– Suicide Prevention Services Inc. is accepting applications for winter hot-line training classes that begin in January. Sessions will be held at the organization’s offices at 528 S. Batavia Ave., Batavia. Hot-line volunteers provide listening and caring, crisis intervention and information and referral. Call Holly Cherry at 630-482-9699, ext. 227.
– A benefit for Woodrow Harding, a child suffering from spinal muscular atrophy, will be held from 3 to 9 p.m. Saturday in O’Malley’s Bar and Grill, 701 Hill Ave., Aurora. Tickets are $15 for adults or $5 for children and include food and soft drinks. Call 630-299-5280.
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– A food drive to benefit the Milton Township Food Pantry will be held through Sunday. Canned goods, boxed foods, toiletries and paper goods will be accepted on the front porch of 2S437 Terrace Drive, Glen Ellyn. Call Whitney or Katie Slovick at 630-469-8251.
– CASA Kane County is holding information meetings for those interested in serving abused and neglected children as Court Appointed Special Advocate volunteers at 4 p.m. Thursday, 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Tuesday in the Kane County Courthouse, Suite 460, 100 S. 3rd St., Geneva. Volunteers must be at least 21 years old. Call 630-444-3110.
– The Adventist Lab Partners Blood Center at Adventist Hinsdale Hospital needs a continuous source of donors. An individual can donate every eight weeks, and appointments are available by calling the blood center at 630-856-7070.
– The Spirit of Service team at the College of DuPage will hold a Holiday Wrap-a-thon to raise money for Public Action to Deliver Shelter in DuPage by wrapping gifts from 9 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday in the Student Resource Center, 2nd-floor walkway, at the college’s main campus, 425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn. Prices are $1 for a small box, $2 for a medium box or $3 for a large box. Call Helen Shullaw at 630-942-2390.
– Metropolitan Family Services DuPage is looking for volunteers for its In-Home Senior Respite Program. The program is a partnership between the agency and churches in DuPage County to assist older adults and their family caregivers. Volunteers are recruited from local churches and are screened, trained and matched by Metropolitan Family Services. Call Monica Lockie at 630-784-4875.
– The Downers Grove Park District’s Community Giving program is looking for volunteer residents and businesses. Volunteers help with projects such as planning new parks or playground equipment, museum renovations, athletic field improvements and walking paths. Call 630-963-1304.
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