Events to diarise

To update regular events, e-mail benews@caxton.co.za or send a fax to 011 609-7160.

• Rotary Club of Bedfordview meets every Tuesday at 6.15pm in the Belgravia Bowling Club, Bedfordview. Contact Rotarian Filippa Heyneke on 082 602 4593 or www.bedfordviewrotary.co.za.
• The Piston Ring Club, for all vehicles 20 years and older, meets on the third Sunday of the month at the Modderfontein grounds. A traders fair is also open to the public. Call Mr Frank Rundle on 084 985 0456.
• 1st Bedfordview Girl Guides meet on Tuesdays from 5pm to 7pm at the Bedfordview Scout Hall at the corner of Disa and Florence roads in Bedfordview. Ages 10 to 18 years welcome. Contact Karen on 082 448 9498.
• Scrabble at Kensington Gardens, 75 11th Avenue, Kensington, 10am, every Thursday. All level players welcome. Contact Philippa on 084 208 8935.
• Lingo Links, informal conversation groups for foreign language practice. Phone 072 786 9961.
• Rand Aid Association needs bric-à-brac, clothing, books, appliances and furniture for its charity shop. Money raised helps the 110-year-old NPO assist vulnerable senior citizens. Contact Carol on 011 882-2510, during office hours.
• Avalon Hop-a-Long Shop needs donations of electrical items, crockery, books and secondhand clothes. Phone 011 616-3203 or 011 622-2377 after hours.
• Village Toastmasters, third Tuesday monthly at 7.30pm in the large hall of Trinity Presbyterian Church, corner of St David and Koster roads, Emla Park. Meeting includes dinner. Contact Theo on 011 452-3884.
• Edenvale Senior Citizens’ Society’s shop at the community centre is urgently in need clothing items in good condition to sell for funds. Contact Lenie on 011 453-7608.
• Rest-A-While Service Centre for the Aged provides meals, bed baths, laundry and ironing services weekdays, teas and social activities for seniors, corner of Shamrock and Churchill roads, Primrose. Contact Wend or Trudy on 011 828-3059.
• Little Eden secondhand shop, Edenvale – corner of Eighth Avenue and Third Street, Monday to Friday 9am to 4pm, Saturdays 8.30am to 12.30pm. Contact 011 453-8065.
• Sale every Saturday, 9am to 12-noon, Kensington Bowls Club, Ivanhoe Street. Contact Judy on 076 264 9036.
• Probus Pendragon-Edenvale Club for retired professional and business women and men meets the first Tuesday of each month at Leisure View, 5pm for 5.30pm. Speakers every month. Call Dick on 011 022-3708 or 082 775 1617.
•  Narcotics Anonymous meetings for people who have a problem with drugs. Held every Monday at 7.30pm. Holy Angels Church, corner Albertina Sisulu and Dasher Street, Kensington, Contact Amanda on 078 302 5316.