CLUB CALENDAR | Local organizations plan meetings

ASSOCIATIONS

• William Penn Association, Branch 28, will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Eat’n Park Restaurant in Boardman. Summer events and bus trips will be discussed.

ATHLETIC GROUPS

• Girard High School Athletic Boosters will meet at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the high school cafeteria.

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

CLUBS

• American Hungarian Club will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the clubhouse on Donald Avenue. The members’ picnic in June will be discussed, and dues will be collected at the door.

• Casa Savoia will meet for its May party at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Olive Garden in Boardman. Hosts of the event are Betty Fisher and Helen Speziale.

• Chapter CE of PEO Sisterhood will meet Wednesday at A La Cart in Canfield for a noon luncheon meeting. The program will be “Experiences of Teaching in Saudi Arabia” by Becky and Terry Murray. Arlene Wright and Ruth Stevenson will serve as hostesses.

• Kent State University Mothers Club will meet at noon Wednesday at the Olive Garden in Boardman. Plans will be completed for the 2009-2010 school year, scholarship winners will be honored, and there will be an afghan raffle. Raffle tickets and money should be turned in to Mary Schaade. Hostesses will be Marge Hamrock, Dorothy DiGiacomo and Irene Makovec. Prospective members are welcome. For information or reservations call Makovec at (330) 755-3607.

• Mahoning Valley Cribbage Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at St. James Church, 7640 Glenwood Ave., Boardman. New players are welcome. For more information call (330) 757-9503.

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

• Niles Chapter of the American Sewing Guild has scheduled the following meetings: Austintown Stitch and Share at 10 a.m. Thursday at Humility House, 755 Ohltown Road, for a shoulder pad demonstration by Barb Springer; and Howland Happy Stitchers at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Living Lord Lutheran Church, 851 Niles-Cortland Road, Howland, for a needle holder demonstration by Ruth Smith.

• Ohio State University Alumni Club of Mahoning County will have a membership meeting at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Youngstown Historical Center, 151 W. Wood St. Discussed will be a possible merger with the OSU Alumni Club of Trumbull County. For more information call Jill Downie, (330) 509-0073.

• A meeting of the Positive People Group will be Tuesday at the Rosetta Stone Caf with dinner at 5 and a business session at 6.

• Warren Women’s Connection will have Light Up Your Life luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 8 at DiLucia’s Banquet Room 2610 Elm. Road NE. Sandy Bartz will be the speaker and will display her lighthouse collection. Music will be by soloist Clarissa Whippo. Reservations for the luncheon and free nursery are required by June 4 and can be made by calling Joyce Faiver, (330) 539-5837, or Jan Sala, (330) 638-6508.

• Youngstown Business and Professional Women’s Club will install officers at the 5:30 p.m. May 26 meeting at the Upstairs Restaurant, Mahoning Avenue, Austintown. Mary Patterson will discuss BPW history, traditions, merger and the BPW Foundation. Reservations are to be made with Sandra Barger, (330) 782-8518.

• Youngstown Torch Club will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday at Pete’s Place in Kilcawley Center, on the campus of Youngstown State University. Dinner will be at 6 and the meeting at 7. A debate on “The Electoral College Should Be Abolished” will be conducted by John K. Fockler Jr. and the Rev. Dr. Morris W. Lee. For reservations or information call (330) 792-7351.

FRATERNAL GROUPS

• The Croatian Fraternal Lodge No. 598 meets at 12:45 a.m. Sunday in the senior citizens room, post office building.

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. A May crowning will take place. Rosemary Hodos will be the hostess. For information on joining the court, call Jean Puhalla, (330) 792-0268.

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

• St. Anthony’s Altar and Rosary Society will meet after the 10:30 a.m. Mass on Sunday at the church.

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

• Youngstown Council of Catholic Nurses will meet at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at The Manor, 314 S. Canfield-Niles Road. The speaker will be Monsignor Peter Polando.

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 Mill Creek from parking lot of Dr. Shah or biking at Kirk Road at 6 p.m.; Tuesday, dancing at Lucianno’s at 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday, walking at Mill Creek from parking lot of Dr. Shah; Thursday, meeting at Disciples Christian Church at 7:30; and May 22, miniature golf at Sports World at 7 p.m. For more information call (330) 759-7409, (330) 757-1440 or (330) 793-1484.

• Parents Without Partners, Portage County Chapter 600, will have a spaghetti dinner from 6:30 to 7:30 June 6 followed by dancing until 11:30 at Kent VFW 3703 Post Home, 500 VFW Parkway, Kent. The cost for the dinner and dance is $14.50 for members and $16.50 for nonmembers. The public is welcome. For reservations or more information on the event call (330) 630-3430 by June 4. For information on joining the organization, call (330) 699-2361 or (330) 322-9559.

SUPPORT GROUPS

• 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.

• Mercer County Lupus Support Group will meet on the third Thursday of each month from 6:30-8 p.m. at the UPMC Horizon WomanCare Center, 875 N. Hermitage Road, Hermitage, Pa., The next meeting will be Thursday. All lupus patients, and family and friends who support them, are welcome.

• The Multiple Myeloma Support Group, serving Mahoning and Shenango valleys, will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday at Denny’s Restaurant, 4020 Belmont Ave. The facilitator will be Donna Detwiler. Anyone diagnosed with myeloma, their family and friends may attend.

• Recovery, International, a self-help mental health group, will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at Christ Church Presbyterian Church, 1933 Canfield Road. For information, call (330) 747-1176.

• Sterling House Assisted Living, 1916 S. Lincoln Ave., Salem, will host a monthly Macular Degeneration Support Group on the second Thursday each month from 1 to 2:30 p.m. The support group will meet to share information and provide support to people with macular degeneration or caregivers helping people with low vision. The support group is free and open to the public. Call Kimberly Bland at (330) 337-9096 for more information. The guest speaker June 11 will be Dr. Lorie Lippiatt, and Tom Sawyer of Cleveland Eye Sight Center will be the speaker July 9.

• Survivors of Suicide in Columbiana County, a support group for those who have lost a loved one to suicide, will meet from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at Columbiana County Counseling Center on state Route 154 in Lisbon. For more information call (330) 424-7767.

• Survivors of Suicide in Mahoning County, a support group for those who have lost a loved one to suicide, will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Disciples of Christ Church, 565 Boardman-Canfield Road, Boardman. For more information call (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) 793-7083.

• 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. New members are welcome; the first night is free. For information call (330) 534-2618 or (330) 545-4770.

• TOPS 822, Struthers, will meet Tuesday at Struthers Presbyterian Church, 110 Poland Ave. Weigh-in will be from 6 to 6:30 p.m. prior to the meeting.

• 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) 793-2076.

• UPMC Horizon has scheduled an Ostomy Support Group meeting for 2 p.m. Sunday at the Greenville Campus, and a Breast-feeding Support Group meeting for 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Wellness Center, 26 Conneaut Lake Groad, Greenville. Register at (724) 347-4780.

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

VETERANS

• Point Man Ministry Support Group will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Point Man’s LZ Refuge, Vet and Community Center, 243 Main St., Leetonia. For more information contact Phil Kinsey, (800) 877-8387.

• 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.

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