Community celebration: The Mount Hope Community Baptist Church will host its annual community celebration day on Sunday from noon to 3 p.m. at the Billy Taylor Park at Camp and Cypress streets. The entire community is invited to bring lawn chairs and enjoy an afternoon of free food, beverages, fellowship and music.

Tables will be on site to offer various social services information. Sodexho has contributed the food. Musical entertainment will be by André Lovelle and his Gospel Ensemble.

For information, call Gilda Hernandez, co-chairwoman of the event, at (401) 454-0052, or e-mail hope4u2@verizon.net. The church Web site is hope4u2.org.

Neighborhood Crime Watch: Providence Crime Watch and District 6 Community Police will hold a meeting on Thursday, from 6 to 7:30 p.m., at the George J. West School.

All residents are encouraged to attend.

Southside Community Land Trust: The SCLT will hold its fifth annual hoedown on Saturday, Sept. 13, rain or shine, from 4 to 8 p.m., at SCLT’s Urban Edge Farm, 31 Pippin Orchard Rd., Cranston.

The event will feature guided farm tours, children’s activities, an afternoon farmers’ market and a barbecue featuring farm-fresh local food, beer and wine and dancing to the live music of Black Eyed Anchor and the Superchief Trio.

Proceeds will support SCLT’s urban agriculture and environmental education programs.

Tickets are $20 for adults; $15, students with college ID; $5, children younger than 12; and children younger than 5, free. The ticket includes a full meal, one drink ticket, a guided farm tour and four hours of live music, dancing and family activities. There will be a cash bar.

For more information, visit www.southsideclt.org or call (401) 273-9419 ext. 32.

Suicide prevention volunteers sought: As the number of available psychiatric beds and outpatient mental health service slots continues to decline in Rhode Island, more and more citizens will depend on The Samaritans Crisis Hotline/Listening Line for care.

To meet current and anticipated needs, The Samaritans is seeking new volunteers and the return of former volunteers to help fill the gap and to ensure callers of all ages to know someone cares and that there are options to suicide.

Because this volunteer experience requires exceptional listening and befriending skills, all Samaritan volunteers must be 18 year or older, out of high school, participate in 21 hours of classroom training, mentoring by experienced volunteers and a minimum commitment of 200 hours of community service within one year. Volunteers agree to a criminal reference and professional reference check and to the terms of volunteer agreement forms.

Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking volunteers are encouraged to apply.

An introductory meeting to explore volunteer opportunities will be held on Tuesday from 6 to 7 p.m. Classes will be held Sept. 4, 9, 11, 16, 18 and 23, from 6 to 9 p.m.

Training workshops are held at the First Unitarian Church on Benevolent Street, a community partner in The Samaritans’ volunteer recruitment effort.

For information, contact The Samaritans at (401) 272-4243, or visit www.samaritansri.org.