CLUB CALENDAR

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.

CLASSES

The Rayen School Class of 1959 will meet for its monthly luncheon at noon Wednesday at Stonebridge Grille & Tavern, 1497 Boardman-Canfield Road, Boardman. All classmates, spouses and guests are welcome. The group meets the third Wednesday of each month.

CLUBS

Friends of the Mahoning River will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday at Oak Hill Collaborative, 507 Oak Hill, Youngstown. Parking is in the rear of the building. Tracey Hughes, co-director of the Oak Hill Robotics Makerspace, will discuss a project of Mill Creek Park lakes, which is proposing to use underwater robots to conduct a video survey of the bottom of the lakes. All are welcome who share the mission of advocating the quality of the Mahoning River. Call Patricia Dunbar at 339-719-2337 for information about the group.

Youngstown Chapter of International Torch Clubs will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the Kilcawley Center, Bresnahan Rooms 1 and 2 at Youngstown State University. The public is invited. The social hour begins at 5:30 p.m., dinner at 6 and lecture at 7. Club member Bill Farragher will discuss “My Personal Experiences in WW II.” The lecture only is free. Dinner for nonmembers is $20. Call 330-757-4148 for reservations, and for club information call 330-792-7351.

COUNCILS

Youngstown Council of Catholic Nurses will meet at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at The Manor, 3104 S. Canfield-Niles Road, Austintown. Dr. Ronald Ruscitti will discuss the causes and treatment of back pain and sciatica.

GROUPS

That Quilt Group I Belong To will meet Tuesday at Fair Park in Canfield. The sew-a-thon will begin at 1 p.m. in the Rotary building with a break for dinner at 5. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. for the meeting at 7. The focus this month will be the 12 Days of Christmas pillowcases to be donated to Akron Children’s Hospital. Take 3-inch strips for contrast and 1/3 yard for the end cuff. Stitchers are welcome to take their own sewing machine. Nonmembers are encouraged to attend. TQGIBT welcomes quilters of all skill levels in the Mahoning Valley. For information on membership, contact Helen Lewis, president, at HMLrutgers@icloud.com or 330-286-3966.

GUILDS

Holborn Herb Growers Guild will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Boardman Park herb garden for fall clean-up. Take gloves, trash bags and garden tools. Hostesses are Mary Grace Fowler, Peggy Mills, Judy Moore and Jo Bradfield.

Niles Chapter of the American Sewing Guild has scheduled the following neighborhood group meetings: Howland Happy Stitchers will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Living Lord Lutheran Church, 851 Niles-Cortland Road (Route 46), and go to Shepherd of the Valley Nursing Home to sew for clients. For information call Carol 330-856-4827; Sewphisticates will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Shepherd of the Valley, 4100 N. River Road NE, Warren. Kim will demonstrate embellishing tangles. For information call Diane at 234-855-7610.

LEAGUES

Trumbull County League of Women Voters will have a fall brunch at 10 a.m. Sept. 24 at Warren Women’s Club, 708 N. Park Ave. The program will be discussion of the meaning of nonpartisan and how members should use it and training for setting up a political forum and the tools and equipment needed to present one according to LWVTC by-laws. Guests and prospective members are welcome. Call Peggy at 330-856-5398 to reserve a seat.

LIBRARY FRIENDS

Austintown Library Friends, Raccoon Road, will meet at 10 a.m. Sept. 26 in the large meeting room of the library. Ben Melnykovich will present a program about how to prevent falls. The meeting is open to the public.

LODGES

Girard Golden Eagles Lodge 643 will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Amen Corner, 20 W. Main St.

RELIGIOUS GROUPS

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

SERVICE CLUBS

Austintown Rotary will meet at noon Monday at the Manor Restaurant, corner of Kirk Road and Route 46.

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. today, miniature golf at Sports World on South Avenue; 3 p.m. Saturday, meet at the church to visit the Johnny Appleseed Festival in Lisbon; 7 p.m. Monday, meet at Dairy Queen in Cornersburg for dessert; 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, meet at Route 224 entrance to Mill Creek Park walking trail for a hike; and 7:30 p.m. Thursday, annual business meeting at the church.

SOCIETIES

Mahoning County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society, will have its regular meeting at 7 p.m. Monday at St. Charles Church Ministry Building, 7325 Westview Drive, Boardman. It is handicap accessible. David Martin, president of McDonald Historical Society, will present “The Origin of the McDonald Ohio Mills.” The computer interest group will meet from 6 to 6:45. For information visit www.mahoningcountychapterogs.org.

Poland Historical Society will meet at 6:30 Tuesday at the Little Red Schoolhouse, 4515 Center Road in Poland Township. After the meeting, Toni and Jim Amey will present the “Idora Park Experience” and will have some items from their private collection of Idora Park memorabilia.

SUPPORT GROUPS

Alzheimer Network Family Support Groups will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Girard Free Library, 105 E. Prospect St.; and 7 p.m. Wednesday at Our Lady of the Lakes, St. Catherine Family Center, 1254 Grandview Road. Family members and caregivers are welcome. All meetings are offered at no charge. For information call 330-788-9755.

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 Howland Community Church, 198 Niles-Cortland Road SE, Warren, 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.

Overeaters Anonymous Groups have scheduled the following local meetings: 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church Hall, Room 2, 4453 Warren-Sharon Road, Vienna; 7 p.m. Sunday at Shenango Presbyterian Church, 3144 Wilmington Road (Route 18), New Castle, Pa.; 1 p.m. Monday at Girard Multi-generational Center, 443 Trumbull Ave.; 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Valley Care-Northside Medical Center, Medical Education Building, Auditorium A, 500 Gypsy Lane, Youngstown; and Thursday, 6 p.m. at Faith Chapel Fellowship Church, 511 E. Pershing St., Salem, and 7:30 p.m. at New Life Lutheran Church, 1181 Church Hill-Hubbard Road, Liberty. All locations are handicap accessible. For information go to www.oa.org or call Mahoning County Help Hotline at 330-747-2696, Columbiana County Help Hotline at 330-424-7767 or Lawrence County Help Hotline at 724-674-3697.

Survivors of Suicide in Columbiana County will meet from 11 a.m. to 1 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.

Survivors of Suicide in Mahoning County will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Disciples Christian Church, 565 Boardman-Canfield Road, Boardman. This support group is for families who have lost a loved one to suicide. For information call Help Hotline Crisis Center at 330-747-2696.

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 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 is sponsoring a political forum at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 323 Wick Ave. Representatives of the Mahoning County Republican, Democratic, Libertarian and Green parties have been invited. The focus will be on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender platform positions. A question and answer period will follow the presentations. PFLAG is an organization that gives support, educates and advocates for the LGBT community. Regular meetings take place from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. the second Tuesday each month.

VETERANS

VFW Triangle Post 2799 Men’s 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.