• The Commons at Squirrel Hill, 2025 Wightman St., is hosting a holiday vendor bazaar from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 20. Available are free gift wrapping, lunch, door prizes and raffles with every purchase. For more information, call 412-421-8443 ext. 262.

• The American Diabetes Association is sponsoring "Divabetic," a program for women with diabetes that includes music, games and makeovers, from 1 to 4 p.m. Dec. 5 in the Conference Center and Wintergarden of West Penn Hospital. The deadline is Dec. 1. For reservations, call 412-824-1181 ext. 4608.

• The Women's Auxiliary of Canonsburg General Hospital is holding a "Fudgie Wudgie" fudge sale from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 20 in the hospital's main lobby. Call 724-873-5835.

• Excela Health is sponsoring the following holiday activities:

-- "Lights of Love" giving program, 6:30 p.m. Dec. 1. Lights may be bought in honor or in memory of loved ones in $5 increments; to appear in the program, they must be bought by Nov. 20. Call 724-537-1099. Proceeds benefit the Latrobe Area Hospital Aid Society.

-- "Memory Tree" light-up program, 7 p.m. Dec. 8, main lobby, Excela Health Frick Hospital, Mt. Pleasant. It will include holiday music from a Seton Hill University brass ensemble, words of inspiration and light refreshments. Lights cost $10 and must be bought by Dec. 1 to appear in the program. Call 724-547-1037. Proceeds benefit volunteer services.

• Gateway Rehabilitation Center is sponsoring a "Hope Has a Home" gala at 7 p.m. Dec. 2 at the Westin Convention Center Hotel, 1000 Penn Ave., Downtown. Featured speaker will be country singer/musician Larry Gatlin, with center founder Dr. Abraham J. Twerski also delivering an address. The cost is $150 per person, and the deadline is Nov. 23. A reception begins at 6:30 p.m. Call 412-766-8700 ext. 1234.

• The Stroke Outreach Program at Jefferson Regional Medical Center is sponsoring a stroke risk screening from 8 a.m. to noon Nov. 20 in the Jefferson Room of the center's Bibro Pavilion. Call 412-469-7100.

• To find a blood drive near you call:

-- The Central Blood Bank, 412-209-7000 or 1-800-310-9551.

-- The American Red Cross, 1-800-448-3543. For bloodmobile locations, check http://www.redcrosslife.org.

• Family Services of Western Pennsylvania is sponsoring a panel discussion, "Helping Children Deal with Grief and Loss," from 2 to 4 p.m. Nov. 20 in rooms 132 and 133 of Westmoreland County Community College's New Kensington Education Center, 1150 Fifth Ave. For reservations, call 723-837-5410 ext. 701.

• The Allegheny General Hospital Center for Bloodless Medicine and Surgery is sponsoring a program on the medical and surgical care of patients who cannot accept blood transfusions from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Nov. 21 at Canonsburg General Hospital. Call 1-877-284-2100.

• Gateway Hospice is sponsoring " Water, Walking and What To Eat, the Three Components of Staying Healthy," a lecture by Dr. Matthew Coppola, at 12:15 p.m. Nov. 24 at the Benedictine Senior Center, 4530 Perrysville Ave., Ross. Reservations are requested. Call 412-536-2020 or 1-877-878-2244.

• The Southwestern Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Red Cross is offering a class in adult CPR, including AED, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 21 at Fugh Memorial Social Hall, 27 Crescent Ave., Etna. Lunch and refreshments are being provided. Registration is required. Call 412-263-3119.

• Excela Health is sponsoring the following classes on Nov. 21. Call 1-877-771-1234.

-- Breastfeeding Success, 9 to 11 a.m., Memorial Conference Center, Ground Floor, Westmoreland Hospital.

-- Dr. Dad, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Conference Room D, First Floor, Westmoreland Hospital, Greensburg. Presented by the ParentWISE program of Family Services of Western Pennsylvania.

• Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC is sponsoring a course in pediatric CPR from 9 a.m. to noon Nov. 21 in its primary care center, Oakland. The cost is $30, and registration is required. Call 412-692-7105.

• The Alle-Kiski Medical Center is sponsoring the following classes at its Destination Wellness health resource center, the Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills, 590 Pittsburgh Mills Circle, Frazer. To register, call 724-274-5202.

-- Basic life support for health care provider, including CPR certification renewal, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 21. Current card must be presented as class. Cost: $30 per person, including required student manual.

-- Family & Friends CPR, 3 to 5:30 p.m. Nov. 21. Cost: $10 per person, including required student manual.

-- Heartsaver CPR plus AED, 5 to 9 p.m. Nov. 24. Cost: $35, student manual included.

• Self Help Group Network, a service of HelpLine, provides a database of support groups. Call 412-255-1155.

• The American Liver Foundation is sponsoring a "Living with Hepatitis" support group from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Nov. 19 and every third Thursday of the month in room 182 of the main building of Mercy Behavioral Health, 330 S. Ninth St., South Side. Call 412-535-2670.

• Electronic waste and other hard-to-recycle items will be collected from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday in the parking lot at the Mall at Robinson. Sponsored by the Allegheny County Health Department and the Pennsylvania Resources Council, the event will have electronic items refurbished or recycled in a manner that protects public health and the environment. A fee will be charged for these items: tire with no rim, $2; TVs 19 inches and under, $10; TVs 20 to 29 inches, $20; TVs 30 to 39 inches, $25; TVs 40 inches or console, $35; CPU or laptop, $5; monitor, $10; combination personal computer/monitor/keyboard, $15; printer/scanner/fax/small ups, $5; VHS/DVD/phone/router, $2. No fee will be charged for cell phones, ink and toner cartridges, compact fluorescent light bulbs, alkaline batteries, crutches, canes and walkers. For more information or to volunteer, call 412-488-7490, ext. 236.

• Abbott Medical Optics Inc. is sponsoring a "You Gotta See This" contest. Entrants are to make a video no longer than 90 seconds about improved vision in one of three categories; the grand prize winner gets $5,000. To enter, visit www.gottaseethisnow.com, and the deadline is Dec. 10. Call 818-645-1588.

• The University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences Library System is hosting the traveling exhibit, "Opening Doors: Contemporary African-American Academic Surgeons," through Jan. 28, 2010, at Falk Library, 200 Scaife Hall, Oakland.

In conjunction with the exhibit, "The African-American Surgeon: A Century of Growth" is being presented from 6 to 7 p.m. Nov. 19 in Lecture Room 5 in Scaife Hall. Presenter is Dr. Frederick D. Cason Jr., surgeon-in-chief at the Louis Stokes Veterans' Affairs Medical Center and associate professor of surgery with the School of Medicine if Case Western Reserve University. A reception follows in Falk Library. Call 412-648-8866.

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