Goal of arts program is to motivate children

Goal of arts program is to motivate children

YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown Alumnae Chapter of Jack and Jill of America Inc. will host the 2008 Children’s Cluster on Saturday at Bliss Hall on the campus of Youngstown State University in an effort to motivate children with the arts.

Members and their children are asked to take items for arts and crafts that will be donated to McGuffey Center/Associated Neighborhoods after-school program.

The cluster will be led by educational leaders of SMARTS (Students Motivated by the Arts), in educational partnership with YSU, Youngstown City Schools, and several arts organizations in Youngstown.

Serving as chairwomen for the event are Dr. Sherri Lovelace-Cameron and Atty. Yulanda McCarty-Harris.

Commemorative event planned by federation

YOUNGSTOWN — The American-Hungarian Federation of Churches and Societies of Youngstown, a nonprofit organization, has scheduled an event to commemorate the 1848 War of Independence for 2:30 p.m. March 16 at the Youngstown American Hungarian Club, 2210 Donald Ave.

Guest speakers, in both Hungarian and English languages, will give presentations on Hungarian backgrounds and current cultural events and changes taking place in Hungary. A Youngstown Hungarian dance group will perform several numbers, and local musicians will present traditional Hungarian melodies. Poems will be recited and there will be a sing-along. Refreshments will be served.

This annual event allows the Hungarian community to gather together to remember past struggles for political and religious freedoms in their native land.