Camps offered to grieving children 

Two summer camps will bring grieving children together for a one-week, sleep-away experience. Children from New England will come together to spend a week at the “Manitou Experience for Boys” in Oakland and the “Somerset Experience for Girls” in Smithfield on Aug. 20 to 25.

This is the first year of the Somerset Experience Camp for Girls and the fifth experience camp launched in the United States. Experience camps provide free, one-week camps for children who have experienced the death of a parent, sibling or primary caregiver. Along with swimming, arts and crafts and team sports, the kids take part in bereavement activities.

Camps are currently accepting referrals and applications for boys entering grades four to 11 and girls entering grades four to seven.

For more information, visit www.experience.camp/.

College planning workshops for adults

LEWISTON — The Maine Educational Opportunity Center will host free workshops, “Essentials of College Planning,” for adults 19 and older at the following times and locations:

• Lewiston Career Center, 5 Mollison Way, at 9:30 and 11:30 a.m. Thursday, March 15.

• Lewiston Career Center, 5 Mollison Way, at 9:30 and 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 21.

• Wilton Career Center, 865 U.S. Route 2 East, at 10 and 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 13.

To register or for more information, call 1-800-281-3703 or visit meoc.maine.edu.

Androscoggin County Democrats meeting

LEWISTON — The monthly meeting of the Androscoggin County Democratic Committee will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22, at the Lewiston Armory, Central Avenue. Enter through the doors marked “CC” to the right of the main entrance facing the building.

The special guest will be Jim Boyle, small business owner and former state senator, who will speak on expanding Maine’s economy and creating well-paying jobs.

In addition, an election will be held for a county committee alternate to the Democratic State Committee.

All interested persons are welcome to attend. For more information, call 207-784-5726.