This week

American Red Cross of Augusta Annual Meeting: 7 p.m. today; Radisson Riverfront Hotel Augusta, 2 10th St.; $21; 724-8481

FASCINATING FOSSILS: 2 p.m. Saturday; Fort Discovery, 1 Seventh St.; with Chris Glass, former president of the Aiken Gem, Mineral and Fossil Society; registration required; 821-0614

REV-UP-TO-READ: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday: Barnes and Noble Booksellers, 1336 Augusta West Parkway; free reading program for children; 828-7211

AUGUSTA COMMUNITY CARNIVAL: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday; The Clubhouse, 2567 Washington Road; face-painting, games, snow cones, cotton candy, dunking booth; The Quest Church; free; 279-1649

UNITED WAY CAMPAIGN KICKOFF: 11:30 a.m. Monday; Bell Auditorium, 712 Telfair St.; $15 a person, $120 for corporate table of eight; 724-5544

INSTRUCTOR TRAINING CLASS: 6 p.m. Monday-Tuesday, Aug. 29-30; the Augusta Red Cross seeks volunteer instructors to teach baby-sitter's class to youths 11-15; 724-8481, ext. 208

VOLUNTEER EDUCATOR TRAINING: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 1; Phinizy Swamp; learn how to give tours of nature park; reservations due by Monday; free; 828-2109

UPCOMING

WANDA DANSEREAU OPENING: 3-5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 4; Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History, 1116 Phillips St.; specializes in wildlife art and Buffalo Soldiers; 724-3576

RAPE CRISIS VOLUNTEER TRAINING: 5:30-9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, 1-5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11, 6-9 p.m. Monday, Sept. 12; University Hospital, 1350 Walton Way; to be a volunteer, you must attend all the classes; 774-2769

AARP SAFE-DRIVING CLASSES: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday, Sept. 14-15, Nov. 9-10; Crossroads Fellowship Church, 3875 Wrightsboro Road; $10; get reduction in auto insurance premium for three years; registration required; 863-0003

SHOWTIME AT THE BELL, RICKEY SMILEY: 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17; Bell Auditorium, 712 Telfair St.; $26, $33; 722-3521

CONCERTS WITH A CAUSE: 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17; with Paul Jacobs, concert organist and chairman of the organ department at the Julliard School

LYNWOOD HOLMES MYSTERY GALA: Chartered bus to depart downtown Augusta at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23; to a mystery location for dining, entertainment with jazz vocalist Bess Daniels, and more; $100 includes transportation, meal, concert and contribution to the Augusta Mini Theatre; 722-0598 or 855-9472

THE LEUKEMIA AND LYMPHOMA'S LIGHT THE NIGHT WALK: 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15; Augusta Common, on the 800 block between Broad and Reynolds streets; nationwide evening fundraising walk to commemorate lives touched by cancer; $100 suggested donation; (770) 438-6006, ext. 245

ONGOING

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: The Service Corps of Retired Executives is expanding its program of business counseling for small-business entrepreneurs and is seeking volunteer counselors; for more information, call 793-9998

STITCHES FROM THE HEART: Seeking volunteers to knit, crochet blankets, sweaters and hats for children in the hospital; donations of yarn will be appreciated; call (866) 472-6903

FOSTER PARENTS NEEDED: Specialized Foster Home Services seeks foster parents for special-needs children with behavioral difficulties; for more information call 641-7645

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Regency Hospice seeks people to work with patients with advanced illness; roles include social contact with the patient, childcare, spiritual support, running errands, house/yard maintenance, office assistance and more; contact Sue King, 648-2117