Club Calendar: Area groups announce activities

CLUBS

• Due to the upcoming holiday, American Hungarian Club’s next meeting will be at 7 p.m. Monday at the club. Plans will be completed for the Youngstown State University Ethnic Fest in July.

• Chapter CE of PEO Sisterhood will meet Wednesday at A La Cart in Canfield for a noon lunch and meeting. A program on Israel will be presented by the Rev. Kathryn Adams. Hostesses will be Carol Smusz and Margaret Meikle.

• Hubbard Fortnightly IV will meet Thursday at the home of Metta Lennen with Sally Malin as co-hostess. A program on “My Antique Dishes” will be presented by Pat Morell, and officers for 2008-2009 will be installed by JoAnn Roose.

• Kent State University Mothers Club will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Dona Vito’s, 139 S. Main St., Struthers. Scholarship winners will be honored, and plans for 2008-2009 will be finalized. There will be a drawing for an afghan. Those with raffle tickets or money should contact Mary Schaade. Hostesses will be Kathy Furgan, Irene Makovec and Linda Macala. For more information or to make a reservation, contact Jo Ann Ellis, (330) 755-3976.

• Youngstown Torch Club will meet Monday at Noodles Restaurant in Kilcawley Center on the campus at Youngstown State University. Following the 5:30 p.m. social, dinner will be at 6 and the program at 7. Robert A. Coggshall will give a presentation titled “Mill Creek Park: A Photographic Journey.” Guests are welcome. For a reservation, call (330) 792-7351.

FRATERNAL GROUPS

• William Penn Fraternal Association Branch 28 of Youngstown will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Boardman Eat’n Park Restaurant. Topics will be a September bus trip and Monsignor Deszo Torok’s anniversary.

GUILDS

• Holborn Herb Growers Guild will meet Tuesday at Western Reserve Village Gardens for a cleanup at the village. Hostesses will be Sallie Lepore, Monica Parkhurst, Laura Geilhard and Barb Masters.

LIBRARY FRIENDS

• Friends of Austintown Library will meet at 10 a.m. Monday in the children’s meeting room. The program will be “Scams, Identity Theft and Fraud” by Melissa Padisak of the Better Business Bureau. The meeting is open to the public.

RELIGIOUS GROUPS

• Court Bishop James McFadden 1650, Catholic Daughters of the Americas, will meet at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Sunrise Assisted Living, 335 McKinley Way W., Poland, where a May crowning is on the agenda. There will be reports by the nominating committee and election of officers. Hostess will be Rosemary Hodos. For information on joining the court, contact Jean Puhalla, (330) 792-0268.

• Youngstown Council of Catholic Nurses will meet at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at The Manor, 314 S. Canfield-Niles Road, Austintown. Joyce and Carl Kester will present a program titled “Peru Travelogue.” New members are welcome.

SINGLES

• D.A.R.E., a social group for divorced, widowed or separated people, has planned the following events: Monday, meet for bike riding at 6 p.m. at Kirk Road, Austintown; Tuesday, dance lessons with Judy Conti at 7 p.m. at Wedgewood Plaza, cost is $5; Wednesday, walk in Mill Creek Park, Route 224, at 6 p.m.; Thursday, meeting for group discussion at 7:30 p.m. at the church; May 23, cheap movies at 6:30 p.m. in Boardman; and May 24, bowling at 7 p.m. at Boardman Lanes. For more information, call (330) 759-7409, (330) 757-1440 or (330) 793-1484.

• Single For Any Reason has planned the following events: Saturday, dance to Night Owl Band at Niles Moose from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m.; May 23, golf at 10 a.m. at Champion Links Golf Course in Warren or steak fry and cards at 6 p.m.; and May 24, dance to Road Work Band at Niles Moose from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m., $5 cover. For more information, call (330) 372-7124.

SOCIETIES

• Hammond Organ Society of the Mahoning Valley will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a covered dish dinner at 5 p.m. May 23 at Faith Community Church, 1919 Midlothian Blvd. All members and guests are invited. Additional information is available; call (330) 757-4096 or (330) 758-8417.

SUPPORT GROUPS

• Overeaters Anonymous meetings are scheduled as follows: Mondays, 1 p.m. at Hermitage Diagnostic & Imaging (turn off Kerrwood onto Garden Way), Hermitage, Pa., and 6:30 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 256 Mahoning Ave., Warren; Tuesdays, 6 p.m. at Fleming House, 7300 Rose Drive, Lisbon; Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. at Poland United Methodist Church, 1940 Boardman-Poland Road (basement, west entrance), and 7:30 p.m. at New Medical Education Building, 500 Gypsy Lane, Aud-B, Youngstown; Thursdays, 7:30 p.m. at New Life Lutheran Church, 1181 Church Hill-Hubbard Road, Liberty, and 6 p.m. at Bethany Presbyterian Church, 100 W. Venango St. Mercer, Pa., and 6 p.m. at First Church of the Nazarene, 1431 N. Ellsworth Ave., Salem; Fridays, 6 p.m. at Grove City Hospital, Conference Room A, 631 N. Broad St., Grove City, Pa.; Saturdays, 9:30 a.m. St. Vincent de Paul Church Hall, Room 2, 4453 Warren-Sharon Road, Vienna; and Sundays, 3 p.m. at Shenango Presbyterian Church, 3144 Wilmington Road (Route 18), New Castle, Pa. For more information, call Help Hotline at (330) 747-2696 or Community Solutions at (330) 394-9090.

• S.O.A.R. support group of Lordstown will meet at 7 p.m. at Lordstown Lutheran Church, 5615 Palmyra Road S.W. Jessica Raber, a registered nurse, will provide information on caring for yourself so you can care for a loved one. For more information, call (330) 442-2095.

• A meeting of the Survivors of Suicide in Mahoning County will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Disciples of Christ Christian Church, 565 Boardman-Canfield Road, Boardman. For more information, call Help Hotline Crisis Center Inc. at (330) 747-2696.

• 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) 545-3860.

• 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.

• Youngstown Brain Injury Support Group will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 388 E. Midlothian Blvd. Contacts are Nancy Creed, (330) 755-2618; Linda Shevetz, (330) 755-5250; Christal Murray-Ells, (330) 755-3602; and Phil Mingo, (330) 744-1555.

• Youngstown PFLAG will meet from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at First Unitarian Church, 1105 Elm St., Youngstown, for the annual business meeting and potluck dinner. Election of officers will be held. Anyone from the GLBT community is welcome to attend. For information, call (330) 747-7433.

VETERANS

• VFW Triangle Post 2799 Auxiliary will meet at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the post home, 3161 E. South Range Road, New Middletown. For more information, call (330) 542-9928.

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