SCOPE Niles Senior Center, 14 E. State St., has the following activities available this week:


SCOPE Niles Senior Center, 14 E. State St., has the following activities available this week: Monday, bridge at 10 a.m., arthritis exercise program at 11, cards and quilting and sewing at 1 p.m., and cards, games and food from 4 to 8 p.m., cost is $2; Tuesday, square dancing at 9:30 a.m., lunch at 11:30 ($3 for members and $4 for guests), cards and 500 tournament at 1 p.m. (preregistration required), program on birds, bugs and butterflies at 1, and pinochle and other card games and blood pressure screening at 2:30 p.m.; Wednesday, AARP income-tax filing from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m, tai chi at 10 a.m., lunch at 11:30 ($3 for members and $4 for guests), bingo and Texas Hold’em at 1 p.m., and cards at 2:30; Thursday, line dancing at 9:30 a.m., lunch at 11:30 ( $3 for members and $4 for guests), pinochle and bridge at 1 p.m. and line dancing at 2.; and Friday, AARP income-tax filing from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (last day is April 11), movie at 9 a.m., arthritis exercise and physical therapy at 11, soup and sandwich lunch for members ($3) at 11:30, corn hole games at noon, and cards and games and chorus practice at 1 p.m. Also planned is a reverse mortgage seminar at noon April 9. Seats are available for a May 26-29 trip to New Jersey and Cape May and on May 22 to Wheeling Downs ($19). For further information on any of the activities, call the center at (330) 544-3676.

Senior Center of Mahoning County, 1110 Fifth Ave., Youngstown, has planned the following activities: Monday, bridge at 1 p.m.; Tuesday, oil painting at 10 a.m., computer class at 10 and noon, basic Spanish class at 1 p.m. and digital club at 2; Wednesday, watercolor class at 10 a.m., computer at 10 and noon, tai chi at noon and 500 cards at 1 p.m.; Thursday, woodcarvers and Watch Our Weight Club at 9 a.m., exercise at noon, and square dancing and line dancing at 1 p.m.; and Friday, Texas Hold’em at 1 p.m. The center, in conjunction with AARP, will offer free tax assistance for those 60 and older from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mondays and Fridays until April 11. Call for an appointment. Home Energy Assistance Program applications are available at the center. The center has applications for the SBC telephone discount program of $12.38 per month for eligible applicants. Call the center (330) 744-5071 for information.