club calendar

club calendar

AUXILIARIES

X Flora McDonald Auxiliary will meet for dessert at 1 p.m. March 1 the home of Marion Brownlee.

clubs

X American Hungarian Club, Donald Avenue, Youngstown, will hold a business meeting at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the clubhouse. On the agenda will be the stuffed cabbage sale on March 8 and the dobos torte sale March 12-14.

XMahoning Valley Cribbage Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at St. James Church, 7640 Glenwood Ave., Boardman. New players are welcome. For more information, call (330) 757-9503.

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

X Ohio Cultural Alliance will meet at 6 p.m. March 3 at Western Reserve United Methodist Church, 4580 Canfield Road. The Rev. Kathryn Admans, YSU Protestant chaplain, will speak about her religious and missionary imperatives, and Roman Rudnytsky, YSU professor, will provide musical entertainment. Dinner will be served. The cost for the evening is $13 for paid-up members and $18 for nonmembers. Reservations are required by Wednesday. Checks payable to the alliance should be mailed to OCA, P.O. Box 561 , Canfield, OH 44406.

X Poland Women’s Clubwill meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Barnes and Noble for a program on “Women’s Literature” by Amy Nearl. Hostesses will be Dru Marchese and Nancy Wilber.

granges

XDublin Grange will meet at 6 pm. Tuesday for a casserole dinner. Zella Baker will conduct the business meeting, and a new year’s program will be given by Gary Reel.

guilds

X Embroiderers Guild of America, Youngstown Chapter, will meet Tuesday at the I.O.O.F. Hall in Canfield. The morning meeting will begin at 10, and the evening meeting, at 7:30. Linda Gwinnup will preside. The featured project will be the completion of the tubular ndebele necklace, presented by Gwinnup. Visitors are welcome. For more information, e-mail YoEGA@aol.com or send inquiries to P.O. Box 5278, Poland OH 44514.

LEAGUES

XBoardman-Poland Junior Women’s League will have a meeting and tour at 7 p.m. March 3 at Youngstown Hearing and Speech Center, 6614 Southern Blvd., Boardman. Membership is open to women in the tri-county area who are 18 or older.

political clubs

X Girard Men’s Democrat Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Parkwood Youth Center.

RELIGIOUS GROUPs

X Catholic Daughters of the Americas will meet at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Sunrise Assisted Living, 335 McKinley Way W., Poland. Members are asked to take prizes for bingo games. Kay Kovalchik will be the hostess. Anyone interested in membership should contact Jean Puhalla at (330) 792-0268.

X Mothers of the Crucifix Societyof Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Youngstown, will meet at 1:15 p.m. March 2 at the lower church hall with Elizabeth Mirone presiding. Plans will be finalized for a card party to be held March 30. Refreshments will be served.

X Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church Altar and Rosary Society will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the church for the rosary and a meeting.

X St. Rose Quilting Group will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the parish house.

Service clubs

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

SINGLES

X D.A.R.E., a social group for divorced, widowed or separated people, will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Disciples Christian Church, 565 Boardman-Canfield Road. Other activities include: Monday and Wednesday, meet at food court in Southern Park Mall at 6:30 p.m. for a walk; Tuesday, dance lessons with Judy Conti at 7 p.m. at Wedgewood Plaza, cost $5; March 1, winter picnic at 6 p.m. at Beard Cabin in Boardman Township Park. For more information. call (330) 759-7409, (330) 757-1440 or (330) 793-1484. X Parents Without Partners, Portage County Chapter 600, will have a dance from 7:30 to 11:30 March 1 at Kent VFW 3703 Post Home, 500 VFW Parkway, Kent. A mulligan stew dinner will be served during intermission at 8:30, and officers will be installed. The public is welcome. Those interested in joining PWP should call (330) 699-2361 or (330) 322-9559 for more information.

X Single For Any Reason has planned the following events: Feb. 29, take snacks and play cards; March 1, meet at Niles Moose and dance from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. to music of Wild Turkey Band, cost $5; and March 3, bowling at Crest Lanes in Warren at 1 p.m. For more information, call (330) 372-7124.

SUPPORT GROUPS

XAlzheimer Assistance and Referral Network 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 Emmanual Lutheran Education Building, 251 S. Broadway Ave. Salem. All support groups are free and open to the public. For more information, call (330) 788-9755 or (866) 822-2102.

XAlzheimer’s Association Canfield Caregiver Support Group will meet at 1:30 a.m. Thursday at 3695 Boardman-Canfield Road, Suite 301-B. The meeting is free and open to all caregivers, family members and friends with a loved one with memory problems. For more information, call (330) 533-3300 or (800) 272-3900.

X Alzheimer’s Association Support Group for people with early stage memory loss will meet Monday. The meeting is free and open to all people and their families who are affected by a diagnosis of cognitive impairment such as dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia, Lewy Body disease, etc. There is a brief screening process involved before participating in the group. For more information, call the (330) 533-3300 or (800) 272-3900.

X Mended Hearts support group for heart survivors and their families will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the education building of Forum Health. The Friendly Trapper will speak on “How to Protect Your House from Insects and Wild Life.” The public is welcome. For more information, contact Joe Clark, (330) 702-8859.

X Supportive Options and Resources will hold its first meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Zion Lutheran Church, 3300 Canfield Road. The group is for people caring for loved ones. For more information, call (330) 792-4046.

X TOPS 327 will meet at 6:15 p.m. Monday at Christ Church Presbyterian, 1933 Canfield Road, Boardman. The first meeting is free. Guests are welcome. For information, call (330) 793-4378 or (330) 757-9368.

X 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) 545-3860.

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

X 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.

X Trumbull Country Brain Injury Support Group will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Hillside Rehab Hospital, 8747 Squires Lane N.E., Warren. For information, contact Laura Blanco, (330) 841-3757.

VETERANS

XDistrict 8 Veterans of Foreign Wars will meet on March 9 at the Ravenna Post 1055, 6000 New Milford Road. Registration will be from 7:30 a.m. to noon, with breakfast from 7:30 to 9:30. The meeting will begin at 10, and there will be a Chinese auction. Items will be collected for delivery to the veterans hospital on March 15.

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