West Side Cats needs volunteers for fall

August 31, 2017 at 12:00a.m.

YOUNGSTOWN

West Side Cats, 2217 Mahoning Ave., needs volunteers to help care for cats and kittens. Come visit the shelter for a tour. All volunteers are welcome. For information, call Marie at 330-519-5002.

Akron Children’s seeks change bandits

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Recruitment is now underway for Miracle Maker change bandits to assist with pre-event fundraising activities for the ninth annual Miracles and Promises Radiothon to benefit Akron Children’s Hospital Mahoning Valley. The radiothon will take place from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sept. 28-29, and will be broadcast live on Mix 98.9 and 570 WKBN from the hospital’s Beeghly campus in Boardman.

The change bandit program is a fun and easy way for everyone – from individuals, families, businesses, schools, and civic and community organizations – to help to raise funds prior to the radiothon. Change bandits can create their own fundraising activities in addition to collecting donations of spare change from co-workers, friends and family. All donations and change bandits are recognized during the radiothon.

The radiothon is the hospital’s largest fundraising event of the year. One hundred percent of the funds raised during the Change Bandit Campaign and the Miracles and Promises Radiothon are used in the Mahoning Valley to benefit local children and families.

During the past eight years, the radiothon has raised more than $1.5 million. Register to become a change bandit at www.miraclesandpromises.org or by contacting JoAnn Stock at 330-746-9122 or jstock@chmca.org.

Divorce guide offered to Catholics

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The Office of Pro-Life, Marriage and Family Life of the Catholic Diocese of Youngstown in cooperation with St. Charles Borromeo Parish, 7345 Westview Dr., Boardman, and St. Paul Parish, 241 S. Main St., North Canton, is offering the Catholic’s divorce survival guide from 7 to 9 p.m. on Wednesdays from Sept. 30 to Dec 13.

This free program is a DVD-based series with accompanying materials created to bring hope, healing, wisdom and even wit to divorced and separated Catholics. For more information or to register, call 330-744-8451.

Dementia Educational Day at Windsor House

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Windsor House at Armstrong Memory Care Assisted Living, 2 Windsor Place, Warren, is hosting “Your Learning Journey” at 1 p.m. Sept. 13. This event is a free educational day about dementia and all its facets. Topics include: Communicating with those who have Dementia, Understanding Alzheimer’s, Emotional Intelligence for Care Giving, and more.

For information and to register, call 234-806-3302.