CLUB CALENDAR

ASSOCIATIONS

American Association of University Women, Youngstown Branch, will meet at 10 a.m. March 11 at Sunrise of Poland, 335 W. McKinley Way. Following the continental breakfast and business meeting, Traci Manning will present “Founding Mothers-Part II.” Hostesses are Mary Allgood and Mary Ann Allgood. All college graduates are welcome. For information call 339-702-0567.

Mill Creek Chapter of ABWA will celebrate its annual Woman of the Year event March 14 at Rachel’s Restaurant, 54 Westchester Drive, Austintown. A social will take place from 6 to 6:30 p.m. The menu is mixed garden salad, vegetable medley, oven roasted potatoes, baked chicken Italiano, roasted pork loin and dessert. The cost is $22 and no reservations will be taken after Monday. Call Darlene Demjen at 330-755-9089. The speaker will be Randi Russell, unit director of the Boys and Girls Club of Youngstown.

National Association of Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) Chapter 14 will have its monthly meeting at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Saxon Club, 710 S. Meridian Road. Call 330-953-0077 for information. All active and retired federal employees are invited to attend.

Tri-Gold Prime Time Chapter of ABWA will have its monthly meeting Wednesday at A La Cart Catering in Canfield. A social will be at 12:30 p.m. and lunch will follow at 1. The menu comprises creamed chicken over biscuits, Swiss steak parsley potatoes, peas and carrots, salad and ice cream with syrup. Final plans will be made for the annual basket auction set for April 8 at St. Nicholas social hall, 762 Fifth St., Struthers. For information, call Dolores at 330-757-9368 or Mary Lou at 330-533-8730.

ATHLETIC GROUPS

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

AUXILIARIES

Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary of Mahoning County will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday at 1501 Glenwood Ave. Discussion will include Women’s Heart Day, upcoming service projects, and fundraising.

BOOSTERS

Girard Band Boosters will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the high school.

CLASSES

Campbell Memorial January and June Classes of 1948 will meet for breakfast at 9:30 a.m. Monday at Denny’s Restaurant in Boardman. All classmates and spouses are welcome.

Campbell Memorial January and June Classes of 1950 will meet for lunch at noon Wednesday at Bedford Trails Golf Course in Coitsville.

Campbell Memorial High School Class of 1955 will meet for its monthly breakfast at 10 a.m. Saturday at What’s Cookin’ in the Mathews Road Plaza in Boardman. Classmates, spouses and guests are welcome.

CLUBS

Altrusa Club of Youngstown will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday at Wittenauer’s Cafe in Poland. Women will be recognized in honor of International Women’s Day. Altrusa works to promote literacy within the community. New members are welcome. For membership information, call Pat Skornicka, 330-853-7962.

Mahoning Valley Civil War Round Table will meet at 6:30 p.m. March 13 at A La Cart Catering in Canfield. Michael Kraus, curator at the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Museum in Pittsburgh, will present The Irish Brigade. The dinner meeting is $14 per person, reservations are required. Call 330-757-5727 for information or visit www.mahoningvalleycwrt.com.

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.

Youngstown Mothers of Twins Club monthly meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Luva Bella Winery, Route 224, Lowellville. Plans are underway for the annual “Mother of the Year” dinner set for 6 p.m. March 11 at Cafe 422, 8586 South Ave., Boardman.

GROUPS

Boardman-Poland Junior Women’s League will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at Glenellen Assisted Living, 9661 Market St., Boardman. Plans will be finalized for “A Step Back In Thyme Tea” from 1 to 3 p.m. March 11 at Poland Presbyterian Church which will benefit Mahoning County women and children’s shelters. Tickets are $20 and are available from any league member. Members are to take items for a tea basket that will be given away at the tea. Wear green in recognition of St. Patrick’s Day and to welcome Spring. Hostesses for the meeting are Tina Bellino, Nina Lowery and Derrie Wilkes. The Boardman-Poland Junior Women’s League is open to all women over 18, residing in Mahoning, Trumbull, and Columbiana counties who are interested in friendship, fun and community involvement. For information, call Linda Crish, membership chairman, at 330-727-9321

GUILDS

Niles Chapter of the American Sewing Guild has scheduled the following neighborhood group meetings: Designing Women machine embroidery group will meet at 10 a.m. March 10 at Domestic Sewing, 2011 Youngstown Road, Warren. Doreen will have a surprise demonstration. For information call Shirley at 330-959-5020; Joann Etc. will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the store, 7386 Market St., Boardman. Pinky will demonstrate useful ways to use discarded jeans. For information, call Sylvia, 330-744-8053; Material Girls will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 490 N. High St. (Route 5), Cortland. It will feature extravaganza favors. For information call Barb at 330-550-1215.

