GIVE UP A LUXURY TO HELP BURN VICTIMS IN BOLIVIA: You can help raise money to assist burn victims in Bolivia by giving up a luxury item and donating the money you save to a nonprofit set up by Will Bynum of Raleigh, a medical student at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine, and two of his fellow students. The nonprofit, called Medical Students for Burn Center Viedma, is trying to raise $10,000 for the Viedma Hospital Children's Burn Center in Cochabamba, Bolivia. It is asking participants to give up items -- such as a manicure, a trip to the movies, new shoes -- and donate the money online at www.firstgiving.org/msforbcv. The money will buy blankets, stuffed animals, toys, educational tools and games for children at the hospital. Bynum started the nonprofit last year with two other medical students, Daniel Eggart of Myrtle Beach, S.C., and Jonathan Hilshelwood of Florence, S.C. For more information, go to www.ms4bcv.org.

ATTEND BLUEGRASS DAY AND HELP RURITAN CLUB: The Bethesda Ruritan Club in Durham will hold a Bluegrass Day fundraiser Saturday at the Bethesda Ruritan Community Center at 2003 S. Miami Blvd. in Durham. Gates open at 10 a.m. and performances will begin at 11 a.m. Scheduled to perform are the GrooveWood Bluegrass Band, The Boys from Carolina, The Cadillac Stepbacks and The Wells Family Band. Tickets: adult $15 in advance and $20 at the gate; 12-17, $10 in advance and $15 at the gate; children 11 and under are free. For information and tickets, contact: Mark Hagwood 271-7594.

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