Feb. 8
• Come Sail Away Tricky Tray, sponsored by Our Lady of Lourdes School, doors open at 5:30 p.m., event begins at 7 p.m., at the school, 44 Cleveland Ave., Milltown. Prizes include: small appliances; gift baskets; toys; gift certificates to Harvest Moon Brewery, Dick’s Sporting Goods, The Land of Make Believe, Philadelphia Soul, more; Coach bag with matching wristlet and umbrella; two tickets to a 2008 NewYork Giants home game; iPod with docking station; iTunes gift card. Grand prize: trip for two to the Bahamas. Complimentary coffee, tea. Light refreshments available for purchase. Participants may bring their own food and drink.Admission is $10 per person and includes a chance to win door prizes; additional sheets of tickets may be purchased at the event. Must be at least 18 years old to attend. Joyce D’Angiolillo at (732) 329- 0405, Bernadette Olson at (732) 828-6726.
Fridays, Feb. 8-March 21
• Fish-Fry Dinners, sponsored by Jamesburg Elks Lodge No. 2180, doors open at 5 p.m., at the Elks lodge, 74 W. Railroad Ave. Dinners include broiled or fried seafood, salad bar, dessert. Takeout orders available. (732) 521-2180.
• Lenten Fish Fries, sponsored by Knights of Columbus Council No. 4907, 5- 8 p.m., at the council home, 30 Crescent Ave., Spotswood. No fish fry on Feb. 29. Dinners include fish, soup-and-salad bar, dessert.Weekly specials available.All welcome. For takeouts, call (732) 251-9878.
• Lenten Fish-Fry Dinners, sponsored by St. James Knights of Columbus, 5 p.m., at the council home, 83 Lincoln Ave., Jamesburg. Baked and fried seafood meals, salad bar, dessert, coffee. Takeouts available. (732) 521-3366.
Feb. 8-14
• Gift-Wrapping Service, sponsored by East Brunswick Hadassah, during regular mall hours, at the Brunswick Square Mall, Route 18, East Brunswick, to benefit all Hadassah projects, including medical research for a breast-cancer cure. For a nominal fee, gift items purchased from any store in the mall or elsewhere will be wrapped with seasonal or all-occasion papers and decorated with creative ribbon designs. Gifts may be wrapped while shoppers wait or dropped off for a later pickup. Corporate gift-wrap services available. (732) 947-8757.
Feb. 9
• Trick-Hoopz and Alley-Oops Basketball Game, featuring the HarlemWizards vs. East Brunswick High School (EBHS) faculty and students, sponsored by EBHS Class of 2008 Project Graduation, 7:30 p.m., in the gym at Churchill Junior High School, 18 Norton Road, East Brunswick. Tickets cost $10 per person in advance or at the door. Refreshments available for purchase. Free autograph session; 50/50 raffle. Order forms may be downloaded by logging on to www.ebnet.org. Call Carolyn Gregory at (732) 238-1965 or Katie Spiegler at (732) 651-1228.
Feb. 10
• Pancake Breakfast, sponsored by Prodigal Foundation Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping children affected by cancer throughout Middlesex County, 8-11 a.m., at theWoodbridge Elks Lodge, 665 Rahway Ave. Cost is $6 for adults, $3 for youngsters ages 5-10; youngsters under age 5 admitted free of charge. (732) 636-9200. www.prodigalfoundation. com.