The Domestic Abuse Prevention Council (DAPC) is sponsoring a fund-raising event, "Dining for Hope," to benefit New Hope For Women's efforts on our peninsula.

"Dining for Hope" will be held at the historic Russell House Restaurant & Tavern from 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, January 20.

The owners of the restaurant, Scott and Corinne Larson, are generously donating 20 percent of all the day's proceeds; this includes gift certificates, meals and beverages!

Russell House executive chef Pete Murphy's "creative American" cuisine offers a delight for any and every palate.

Brunch will be served from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., 2 to 4:30 p.m. will be the lunch hours, and then from 4:30 to 8:30, a special version of the dinner menu will be offered.

The day's menus will be printed on the backs of fliers which Hannaford employees will be adding to shopper's grocery bags beginning January 16 or 17.

For more information on the Russell House, visit the Web site, www.historicrussellhouse.com Reservations are encouraged for this event. Do so by calling 633-2722 and enjoy brunch, lunch or dinner with friends and family knowing you are contributing to the ongoing efforts of New Hope for Women.

New Hope For Women has been a resource for women, and their children, in domestic abuse living situations since 1981.

In addition to the main office in Rockland and the new Boothbay Harbor office, the organization now has offices in Belfast and Damariscotta.

The Harbor office is located at 115 Townsend Avenue, in the Harborside Center for Wellbeing.

In 2007, New Hope recorded 31 client calls for a total of 232 client hours, including legal advocacy, for the towns of Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor, Edgecomb and Southport.

The Domestic Abuse Prevention Council was created in 2005 and is comprised of community members representing the hospital, police department, churches, schools, Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, YMCA, newspaper, United Way of Midcoast Maine, and others.

The mission of the DAPC is: The people of the Boothbay region will live free from abuse and violence.

Literature on New Hope and the DAPC will be available throughout the day and evening.

For more information on New Hope for Women, visit its Web site, www.newhopeforwomen.org.