CLUB CALENDAR | Area groups announce activities

CLUBS

• McDonald Parents of Performing Arts will meet at 4 p.m. Wednesday in the senior citizens room at the McDonald post office building.

• Youngstown Road Runners has scheduled a run/walk of varying distances for 9 a.m. Sunday at Bears Den Cabin in Mill Creek Park. For additional information, contact Daniel Shields, (330) 533-5207 or at danrun@zoominternet.net.

• Youngstown South Christian Women’s Club will host a “Wintry Mix” luncheon and meeting from noon to 2 p.m. Jan. 8 at Avion on the Water Banquet Center, 2177 W. Western Reserve Road. Featured will be music by Burl Jernigan and a gift basket demonstration and talk by Nancy Holderfield of Clinton. The cost is $12. Reservations are required by Jan. 2 by calling (330) 793-6676 or (330) 758-6049.

GUILDS

• Niles Chapter of the American Sewing Guild’s January schedule for neighborhood group meetings (guests are welcome) are as follows:

• ASG@JOANN ETC, 7386 Market St., Boardman, at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 6 with home decor samples.

• Material Girls at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 490 N. High St., Cortland, at 6 p.m. Jan. 8 for a beading demonstration by Lori Cochran of Designers 2.

• Niles Silver Thimbles at Viking Sewing Center, 40 Youngstown-Warren Road, Niles, at 10 a.m. Jan. 8 to share sewing gadgets and notions.

• Evening Cut Ups at Grace Church of the Nazarene, 5253 W. Webb Road, Austintown, at 7 p.m. Jan. 12 with a DBD on needle felting and embellishing.

• Fancy Cutters at Lake Vista, 303 N. Mecca St., Cortland, at 10 a.m. Jan. 12 to sew Teddy bears for charity. Take BSS, fiberfill and portable machines.

• Howland Happy Stitchers at Living Lord Lutheran Church, 851 Niles-Cortland Road, Howland, at 10 a.m. Jan. 20 to make T-shirt tote bags. Take logo T-shirt and BSS.

• Southington So-Sews at Southington Christian Church, 3285 state Route 534, Southington, at 9:30 a.m. Jan. 26 for a three-piece pillowcase demonstration.

LODGES

• Croatian Fraternal Lodge No. 598 will meet at 12:45 p.m. Sunday in the senior citizens room at the post office building.

RELIGIOUS GROUPS

• St. Rose Quilting Group will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the senior citizens room at the post office building.

SERVICE CLUBS

• Girard-Liberty Kiwanis will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at The Golf Dome, 1300 N. State St., Girard.

SINGLES

• D.A.R.E., a social group for divorced, widowed or separated people, has planned the following events: Monday, walking at 6 p.m. at food court in Southern Park Mall; Tuesday, dance lessons with Judy Conti at 7 p.m. at Wedgewood Plaza, cost is $5; Dec. 26 , cheap movies at 6:30 p.m. at Boardman; and Dec. 27, bowling at 7 p.m. at Boardman Lanes, cost is $6. For more information, call (330) 759-7409, (330) 757-1440 or (330) 793-1484.

• Parents Without Partners, Portage County Chapter 600, will sponsor a dance from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. Jan. 3 at Kent VFW 3703 Post Home, 500 VFW Parkway, Kent. The public is welcome. For more information on the event or on joining the organization, call (330) 699-2361 or (330) 322-9559.

• Single for Any Reason has planned the following events: Thursday, covered dish dinner at 6 p.m., and Dec. 26 and 27, dance to Wild Turkey Band from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at Clark House. For more information, call (330) 372-7124.

SUPPORT GROUPS

• Alzheimer’s Assistance and Referral Network, 4212 Market St., Youngstown, has scheduled the following meetings: Monday at 1:30 p.m. at Easter Seals, 721 Boardman-Poland Road, Boardman, and Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at Emmanuel Lutheran Education Building, 251 S. Broadway Ave., Salem. For more information, call (330) 788-9755 or (866) 822-2102.

• TOPS 327 will meet Monday at Christ Church Presbyterian, 1933 Canfield Road, Boardman. Weigh-in is from 6:15 to 6:45 p.m. followed by the meeting at 7. The first meeting is free. Guests are welcome. For information, call (330) 793-4378 or (330) 757-9368.

• TOPS 698, Girard, will meet Monday at First Christian Church, 140 E. Broadway. Weigh-in is from 5:45 to 6:45 p.m. followed by the meeting at 7. New members are welcome; the first night is free. For information, call (330) 394-1262 or (330) 545-4770.

• TOPS 822, Struthers, will meet Tuesday at Struthers Presbyterian Church, 110 Poland Ave. Weigh-in will be from 6 to 6:30 p.m. prior to the meeting.

• TOPS 1237, Austintown, will meet Thursday at Idaho Road Alliance Church, 250 Idaho Road, across from Frank Ohl Middle School. Weigh-in is from 5 to 5:30, p.m., followed by the meeting until 6:30. For further information, call (330) 758-4923.

• TOPS 1262, McDonald, will meet Wednesday in the senior citizens room at the post office building. Weigh-in is from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m., and the meeting will follow. New members are welcome.

• Youngstown PFLAG will meet from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Stonewall Center, 1523 Poland Ave., Youngstown. A speaker from All Families Matter will talk, and a holiday social will follow.

• Club news is published Friday and Saturday. Please submit information about upcoming activities to the Society Department by 5 p.m. Thursday.