CLUB CALENDAR

ALLIANCES

• Ohio Cultural Alliance will meet at Temple El Emeth, 3970 Logan Way, Liberty, at 6 p.m. April 4 when Rabbi Joseph Schonberger and The Rev. George Blasko will address the topic, “Faith in the Mahoning Valley: Judiasm and Early Christianity.” A Seder meal will be provided. Take personal hygiene items and paper products to be donated to Hope House for the monthly community project. Memberships continue to cost $25 per person, and meetings cost $15 for paid members and $20 for nonmembers. Reservations are due by March 30 with checks payable to Ohio Cultural Alliance, 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.

• McDonald Sideliners will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the high school.

CLUBS

• Friends of the Mahoning River will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Oak Hill Collaboration, 507 Oak Hill Ave., Youngstown. Parking is in the rear of the building. Guest speaker will be Lauren Johnson, U.S. 422 Corridor Redevelopment Plan project manager, who will discuss the project as well as other successes and future endeavors. Any who share in the group’s mission of advocating improving the quality of the Mahoning River are welcome. Contact Patricia Dunbar at 330-719-2337 for information.

• Youngstown Chapter of Torch Clubs International will meet for a dinner at 7 p.m. Monday in Kilcawley Center, Bresnahan Rooms 1 and 2, at Youngstown State University. Donald Butler will discuss “Edwin Armstrong, the Forgotten Inventor of Wireless Communication.” The public is invited. A social hour will begin at 5:30 p.m., and the lecture will be at 7. There is no charge for attending the lecture. Dinner for nonmembers is $20. Call 330-757-4148 for reservations and 330-792-7361 for club information.

GROUPS

• Mahoning Valley Heritage Group will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday at A La Cart Catering in Canfield. Former Ohio Senator Harry Meshel will speak. He will discuss his life story including his service in WWII, education at the then-Youngstown College, life in politics and work with many local community boards. A buffet dinner will be served for $14 per person. Deadline for reservations is today; call David Frank at 330-757-0515. The Heritage Group is dedicated to preserving veterans’ stories and memories for future generations.

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. April 6 at A La Cart Catering in Canfield. Col. James Dignan, commander of the Youngstown Air Reserve Station, will discuss the role of YARS in the local community, their mutual-aid program, deployments and more. The club’s Youngstown State University ROTC scholarship recipient, Cadet Brandi Burrows, will attend. Menu comprises beef tips over noodles, spinach salad and green beans, or chicken salad with fruit pie for dessert. Cost is $13 per person. Guests are welcome. Reservations are due by April 4 to Jacie at 330-726-0363 or Holly at 330-531-0120 or send an email to 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 luncheon will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. April 13 at Avion on the Water, 2177 W. Western Reserve Road, Canfield. The event, “It’s a Tea Party, Wear Your Hat,” will feature speaker Linda Harrah from Parma. Music will be provided by Bob Noble. Cost is $13.50. Reservations are required by April 6 by calling Connie D. at 330-788-2340 or Patty K. at 330-332-2789. Stonecroft Bible Study information is available by calling Margie at 330-360-0509. Cancellations are necessary; 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. has planned the following activities: 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; 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, walking in the Southern Park Mall, meet at the food court; and 6 p.m. Thursday, meet at Los Gallos on Route 224. There is no Thursday meeting at the church.

SOCIETIES

• Audubon Society/Mahoning Valley invites the public to learn about the birds of Ohio from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Mill Creek MetroParks Farm in Canfield. Jeff Harvey, president of the group, will discuss some of the common, uncommon and rare birds of Ohio. All are welcome. Call Wild Birds Unlimited at 330-629-2473 for details.

• Mahoning County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society will gather at 7 p.m. Monday in the ministry building at St. Charles Church, 7325 Westview Drive, Boardman. Larry Baughman and Ted Heineman of the Poland Historical Society will present a program on the Connecticut Western Reserve. The computer interest group will meet from 6 to 6:45 p.m. The group’s next meeting will be April 18. Visit www.mahoningcountychapterogs.org.

SUPPORT GROUPS

• Alzheimer Network Family Support Group will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Emmanuel Lutheran Education Building, 251 S. Broadway Ave., Salem. These 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 2 p.m. Monday at Antonine Sister’s Adult Day Center, 2675 N. Lipkey Road, North Jackson.; and 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Canfield United Methodist Church, 27 S. Broad St. The meetings are free to all caregivers, family members and friends with loved ones living with Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia. For information call the Greater East Ohio Area Alzheimer’s Association at 800-272-3900.

• F.O.C.U.S., a breast cancer support group, will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at O’Charley’s, 930 Windham Court, Boardman. Call 330-259-0207 for information. All breast cancer survivors and caregivers are encouraged to attend.

• 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.

• Nar-Anon, a 12 step program for relatives and friends who have been adversely affected by a loved one’s addiction to drugs, will meet 7 p.m. every Sunday, upstairs at the Sahara Club, 2345 Youngstown Road SE, Warren. 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. 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.

• Survivors of Suicide in Columbiana County will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday at Columbiana County Counseling Center, 40722 state Route 154, Lisbon. This support group is for families who have lost a loved one to suicide. For information call Help Hotline Crisis Center at 330-424-7767.

• 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.