CLUB CALENDAR | Local organizations plan meetings

BOOSTERS

• The Girard Band Boosters will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the high school.

CLASSES

• Woodrow Wilson Class of 1954 will meet for breakfast at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Landmark Restaurant, 7424 Market St., Boardman. All classmates and guests are welcome.

CLUBS

• Niles Chapter of the American Sewing Guild has scheduled the following: ASG@Joann Etc. meets at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, at Joann, Etc., 7386 Market St., Boardman, for a table runner demonstration by Gretchen Saunders.

• Ohio Cultural Alliance will celebrate the 23rd year of its founding at the Sept. 14th dinner meeting. This year’s programs will focus on the life stories of distinguished local citizens and the ethnic and/or religious backgrounds that have helped to frame their lives. The first meeting of the season will begin at 6 p.m. at the Maronite Center, 1555 S. Meridian road. The speaker will be the Rev. Gary George, pastor of St. Maron Church. Membership of $25 per person is payable at this time. The cost for the meeting is $13 for each paid up member and $18 for each nonmember. Mail memberships and reservations to OCA, P.O. Box 561, Canfield, OH 44406-0561 by Sept. 9. Those attending are asked to take a can of food for the Second Harvest Food Bank.

LIBRARY FRIENDS

• The Friends of the Poland Library will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the library meeting room. Guest speaker John Dunlap will portray and speak on the life of the painter Charles Birchfield. Members are asked to take their favorite covered dish for the friends’ annual luncheon.

POLITICAL CLUBS

• The Girard Men’s Democrat Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Parkwood Youth Center.

RELIGIOUS GROUPS

• Girard Knights of Columbus Council 2935 will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the K. of C. Hall, 122 S. State St.

• McDonald Knights of Columbus will meet at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the K. of C. Hall, Illinois Avenue.

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

SERVICE CLUBS

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

SINGLES

• D.A.R.E., a social group for divorced, widowed or separated people, has planned the following events: Tuesday, boccie at Boardman Park at 6, Wednesday, walking at Mill Creek from Dr. Shah’s or golf at Short Holes at 6 p.m.; Thursday, meeting at Disciples Church at 7:30.; Sept. 4, meet at Big Rock at Canfield Fair at 6 p.m. For more information call (330) 759-7409, (330) 757-1440 or (330) 793-1484.

• Single for Any Reason has planned the following events: Saturday, Road Work Band at Austintown Eagles on Raccoon Road from 8 to 11, Call (330) 856-3642; Sunday, ox roast at Glenn Christian Church at Trumbull County Fairgrounds, from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Monday, boccie at 5 p.m. at NAUS Club on Mahoning Ave., Warren.; Sept 4, golf at 9:15 a.m. at Hidden Oaks Golf Club, Sodom Hutchings Road, or steak fry and cards at 6 p.m. For more information, call (330) 372-7124.

SUPPORT GROUPS

• Compassionate Friends, a support group for parents who have had the tragic loss of a child, meets the first Thursday of every month at 7 p.m. at Lord of Life Lutheran Church, 550 N. Broad St., Canfield.

• Multiple Sclerosis Services Agency, Mahoning County Support Group, will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Austinwoods Health Care Center, 4780 Kirk Road, Austintown. The meeting is open to friends, caregivers and family members. There is no cost and refreshments are served. For more information call (330) 792-3746.

• UPMC Horizon Greenville Campus will have a multiple sclerosis support group at 7 pm. Tuesday.

• 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) 793-7083.

• TOPS 698, Girard, will meet Monday at First Christian Church, 140 E. Broadway. Weigh-in is from 6 to 6:30 p.m. followed by the meeting at 6:30. New members are welcome; the first night is free. For information call (330) 534-2618 or (330) 545-4770.

• 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.

• TOPS 1262, McDonald, meets Wednesdays 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.

• TOPS 1497, Austintown, will meet from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Thursday at Smith Corners United Methodist Church, 3000 S. Niles Canfield Road. New members are welcome; the first meeting is free. For more information, call (330) 759-4737.

VETERANS

• Point Man’s LZ Refuge Vet & Community Center, 243 Main St., Leetonia, has Veterans Outpost and Home Front (family) support meetings at 7 p.m. every Tuesday. Contact Phil Kinsey at (800) 877-8387.

• VFW Triangle Post 2799 Men’s Auxiliary will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the post home, 3161 E. South Range Road, New Springfield. For 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.