The briefs

Harrison Street plans BBQ dinners

Harrison Street School PTO is sponsoring a BBQ Dinner April 29. The cost of one dinner is $10, and one dinner can be split between two people.

Pick-up will be available from 5 to 6:30 p.m. with curbside delivery available in the parking lot on Dodson Street next to the school. Harrison is at 201 North Harrison St.

To place an order by credit card, please go to geneva304.org, click on the Web store, and click on Harrison BBQ Dinner. Online orders are due by April 24. You will be able to print a receipt. For more information, or to place a phone order, call Denise Sciaky at (630) 208-6763.

Tickets available for Garden Party

Tickets are being sold for the Fox Valley Volunteer Hospice's Garden Party May 27 at the Q Center in St. Charles. It will include a silent auction, themed basket raffle, a performance by entertainers David & Dania and luncheon. Tickets are $60 each. Call (630) 232-2233 to purchase tickets with a credit card over the phone or visit the FVVH office at 200 Whitfield Drive in Geneva to purchase tickets with cash or check.

Raffle tickets for themed baskets are available at the cost of one for $5, 10 for $40 and 30 for $100. Those interested may purchase tickets at the FVVH office or download the raffle ticket order form at www.FVVH.org. Winners need not be present at the event to win.

Pajama night to help foster children

The North Aurora Mothers Club and Tanner Trails Community Church are partnering to sponsor a Pajama Drive to benefit a charity that supplies new pajamas to foster children.

Many of these children are waiting to be placed in permanent homes.

The family movie night event will be at 7 p.m. May 2 at Tanner Trails Community Church, 2301 Tanner Road.

The groups are requesting a donation of a new pair of pajamas, preferably with the tags on and in the package.

Many of the children are in need, and in many cases, have never enjoyed the comfort of having a mom or dad put them to bed at night.

The Pajama Program, which is a not-for-profit organization, is headquartered in New York and helps children in the United States and around the world. More information about the Pajama Program is available at www.pajamaprogram.org.

More information about the event is available by calling Jennifer at (630) 404-9265.

Gardeners' group plans plant sale

The Batavia Plain Dirt Gardeners will have its popular plant sale from 9 a.m. to noon May 10 at the Bethany Lutheran Church in Batavia at the corner of Wilson and Lincoln (just one block west of Hwy 31 on Wilson ).

Native wildflowers, perennials, ferns, hostas, prairie plants, grasses, trees, shrubs, and many hard to find plants will be available. All plants will be labeled, priced and put on tables in categories to assist gardeners. Expert gardeners available to offer planting advice and to answer questions about plants. The club has more than 1,000 plants of unusual varieties not often found at big flower markets. Free parking. For information, call Diana Sharp, (630) 879-7578, or Kris Kaminski, (630) 482-0983.