CLUB CALENDAR | Local organizations plan meetings

ASSOCIATIONS

• The Gourmet Group of the Youngstown Branch of the American Association of University Women will meet at 1 p.m. Thursday at O’Charley’s on South Avenue in Boardman. Ruth Harris will be the hostess. Call (330) 758-3926 for a reservation.

CLUBS

• McDonald Parents of Performing Arts will meet at 4 p.m. Wednesday in the senior citizens room at the McDonald post office building.

• New Middletown Homemakers will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday at C&C Mobile Court Clubhouse. Pizza will be served for lunch.

• Warren Women’s Connection will sponsor a “Calling All Bookworms” luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 13 at DiLucia’s Banquet Room, 2610 Elm Road NE, Warren. Featured will be Amy Neral from Borders Books in Boardman to tell what new books are available for spring. Bonnie Baughman from Barberton will sing. Linda Hull will share how she “Found Reality in an Unreal World.” The cost is $12 per person, all inclusive. Reservations for the luncheon and free nursery are necessary by April 9 and can be made by calling Joyce Faiver at (330) 539-5837 or Jan Sala at (330) 638-6508.

• Youngstown Business and Professional Women’s Club will meet Tuesday for a program on “Create Your Vision for Success: 2009 is the Time.” The speaker will be Gina Pastella.

• Youngstown South Christian Women’s Club will have a “Forever Friends” luncheon from noon to 2 p.m. April 9 at Avion on the Water Banquet Center, 2177 W. Western Reserve Road, Canfield. Featured will be Vivian Young from The Wrist Connection, music by Rita Busin, and the guest speaker, Judy Conti Katsaras, dance studio owner. The cost is $13 and reservations are required by calling (330) 758-6049 by April 2.

• Youngstown Women’s Connection has scheduled a “Parade of Hats” luncheon for noon April 14 at Lucianno’s Banquet Room, 1739 S. Raccoon Road, Austintown. Those with hats can join the parade. Music will be by Raette George, and Debbie Mills will speak on “Searching for Happiness and Finding Joy.” The cost is $10. For reservations and free child care call (330) 792-9103 or (330) 270-9347 by April 7. Cancellations are due by noon April 13.

GRANGES

• Dublin Grange will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Zella Baker will preside. There will be a baking contest for all ages. Members are asked to take two cans of food or $1 for benefit bingo for the Rescue Mission.

GUILDS

• The Youngstown Chapter of the Embroiderer’s Guild of America will meet Tuesday at the I.O.O.F. Hall in Canfield. The morning meeting will begin at 10 a.m. and the evening meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. Sally Svoboda will preside. The featured project will be a Hardanger project by Judy Powers. Take regular stitching supplies and magnification/lighting if necessary. Visitors are welcome. For more information, e-mail YoEGA@aol.com or send inquiries to P.O. Box 5278, Poland OH 44514.

POLITICAL CLUBS

• Canfield Republican Women’s Club will meet for a social at 6 p.m. April 1 at A La Cart Catering in Canfield, where dinner will be served at 6:30. Dr. Charles McGowen will speak on “The Forces Involved in the Changing Face of Medicine Since 1965.” Lisa Lotts will provide table decorations. All area GOP women and guests are welcome. For reservations call (330) 533-6291.

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

RELIGIOUS GROUPS

Court Bishop James McFadden 1650, Catholic Daughters of the Americas, will have its regular meeting at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Sunrise Assisted Living, 335 McKinley Way West, Poland. A shower will benefit Beatitude House. Hostess will be Mary H. Maines. Anyone wishing to join the court should call regent Jean Puhalla at (330) 792-0268.

• Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church Altar and Rosary Society will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Rosary will be followed by the regular meeting at the church, 618 Ohio Ave.

• 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., 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 28, cheap movies in Boardman at 6:30. For more information call 330) 759-7409, (330) 757-1440 or (330) 793-1484.

• Single for Any Reason has planned the following: Sunday, bowling at 1 p.m. at Cortland Lanes, 3684 Warren-Meadville Road; March 27 and 28, Wild Turkey Band at the Clark House from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. For more information on all events, call (330) 372-7124.

SOCIETIES

• Hammond Organ Society will meet at 7 p.m. March 27 at Faith Community Church, 1919 Midlothian Blvd. For more information call (330) 757-4096 or (330) 758-8417.

SUPPORT GROUPS

• Alzheimer Assistance and Referral Network will host free neighborhood support group meetings for caregivers as follows; Monday at Easter Seals, 721 Boardman-Poland Road, Boardman, at 1:30 p.m.; and Tuesday at Emmanuel Lutheran Education Building, 251 S. Broadway Ave., Salem. For more information call (330) 788-9755 or (866) 822-2102.

• Kinship Caregivers Association will meet at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Family Service Agency, 535 Marmion Ave. The free meeting is open to the public. No registration is required, and lunch will be served at noon. For more information call the agency at (330) 782-5664.

• Mended Hearts support group for heart survivors and their families will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Azalea room at St. Elizabeth Health Center, Boardman Campus. Dr. M. Shayesteh, board certified nutrition and diabetes educator, will be the guest speaker. An optional dinner will be at 5:30 p.m. in the Terrace Cafe. The public is welcome. For more information contact Bill Zaverello, (330) 729-3782.

• Survivors of Suicide in Columbiana County will meet from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at Columbiana County Counseling Center on state Route 154. For more information call (330) 424-7767

• 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 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 OH 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.

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