CLUB CALENDAR | Local organizations plan meetings


March 13, 2009 at 4:53a.m.

ASSOCIATIONS

• William Penn Association, Branch 28, will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Boardman Eat’n Park.

ATHLETIC GROUPS

• The McDonald Sideliners will meet at 7 p.m. Sunday in the senior citizens room at the post office building.

CLUBS

• Austintown Friends of the Library will meet at 10 a.m. Monday at the community room of the Austintown library. The speaker will be Brenda Rider, founder of A Way With Words Foundation. Refreshments will be served. Guests are welcome.

• College Club of Sharon will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday at the fellowship hall of First Presbyterian Church, 600 E. State St., Sharon, Pa. Speaking on her experiences while hiking the Appalachian Trail will be Merryann Groves, retired schoolteacher. The hospitality committee will be Irene Perman, Marlene Renwick, Olivia Lazor and Babs Davis.

• The McDonald Arts and Crafts Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the senior citizens room of the post office building.

• Youngstown Road Runners Club will meet for a run/walk at 9 a.m. Sunday at the Old Log Cabin, on Price Road in Mill Creek Park. The topic is 5K. Club trustees will preside. The meeting is free to the public. For more information, e-mail danrun@zoominternet.net.

GUILDS

• Niles Chapter of the American Sewing Guild has scheduled the following meetings: Howland Happy Stitchers at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Living Lord Lutheran Church, 851 Niles-Cortland Road, Howland, for a surprise demonstration; Austintown Stitch and Share at 10 a.m. Thursday at Humility House, 755 Ohltown Road, Austintown, for a demonstration by Jennie Roberts; and Southington So-Sews at 9:30 a.m. Friday for a toothbrush rag rug demonstration.

LODGES

• The Croatian Lodge No. 598 will meet at 12:45 p.m. Sunday in the senior citizens room of the post office building.

SERVICE CLUBS

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

SINGLES

• D.A.R.E., a social group for divorced, widowed or separated people, has planned the following events: Monday, walking at Southern Park Mall from the food court at 6 p.m.; Tuesday, dance lessons with Judy Conti at Wedgewood Plaza at 7 p.m., cost $5; Wednesday, walking at Southern Park Mall from food court at 6 p.m.; Thursday, meeting at Disciples Christian Church at 7:30; and March 21, bowling at Boardman Lanes at 7 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: Sunday, bowling at 1 p.m. at Cortland Lanes, 3684 Warren-Meadville Road; March 20, take snacks and play cards at 7 p.m.; and March 21, Road Work Band at Red Garter Saloon in Ponderosa Park from 9 to 12 (call (330) 856-3642) For more information on all events, call (330) 372-7124.

SOCIETIES

• Mahoning County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at St. Charles Church Ministry Building, 7325 Westview Drive, Boardman. The facility is handicap accessible. Speaking on “Women in Trumbull County” will be Emily Varner, Trumbull County archivist. The computer Interest Group meeting is at 6.

SUPPORT GROUPS

• Alzheimer Assistance and Referral Network will host free neighborhood support group meetings for caregivers as follows; Tuesday, Girard Library, 105 E. Prospect St., Girard, at 6 p.m.; Wednesday, St. Paul Church, 2860 E. Market St., Warren, at 7 p.m.; Thursday, Sunrise Assisted Living, 335 W. McKinley, Poland, at 6 p.m.; and Friday, Canfield Christian Church, 123 Broad St., Canfield, at 10. For more information call (330) 788-9755 or (866) 822-2102.

• Mahoning County-Youngstown Chapter of Bereaved Parents of the USA, a national nonprofit self-help group that offers support, understanding and hope to bereaved parents and other family members, will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Park Vista, 1216 Fifth Ave., Youngstown. For more information about the chapter, call the chapter leader, Diane Hunter-Copeland, at (330) 770-2686.

• Holistic Moms Network has scheduled a chapter organizational meeting for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Boardman Library, 680 Glenwood Ave. For more information contact www.holisticmoms.org or (877) HOL-MOMSl

• 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 6 to 6:45 p.m. followed by the meeting at 7. The first night is free. For information call (330) 394-1262 or (330) 545-4770.

• Youngstown PFLAG will meet from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Stonewall Center, 1523 Poland Ave., Youngstown.

VETERANS

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