HELP CREEDMOOR YOUTH GET TRANSPLANT: The Children's Organ Transplant Association, a national nonprofit that raises money to cover the costs of children's transplant operations, is raising money to help a Creedmoor youth with bone marrow failure. The charity and local volunteers in Creedmoor are raising money for Calvin Blevins, 6, the son of April Monroe. The youth has been diagnosed with bone marrow failure, and money is needed to pay for a cord-blood transplant. The charity is also seeking volunteers to help with fundraising. For more information, contact Heather Strother at (919) 529-0239 or lea5113@aol.com. Donations can be made at any Wachovia bank branch using account number 3000025117577; by mailing a check payable to COTA, with "In Honor of Calvin Blevins" on the memo line, to the Children's Organ Transplant Association, 2501 West COTA Drive, Bloomington, IN 47403, or online with a credit card at www.COTAforCalvinB.com

SEE URBAN CHICKEN COOPS AND HELP URBAN MINISTRIES: A "Hen-side the Beltline Tour d'Coop" will be held Saturday to help raise money for Raleigh Urban Ministries. The tour, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., provides participants with a firsthand look at some of the places where Raleigh residents are raising chickens in their backyards. Participants should bring a nonperishable food item or a cash donation for Urban Ministries, a nonprofit group that provides essential basic services to families and individuals in Wake County. Last year, the tour collected 1,500 pounds of food and raised more than $2,000. Maps are available at: Steven B. Andreaus, DDS, PA: 1637 Glenwood Ave.; Ornamentea: 509 N. West St., one block south of Peace Street; Cup A Joe: 2109-142 Avent Ferry Road, in the lower level of Mission Valley Shopping Center; Whole Foods Market: 3540 Wade Ave., in the Ridgewood Shopping Center; and Seaboard ACE Hardware: 802 Semart Drive. For more information, go online to: www.kalmialandscapedesign.com/tourdcoop.htm.

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