WORTH A LOOK

FUNDRAISERS
XCortland Mooseriders 1012 will hold a poker run Saturday as a benefit for Caleb Owens, who was injured in a hayride accident. Registration begins at 9 a.m., and bikes will leave between 11 a.m. and noon from the Cortland Moose Lodge, state Route 46, north of Mecca Circle, and will finish at 6 p.m. The cost is $10 for riders and $5 for passengers, and the fee includes prizes, refreshments, music and a raffle. For additional information call (330) 501-1880 or (330) 307-0470.
GOLF OUTINGS
XCopeland Hills Golf Club in Columbiana will host a Critter Classic, an 18-hole golf outing to benefit the Humane Society of Columbiana County, at 8 a.m. June 10. The entry fee of $60 per person includes green fees, riding cart, coffee and doughnuts, sausage sandwiches at the turn and a marinated chicken dinner after the event. All beverages are also included. The $600 purse will be based on the 32 teams limit, with an optional $20 skins game. Prizes for longest drive and closest to the pin will also be awarded. A reverse raffle will be held after the round. To register or for more information, call the golf club at (330) 482-3221.
XA Way With Words Foundation, 14 N. Anderson Ave., Austintown, will sponsor a golf scramble as a fundraiser beginning at 8 a.m. Saturday at the Olde Dutch Mill Golf Course in Lake Milton. The cost is $300 for a four-person team and includes green fees, cart, lunch, steak dinner, beer, pop and water. There will be a hole-in-one prize of a 2006 Turbo PT Cruiser convertible, team cash prizes, raffles, door prizes and gifts. Event sponsors are $1,000; sponsors will be recognized at the scramble and at an Oct. 21 fundraiser.
RAFFLES
XGreater Girard Area Chamber of Commerce is holding a raffle to raise funds for Christmas decorations in the downtown area. The drawing will take place Aug. 4 at the Taste of Girard. Tickets are $5 each. Prizes are: first prize, four tickets to the Cleveland Indians/Detroit Tigers game Aug. 25, limousine transportation and dinner for four in Cleveland; second prize, two tickets to the Cleveland Indians/Kansas City Royals game Sept. 12 and dinner for two in Cleveland; and third prize, two embroidered Cleveland Indians hooded sweatshirts. For more information or tickets, contact Patrick Rubinic, (330) 545-8108, or Ryan Griffith, (330) 545-5489.
SALES
XNew Life Maternity Home, 3653 Warren-Sharon Road, Vienna, will hold a garage sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 8, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 9, and bag day starting at noon June 9. For more information call (330) 856-3616.
XA rummage and bake sale will be held by the Pythian Sisters, 123 College St., West Farmington, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to noon Saturday. Lunch will be available. Featured will be clothing, books and household items with a $1-a-bag day on Saturday.
XSt. Benedict's Auxiliary will hold a rummage sale from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the garage of Sts. Peter and Paul Church, 180 Belvedere N.E., Warren. Lunch and a bake sale will be available.
XTod Avenue United Methodist Women will hold a used book, jewelry and bake sale from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the church, 155 Tod Ave. N.W., Warren. A coffee shop will be available. For more information contact the church, (330) 393-3859, or Mary Lewis, (330) 399-4510.
SPECIAL EVENTS
XEmmanuel Lutheran Church, 13519 Woodworth Road, New Springfield, has planned the following events for Saturday: bake sale, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; car wash, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and barbecue, noon to 4 p.m. The barbecue consists of half a chicken, coleslaw, chips and beverage for $6, and may be pre-ordered at (330) 549-3207.
XA calendar of activities to which the public is invited is published Mondays. Please submit information to the Society Department by 5 p.m. Wednesday.