OLAF FUB SEZ: According to Scottish novelist Robert Louis Stevenson, born on this date in 1850, "Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well."
GRAB A GIFT - The Kenmore Mercy Hospital Auxiliary hosts Wrights Homestead with a variety of candles, soaps and lotions, plus chocolate-coated items from Fully Dipped WNY from 6:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. today in the hospital atrium. D&D visits the atrium from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday with T-shirts, sweatshirts and other wearables.
HIGH STYLE - The Friendship Foundation joins with the Restoration Society, which helps those with mental illness, homelessness and addiction, for the Restoration Fashion Show at 6 p.m. Thursday at 500 Pearl St. $40 tickets include a networking hour in the WXYZ Lounge, the fashion show featuring local designers and talent in the Forbes Theater, and an after-party at Patrick's Rooftop. Call Lauren Carducci at 716-797-0177 or email carduccilauren@yahoo.com.
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WELCOME BACK - Love Canal activist Lois Gibbs returns to talk about current environmental concerns in a program hosted by the Urban Land Institute WNY Women's Leadership Initiative and the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning at 6 p.m. Thursday in Hayes Hall, Room 403 on UB's South Campus. Also streamed on Zoom. Registration required. Visit archplan.buffalo.edu.
WINNERS WANTED - Ten Lives Club Cat Adoption Group holds its Fall Virtual Meat and More Raffle at 6 p.m. Thursday on the club's Facebook page. $40 includes 61 chances to win theme baskets and meat provided by Federal Meats. To enter, visit tenlivesclub.com.
St. Teresa's Parish, 1974 Seneca St., will hold a holiday gift card raffle Saturday in the Parish Center, 33 Mineral Springs Road. Doors at 5:30. First draw at 7. Gift cards are for various amounts at several stores. $10 includes pizza, beer, pop and water. Also a basket raffle and door prizes. For info, call 716-822-0608.
An autographed game shoe from Buffalo Bills kicker Tyler Bass is the top raffle prize at a Bills Watch Party hosted by the Mayville Chautauqua Lions Club at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Lake Chautauqua VFW Post, 10 Memorial Drive, off West Lake Road (Route 394), Mayville. $15 donation includes wings, pizza, tailgating snacks and the Bills-Chiefs game on widescreen TV.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY - Roger Durant, Don Thompson Jr., Gil Perreault, Elizabeth Licata, Lucy Candelario, Mitchell Stenger, Stefan Mychajliw, Nikia Clark, Kerry Quinn, Kimberly Feltz, Meghan Donacik, Marty Brownsey, Patrick Lunde Lonergan, Megan Maghran, Brad Hall, Gail Englert, Jeffrey Sellers, Carol Maurer and Jane Rosplochowski.
AND THURSDAY - Eric Jackson-Forsberg, Molly Quackenbush, Tara Ellis, Dawson Knox, Jim Sickler, Ken Zimpfer, Jeanne Dombrowski, John Witt, Paulette Pierce, Connie Dorney, Ellen Reidy Danieu, Gerald Przybylski, Kelly Forster, Rev. Gary Szczepankiewicz and Brian Zuccarro.
Email olaffub@buffnews.com.
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