National Trust Calcutta Putting Tournament at the Coral Beach & Tennis Club.

The entertaining event, where anyone can be a winner, takes place the weekend of September 17-18.

The event kicks off with an auction and cocktail party of Friday, September 17. Teams will be assigned by blind draw and participants can bid on any team in the quest for prizes.

The actual competition takes place over 18 holes on Saturday, September 18 at 10 a.m.

Tickets for the event are $50 per person and include lunch and wine (cash bar on Saturday). Proceeds will go to support the Bermuda National Trust in its work to preserve and protect the Island's historic places and natural heritage.

Anyone interested in participating in the tournament should call 236-6483.

*** The Bermuda Arts Centre in Dockyard invite all to visit their juried members show entitled Up The Garden Path.

The show will feature art of a botanical nature or subjects that use natural materials.

The show kicks off on August 29 and continues until September 24.

*** St. John Ambulance will hold a first aid emergency and CPR course for after-school care providers, babysitters and child care providers at the end of this month.

Classes will be held on August 30, 31 and September 1 from 4 to 8 p.m.

Space for this potentially life-saving courses is limited and anyone interested in taking part should call 236-7831 immediately.

*** A local charity was the recent beneficiary of an act of kindness from several of their fellow compatriots.

Thirty-one charities banded together and donated funds to the Lady Cubitt Compassionate Association -- part of the proceeds from their own efforts to raise money for their individual charities over the May 24 holiday.

"During the first Bermuda Day stall holders meeting, the participants decide which charitable organisation will receive the fees,'' explained Youth and Sport's Deirdre Otway. "This year the stall holders decided to donate their fees to the LCCA.

"In 1998 the Women's Resource Centre received the funds.'' While all the profits from the individual stalls went to the various charities and/or church groups licensed to sell goods at Bernard Park, the $2,000 in stall fees were recently presented to the LCCA.

"It was one of the largest donations ever given to a charity from the Bermuda Day stall holders,'' Mrs. Otway pointed out. "They had the option of keeping the fees and directing them to their own charities, but they decided to help another one.'' The LCCA attempts to relieve poverty, suffering and distress in Bermuda. The organisation, founded in 1932 by Lady Cubitt, wife of the then Governor, also screens applications for funding for overseas medical and/or surgical treatment not available in Bermuda.