CLUB CALENDAR

ASSOCIATIONS

Tri-Gold PrimeTime Chapter of ABWA will meet at 1 p.m. Wednesday at A La Cart in Canfield. Cost for a buffet menu is $18 and includes chicken lorraine, chicken a la king, scrambled eggs, link sausage, sliced ham, home-fried potatoes, assorted pastries, fresh fruit, coffee, tea and orange juice. For information and reservations, call 330-533-8730 or 330-757-9368. Members are reminded that Woman of the Year letters are due by the meeting date and to take Christmas items for the upcoming auction in April.

CLUBS

Mahoning Valley Stamp Club will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at Highway Tabernacle, 3000 S. Raccoon Road, Austintown. The club meets the second Thursday of each month.

Newcomers Club of Canfield will meet 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the home of Paula Lavin. The theme will be “Bingo with a Twist.” Take an appetizer, dessert or wine to share and gifts for the bingo game. Also take personal hygiene and cleaning items for a donation to the Rescue Mission. Guests are welcome. Call Paula for reservations at 678-557-6414. The group meets the second Tuesday of each month unless otherwise announced.

Toastmasters Club will meet 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.

Youngstown Mothers of Twins Club will meet for a pajama party at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Davison Becker Family Life Center, 11 Spring St., Struthers. Hostesses are Launa Martin and Thelma Clemente. Natalie Holden who will instruct members how to use essential oils for healing purposes.

GROUPS

Metaphysical Insights 528 Group of Trumbull County will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Warren S.C.O.P.E. Center, 220 W. Market St. Theresa Manjas will discuss Predictions 2016. Doors open at 6:30. Cost is $5. The group is nonprofit social organization for the purpose of spiritual expansion, personal enlightenment and metaphysical education inclusive of philosophy, religion, science and phenomena of spirit.

Transcendental Interest Group will gather at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the north lounge at Park Vista, 1310 Fifth Ave., Youngstown. A four-part video series on yoga by Peggy Cappy will include seated exercises and positions for upper and lower body, a standing sequence for hips and legs, relaxation and meditation. Attendees are encouraged to wear comfortable clothing. The group meets on the second Wednesday of each month and is coordinated by Agnes Martinko. Meetings are free and open to the public. For information call 330-746-2944.

World War II Heritage Group will gather for a buffet dinner at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 18, and a speech by Bill Stevens, a Marine Corps veteran, will follow. Cost is $14 per guest; reservations are required by Jan. 15 by contacting Dave Frank at 330-757-0515. Stevens will discuss joining the Marines in December 1944 and his service in World War II and his life since returning to Youngstown and becoming a minister.

GUILDS

McDonald Literary Guild will meet at 8 p.m. Thursday at Woodland Park United Methodist Church.

Niles Chapter of the American Sewing Guild has scheduled the following neighborhood group meetings: Designing Women machine embroidery group meets at 10 a.m. today at Domestic Sewing, 2011 Youngstown Road, Warren. Effie Welch will demonstrate a six-hour quilt. Material Girls will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 490 N. High St., Cort- land. Robin Walker will demonstrate a wine bag made of neckties. For information call 330-550-1215.

Youngstown Area Weavers Guild will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Colonial Inn at the Canfield Fairgrounds for a Distaff Day (Roc Day) celebration. Roc Day is the first day after the 12 days of Christmas that the women returned to spinning in old England. Leaders will be Marjorie Preece, Tracy Jackson and Sheila Colaric. Take a portable textile project, spinning wheel or drop spindle (learn to spin with one), a show-and-tell and a food with a spinning theme to share. Coffee and tea will be provided. Guests are welcome. Call 330-799-5836 or 330-534-9524 for information.

RELIGIOUS GROUPS

Mount Carmel Society of St. Rose Church meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Rosetta Hall at the church.

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

SERVICE CLUBS

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

McDonald Lions Club will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday on the second floor of Woodland Park Retirement Center, 550 Ohio Ave.

Poland Lions will meet at 8:30 a.m. Saturday at Wittenauer’s Cafe. Anyone interested in joining and serving the community should call 330-360-3641 for details

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; 7 p.m. Tuesday, bar bingo at Saxon Club; 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, volunteer at Second Harvest Food Bank; 7:30 p.m. Thursday, speaker night at the church; 6:30 p.m. Jan. 15, meet in lobby of Movies 8 at the Shops at Boardman Park; and 7 p.m. Jan. 16, bowling at Boardman Lanes. For information call 330-729-0127.

SUPPORT GROUPS

Al-Anon, a support group for friends and family of alcoholics, will meet from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 119 Stadium Drive, Boardman. The church is handicap-accessible.

Alzheimer Network Family Support Group will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at St. John Orthodox Church, 301 Struthers-Liberty Road, Campbell; 7 p.m. Tuesday at Redeemer Lutheran Church, 2305 South Canfield-Niles Road, Austintown; 7 p.m. Wednesday at St. Charles Church, 7345 Westview Drive, Boardman; and 10 a.m. Jan. 15 at Canfield Christian Church, 123 S. Broad St. Meetings are open to family members and caregivers of persons afflicted with Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia. For information call 330-788-9755.

Alzheimer’s Association Caregiver Support Group will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Howland United Methodist Church, 730 Howland-Wilson Road NE. The meetings are free to all caregivers, family members and friends with a loved one living with Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia. For information call the Greater East Ohio Area Alzheimer’s Association at 800-272-3900.

Grief Share Support Group, sponsored by Church Hill United Methodist Church, 189 Church Hill Hubbard Road, Youngstown, will meet at 6 p.m. Thursdays from Jan. 21 through April 21 in the parlor on the second floor. Anyone who has suffered a loss is welcome. A workbook for personal use will be $15. Call the church at 330-759-0118 to participate.

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. For information call 330-856-3822.

Never Alone Nar-Anon Group, a 12-step program for relatives and friends affected by a loved one’s addiction to drugs, meets at 7 p.m. every Wednesday upstairs at the Neil Kennedy Recovery Clinic, 5211 Mahoning Ave., Austintown. For information call 330-207-0845.

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 in goes back 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. This is the last meeting until the new year.

Youngstown Area PFLAG will meet from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 323 Wick Ave., Youngstown. The support, education and advocacy organization meets the second Tuesday of each month at the church. The event is confidential and free. Light refreshments will be served.

VETERANS

VFW Post 3538 Auxiliary will meet at 6 p.m. Monday and a social will follow at the post home, 157 Lowellville Road, Struthers. For information call 330-755-2701.

VFW Triangle Post 2799 Ladies Auxiliary will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the post home, 3161 E. South Range Road, New Springfield. For information call 330-542-9928.

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