CLUB CALENDAR

ASSOCIATIONS

Mahoning Retired Teachers Association will meet May 11 at Antone’s Banquet Center, 8578 Market St., Boardman. A social hour will begin at 11 a.m., lunch will served at 11:45 with the meeting to follow. Susan Harris will preside. The program will include the annual In-Memoriam by Sally Winsen, In-Remembrance by Martha Lopez, and recognition of all 90-year and older members. ORTA Executive Director John Cavanaugh will be the speaker. This month’s community service will be donations to the Rape Crisis Center. Items needed are underwear, sweatshirts and sweatpants. All area retired educators are invited. For reservations call Susan Harris, 330-618-1198, by May 4. For more information visit www.mahoningcountyretiredteachers.com.

ALLIANCES

Ohio Cultural Alliance will meet in the great hall at St. Nicholas Church, 764 Fifth St., Struthers, for a dinner meeting at 6 p.m. May 2, when the Rev. John Mulqueen will address the theme “Faith in the Valley: Catholicism.” Mulqueen is a retired Roman Catholic priest ordained in 1962. He has served as a high-school religion teacher, pastor and missionary. Cultural enrichment will be provided by the Rev. Vit Fiala, cellist. Take personal hygiene items and paper products to be donated to the Beatitude House. Membership is open at $25 per person, and meetings cost $15 for paid members and $20 for nonmembers. Reservations are due by Wednesday with checks payable to the Ohio Cultural Alliance and mailed to OCA, P.O. Box 561, Canfield, OH 44406.

ATHLETIC GROUPS

Girard High School Athletic Boosters will meet at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the high school.

CLUBS

Local Retired Registered Nurses will meet at 1 p.m.Tuesday at Western Reserve United Methodist Church, 4580 Canfield Road, Canfield. Tracy Manning from the Mahoning County Historical Society will speak on prominent women of the Mahoning Valley’s past. For information contact Lee Kovalan at 330-792-5053. Refreshments will be served.

Newcomers of Mahoning Valley will have its monthly luncheon and meeting at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at O’Charley’s Restaurant on South Avenue in Boardman. Ellen Spetcher will talk about spring outdoors at Fellows Riverside Gardens. For information or reservations call Amy at 330-953-3347 or Jorine at 330-757-7212.

Toastmasters Club will meet from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Christ Episcopal Church, 2627 Atlantic St. NE, Warren. For questions call Ken Shellito at 330-373-6113. The public is welcome.

Trumbull County Travel Club will have a meeting at 12:30 p.m. May 12 at the Howland S.C.O.P.E. Senior Center, 8273 High St., Warren. The community is invited. Wendt Tours will present a two-day trip to Niagara Falls, U.S. side, and the Safari Adventure planned for Aug. 9 and 10. No passports are needed. A slide show will be given on the Bethlehem, Pa., three-day mini-vacation set for Dec. 1 to 3, which includes a one day trip to New York City to see the Radio City Rockettes. The hotel stay is at the Sands Casino with a live Tony Orlando show included. Itineraries for all day outings will be given to all attendees. Time also will be allotted to go over the 2017 vacations. The first trip in 2017 will be to Savannah, Charleston and Jeckle Island.

GUILDS

Niles Chapter of the American Sewing Guild has scheduled a neighborhood group meeting of Southington So-Sews at Southington Christian Church, 3285 state Route 534, at 10 a.m. Monday. Judy Patchin will demonstrate how to make a self-binding receiving blanket. For information call Jennie at 330-847-7386.

LIBRARY FRIENDS

Friends of Poland Library will meet May 3 at Poland Public Library, 311 S. Main St. Kathy Richter, librarian, will present “A Visit to the Biltmore Estate in North Carolina” at 10 a.m., and the business meeting and luncheon will follow. Reservations are required, and attendance in limited to 50. Information is available by calling the developmental office at 330-770-3114.

LODGES

Girard Golden Eagles Lodge 643 will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Golf Dome, 1300 N. State St., Girard.

POLITICAL CLUBS

Canfield Republican Women’s Club dinner meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. May 4 at A La Cart Catering in Canfield. Sgt. Glen Riddle of the U.S. Marshals fugitive squad and detective with Boardman Police Department and Wes Skeels, chief probation office of the Mahoning County Juvenile Court, will be speaking about juvenile and adult crime in the area. The menu comprises city chicken, fruit cup, rice pilaf, vegetable or grilled chicken salad and brownie sundae for dessert. The cost is $13 per person. Guests are welcome. Reservations are necessary by May 2 to Jacie at 330-726-0363 or Holly at 330-531-0120 or email CRWCmail@gmail.com.

