Society Digest

Kiwanis Club members to attend summit

GIRARD — A delegation from Kiwanis of Western Mahoning County will attend an Ohio Kiwanis District Membership Growth Summit on Jan. 27 in Akron.

Parents of Key Club members are invited to participate in the event.

In other club news, Barb Smith, club president, and Bob Thomas, secretary, presented trophies to winners of the speech tournament on Jan. 9 at Canfield High School. The club is an annual sponsor of the event.

A guest speaker at a recent Kiwanis Club meeting was Debbie Pifer of Whitehouse Fruit Farm. She told how the fruit farm has evolved over the years.

Greg Ricker, another guest speaker, told members how he collected and preserved fire department artifacts, especially those relating to the Youngstown Fire Department.

The Kiwanis Club meets at 6 p.m. Wednesdays at A la Cart in Canfield. New members are welcome.

For more information contact Smith at (330) 502-1460.

St. Patrick students are pint-size heros

HUBBARD — A representative of the American Red Cross attended an assembly on Jan. 5 at St. Patrick School and explained how important blood drives are to the community.

Olivia Trinkese, an eighth-grade student, took part in the program dressed as the blood drive mascot, Buddy the Blood Drop.

During the event, students received cards to take home for their parents to register for a blood drive.

The school participated in the American Red Cross Pint-Size Hero program during the blood drive on Jan. 8 at the parish center. Older students helped register the blood donors.

The program is a community service project designed to teach children the importance of donating blood.