St. Thomas HSA plans craft show and bake sale

The St. Thomas the Apostle HSA Fall Craft Show and Bake Sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Oct. 16 in the school auditorium, Route 18 south, Old Bridge.

For more information, call (732) 723-3608 or (732) 866-0482.

Venture Crew open

house set for Oct. 29

Young men and women ages 14-20 who are interested in outdoor activities are invited to attend a Boy Scouts of America Venture Crew No. 36 open house at 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 29 at the Old Bridge Lions Club, 46 Madison Ave.

For more information, call (732) 234-3088 from 11:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Parents Without Partners Chapter No. 236 will hold an open dance from 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. on Oct. 22 at the East Brunswick Elks Club, Hardenburg Lane.

The event will feature music by a DJ, a free hot buffet and snacks.

Admission is $8 for nonmembers, $6 for members. An orientation for prospective members will be held at 7:30 p.m.

For more information, call (732) 602-8800.

Duke Farms to be topic

at Sierra Club meeting

The next general membership meeting of the Sierra Club Raritan Valley Group (Middlesex and Somerset counties) will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 20 at the Unitarian Society of New Brunswick, 176 Tices Lane, East Brunswick.

Paul Smith, resident superintendent at historic Duke Farms, Hillsborough, will offer a presentation on the Duke estate. Topics will include the estate’s natural habitat and the hiking, biking and birding opportunities available to the public at the estate.

Refreshments will be served. The public is invited.

For more information and directions, call (732) 247-5760, or log on to www.njsierra.org.