METRO DIGEST || Central Y marks 100th with open house Sunday

Y marks 100th with open house

YOUNGSTOWN

The Central YMCA, 17 N. Champion St., is inviting the public and current and former members and their children and grandchildren to its centennial open house from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday.

Light refreshments will be served, tours will be conducted and multiple displays of historic photos and memorabilia will be placed throughout the 100-year-old building.

The event will enable community members who grew up participating in Y programs to reconnect and demonstrate the facility is still extremely viable and important to downtown by recognizing its history and giving the public a chance to learn about the $5 million renovation project that will change the face of the Central Y.

Tree chosen

YOUNGSTOWN

The 2015 Christmas tree for the city of Youngstown has been chosen. A blue spruce is being donated by Tom and Laura Brown of 2607 Brunswick Road in Youngstown.

Diamond Steel Construction will donate time and equipment to assist the city’s department of parks and recreation staff in removing and transporting the tree to Central Square in downtown Youngstown, which will arrive at approximately 11 a.m. Monday. For information, call the park office at 330-742-8711.

Free dinner

YOUNGSTOWN

The Mahoning Valley Pride Center and YSUnity LGBTQIA have planned a free Thanksgiving dinner for the LGBT and straight allies community at 6 p.m. today at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 323 Wick Ave. The dinner is to help build community and reduce feelings of isolation.

Organizers of the meal recognize the holiday season may be difficult for those who face social isolation and are estranged from loved ones. The dinner is the organizers’ attempt to reduce such isolation while offering a community resource.

For information, visit www.facebook.com/events/453883658132017/.

Official shave-off

AUSTINTOWN

Mercy Health Youngstown, Man Up Mahoning Valley, Mercy Health Youngstown Cancer Centers and Foundation Mahoning Valley, NEO Urology, and Partners for Urology Health will close out ‘Movember’ with an official shave-off at 10 a.m. Monday at Partners for Urology Health, 6262 Mahoning Ave.

Movember is a monthlong campaign in which normally clean-shaven men grow and groom their mustaches to promote prostate-cancer awareness and the importance of age-appropriate prostate screenings.

Several community leaders who took part in the campaign will come together to show off the facial hair and get a clean shave.

One in seven American men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lives. More than 233,000 will be diagnosed this year and 29,480 will die from the disease.

Meeting canceled

LOWELLVILLE

The Lowellville school board meeting that was scheduled for 9 a.m. today at the library/media center, 52 Rocket Place, has been canceled.

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