CLUB CALENDAR | Local organizations plan meetings

ATHLETIC GROUPS

Girard Golden Eagles will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday at Girard Free Library, 105 E. Prospect St.

CLUBS

Mahoning and Shenango Valley Historical Club will meet at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Main Library, 305 Wick Ave., Youngstown. All local historians are welcome. For more information call Tom Molecea at 330-550-5503 or Steffon Wydell Jones at 330-774-8214.

Warren Women’s Connection will host a “Melodies of Christmas” luncheon from 11:30 to 1 p.m. Dec. 13 at DiLucia’s Banquet Room, 2610 Elm Road NE, Warren. There will be a special feature by Christy Roose and Christmas music, and Shirley Davidson will share her unforgettable memories. The cost is $12. For reservations and free child care, call Joyce Faiver, 330-539-5837, or Jan Sala, 330-638-6508, by Dec. 9.

Youngstown Ski Club will have a wine taste and dinner dance from 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday at Ciminero’s Banquet Center, 123 N. Main St., Niles. The night includes wine tasting, an Italian buffet dinner, dancing, silent auction, raffles, cash bar and tour information. Hosts will be Brian Hinchcliffe and Lynne Rosati. The cost is $25 in advance or $30 at the door. Tickets can be purchased from Hinchcliffe at Westside Sparkle on Mahoning Avenue. For more information call 330-207-3774 or visit www.youngstownskiclub.org.

Youngstown South Christian Women’s Club will have a “Celebrate the Gift” luncheon from noon to 2 p.m. Dec. 9 at Avion on the Water Banquet Centre, 2177 W. Western Reserve Road, Canfield. There will be a gift giveaway, music by Bill Rotar and a talk on “Staying Afloat When Life Capsizes You” by Lisa Haley of West Salem. The cost is $13, and reservations are to be made by Dec. 2 at 330-793-6676 or 330-758-6049.

LODGES

Croatian Lodge No. 598 will meet at 12:45 p.m. Sunday in the senior citizens room at the post office building.

POLITICAL CLUBS

Warren Republican Women’s Club will have a dinner meeting at 6 p.m. Dec. 2 at DiLucia’s on Elm Road in Warren. Advance reservations are required by calling 330-856-5228. Nonmembers and guests are invited to participate in an annual Toys for Tots auction at 7 p.m.

RELIGIOUS GROUPS

Mothers of the Crucifix Society of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Youngstown, will have Christmas party at 1:30 p.m. Dec. 5. Reservations are to be made with Beverly Pondillo, chairwoman, at 330-792-4258. Her committee will be Justine Antol, Carol Amicone and Roseann Valentini.

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church Altar and Rosary Society will meet for rosary at 7 p.m. Monday followed by a regular meeting at the church, 618 Ohio Ave., McDonald.

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., Girard.

SINGLES

40-Plus Singles will meet at 6 p.m. Nov. 26 at Harry’s Fish House in Darlington, Pa.

D.A.R.E., a social group for divorced, widowed or separated people, has planned the following events: Monday and Wednesday, walking at Southern Park Mall from the food court at 6 p.m.; Nov. 26, indoor putt-putt at Glow for It at 7 p.m.; and Nov. 27, bowling at Boardman Lanes at 7:30 p.m. For more information call 330-757-1440 or 330-793-1484.

SUPPORT GROUPS

Nar-anon, a 12-step program for relatives and friends who have been adversely affected by a loved one’s addiction to drugs, meets at 7 p.m. Fridays at the Neil Kennedy Recovery Clinic, 160 Clifton NE, Howland. Newcomers should arrive at 6:45. For more information call 330-856-3822.

Self-Esteem Support Group will meet from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Tuesday at the Crisis Shelter of Lawrence County, 1218 W. State St., New Castle, Pa. No registration is required. For more information call Angelica Costello, 724-652-9206, ext. 135.

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 330-799-9660 or 330-779-0144.

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.

UPMC Horizon has scheduled an Ostomy Support Group meeting for 2 p.m. Sunday at the Greenville, Pa., campus.

Youngstown Area PFLAG will meet from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Stonewall Center, 1523 Poland Ave., Youngstown. “Out With Silence,” a documentary made in Oil City and Franklin, Pa., about two boys who were bullied, will be shown, and discussion will follow. All are welcome.

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