SOCIETY DIGEST

Poland Library Friends will meet, hear speaker

POLAND — Friends of the Poland Library will meet at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday for coffee, followed by the 10 a.m. business meeting.

Guest speaker, Dr. George McCloud, vice president for university advancement at Youngstown State University, will speak on “China: A World View.”

Recent book and magazine donations will be accepted for the Poland Friends book cart fundraiser.

Cheer for a Cure event planned at YMCA in Pa.

NEW CASTLE, Pa. — The Community YMCA of New Castle will present the second annual Cheer for a Cure, a regional cheerleading charity event to raise awareness of breast cancer.

The event is scheduled for Monday at the Y-Zone, 428 Eleanor Drive. The public is invited. Doors open at 11 a.m., and activities begin at noon.

Highlights include a Chinese auction, 50-50 drawing, squad competitions (grades 3 to 12) “cheergrams,” flowers, jump-off and tumble-off, food concessions and more.

Admission fees: free for age 5 and under; $3 for ages 6-12; and $5 for ages 13 and up.

Wedding planner offers free services in contest

YOUNGSTOWN— Five Star Weddings & Events is offering free services to a lucky couple and will discount services to three other couples for their 2010 wedding.

To view services, visit www.fivestarweddings.net. Submit your name, address, phone number and the date of your wedding to FiveStarWeddings40@yahoolcom no later than Dec. 15.

For more information, call the business at (330) 301-2790.

Hubbard school stands out in Olive Garden program

CLEVELAND — Elementary, middle and high school students in northern Ohio collected $189,000 in spare change to support Olive Garden’s 15th annual Pasta for Pennies program benefiting the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

More than $5.3 million was donated by students throughout the nation this year, bringing the total raised for LLS to $47 million since the program’s inception in 1994.

The class collecting the most money at each school receives a pasta party delivered to the classroom by their local Olive Garden Restaurant.

Among the top fundraising schools was Roosevelt Elementary in Hubbard with $5,843.

‘The Bishop’s Wife’ heading to Sebring

SEBRING — Sebring Historical Society will take “The Bishop’s Wife” to the Strand Theatre Museum, 15th St., as a holiday event and fundraiser.

The classic film will play daily at 7 p.m. from Dec. 4-9. The cost is $15 for members and $18 for nonmembers. The ticket price includes hors d’oeuvres, desserts, drinks, favors, popcorn, candy, movie trivia and museum displays.

For reservations contact Vaunda Gorby, (330) 938-6955. Tickets are limited and seating is secured with payment. Make checks payable to the society and mail to SHS, Box 127, Sebring, OH 44672.