CLUB CALENDAR

ASSOCIATIONS

American Association of University Women, Youngstown Branch, will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Children’s Museum, 11 W. Federal St., Youngstown. After the brunch and business meeting, a program will be presented by the girls who attended Camp GEMS last summer. There will be a tour of the museum. For more information call 330-743-4386.

Youngstown Alumnae Panhellenic Association will have its business meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Ciminero’s Banquet Centre, 123 N. Main St., Niles.

Youngstown Area Alpha Phi will celebrate Founder’s Day and reorganize the chapter at 6 p.m. Sept. 26 at Bruno’s Restaurant, 1984 Boardman-Poland Road, Poland. For reservation information, email PShears@aol.com or call 330-726-1943 by Sept. 19.

ATHLETIC GROUPS

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

McDonald Midget Football Association will meet at 6 p.m. Sunday in the community room at the post office building.

McDonald Sideliners will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the high school.

CLASSES

Campbell Memorial High School January and June classes of 1948 will meet for breakfast at 9:30 a.m. Monday at Denny’s restaurant, Boardman-Canfield Road in Boardman. All classmates and spouses are invited.

Campbell Memorial High School Class of 1962 will have a get-together at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the MVR, 410 N. Walnut St., Youngstown. All classmates are welcome.

Campbell Memorial High School Class of 1963 will meet for lunch at noon Wednesday at the MVR, 410 N. Walnut St, Youngstown.

Woodrow Wilson High School January and June Classes of 1947 will meet for breakfast at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at Denny’s restaurant in Boardman. Members of the 1946 and 1948 classes also are welcome.

CLUBS

Boardman Poland Junior Women’s League will have its semiannual picnic Monday at Glenellen Assisted Living, 9661 Market St., Boardman. The open house will be in conjunction with the September “Welcome Back” dinner at 6:30 p.m. and general meeting at 7:30. All members are asked to take a covered dish for the picnic and school supplies to donate to a local school. The League is open to all women over 18 who reside in Mahoning, Trumbull or Columbiana counties who are interested in friendship, fun and community involvement in the arts, conservation, education, home life, international affairs and public affairs. Women interested in joining or receiving more information can call Membership Chairwoman Linda Crish at 330-757-7990.

Mahoning Valley Cribbage Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at St. James Church, 7640 Glenwood Ave., Boardman. New players are welcome. For more information call 330-757-9503.

Round Table Woodcarvers will meet from 9 to 11:45 a.m. Thursday at the Senior Center, 1110 Fifth Ave., Youngstown. Wood and the use of tools will be provided, and carving lessons will be free. Children must be accompanied by an adult. For more information call 330-792-4355 or 330-744-5071.

FRIENDS

Friends of the Austintown Library will meet at 10 a.m. Sept. 19 at the library, 600 S. Raccoon Road, Youngstown, at the corner of Falcon Drive. Speaker will be Kay Lavelle of the Mahoning County Sheriff’s Senior Service Unit. The unit is responsible for the initial reporting of suspicious activities involving senior citizens. The meeting is open to the public. For more information, call 330-792-6982 or visit www.libraryvisit.org.

Friends of Boardman Library will resume their monthly meetings Monday in the library’s community room. The group is looking for new members, and anyone interested is welcome to attend as a guest. The Friends meet the second Monday of each month, with a social hour and refreshments at 9:30 a.m., followed by a program of various topics at 10 a.m. Meetings are September through June, with a two-month summer hiatus. Dues are $10 per year. September’s program will be “The English Festival,” presented by Dr. Melanie Loew of the Youngstown State University English department. The program of the month can be viewed at the library desk. Hostesses will be Mary Ann Elias, Pauline Hruby, Charlotte Vitt and Patricia Beede.

GUILDS

American Sewing Guild-Niles Chapter Neighborhood Groups meet as follows: Fancy Cutters, 10 a.m. Sept. 12 at Lake Vista, 303 N. Mecca St., (state Route 46). Cortland sweatshirts are due. Solving the problem of gaping necklines will be demonstrated by Jodi Clark. Call 330-847-4827. Evening Cut Ups, 7 p.m. Monday at Grace Church of the Nazarene, 5253 W. Webb Road, Austintown. “Put a collar on a sweatshirt” will be the topic. Take a sweatshirt and a fat quarter of your choice. Call 330-545-6520 or 330-652-5564 for more information. Austintown Stitch and Share, 10 a.m. Thursday at Humility House, 755 Ohltown Road, Austintown. The program will be learning to make a tube-sock clown. Call 330-533-7445 for more information.

McDonald Literary Guild will meet at 8 p.m. Thursday at the Woodland Park United Methodist Church.

Western Reserve Knitting Guild will have a regular meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Fair Park. The show-and-tell will include winning ribbons from the Canfield Fair.

LEAGUES

League of Women Voters of Greater Youngstown will meet Sept. 19 in the Community Room of the Main Library on Wick Avenue. A social will begin at 6:30 p.m., and at 7, the program “Sojourn to the Past” will begin. Presenting the program will be Penny Wells and Youngstown City Schools students who have traveled to the South, experiencing sites and people integral to the Civil Rights Movement. Meetings are open to the public. Refreshments will be served. LWV of Greater Youngstown also distributes “The Voter Information Guide,” a free newspaper that has nonpartisan information on the candidates and ballot issues. For more information visit the LWVGY on the Web at lwvgy.org, call 888-781-1176, email info@lwvgy.org, or visit Facebook and Twitter.

