Community news

Choral society begins season tonight

The Greenville Choral Society will begin its 40th anniversary season at 7 p.m. today at Peace Presbyterian Church, 301 Guiness Drive, Winterville.

A program of German songs by Brahms, Schubert, Schumann and Mendelssohn will be performed by the Concert Choir, and the Chamber Chorale will present selections by John Rutter, Mark Hayes, David Childs and Kenneth Jennings. Tickets for the concert are $10 for adults. For more information, visit www.greenvillechoralsociety.com or call 353-5495.

Relay For Life team meeting set for Monday

Relay For Life of Pitt County will hold a team meeting at 7 p.m. Monday at St. James United Methodist Church. Team captains, relay participants and interested community members may attend. The 2010 Relay For Life of Pitt County will be held on April 23 at South Central High School. For more information, visit www.relayforlife.org/pitt or contact Linda Clark at 413-0888 or pittrelayforlife@gmail.com.

Kiwanis Christmas auction to benefit children

The Greater Greenville Kiwanis Club will host its annual Christmas Auction at 6 p.m. Friday at Rock Springs Center. Proceeds will benefit local children's charities. Tickets are $35 each. Contact Lauren Asby at 526-1168 to purchase tickets by Monday.

FCA to hold fundraising banquet Tuesday

The Fellowship of Christian Athletes Eastern North Carolina will hold its fall fundraising banquet from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday in St. James Methodist Church Family Life Center. Fisher DeBerry, former football coach of the U.S. Air Force Academy and an author, will speak. For more information, call David Wall at 757-0122 or e-mail dwall@fca.org.

Brain Trust group to meet Wednesday

The Brain Trust, a group for those with malignant or benign brain tumors, will meet at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in the McConnell-Raab Hope Lodge. Dr. Cynthia Ballenger from 21st Century Oncology/Carolina Radiation Medicine PA, will speak. For more information, call 847-2611.

East Carolina Camera Club to meet Thursday

The East Carolina Camera Club will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Senior Center on County Home Road. Charity Valentine, who teaches digital photography at Pitt Community College, will speak.

For more information, call 917-7069 or e-mail coolcrittr@aol.com.

Kiwanis pancake dinner to benefit Girl Scouts

The Winterville Kiwanis Club will host a pancake dinner to benefit the Girls Scouts from 5:30-7 p.m. Friday at the Kiwanis Building on Forlines Road. The cost will be $5 for all-you-can-eat pancakes and sausage. Tickets may be purchased at North Carolina Driving School in Winterville or by calling 321-6700 or Pam Riggs at 561-6395.

Benefit garage sale planned

The annual Unnatural Resources Institute and Fair Garage Sale is planned from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Nov. 14 at the Pitt County Agricultural Center. Setup is from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday. All donations are tax-deductible. Volunteers are welcome. Call Jackie Ponder 355-1039 or Carolyn Garris 752-2720, Ext. 3, for more information or visit online at www.unnaturalresources.org.