Benefit dinner, 'Mommy & Me' at Keyport church

Gethsemane Lutheran Church, 60 Maple Place, Keyport, will hold a benefit dinner for Lucas Viscomi Oct. 20 with seatings at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.

Viscomi, 12, was a student at the church's Good News Preschool, and is fighting metachromatic leukodystrophy, a rare disease that attacks the brain and for which there is currently no cure. Tickets are $10, and $5 for children.

"Mommy & Me" for children ages 24-36 months will begin Oct. 24 from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Fathers and grandmothers are welcome also.

To register, or for more information, call (732) 264-8078.