NAACP chapter plans scholarship benefit

NAACP chapter plans scholarship benefit

YOUNGSTOWN

NAACP Youngstown Chapter Unit 3207 will sponsor a scholarship fundraiser from noon to 5 p.m. May 9 at the McGuffey Center, 1649 Jacobs Road. Admission is free.

The event will feature a community marketplace, area vendors and businesses, silent auctions and door prizes.

Box lunches will cost $5 each, and soft drinks and water will be $1 each.

For information call the Youngstown NAACP office at 330-782-9777.

Music and memory workshop is set

YOUNGSTOWN

Youngstown State University gerontology department and District 11 Area Agency on Aging will sponsor a Music and Memory Workshop at 3 p.m. Thursday at the Williamson College of Business Auditorium.

Alive Inside! is the story of the impact of personalized music play lists on age-associated memory loss patients.

Learn how patients regain a sense of self and connection to those around them with the power of music played on new or used iPods donated to the program.

An iPod drive will begin at this event. Old devices are welcome. Light refreshments will be served.

Classes in French are being offered

A 90-minute crash course in French will be offered to those planning to visit a French-speaking country.

A six-week course in conversational French for beginners also is available.

For times, dates, fees and registration call 330-307-4616.

Service program is for college students

Ursuline Sisters of Youngstown announce opportunities for college students in its Service Learning Program.

Students 18 and older can serve at the following locations: Beatitude House/House of Blessing, housing for homeless women and children; Parkside Health Care Center of Columbiana, a skilled-nursing care facility; Motherhouse Health Care, serving older sisters; Potters’ Wheel/Hispanic Outreach, ESL and computer tutoring for adults, and after-school programs for children; Dorothy Day House, feeding and helping the poor; Casa Madre, HIV/AIDS ministry for children; HIV/AIDS Clinic, available only to medical students; and SCOPE, a meeting place for mobile senior citizens.

The program runs from May 18 to June 25 with flexible hours and schedules. Call Program Director Sister Norma Raupple at 330-261-4729 or email nraupple@juno.com.

Ministry schedules Spring Hat Luncheon

NILES

The Hospitality Ministry of New Bethel Baptist Church will host a Spring Hat Extravaganza Luncheon at noon May 2 at McMenamy’s Banquet Center, 325 Youngstown-Warren Road.

The donation is $20. Featured will be guest speaker Evangelist Krista M. Tyson of Mount Calvary Pentecostal Church.

For tickets call New Bethel at 330-747-2125 or 330-559-3612 or get them from any ministry member.

Wear your favorite hat. Men are welcome, and there will be door prizes and more.

Chamber plans after-hours event

SALEM

Chamber Ambassadors of the Salem Area Chamber of Commerce announce an invitation to a business after hours from 5 to 7 p.m. May 6 hosted by Salem Community Theatre, 490 E. State St.

The evening will include a tour of the theater, an opportunity to network with Chamber members and guests and appetizers and beverages.