For $1 each, about 800 underprivileged kids can see former Reds catcher Johnny Bench at the plate again. This time, the Hall of Famer will be performing in the popular play, Casey at the Bat.

The play is set for 5 p.m. Sunday at the Taft Theater.

"These children are some of the 8,000 young patients of Babies Milk Fund (BMF) Pediatric Care," said Evette Maddox, administrative assistant. "We are asking the children to contribute a dollar and the remaining will come from corporations or community support. This is a worthwhile project because most of the children will be attending the theater for their first time."

Maddox said this is the third year BMF has sponsored the event. She said that throughout April and May, local businesses, corporations, service organizations, churches and individuals can purchase tickets for children and their families. Checks may be made out to BMF Pediatric Care Theater Event, 400 E. Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45229.

For more information, call 281-8000, ext. 0.

The $500,000 Cincinnati Habitat For Humanity corporate campaign was kicked off with a $10,000 pledge from the Ohio Casualty Group and an $8,000 in-kind materials pledge from Myron G. Johnson & Son Lumber Co.

The development council of the group plans to reach out to 185 corporate executives in support of the housing ministry.

AnEarth Day celebration runs from 3-8 p.m. Tuesday at EarthConnection, 370 Neeb Road, Delhi Township.

The EarthConnection building was built with recycled materials and is run by solar power. Tours will be conducted through the building during the celebration.

For more information, call 451-3932.

Serenity Spikes and her parents, Sharla Ponder Spikes and Manilito Spikes are the 2003 Greater Cincinnati March of Dimes Ambassador Family.

They will lead 7,000 walkers on a 6.2-mile course in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky Sunday.

Serenity was born prematurely and spent five weeks in a hospital neonatal intensive care unit. She is now 21/2 years old and healthy.

For more information about WalkAmerica, call 769-3588.

Tina Day of Lebanon, a personal pal volunteer for the Mental Health Association's Warren County Compeer Program, will receive the Florence Jessup Beaujon Compeer Service Award May 1.

Day has served on the Compeer Advisory Committee. She has been matched with a friend in Wilmington.

The Compeer program matches trained community volunteers with individuals with mental illness in a friendship relationship.

To become a Compeer volunteer, call 459-9551 or (800) 478-3505.

Allen Howard's "Some Good News" column runs Sunday-Friday. If you have suggestions about outstanding achievements, or people who are uplifting to the Tristate, let him know at 768-8362, at ahoward@enquirer.com or by fax at 768-8340.