CLUB CALENDAR

ALLIANCES

Ohio Cultural Alliance will meet at 6 p.m. Dec. 1 at St. Charles Church social hall on Route 224 in Boardman. Bishop George Murry will address the theme “Going Places with the Ohio Cultural Alliance: The Vatican.” A catered meal will be served, and cultural enrichment will be provided by the Wade Raridon Singers. Membership for this 14-month transitional 2014-2015 year remains at $25 per person, and the cost for each meeting will remain at $15 for each paid-up member and $20 for each nonmember. Reservations may be mailed to OCA, Box 561, Canfield, OH 44406 and must be received no later than Wednesday. Those attending are encouraged to take nonperishable food items, which will be given to the St. Columba Food Pantry.

Goldwing Road Rider Association Chapter M Ohio will meet Saturday at The Yankee Kitchen, Market Street, beginning with dinner at 5 p.m.

CLUBS

Canfield Republican Women’s Club will have a Christmas Celebration luncheon at noon Dec. 3 at A La Cart Catering, Lisbon Street, Canfield. The meal consists of caesar salad, herbed chicken in puff pastry, California vegetable blend and spumoni with cookie. The cost is $12 per person. The Canfield fifth-grade choir will perform a medley of Christmas music. Reservations are due Thursday by calling Jacie Mettee, 330-726-0363 or 330-207-9210, or responding to the email.

Toastmasters Club meets from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Christ Episcopal Church, 2627 Atlantic St. NE, Warren. For information call Ken Shellito at 330-373-6113.

LIBRARY FRIENDS

Friends of the Austintown Branch of the Library, 600 S. Raccoon Road, will meet at 10 a.m. Monday. The guest speaker will be Jim Avey, who has started a collection of Idora Park items. Anyone interested in attending the Christmas party can sign up at this month’s meeting. The group meets on the fourth Monday of each month with a variety of speakers. For information call 330-792-6982 or visit the web at www.libraryvisit.org.

RELIGIOUS GROUPS

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

Youngstown South Christian Women’s Connection will have a “Christmas on the Water” luncheon 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Dec. 10 at Avion on the Water, 2177 W. Western Reserve Road, Canfield. Billie Cash of Collierville, Tenn., will be guest speaker and will provide music. Bill Rotar will be featured as Santa. The cost, including lunch, is $13. Reservations are required by Dec. 3; call 330-788-2340 or 330-793-6676. For information on the Stonecroft Bible Study call 330-360-0509.

SERVICE CLUBS

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

Kiwanis Club of Western Mahoning County meets each Wednesday at 6 p.m. at A La Catering, 429 Lisbon St., Canfield. Guests and new members are welcome. Members have teamed with the Downtown Kiwanis Club of Youngstown to distribute food baskets to families at Thanksgiving.

SINGLES

D.A.R.E. Singles Group, which meets at Disciples Christian Church, 565 Boardman-Canfield Road, Boardman, has planned the following: Monday, Peaberry’s on Route 224 in Canfield for coffee at 7 p.m.; Wednesday, walking at Southern Park Mall, meet at the food court at 6:30 p.m.; Nov. 28, lobby of Movies 8 in the Shops at Boardman Park at 6:30 p.m.; and Nov. 29, bowling at Boardman Lanes at 7 p.m.

SOCIETIES

Audubon Society of the Mahoning Valley invites the public to a presentation, “Birding by Habitat,” by Cheryl Harner of the Greater Mohican Audubon Society, at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Mill Creek MetroParks Farm in Canfield. Harner will group birds by habitat and discuss the best plants and places for specific species. For information call Wild Birds Unlimited at 330-629-2473.

SUPPORT GROUPS

Alzheimer Network Family Support Group will meet at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Easter Seals Adult Day Care Center, 721 Boardman-Poland Road, Boardman, and at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Emmanuel Lutheran Education Building, 251 S. Broadway, Salem. All family members and caregivers of Alzheimer patients are invited to attend at no charge. For information call 330-788-9755.

Diabetes Partnership of the Mahoning Valley will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Stonebridge Grille, 1497 Boardman-Canfield Road, Canfield. The group will discuss school visits during Diabetes Awareness Month and upcoming events for 2015.

Nar-Anon, a 12-step program for relatives and friends who have been adversely affected by a loved one’s addiction to drugs, will meet at 7 p.m. Friday at Neil Kennedy Recovery Clinic, 160 Clifton NE, Howland. For information call 330 856-3822.

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 330-793-4378 or 330-779-0144.

TOPS 1262, McDonald, meets Wednesday in the community room at the Girard Free Library, 105 E. Prospect St. 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. Canfield-Niles Road. New members are welcome; the first meeting is free. For information call 330-507-3126.

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