Friday, May 20, 2016
ALLIANCES
• Ohio Cultural Alliance and the Mahoning Valley Association of Churches, exploring its 2016 theme of Faith in the Mahoning Valley, will have a 6 p.m. June 6 dinner meeting in the hall of Archangel Michael Church, 301 12th St., Campbell. The Rev. Constantine Valantasis will address “Faith in the Mahoning Valley: Orthodox.” Father Valantasis was ordained in 1988 and has served in California and Ohio before moving to St. Demetrios in Warren in 2010. Cultural enrichment will be provided by a Balalaika group directed by June Malachany. Cost is $15 for members and $20 for nonmembers. Mail reservations to OCA, Box 561, Canfield, OH 44406-0561 before June 1. Take personal hygiene items and paper products, which will be distributed to Beatitude House.
BOOSTERS
• Girard High School Athletic Boosters will meet at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the high school.
CLASSES
• Struthers High School Class of 1956 Women will meet for a luncheon at noon Monday at Johnny’s Restaurant on Market Street in Boardman.
CLUBS
• Frackfree Mahoning Valley meets 6 p.m. each Sunday at First Unitarian Universalist Church, 1105 Elm St., Youngstown. Ongoing action and activities are discussed. All who desire a frack free environment and healthy neighborhoods are welcome to attend. For information call 234-201-0402.
• Newcomers of Mahoning Valley will have an 11:30 a.m. social Wednesday at Johnny’s Restaurant in Boardman. Installation of officers will follow lunch. This is the club’s last luncheon until September, but other club activities will continue throughout the summer. For information or for luncheon reservations, contact Amy at 330-953-3349 or Jorine at 330-757-7212.
COUNCILS
• Youngstown Section of the National Council of Negro Women Inc. will meet Saturday at the Boardman Holiday Inn for its Women of Distinction luncheon. Members are asked to wear white and arrive at 10 a.m. for a group photo. The monthly meeting for June has been rescheduled to June 18.
GUILDS
• Niles Chapter of the American Sewing Guild has scheduled a meeting of Southington So-Sews at 10 a.m. Monday at Southington Christian Church, 3285 state Route 534. Rita Baugher will demonstrate shoe enhancement. For information call Jennie, 330-847-7386.
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 “Summertime is Here” luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. June 8 at Avion on the Water, 2177 W. Western Reserve Road, Canfield. The event will feature a “Damsel in Distress” program by Marty and Bobby Kowalewski, music by Rachell Joy and guest speaker Joyce Hondru of Pittsburgh, who will discuss “A Business Woman Who Sometimes Gets Lost.” The cost, including lunch, is $13.50. Reservations are required by June 1 by calling Connie at 330-788-2340 or Patty at 330-332-2789. For seating call Karen at 330-482-3005. For information on the Stonecroft Bible Study, call 330-360-0509.
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 p.m. Saturday, bowling at Boardman Lanes; 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, walking in Mill Creek Park, meet at the Route 224 entrance; 7:30 p.m. Thursday, birthday night at the church; and 6 to 10 p.m. May 27, card night at Denny’s on Route 224 in Boardman.
SOCIETIES
• Mahoning Valley Accounting Society will offer a tax-efficient investing program Tuesday at A La Cart Catering, 429 Lisbon St., Canfield. Registration begins at 5:45 p.m., and the seminar starts at 6. Dan Betts, Morgan Stanley financial planning specialist, will share tips for tax-efficient investing and the financial implications of living longer. Attendance is worth one and a half hours tax credit toward CPE. Cost is $15 for members and $20 for nonmembers, and includes dinner. For information contact Jack Vacca, treasurer, at 330-533-1700.
SUPPORT GROUPS
• F.O.C.U.S., a breast cancer support group, will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Davidson’s Restaurant, 3636 Canfield Road, Cornersburg. All breast cancer survivors and caregivers are encouraged to attend.
• NAMI Mahoning Valley will host a 10-week spring peer-to-peer class starting at 6 p.m. Monday at Northside Hospital, 500 Gypsy Lane, Building A, Classroom B. The educational program for adults diagnosed with mental illness offers a holistic approach to recovery taught with lectures, discussion, exercises and stress management techniques, providing a tool kit about diagnoses, symptoms, medications and the personal experience of living with mental illness. It is taught by NAMI-trained individuals who also are in recovery. To register contact namimv@yahoo.com or 330-720-3448. All NAMI educational classes are free. 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.
• 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.