RELIGIOUS GROUPS

Junior Seton Circle, Seton III and Seton IV’s annual Mass and luncheon will be at 10:45 a.m. Sunday at St. Charles Church, 7345 Westview Drive, Boardman. Special prayers will be offered for the 9/11 victims and their families on this 10th anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks on New York City, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania. Lunch will follow in St. Matthew Hall. Hostesses for the event will be Seton III officers: Pat Eddy, president; Marian Baker, vice president; Ginny Reedy, recording secretary; Ellen Hyland, corresponding secretary; and Caroline Gustafson, treasurer.

Mount Carmel Society of St. Rose Church will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Rosetta Hall, the lower church.

St. Michael Altar Guild will meet at 6 p.m. Monday in the parish center. Deacon Tom Soich will celebrate benediction in the church. President Evelyn “Cookie” Dwyer will preside. A salad smorgasbord will follow at 6:30. Members are asked to take a salad. The board will provide dessert. The deadline for handing in recipes for the St. Michael Cook Book is Monday. Hostesses are Elaine Boomhower, Agnes Romyak and Jerry Less. Guests are welcome.

St. Rose Quilting Group will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the parish house.

Youngstown Diocesan Council of Catholic Women will meet from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Sept. 17 at Frances Cabrini Hall, 734 Mill St., Conneaut. Attendance is free, but reservations are required. Call Linda Kehoe at 440-599-8570 or Georgia Lee Eshelman at 330-834-0354.

SERVICE CLUBS

Girard-Liberty Kiwanis will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at The Golf Dome, 1300 N. State St., Girard.

McDonald Lions Club will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday on the second floor of the Retirement Center, 550 Ohio Ave.

SINGLES

DARE Singles Group is a social group for divorced, widowed, and separated people. The group meets at 7:30 p.m. each Thursday at Disciples Christian Church, 565 Boardman-Canfield Road, across from Giant Eagle. The following activities are planned: Saturday, Mastropietro Winery for “Sounds Around Town,” 7 p.m.; Tuesday, boccie at Boardman Park, 6 p.m.; Wednesday, work for Second Harvest Food Bank, 5-7 p.m.; Thursday, Small Talk meeting at the church, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, trunk sale at Saxon Club, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

SUPPORT GROUPS

Alzheimer’s Network Family Support Group will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at St. John Orthodox Church, 322 Struthers-Liberty Road, Campbell; at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Redeemer Lutheran Church, 2305 S. Canfield-Niles Road, Austintown; at 7 p.m. Wednesday at St. Charles Church, Westview Drive at Boardman-Poland Road; and at 6 p.m. Thursday at Sunrise Assisted Living, 335 W. McKinley Way, Poland.

Divorce Recovery Workshop helps people heal from divorce in a loving, supportive environment using DVD teaching, small group discussion and caring people who have been there. North-Mar Church, 3855 E. Market St., Warren, is beginning a new six-week session Sept. 19. Meetings will take place Mondays from 7 to 9 p.m. Register online at www.northmarchurch.com.

Lupus Support Group will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Womancare Center of UPMC Horizon, 875 N. Hermitage Road, Hermitage.

Mercer County Breast Cancer Support Group will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Womancare Center of UPMC Horizon, 875 N. Hermitage Road, Hermitage. Guest speaker will be Larry Franklin, authorized agent for UPMC for Life, who will discuss Medicare and Highmark.

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.

Pulmonary Hypertension Support Group will meet at 2 p.m. Thursday at UPMC Horizon Shenango Valley campus.

Salem-Lisbon La Leche League, a breast-feeding support group, will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the WIC office, 7876 Lincole Place, Lisbon. The discussion topic will be “The Advantages of Breast-feeding.” All pregnant or nursing mothers and their babies are welcome. For more information or help breast-feeding your baby, call 330-821-2585 or 330-420-0822, or visit www.lllohio.org/groups/salem-lisbon.html.

Survivors of Suicide in Columbiana County will meet from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at Columbiana County Counseling Center, 40722 state Route 154, Lisbon. This support group is for families who have lost a loved one to suicide. For more information call 330-424-7767.

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 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 community 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.

UPMC Horizon’s Cancer Support Group will meet at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Greenville campus.

UPMC Horizon’s Diabetes Support Group will meet at 6 p.m. Monday at the Greenville campus, and at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Shenango Valley campus.

UPMC Horizon’s Weight Loss Surgery Support Group will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Greenville Campus.

VETERANS

ITAM Post 3 Ladies Auxiliary will meet at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the post on Meridian Road. Officers for 2011-2012 will be elected. Members wishing to serve and unable to attend should notify President Joanne Malys. Members are reminded to take food staples for the food bank at the Belmont VA Clinic. Annual dues of $15 will be collected.

VFW Post 3538 Ladies Auxiliary will have its monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the post home, 157 Lowellville Road, Struthers. A social will follow. Dues can be paid now for 2012. For more information, call 330-755-2701.

Club news is published Friday. Please submit information about upcoming activities to the Society Department by noon Wednesday.