MANVILLE: Community calendar: Week of Nov. 17

Sat., Nov. 19
    Tricky tray basket raffle: Manville-Hillsborough BPOE 2119 hosts at 1500 Brooks Blvd. $10 in advance, $15 at door (includes one free sheet of tickets). A person will pay cash for gold on site. No one under 18 admitted. Doors open 5:30 p.m.; raffle at 6:30. 908-725-1717.
    Free throw shooting: Local competition for the 40th annual Elks Hoop Shoot, the national contest for youngsters age 8-13. Weston Elementary School, 600 Newark Ave., starting at 10 a.m.
Sat. & Sun., Nov. 19-20
    Bake sale: Sacred Heart Altar Rosary Society will offer goods at the Sacred Heart Church, South Main and Filak streets, before and after weekend Masses, beginning with 6 p.m. Saturday service.
Wed., Nov. 23
    November calendar: Public library hours changed to 9 a.m.-2 p.m. for one day. Library will be closed from Nov. 24–26 for Thanksgiving.
Ongoing
    Toys for Tots: The local Marine Corps League Detachment 1284 will collect new, unwrapped toys and distribute them as Christmas gifts to needy children.
    Drop new, unwrapped toys at the American Legion Post 304, 429 South Main St., after 3 p.m. or at Fucillo & Warren Funeral Home, 205 South Main St. A marked drop-off box is inside the rear door marked “flower room.”
    To receive toys, applicants must apply on line at www.toysfortots.org.
    Blood pressure checks: Second Thursday of the month, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., VFW.
    Public library book sale: Buy donated and surplus books to support the library. Through Saturday, Oct. 15, all sale books that will fit in a bag will cost just $1. Non-sale hardcover books are 50 cents; soft-cover 25 cents each or by the bag for $2.
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