LIBRARY FRIENDS

Friends of the Poland Library will meet Tuesday at the Poland Library, 311 S. Main St. Coffee hour will be at 9:30 a.m. and the program and business meeting will follow at 10. “The Beauty of Glass” will be presented by Jessica Trickett. Hostesses will be Peg Bodine, Sue Perry, Sue Faulkner and Jean McComb. Donations of books, magazines, CDs and DVDs are accepted at each meeting for the Poland Friends book cart. The meeting is open to the public, and new members are welcome. Membership dues are $10 a year.

RELIGIOUS GROUPS

Girard Knights of Columbus Men, Council 2935, will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the K. of C. Hall, 122 N. State St.

Junior Seton Circle will meet at noon Thursday at A La Cart Catering in Canfield for a luncheon, program and meeting. Rose Memo, licensed practicing counselor, will be the speaker.

Mothers of the Crucifix of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Basilica will meet at 1:30 p.m. Sunday. Cathy Zack will preside. Hostesses are Mary Ann Petruzzi, Roseann Gentile, Roseann Valentini and Debbie Chufo.

Seton III will meet at noon Thursday at the Saxon Club, 710 S. Meridian Road, Youngstown. Members should take an inexpensive white-elephant gift, wrapped, as prizes for a game. Hostesses are Mary Lou Beck, chairman; Shirley Zambetis and Edna Zaitzew. Mail reservations to Patty Eddy for the luncheon.

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.

Poland Lions Club will meet at 8:30 a.m. Saturday at Wittenauer’s Cafe in Poland. Projects will be discussed and details finalized. Individuals interested in serving the community are welcome to attend. Call Judy at 330-360-3641 for information.

Struthers Lions Club will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the Struthers VFW, 157 Lowellville Road. Contact Mike Perello 330-757-3917.

SINGLES

D.A.R.E. has scheduled the following activities: 6:30 p.m. Saturday, bowling extravaganza at Boardman Lanes; 7 p.m. Tuesday, bar bingo at Saxon Club; 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, volunteer at Second Harvest Food Bank; 7:30 p.m. Thursday, speaker night at the church; 6 to 10 p.m. March 10, card night at Denny’s on Route 224 in Boardman.

SOCIETIES

Struthers Historical Society will meet at 1 p.m. Sunday at the society museum, 50 Terrace St. Traci Manning of the Mahoning Valley Historical Society will give a presentation on David Tod, a governor of Ohio during the Civil War. Refreshments will be served.

SUPPORT GROUPS

NAMI Mahoning Valley offers support groups for those who deal with mental illness. Support groups follow: Girard Family Support, first Thursday of each monthly at 11 a.m. at the Girard Library, 105 E. Prospect St. and Austintown Family Support Group, 7 p.m. second Tuesday of each month at Alta Care, 142 Javit Court. NAMI Connection, a support group for people with a mental health diagnosis meets at the following locations: 1:30 p.m. Thursdays at Community Center, 1344 Fifth Ave., Youngstown; 6 p.m. second and fourth Mondays at Grace United Methodist Church, 1725 Drexel Ave., Warren; and 6 p.m. second and fourth Thursdays at Alta Care in Austintown. Visit namimv.org, call 330-727-9268 or e-mail staff@namimv.org for information.

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, St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church Hall, Room 2, 4453 Warren-Sharon Road, Vienna; 7 p.m. Sunday, Shenango Presbyterian Church, 3144 Wilmington Road (Route 18), New Castle, Pa.; 1 p.m. Monday, Girard Multigenerational Center, 443 Trumbull Ave., handicapped accessible; 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, 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.

Parents Without Partners, Portage County Chapter 600, will have its monthly dance from 7:30 to 11 p.m. Saturday at the Ritchie Memorial Shelter House, 109 West Ave., Tallmadge. Music will be by DJ Jan. Mulligan Stew will be served. Members and non-members who take two cans of vegetables will be given a discount of $1 towards admission. One can will be for the stew, the other for the food pantry at the Center of Hope in Ravenna. Wearing of the Green will be the dance theme. For information about the group, call Warrine, 330-322-9559.

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 330-974-8450.

VETERANS

VFW Triangle Post 2799 will meet at 7 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.