For nonprofit, charity or fundraising events in Hamilton and area, submit items in writing to Too Good To Miss, The Hamilton Spectator, 44 Frid St., Hamilton, L8N 3G3, by e-mail to toogood@thespec.com only (no other e-mail addresses please) or fax 905-526-3510. Deadline is two weeks prior to publication.

Volunteering

John Howard Society of Hamilton, Burlington and area is looking for drivers, on a rotational or standby basis to take visitors to the federal penitentiaries in the Kingston area twice a month, 905-522-4446, ext. 259

Volunteer Hamilton has more than 200 volunteer positions, volunteerhamilton.com, 905-523-4444.

Canadian Cancer Society Hamilton-Wentworth needs volunteers for the cancer centre, lodge program and drivers, mileage paid, 905-575-9220, ext. 222 or 233.

Meals on Wheels VON seeks drivers and servers two hours a week, mileage reimbursed, 905-522-0053.

Wheeltowalkcanada needs volunteers, 905-961-4664.

St. Peter's Residence at Chedoke (West Mountain) needs volunteers to escort residents to medical appointments, 905-777-3837 ext. 15557, sharrison@stpetes.ca.

Cancer Assistance Program needs volunteer drivers, 905-383-9797.

The Reading Buddies program needs volunteers to help children seven to 12 years old with their reading twice a week at the library, 905-546-3200 ext. 2992.

Self-help

Are you feeling overwhelmed? Drop in for peer counselling Monday to Friday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., 678 Main St. E., 905-545-2525, mentalhealthrights.ca.

Canadian Hard of Hearing Association has family support and a lobby group, chha-hamilton.ca, 905-662-6375.

Canadian Calorie Counters, Branch 1, YWCA, MacNab Street, meets Tuesdays, 10:45 a.m. to noon, 905-545-9971.

Alcoholics for Christ meets Wednesdays, 7 p.m., Joshua Centre, 616 Main St. E., 905-383-4160, 905-527-4653.

Iris' Way, cancer assistance program, meets Tuesdays, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Dr. Bob Kemp Hospice, 277 Stone Church Rd. E., 905-383-9797.

Women for Sobriety meets Wednesdays, 7 to 8:30 p.m., The Olive Branch, 195 Rebecca St., 905-545-9665, 905-628-0421.

TOPS, nonprofit weight-loss club, meets Fridays, 9 to 10:30 a.m., 905-387-7476.

Parenting

Car seat inspection, July 25, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Ancaster, by appointment only. Call Health Connections, 905-546-3550.

Ontario Early Years Centres offer classes and clinics: 905-521-0926 for west end, 905-544-6630 for Hamilton East, 905-573-7905 for Stoney Creek, Hamilton Mountain, 521-2100, ext. 77406.

Child Care Information Hamilton, for extended, weekend or shift-care options for your children, Monday to Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 905-528-0591

Meals on Wheels can be delivered up to five days a week. Each meal costs $5.50. Call Dundas Community Services, 905-627-5461.

Community meetings

Parrot Club of Southwestern Ontario, Greater Hamilton, meets July 28, 7 p.m., Dundas Lions Memorial Community Centre, 905-627-8673.

Hamilton Video Film Makers meets on the first Thursday of each month, 7 p.m., Stoney Creek Legion, info@hvfm.ca or www.hvfm.ca.

Good times

Cruise-In on the Parkway, July 27, 10 a.m., Reif Estate Winery, 15608 Niagara Pkwy., Niagara-on-the-Lake, to benefit Niagara Peninsula Children's Centre. Free

Family Fun Days, July 26, 1 to 7 p.m., Gage Park. Free food, games, kids' activities and music at the bandshell. 905-308-9991

Haunted Hamilton's Niagara bus trip, July 26, 11 a.m. to midnight, hauntedhamilton.com or 905-529-4327 to reserve. $89

Aboriginal drum and dance presentations, July 23, 10 a.m., Hamilton Beach Rescue Unit, Early Years Neighbourhood Site, 260 Beach Blvd.

Royal Canadian Legion East Hamilton Branch 58, 1180 Barton St. E. 905, 544-6385, offers Young at Heart Seniors, Wednesdays, 1 to 4 p.m.; cards and bingo, Wednesdays, 7 to 10 p.m.; Happy Gang Jammers, fiddlers, guitars, dancing, Thursdays, 8 p.m.; mixed dart league, 8 p.m.; Friday fish and chips, 4 p.m.; and karaoke on Fridays, 7:30 p.m.

Miscellaneous

Information Dundas has tourist information for all of Canada, Dundas Community Services, 2 King St. W., 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Saturdays, noon to 4 p.m., 905-627-5461

Historical Walking Tours of Paris, July 27, 1:30, 2:30 and 3:30 p.m., beginning at St. James Anglican Church, 8 Burwell St., followed by tea and scones at the church, 519-442-9295, parishistoricalsociety.com.

Butterfly Walk, July 29, 1 p.m., Hamilton Naturalist Club. Meet in the parking lot of Ruthven Park, 243 Hwy. 54, Cayuga.

Silent auction for Pauline Shea, a mom with cancer, July 26, 12:30 to 3 p.m., Exclusively Women's Fitness, Upper Wentworth Street. Items needed, 905-575-1010.

UNITY Cutathon, July 27, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., $25, to help build a school in San Lucas, Guatemala. Participating salons are Best Hair Inc., Pat D'Caria Hair Design, Eliegante Hair Design & Spa and Dave Sciara.

