Dinner

The Funkstown Volunteer Fire Co. invites the community to a spaghetti dinner Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. The menu includes all-you-can-eat spaghetti, along with Caesar salad, garlic bread, iced tea and coffee.  There will be desserts available for purchase.  Carry-out will be available.    Tickets cost $7 for adults, $5 for children and are free for those 5 and younger. Class of 1961 The South Hagerstown High School Class of 1961 will meet for lunch Saturday, April 20, at noon at the former Mountain Gate restaurant in Waynesboro, Pa.  Bag bingo A bags (Thirty-One)

A local professor at Hagerstown Community College put together an Easter dinner with his students at the Salvation Army on Friday. Daniel Madron, who teaches sociology at HCC, said that he and his classes have been providing a Thanksgiving meal and an Easter meal for local residents for the last three years. “We just kind of want to create some sort of normalcy for people,” he said. “Even though people might not be religious and celebrate Easter, they still know that Easter's going on and still might have a big Sunday dinner, and for people who can't afford that we want to be able to provide something similar to that.” Madron, 29, also did work for the homeless while he was a professor at Howard Community College and as a student at Eastern University in Philadelphia He said that the students' outreach was different at Howard Community College.

The Hagerstown Business and Professional Women's Club will hold a dinner meeting Monday at the Hager Hall Conference Center, 901 Dual Highway in Hagerstown. Networking begins at 5:30 p.m., followed by dinner and the program. Guest speaker Kara “Shamas” Houck, owner of S.U.F.I. Acupuncture, will talk about the techniques and benefits of acupuncture therapy. The dinner costs $16. Interested nonmembers are welcome to attend. For reservations, call Sandy Mills at 301-302-8237 by Sunday.

Final preparations are under way for Saturday's Waynesboro (Pa.) Area Gala Cancer Auction, an event that has raised nearly $1.8 million for the American Cancer Society since its inception 32 years ago. Live bidding begins Saturday at 5:30 p.m. at Green Grove Gardens off Pa. 16 outside Greencastle. A silent auction starts at 4 p.m. The auction moved this year from downtown Waynesboro, according to Jill Kessler of the fundraiser's steering committee. “We're hoping to draw from the Waynesboro/Greencastle area,” Kessler said.

 The Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre has announced auditions for "Legally Blonde," will be Monday, April 8, beginning at 7 p.m. at the theater, 5 Willowdale Drive, Frederick.   Those auditioning are asked to bring a headshot and resume, as well as 16 bars of prepared music and be ready to sing, read from the script, and dance. No appointments are necessary. All roles are open and nonunion paying. Specific casting notes, character descriptions, as well as rehearsal and performance information can be found at the theater's website.

Washington Square United Methodist Church will hold its pork and sauerkraut dinner Saturday, April 13, from 3 to 6 p.m. The menu also includes mashed potatoes, green beans, applesauce, bread, dessert and drinks. Tickets cost $8 for adults, $3.50 for those ages 6 to 10 and $2 for those ages 3 to 5. It will be eat in or carry out. The church is at 538 Washington Ave. and has parking off the alley near the back entrance. For tickets, call Mike Martin at 301-739-2653.   Mission Auxiliary to hold bake sale The Hagerstown Rescue Mission Ladies Auxiliary will hold an Easter bake sale at the thrift store Saturday, March 30, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The items for sale include cakes, cookies, pies, pickled eggs and other items.

The One Mountain Foundation will host an all-you-can-eat spaghetti dinner, auction and dance Saturday, March 23, at American Legion Post 239 on McAfee Hill Road in Cascade.  The menu includes spaghetti, tomato or meat sauce, meat balls, Italian bread and a variety of rolls, salad with choice of dressings, dessert, and drink (coffee, tea, or water). Dinner will start at 5 p.m., the auction is at 7 p.m. and dancing will be from 8 to 11 p.m. Tickets cost $10 for adults and $5 for those ages 5 to 12. Those younger than 5 will be admitted free.

The One Mountain Foundation will host an all-you-can-eat spaghetti dinner, auction and dance Saturday, March 23, at American Legion Post 239 on McAfee Hill Road in Cascade.  The menu includes spaghetti, tomato or meat sauce, meat balls, Italian bread and a variety of rolls, salad with choice of dressings, dessert, and drink (coffee, tea, or water). Dinner will start at 5 p.m., the auction is at 7 p.m. and dancing will be from 8 to 11 p.m. Tickets cost $10 for adults and $5 for those ages 5 to 12. Those younger than 5 will be admitted free.

The last fundraiser for the ladies of Ebenezer AME Church will be a turkey dinner Sunday, starting at 1 p.m. at Bethel Gardens Community Center, 356 Henry Ave. in Hagerstown The menu includes turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, sweet potatoes, sauerkraut, green beans, cranberry sauce, roll and dessert.  The meal costs $10. Patrons can eat in or carry out. Cinderella's Closet The annual Cinderella's Closet fundraiser to...

Broadfording Church of the Brethren Fellowship, at 14010 Greencastle Pike in Hagerstown, will hold a chicken potpie dinner and talent show Saturday from 4 to 7 p.m. The meal includes potpie, green beans and corn, roll and beverage. Tickets cost $7 for adults and $3 for those younger than 8. Dessert will be available for a donation. Proceeds will benefit a mission trip to the Dominican Republic. For more information, call 301-797-5747 or 301-791-5432.   Senior Friendship Club The Maugansville Senior Friendship Club will meet Tuesday at the Maugansville Ruritan building on Maugans Avenue.