RELIGIOUS GROUPS

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

Youngstown South Christian Women’s Connection will host a “Tiptoe Through the Tulips” luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. May 11 at Avion on the Water Banquet Center, 2177 W. Western Reserve Road, Canfield. Judy Conti Senior Dance Divas will be featured, and Kathy Siudyla of Grand Rapids, Mich., will present “Heart Matters.” The cost is $13.50 and includes lunch. Reservations are due by May 4, and cancellations are necessary. Call Connie D. at 330-788-2340 or Patty K. at 330-332-2789. For Stonecroft Bible Study information, call Margie at 330-360-0509, and for seating call Karen at 330-482-3005.

SERVICE CLUBS

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

SINGLES

D.A.R.E. meets at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Disciples Christian Church, 565 Boardman-Canfield Road. The following activities also are scheduled: 7 to 10 p.m. Sunday, D.A.R.E. dance at Saxon Club pavilion in Austintown; 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, walking in Southern Park Mall, meet at the food court; 7:30 p.m. Thursday, birthday night at the church; 6 to 10 p.m. April 29, card night at Denny’s on Route 224; and 7 p.m. April 30, bowling at Boardman Lanes.

SUPPORT GROUPS

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

F.O.C.U.S., a breast-cancer support group, will have a special meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Yellow Brick Place, 2959 Canfield Road, Suite 10, Youngstown. Call 234-228-9550 for information. All breast-cancer survivors and caregivers are encouraged to attend.

NAMI Mahoning Valley will offer support groups for those who deal with mental illness. Family support groups, providing information for family members and friends of individuals with mental illness, will be offered the first Thursday of each month in Trumbull County at 11 a.m. at the Girard Library, 105 E. Prospect St., and on the second Tuesday of each month in Mahoning County at 7 p.m. at the D & E Counseling Center, 142 Javit Court, Austintown. The Connection support group aims to connect individuals who live with mental illness in a structured discussion format. It is limited to adults living with a mental health diagnosis in order to promote self-disclosure in a safe, confidential environment. It is free and open to anyone with a mental health diagnosis. They meet for a day session at 1:30 p.m. each Thursday at the community center, 1344 Fifth Ave., Youngstown, and in the evenings at 6 p.m. on the second and fourth Thursday of each month at the D & E Center. Visit namimv.org, call 330-531-7490 or e-mail namimv@yahoo.com for information. NAMI Mahoning Valley is the local affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness.

Nar-Anon, a 12-step program for relatives and friends affected by a loved one’s addiction to drugs, meets at 7 p.m. every Friday at the Neil Kennedy Recovery Clinic, 160 Clifton Drive NE, Howland, and at 7 p.m. every Sunday upstairs at the Sahara Club, 2345 Youngstown Road SE, Warren. For information call Bill at 330-856-3822.

R-Weigh Weight Support Groups meet on Mondays at First Friends Church, 1028 Jennings Ave., Salem. Afternoon weigh-in is from 1 to 1:30 p.m., and the meeting will follow at 1:45. Evening weigh-ins are from 5 to 6 p.m. followed by the meeting at 6:15. The first meeting is free. Guests are welcome. The club is an all-volunteer, nonprofit group of women helping women to lose weight. All money paid returns to the members in incentives to lose weight. For information call 330-337-6889 or 330-793-1587.

TOPS 327 will meet Monday at Christ Church Presbyterian, 1933 Canfield Road, Boardman. Weigh-in is from 6 to 6:30 p.m. followed by the meeting at 6:45. The first meeting is free. Guests are welcome. For information call 330-793-4378 or 330-779-0144.

TOPS 1237, Austintown, will meet Thursday at Idaho Road Alliance Church, 250 Idaho Road. Weigh-in is from 5 to 5:30 p.m., followed by the meeting until 6:30. For information call 330-758-4923.

TOPS 1262, McDonald, meets Wednesdays in the Community Room at the Girard Free Library, 105 E. Prospect St. Weigh-in is from 9:15 to 10 a.m., and the meeting will follow. New members are welcome.

TOPS 1497, Youngstown, will meet from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Maron Church, 1555 S. Meridian Road, Youngstown. 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.