WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) - Lower Cape Fear Hospice Foundation and Fiore Fine Flowers present Celebration of Flowers, a four-day event featuring celebrity event designer Matthew Robbins.

A fashion show, brunch, festival, and oyster roast will be held Feb. 19 to Feb. 23.

A “Garden Party Ready” Fashion Show featuring torri/bell, Gentlemen’s Corner, Reeds Jewelers, Bangz Hair Salon and Spa, Robbins and Fiore Fine Flowers will be held 7 p.m. February 19 at The Terraces at Sir Tyler.

WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) - LINC(Leading Into New Communities), FoodCorps, Feast Down East, VISTA, and Corporation for Public and Community Service have come together to host a Martin Luther King Day of Service Event for Monday, Jan. 21 . This event will take place at LINC farm located at 222 Division Drive near the airport from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.

 According to the press release, the day will be spent clearing and preparing this future urban farm for spring planting. Community volunteers, students, and corps members will pitch in for this event.

Everyone is welcome to volunteer.  After volunteers finish their farm duties, a celebration meal will be prepared by senior corps volunteers from the Wilmington area.

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WECT) – The New Hanover County Department of Social Social Services is going to start taking applications for help with heating costs soon, according to a news release from a county spokesperson.

No one is automatically eligible for the assistance; each household must turn in an application. However, priority will be given to households with a disabled person who also gets services through the Division of Aging and Adult Services and to households with a resident 60 or older.

The priority type of households mentioned above that meet all other eligibility requirements can turn in applications from Dec. 3 to Jan. 31, 2013, or until funding runs out.