Events to raise funds for children’s hospital

Events to raise funds for children’s hospital

WARREN — Howard Hanna Real Estate will host two events in coming weeks to raise money for the Akron Children’s Hospital Beeghly campus.

On Tuesday, between 3 and 6 p.m., guests will be treated to a buffet at the Up A Creek Tavern at 4793 E. Market St. On Dec. 9, Antone’s Banquet Center at 8578 Market St. in Boardman will serve supper between 6 and 9 p.m.

Admission to each event is $5 per person for a meal and entertainment. Howard Hanna also will raffle a 2009 Mini Cooper at a price of $5 for a tickets, $10 for three. Reservations are not needed.

Public hearings set

NEW CASTLE, Pa. — Council has scheduled a public hearing for Dec. 9 to hear comments about the conditional-use request of the city transit authority for an off-street parking lot at 310 E. Washington St. between East Washington, South Croton Avenue and Produce Street. The area is zoned commercial and light industrial.

The hearing is scheduled to start at 6:15 p.m. in council chambers at the city building, 230 N. Jefferson St.

Drive to benefit shelter

LISBON — Columbiana County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities is asking the public to help with its annual holiday drive. The board is asking for donations to Christina House, which serves as Catholic Charities Regional Agency’s domestic violence shelter.

The shelter was named after St. Christina, who also was a victim of violence, primarily at the hands of her father.

The board is seeking items such as blankets, towels, combs, brushes, shampoo and conditioner, soaps, deodorants, toothbrushes, books, word searches and crossword puzzles.

The items will be collected by Bycroft School, both Bycroft workshops — EDI South in Calcutta and EDI Central in Lisbon — or the Adult Senior Center in Lisbon by Friday.

For more information, call (330) 424-7788, ext. 101.

Choirs to perform

YOUNGSTOWN — The fourth annual holiday choir performance to benefit Beatitude House and Habitat for Humanity of Mahoning County will be at 2 p.m. Dec. 14 at St. Columba Cathedral, 159 W. Rayen Ave. The Beatitude House children’s choir will perform, along with local choir Cantamus 10. A reception with light refreshments will follow. A goodwill offering will be collected during the show with proceeds being split between the two organizations. Tax-deductible program sponsorships are available for $100, $250, $500 and $1,000. Beatitude House is a nonprofit agency providing housing and other services for disadvantaged women and children in the Mahoning Valley. Thirteen Beatitude House clients have been placed in local Habitat for Humanity homes. For more information on the event or sponsorship, call (330) 744-3147.