Creativity Through Diversity fashion show, July 24, 7 p.m., Jamesville Community Centre, MacNab and Colbourne streets, $2 in support of Brain Injury Services, 905-528-7625

Haldimand Horticultural Society, annual bus trip, July 24, to garden centres and private gardens, $58. haldimandhorticulturalsociety.com, 905-768-3025

Hamilton Naturalists' Club 2K walk at Cartwright Sanctuary, July 23, 6:30 p.m. Meet at Borer's Falls Conservation area parking lot to car pool, 905-627-3343.

Free Sahaja Yoga meditation classes, Mondays, 7 p.m., Pinky Lewis Recreation Centre, 192 Wentworth St. N., 905-573-7405, hamiltonsy@gmail.com

Computer training at Burlington Public Library, for all levels. Most classes are $5 and run 90 minutes. Preregistration required, 905-639-3611, ext. 133, bpl.on.ca.

Burlington Humane Society's new store for gently used items, 740 Griffith Crt., Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., 905-633-8143

Junior datebook

Burlington Book Camp for aspiring writers 10 to 12 years old, Aug. 11 to 15, Central Library, bpl.on.ca/kids/whatsnew_bookcamp.htm

WOW Day Camp has crafts, outdoor activities, computers, dance, sports, games and an offsite trip, 905-575-2062, camps.mohawkcollege.ca.

Under the Stars!, a program of movies, crafts, and games, Parks Canada Discovery Centre, 57 Discovery Dr., Thursdays, 7 to 9 p.m.

Sailor for a Day, HMCS Haida, Pier 9, Parks Canada Discovery Centre, 57 Discovery Dr., July 26, Aug. 9 and 11, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Register in advance, 905-526-0918

Seniors

Burlington Seniors' Centre, 2285 New St., 905-335-7888

Main Hess Seniors' Centre, 181 Jackson St. W., 905-546-4964

Roxborough Seniors' Centre, 785 Britannia Ave. (in St. Helen School), 905-537-0195

Sackville Hill Seniors' Recreation Centre, 780 Upper Wentworth St., 905-546-2541

St. Joseph's Villa Pool, 56 Governors Rd., Dundas, $4.50 per swim, 627-3541, ext. 2911

Stoney Creek Seniors' Club 60, 905-664-6110

Westdale-West Hamilton Seniors and Retirees, Grace Hall, Grace Lutheran Church, 1107 Main St. W., 905-522-6256

Warden Park Seniors, 40 Centennial Pkwy., 905-544-1106, 905-546-4256

YWCA Hamilton Seniors' Active Living Centre, 75 MacNab St. S., 905-529-7727, has a Fish Fry Pub Night, July 23, 6 to 8:30 p.m., $16 members, $18 nonmembers. Advance tickets only. Dance to the Moonlighters, July 26, 7:30 to 10:30 p.m., members $5, nonmembers $7

St. Elizabeth's Trillium Clubhouse, Garth Street at Rymal Road, 905-387-7476

Museums, parks, galleries

Battlefield House Museum and Park, 77 King St. W., Stoney Creek

Beamer Conservation Area, Grimsby, 8 a.m. to sundown, 905-788-3135

Burlington Art Centre, 1333 Lakeshore Rd., Burlington, 905-632-7796, burlingtonartcentre.on.ca

Cottonwood Mansion, 740 Haldimand Rd. 53, Selkirk. 905-776-2538, cottonwoodmansion@linetap.com

Crawford Lake Conservation Area, Steeles Avenue and Guelph Line, 905-854-0234, conservationhalton.on.ca

Dundas Museum, 139 Park St. W., Dundas, 905-627-7412, dundasmuseum.ca

Dundurn National Historic Site, 610 York Blvd., 905-546-2872, dundurn@hamilton.ca

Erland Lee, 552 Ridge Rd., Stoney Creek, 905-662-2691, erlandlee.com

Fieldcote Memorial Museum & Park, 64 Sulphur Springs Rd., Ancaster, holds tea in the garden Wednesdays, 2 to 4 p.m, $5, 905-648-8144, fieldcote@hamilton.ca.

The Griffin House, 733 Mineral Springs Rd., Ancaster, 905-648-8144. Open holiday weekends

Grimsby Museum, 6 Murray St., Grimsby, holds Little People Picnics for children 4 to 5 years, 1:30 to 4 p.m., July 14, 905-945-5292

Haldimand County Museum and Archives, 8 Echo St., Cayuga

Hamilton Children's Museum, 1072 Main St. E. in Gage Park, 905-546-4848, childrensmuseum@hamilton.ca

Hamilton Museum of Steam & Technology, 900 Woodward Ave., 905-546-4797, steammuseum@hamilton.ca, hamilton.ca/museums

Mountsberg Wildlife Centre, Milburough Line, Campbellville, 905-854-2276

Parks Canada Discovery Centre, 57 Discovery Dr., 905-526-8526

Ireland House Museum, 2168 Guelph Line, Burlington, 905-332-9888

Norfolk Heritage Centre, 109 Norfolk St. S., Simcoe, 519-426-1583, norfolk.com, July 24, 7 p.m., lecture on antique tools, $8 members, $10 nonmembers.

Royal Botanical Gardens, 680 Plains Rd. W., Burlington, 905-527-1158, rbg.ca

Streetcar & Electric Railway Museum, 13629 Guelph Line, hcry.org. Open daily 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Ruthven Park National Historic Site, 243 Hwy. 54, Cayuga, 905-772-0560, ruthven.park@sympatico.ca

Westfield Heritage Village, Regional Rd. 552, Rockton, 519-621-8851

Whitehern Historic House & Garden, 41 Jackson St. W., 905-546-2018, whitehern@hamilton.ca, holds picnics in the park with music, Wednesdays, noon to 2 p.m. Free