CLUB CALENDAR | Local organizations plan meetings

AUXILIARIES

Flora McDonald Auxiliary will meet for dessert at 1 p.m. April 3 at the home of Madeline Shanks.

CLUBS

Mahoning Retired Teachers will meet for a satellite luncheon on April 21. There will be a social gathering at 11:30 a.m. followed by a buffet luncheon at noon. The featured speaker will be from the Rich Center for Autism. The cost for the luncheon is $12, and reservations are to be made with JoAnn Ellis at (330) 755-3976.

Youngstown Women’s Connection will have a “Steppin’ Out in Style” luncheon from noon to 2 p.m. April 13 at Lucianno’s Banquet Room, 1739 Raccoon Road, Austintown. There will be a wacky fashion show hosted by Jeanne Valot and special music by Sandi Breidenstein. The guest speaker will be Jeanette Paradis. The cost is $10. For reservations and free child care call (330) 792-9103 or (330) 270-9347 by April 6.

GUILDS

Niles Chapter of the American Sewing Guild has scheduled the following: Niles Silver Thimbles at 1 p.m. Thursday at Viking Sewing Center, 40 Youngstown-Warren Road, Niles, for a necklace demonstration by Ruth Smith; and ASG at 6:30 p.m. April 6 at JoAnn Etc., 7386 Market St., Boardman, for a purse demonstration by Pinky Schmid.

RELIGIOUS GROUPS

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.

SINGLES

D.A.R.E., a social group for divorced, widowed or separated people, has planned the following events: Saturday, bowling at 7 p.m. at Boardman Lanes; Monday and Wednesday, walking at Southern Park Mall from the food court at 6 p.m.; Tuesday, dance lessons with Judy Conti at 7 p.m. at Wedgewood Plaza; Thursday, meeting at 6 p.m. at Los Gallos on Market Street; and April 2 and 3, cheap movies at 6:30 p.m. at Shops at Boardman Park. For more information call (330) 757-1440 or (330) 793-1484.

SUPPORT GROUPS

Adult Children with Aging Parents Support Group meets at 11 a.m. Saturdays at Canfield Christian Church, 123 S. Broad St. Meetings are free and open to the public. For information call the church at (330) 533-2246.

Nar-Anon, a 12-step program for people who have been adversely affected by a loved one’s addiction to drugs, meets every Friday at 7 p.m. (6:45 for newcomers) at the Neil Kennedy Recovery Clinic, 160 Clifton Drive N.E., Howland. For more information, call (330) 856-3822.

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

SNAP, Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Public Library Boardman Branch, 7680 Glenwood Ave.

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 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.