Junior Women’s League welcomes guests from United Way and Heart Association

SPECIAL TO THE VINDICATOR GFWC Ohio Warren Junior Women’s League recently gathered for a September meeting at the Hidden Cafe in Howland. Guests included Ginny Pasha of the United Way of Trumbull County, who discussed the WJWL and United Way’s partnership on a Reading 4 Fun program. It is part of the United Way’s Reading Great by 8 Literacy Initiative, designed to increase the number of Trumbull County children reading at grade level by grade three. Pasha said that about 100 second-grade students will receive a Reading 4 Fun backpack in October, filled with three books, craft materials and a snack. Above are Pasha, left; Mary Lou Jarrett, WJWL president; and Esther Gartland, WJWL second vice president, who presented Pasha with a check for Reading 4 Fun on behalf of the league. Chris Pacileo of the American Heart Association also was a guest at the meeting. He urged league members to join the Tri-County Heart Walk on Sept. 19 at Youngstown State University. Below are Jarrett, left; Pacileo; and Julie Vugrinovich, WJWL home life co-chairman.