CLUB CALENDAR

ASSOCIATIONS

Tri-Gold Primetime Chapter of American Business Women’s Association will meet Wednesday at A La Cart Catering in Canfield. A social at 5:30 p.m. will be followed by dinner at 6. The meal consists of creamed chicken over biscuits, beef tips and noodles, mashed potatoes, seasoned carrots, salad, roll and dessert; the cost is $19. Afterward a program on women inventors will be presented by member Elena Nigro, who is this year’s chapter woman of the year.

ATHLETIC GROUPS

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

AUXILIARIES

St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital/St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital Auxiliary will meet at noon Monday in the private dining room of St. Elizabeth on Belmont Ave. Guest speaker will be Cathy Grizinski, associate director of Help Hotline.

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.

Western Reserve Amateur Radio Club will have its monthly meeting May 17 at Davidson’s Restaurant, 3636 Canfield Road, Cornersburg. Dinner is at 6 p.m. with the meeting at 7. Janice Jasinski, a CPA and principal with Schroedel, Scullen and Bestic, LLC, accounting firm in Canfield, will make a presentation on identity theft. The club provides ongoing amateur radio licensing classes and examinations. All licensed amateur radio operators and those interested are welcome to attend and learn more about the hobby. For information contact Bob Mitzel, president, 575-910-1456 or n8rcm@wrarc.net.

Youngstown Mothers of Twins Club will meet Wednesday for a ladies night out with a bus trip to Mountaineer. Cost of the trip is $30 per person. The bus will depart at 4:30 p.m. from Affluent Travel, 9939 South Ave., Poland. If arrival is after 6 p.m. to Mountaineer, they will revoke $25 in free play. Seats are available; contact Betsy Pallo or Sue Brandenstein.

GROUPS

Retired Registered Nurse Interest Group will meet for a catered luncheon at 1 p.m. May 24 at A La Cart Catering in Canfield. The menu comprises city chicken, mashed potatoes, vegetables and apple dumpling with beverage. Cost is $17 per person and reservations must be made by May 16. Contact Lee Kovalin at 330 792-5053 with questions, and mail reservations to Lee Kovalin, 530 N. Hartford Ave., Youngstown, OH 44509.

Transcendental Interest Group will have its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Park Vista North Lounge, 1310 Fifth Ave., Youngstown. The meeting will focus on Saint Damien, a Belgian priest who cared for those with leprosy on the island of Molokai until succumbing to the disease himself. The meeting is a continuation of the Mahoning Valley Lifelong Learning Institute event Tuesday. The group is for those interested in exploring the inner way of knowing. It meets on the second Wednesday of every month, and is coordinated by Agnes Martinko. It is free and open to the public. For information, call 330-746-2944.

GUILDS

Niles Chapter of the American Sewing Guild has scheduled the following neighborhood group meetings: 7 p.m. Monday, Evening Cut Ups will meet at Grace Church of the Nazarene, 5253 W. Webb, Austintown. Lynn will demonstrate sweet-pea pods. Call Kim at 330-545-6520; 10 a.m. Monday, Fancy Cutters will meet at Lake Vista, 303 N. Mecca St. (Route 46), Cortland. An applique demonstration will be by Judy Patchin. For information call Virginia at 330-847-7549; 6 p.m. Thursday, Material Girls meet at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 490 N. High St. (Route 5), Cortland, for “Stash Stories.” Take one or two favorites from your stash and tell why they’re your favorite and what you envision doing with them. For information call Barb at 330-550-1215; and 10 a.m. May 13, Designing Women, a machine embroidery group, meets at Domestic Sewing, 2011 Youngstown Road, Warren. Mary Zorn will demonstrate a key chain. For information call Shirley at 330-959-5020.

LIBRARY FRIENDS

Friends of the Boardman Library will meet Monday in the library community room, 7680 Glenwood Ave. Refreshments will be served at 9:30 a.m. and at 10 Traci Manning will present “Pioneers of the Valley.” Hostesses will be Beverly Yurcisin, Doris Almasy, and Reene Cole. Donations of books, magazines, CDs and DVDs are welcome the first and third Saturday of the month from 9 a.m. to noon. Proceeds support the summer reading program.

RELIGIOUS GROUPS

Church Hill United Methodist Church, 189 Churchill-Hubbard Road, Youngstown, will host “grief share” beginning May 19. It is a 13-week program and will run through Aug. 11. If you are grieving, consider attending these sessions. There is a fee of $15 per person, which covers the cost of the workbook. For information, call the church office at 330-759-0118.

Junior Seton Circle will gather for its monthly meeting and luncheon at noon Thursday at A La Cart Catering, 429 Lisbon St., Canfield. Installation of officers will take place.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Society of St. Rose Church will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the lower church.

St. Monica Guild of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Basilica will meet at 8 p.m. Tuesday. Beverly Pondillo will preside. Hostesses are Marisa Ricottilli, Marie Ronyak, Patty Rossi, Sandra Ruark and Rose Ruggieri.

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.

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: 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, volunteer at Second Harvest Food Bank; 7:30 p.m. Thursday, speaker night at church; 6 to 10 p.m. May 13, card night at Denny’s on Route 224 in Boardman.

SOCIETIES

Delta Kappa Gamma Society, Gamma Pi Chapter will have its annual spring social initiation/installation dinner at 5:45 p.m. Monday at the Ursuline Mother House.

Girard Historical Society will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Barnhisel House, 1011 N. State St.

Lawrence County Historical Society, 408 N. Jefferson St., New Castle, Pa., will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday for a program focusing on the formation and growth of Ellwood City and the surrounding area presented by Everett Bleakney Jr., second vice president of the Ellwood City Area Historical Society. The program is free and open to the public. Attendees will be welcome to share their personal stories. For information call 724-658-4022.

McDonald Historical Society will meet at 9 a.m. Thursday at Woodland Park Senior Center, 550 Ohio Ave.

SUPPORT GROUPS

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 S. Canfield Niles Road, Austintown; and 7 p.m. Wednesday at St. Charles Church, 7345 Westview Drive, Boardman. Family members and caregivers are welcome to attend. All meetings are offered at no charge. For information, call 330-788-9755.

Lupus Support Group in Trumbull/Mahoning County will host its monthly meeting from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at Trumbull Memorial Hospital, Conference Room B, 1350 E. Market St., Warren. The group is an open, small-group environment that encourages discussion among lupus patients and their families. Most discussions focus on the “how-to’s” of living with a chronic illness. Individual differences and confidentiality are respected. For information, contact the Lupus Foundation toll-free at 1-888-NO-LUPUS or visit www.lupusgreaterohio.org.

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.

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

Northeast Ohio Neuropathy Support Group will meet at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Good Shepherd Christian Church, 9571 Shepard Road, Macedonia. Ed Matsky of Warren will discuss “Charcot Foot.” Admission is free. For information contact Kay Seawright at kjcright@yahoo.com or call 330-322-5506.

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.

Youngstown Area PFLAG will meet from 6 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. The Rev. Gayle Catinella, rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church, will talk about the Episcopal church and the LGBT community. Light refreshments will be served.

VETERANS

VFW Auxiliary Post 3538 will meet at 6 p.m. Monday at the post home, 157 Lowellville Road. There will be election of officers for the coming year. A social event will follow. For information call 330-755-2701.

VFW Triangle Post 2799 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.