Community meal – Thursday, Oct. 24, noon, Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Meatloaf. Suggested donation $5.

Seafood chowder dinner – Saturday, Oct. 26, 5-8 p.m., Lions clubhouse, the former Bowery Beach Schoolhouse, off Two Lights Road, Cape Elizabeth. Chowder, biscuits, corn bread, soft drinks, (BYOB), dessert. Proceeds will benefit maintenance of the Schoolhouse and Lions Club charities. $10, $5; chowder to go $5.

VFW meal – Wednesday, Oct. 30, 5-6:30 p.m., VFW Post 932, 50 Peary Terrace, South Portland. Home-style meatloaf, baked potatoes, veggies, rolls and dessert. $7.

Free meal – Wednesday, Oct. 23, 5306 p.m., My Place Teen Center, 755 Main St, Westbrook. Sponsored in collaboration with Wayside Food Programs and hosted by Trinity Lutheran Church and the teen center. Use Foster Street entrance; handicapped accessible.

Community meal – Thursday, Oct. 31, noon, Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Beef pie. Suggested donation $5.

Public supper – Saturday, Nov. 2, 5-6 p.m., West Gorham Union Church, Route 25 (three miles west of Gorham Village), Gorham. Three kinds of beans, hot dogs, chicken pie, American chop suey, casseroles, salads, homemade pies, coffee and punch. No one leaves hungry. Ticket sales start at 4 p.m. $7.50, $3.

Bean supper – Saturday, Nov. 2, 5 and 6 p.m., Prides Corner Church, 235 Pride St., Westbrook. Beans, ham, macaroni & cheese, cole slaw, Italian bread, homemade pies and beverages. $8, $5.

Bean supper – Saturday, Nov. 2, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Stewart P. Morrill Post 35, 413 Broadway, South Portland. Two kinds of beans, lasagna, hot dogs, cole slaw, brown bread, dessert and beverages. $8; $3; take a non-perishable food item for food basket and receive $1 meal discount.

Bean-hole bean supper – Saturday, Nov. 2, 4:30-6 p.m., Blue Point Congregational Church, UCC, 236 Pine Point Road, Scarborough. Two kinds of beans, cole slaw, macaroni & cheese, hot dog, biscuits, dessert, and coffee, tea or punch. $7, $3.

Bean supper – Saturday, Nov. 2, 4:30-6 p.m., Hollis Lions Club, Palmer Hall, intersection routes 202 and 35, Hollis. Two kinds of beans, cole slaw, American chop suey, bread, red hot dogs, dessert, coffee, water and fruit punch. $8, $3.

To be included in this listing, nonprofit organizations planning public meals should email information at least 10 days in advance to Robert Lowell at ajbob@maine.rr.com