The Bethesda Music Series will hold a fundraising concert to benefit Habitat on Sunday, February 5, 2012 at 4:00pm. The event will be a hymn festival led by the international trio Encore Music Creations. Several local church choirs will participate and the public is invited to come and sing.

The festival will take place at Bethesda Lutheran Church, 450 Whitney Avenue, New Haven. A free-will offering will be taken, and the entire amount will be donated to Habitat. There will be a reception after the event. Parking is free.

For more information, please call (203) 787-2346 or visit www.bethesdanewhaven.org.

Madison Cares will hold its annual “Raise the Roof” event on Saturday, May 12, 2012. The day long event will take place on the Madison Town Green. Last year approximately 400 volunteers helped build walls and garden benches, constructed and painted porch railings, and staffed the event. More than $10,000 was raised for two Habitat homes sponsored by Madison Cares.

This year there will be additional building stations which will give more individuals and groups a chance to participate in constructing framing for a future Habitat home.

Online registration will open on March 2. Details of the event schedule and how groups can register will be posted on the Madison Cares website in late February.