CPR/AED class

CPR/AED class

BOARDMAN/WARREN

The American Red Cross’ CPR/AED for Professionals, an eight-hour basic life-support class for health-care workers, lifeguards, firefighters and paramedics and anyone else interested in taking an upper level course, is offered at the following times and places: Monday and Tuesday, 5:30-10 p.m., Boardman; and Aug. 21, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Warren. The cost is $65. To register, visit the Red Cross website at www.mahoningvalley.redcross.org or call 330-726-6063 or 330-392-2551.

WellnessOne events

NILES/HOWLAND

WellnessOne of Warren along with the Niles Mckinley Memorial Library is offering backpack safety tips on Aug. 21 at 2 p.m. WellnessOne is also teaming with Howland Giant Eagle to offer free computerized spine scans Aug. 18 from 2 to 6 p.m., 8202 E. Market St, Howland. For information on either event, call 330-505-3515.

Charity event

YOUNGSTOWN

A celebrity bartending charity event, Party on the Plaza, is at Buffalo Wild Wings in downtown Friday from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. It will benefit the Hope Foundation of the Mahoning Valley and chronically and terminally ill children in the Valley. Music will be provided by The Rage and Pete Shelby & Blue Collar Band.

On Saturday, the Hope Foundation of the Mahoning Valley and Valley Home Health Care will present a charity softball event, the Softball Game of Hope, at Eastwood Field in Niles featuring community leaders and celebrities. The charity game starts at 4 p.m.

After the charity event, the Mahoning Valley Scrappers will play the Aberdeen IronBirds at 7:05 p.m.

Tickets are $5 in advance at www.hopemv.org or $7 at the door and are good for both games. Children age 12 and under can receive a free slice of pizza, chips and a soft drink.

Orthopedic Fair

WARREN

Trumbull Memorial Hospital is offering Orthopedic Fair 2010 on Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the hospital parking lot. The event is free and open to the public. There will be educational displays and physicians on hand to provide informative lectures and health-care professionals from TMH will answer questions about joint replacements and the orthopedic and spinal programs.

Free osteoporosis screenings, blood-pressure readings, body-fat analysis and other displays and vendors will be available. There will also be entertainment including the Stephen Foster Barbershop Chorus, and a Stat Medevac helicopter, an ambulance and firetruck will be on site for viewing. Hot dogs, sno cones and other treats will be provided.

For more information, call 330-240-4838.

Immunization clinic

GIRARD

The Girard Health Department, 100 W. Main St., is offering a well-child immunization clinic Aug. 18 at 11 a.m. There is a $5 administrative fee per child. Parents are reminded to bring a copy of the child’s immunization record. A parent or guardian must accompany children under 18. Parents must pre-register child prior to the clinic. Call Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at 330-545-6048.

Free screenings

The American Red Cross of the Mahoning Valley is offering of free blood-pressure screenings to the general public at the following times and places: Aug. 17, Struthers Library, 1 to 4 p.m.; Aug. 18, Austintown Fitch Library, 1 to 3 p.m.; Aug. 19, Davis Family YMCA, Boardman, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.; and Aug. 24, Poland Library, 1 to 4 p.m.