HOMELESSNESS AWARENESS DAY
8 a.m. to -8 p.m., Windham High School Front Lawn, 355 High Street, Willimantic. Item-drive for the Willimantic No Freeze Shelter. Please donate blankets, towels, toiletries (motel size shampoo, soap, razors, feminine products), toilet paper, paper towels, disposable coffee cups, coffee, creamer, sweats, and socks. Contact: hdunnack@hotmail.com.
MAMÍ Y YO (EN ESPAÑOL)
Un almuerzo se estará ofreciendo dos veces al mes (el segundo y el cuatro miércoles del mes) para madres y sus bebes hasta 9 meses de edad, el 11 de noviembre Y el 25 de noviembre a las 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. en el Hospital de Windham. Costo es $5 por cada sesión (asistencia financiera será disponible). Para registrarse, por favor, llame al 456-6896 y hable con Kate Starkey. (Registracion mandatario). Se habla español.
READING
Author and financial journalist Charles Morris will present a lecture titled “The First American Industrial Revolution” at 1 p.m. at the Eastern Connecticut State University Student Center Theatre. Free.
MS SUPPORT
Storrs MS Support Group meets at the Mansfield Senior Center, 303 Maple Road, Storrs, Conn., at 6 p.m. on the second Thursday of each month.
BOOK DISCUSSION
Scotland Public Library, 21 Brook Road, Scotland from 7 to 8 p.m. Book is "American Chestnut: The Life, Death, and Rebirth of a Perfect Tree" by Susan Freinkel.
WINDHAM AREA FAMILY CHILD CARE
Windham Area Family Child Care Assoc. meeting 7-9 p.m. at Windham Community Memorial Hospital, 112 Mansfield Ave., Willimantic with guest speaker Julia DeLapp from Eastern Connecticut State University presenting a podcast on children to be reviewed by attending membership. The second half of the meeting will have Ande Bloom from Eastern Highlands Health District discussing and answering questions regarding the H1N1 flu concerns and prevention in our daycares. To attend, call 228-8481.
AUTHOR’S READING
Allegra Goodman reads at Konover Auditorium of the Dodd Research Center on the UConn Storrs campus at 7 p.m. Goodman has been named by The New Yorker as one of the twenty best writers under forty. She will be reading from her most recent work and first venture into young-adult literature, The Other Side of the Island.
BOOK SALE
5 to 8 p.m. The Friends of the Saxton B. Little Free Library used book sale to benefit the library. The Chapel on the Green, Route 87, Columbia (next door to the library). Preview sale Friday, $5 for non-members, free to Friends of the Library members. Sale continues 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday with all prices half off. Call (860) 228-0350.
