Vulture awareness day at Waco zoo

Cameron Park Zoo, 1701 N. Fourth St., will celebrate International Vulture Awareness Day from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. today.

The event will include vulture-related activities throughout the zoo, including a King Vulture talk at 10:30 a.m., a keeper’s talk at 1 p.m. and a vulture maze for kids to race through.

Admission costs $9, $6 for ages 4 to 12, and is free to ages 3 and younger.

For more information, visit the website at www.cameronparkzoo.com.

Clothing bag sale

Second Chance Thrift Store in the Fairgate Shopping Center, 1412 Sunset Blvd., will have a bag sale from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today.

The store will provide shoppers with a 13-gallon bag that they can fill with clothing for $10.

For more information, call 753-6469.

Waco’s 1st humans

Archeologist David Lintz will present a free program about the first humans to occupy the Waco area at 8:30 tonight at Lake Waco’s Reynolds Creek Park Amphitheater.

For more information, call 756-5359.

HOT mutton bustin’

Registration for the Heart O’ Texas Fair and Rodeo’s Mutton Bustin’ event will be conducted at 8 a.m. Tuesday in the Heart O’ Texas Fair Offices, 4601 Bosque Blvd.

The event, which will take place during the H.O.T. Fair and Rodeo in October, will be limited to the first 80 registrants.

Registration must be made in person; the child does not have to be present.

The event is open to children ages 4 to 7 who weigh 45 pounds or less.

Cost is $20 per child.

For more information, email Melinda Moss at melinda@hotfair.com or call 776-1660.

Lions Park on Labor Day

The Waco Founder Lions Club will have a Labor Day special from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday at Lions Park-KiddieLand, 1716 N. 42nd St.

Guests can buy one ride ticket and get another ticket at half price. The special excludes tickets for the train and go-kart riders.

For more information, call 772-3541.

Scrap for Hawaii trip

The Heart of Texas Young Marines is seeking donations of scrap metal and aluminum cans to help fund the group’s December trip to the 70th anniversary Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade in Hawaii.

To schedule a pickup of donations, call Gracie Martinez at 715-5899 or 756-7190, or Jesse Perez at 744-6345.

To make a monetary donation, call Henry Gonzales at 405-0649 or email topgonzales@gmail.com.

Pet adoption trip

The Humane Society of Central Texas will have an off-site adoption event from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at Petco in the Central Texas Marketplace, 2404 W. Loop 340.

Submit items for Briefly in printed or typed form to Briefly, P.O. Box 2588, Waco 76702-2588; fax to 757-0302; or email to goingson@wacotrib.com at least one week before an event. Notices cannot be accepted by phone. Because of high volume, some items might be omitted.