COMMUNITY CALENDAR

August 18, 2008 12:15 am

CLASSES/SEMINARS/EVENTS

Basket Bingo fundraiser for United Way Aug. 23, 6 p.m., Rowser Building, Stafford. Advanced tickets: $20; tickets at door, $25. 540/658-8702 or 658-4532.

Crafters Needed for Habitat Harvest Festival Sept. 20, Old Mill Park. 540/842-5639.

Fredericksburg Cyclists rides held weekdays in the evening and weekend mornings, March through October; bike fred.com or 540/371-0398 for details.

Hechinger Reunion Party Sept. 9, noon, Wade and Andi's house behind Gander Mountain. Looking for old friends who worked there. 540/786-8923 or andi5123@verizon .net.

Spotsylvania High School Class of 1958 50th reunion first week in October. 540/735-2161 or 540/834-3290.

SELF-HELP/SUPPORT GROUPS

Animal Rites USA, a pet-bereavement support group, meets second Tuesday of the month, 7 p.m., Conference Room 2, Central Rappahannock Regional Library headquarters, Caroline Street. Sponsored by Animal Rites USA. 540/361-7487. Free.

Bright Beginnings, a mentor program for unwed teen mothers. Dinner and child care every Monday, 6 p.m., Salem Fields Community Church, Gordon Road. 540/854-7759.

Fredericksburg Foster and Forever Families, support group for families with foster or adoptive children and for waiting families, meets fourth Thursday of every month, 7 p.m., Fredericksburg United Methodist Church, Hanover Street.

THEOS, an interdenominational support group for widowed persons, meets the fourth Tuesday of every month, 7:30 p.m., Fredericksburg Baptist Church conference room. Chaplain Jack Marcom, 540/370-4325.

MEETINGS Master Gardener membership meeting Wednesday, 7 p.m., Central Rappahannock Regional Library, Caroline Street. Shelly Arthur, a landscape designer from Richmond, will speak on healing gardens. 540/374-5233.

HOW TO SUBMIT ITEMS

Items related to health and senior citizens are listed in calendars in Healthy Living on Sundays. Deadline is noon the preceding Tuesday. Items for the Community Calendar published on Mondays in Life should be submitted by noon the preceding Thursday. Send to The Free Lance-Star, 616 Amelia St., Fredericksburg, Va. 22401, fax to 540/373-8455 or e-mail
Email: newsroom@freelancestar.com. Include a telephone number. Due to space limitations, the Meetings section of the Community Calendar is limited to clubs whose special events include outside speakers or entertainment.