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Youth service groups in Pleasanton, Livermore, Dublin, Sunol, San Ramon, Alamo, Danville Walnut Creek and Concord may volunteer and request collection sites for the eighth annual Youth Food Drive to be held March 6. Sign up at www.youthservicecouncil.com/Volunteer/Volunteer.html. All donations will go to food pantries in the Tri-Valley or to the Contra Costa Food Bank. To learn more, call 998-6513.

Through the end of November, the Lands' End Shops at Sears across the country, including the one at Stoneridge Shopping Center, is collecting coats to be distributed through the National Coalition for the Homeless in nearby communities. Lands' End is also offering a coupon for a new coat for each donated coat. To learn more, visit www.bigwarmup.com.

Bluegrass mainstays Bill Evans and Megan Lynch will perform a free concert at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Pleasanton Public Library, 400 Old Bernal Ave. Evans is a banjo player and author of "Banjo for Dummies." Lynch has earned national championship fiddling credentials.

Operation Christmas Child is collecting gift-filled shoeboxes in the Bay Area to be distributed to children in more than 90 countries. Families wrap and pack empty shoe boxes with items like toys, toothpaste and school supplies. From Nov. 16 to 23, completed boxes may be dropped off at CrossWinds Church, 6444 Sierra Court in Dublin. It is also listed as a drop-off for large volumes of shoe box donations. For more information, call 800-343-1459 or visit www.samaritanspurse.org.