth Metro station on the green and yellow lines.

Vienna, Virginia -

2nd Annual Heard It Through the Grapevine Spring Excursion to Tarara Winery
Sunday, May 4, 2008 12 - 3 p.m.

Luxury coach pick-up at 10:45 a.m. at
Friends of the Orphans office
8618 Westwood Center Drive
Vienna, VA 22182

Friends of the Orphans invites you to sniff, swirl, sip and swish your way through our 2nd Annual Heard it Through the Grapevine Spring Excursion to Tarara Winery.

Toast to the end of winter and welcome the onset of spring at the beautiful Lakeside Pavilion at Tarara Winery. The event will feature:

• A delicious Southern Style BBQ lunch
• Silent auction
• Wine tasting
• Raffle
• Tour of the winery
• Entertaiment by The Front Porch Rockers

Toronto, Canada -

Help take the city to new heights! Climb the 1,776 steps of the CN Tower and help raise money for United Way's network of 200 health and social service agencies. Collect pledges to win great prizes! $50 pledge/person ($25 min. for students)

Student Climb: Thursday, October 18, 2007 from 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Public Climb: Saturday, October 20, 2007 from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Corporate Team Challenges: Thursday, October 18, 2007 from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. AND Sunday, October 21, 2007 from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m.

All climbers must enter at the Atrium (located between Union Station and Skywalk) to check coats and sign waivers.

Climbers, don't stop at $50...collect more pledges to win great prizes from Chapters Indigo, Cineplex, Holt Renfrew, Sony and more! Be the Top Fundraiser and enjoy a luxurious weekend getaway for two, courtesy of VIA Rail and Fairmont Hotels & Resorts.

Deadline to register for Student and Corporate Climbs is Wednesday, October 10, 2007. There are only 2,000 spots available at each of these climbs so register early! (Public Climb registrations are accepted up to and including the day of the event)

Register online at www.unitedwaytoronto.com or by fax at 416-777-1500. Payments by VISA or Mastercard.
You can also mail in your registration to:
United Way Special Events
26 Wellington St. E., 11th floor
Toronto, ON M5E 1W9
Payments by cheque, money order, VISA or Mastercard.

Sunrise Special!

Invite your friends and family to cheer you on at the top of the CN Tower from 6:00am -9:00am on Saturday and Sunday. Admission is $12.00 including taxes per person. (regular admission $22.78)