YOU'RE INVITED

Clubs:
•Garden Club of Lancaster, "Springtime Woodland Plants," 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 9, Salem United Church of Christ, 2312 Marietta Ave. Call Ruth Davis, 872-5192.

•Village Art Association, "The Business of Art," 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24, Lititz Public Library, 651 Kissel Hill Road. Call the library, 626-2255.

•Ephrata Area Women's Connection, "Coping With Sudden Widowhood and Care of Aging Parents," 11:45 a.m. Tuesday, March 3, Foxchase Golf Club, 300 Stevens Road, Stevens; $10. Reserve by Feb. 24; call Ruth Lausch, 733-3979.

•Elizabethtown/Mount Joy Christian Women, "It's All In the Attitude," 9:30 a.m. Thursday, March 5, The Gathering Place, 6 Pine St., Mount Joy; $9. Reserve by Feb. 26; call Pat Wood, 367-2806.

•Towne Club of Lancaster, "A Magic Program," 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24, Blossom Hill Mennonite Church, 333 Delp Road. Call Rosalie Antonsen, 394-0778.

Marathon bingo, Ephrata Lions Club, noon-10 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28, Ephrata Rec Center, 130 S. Academy Drive; 25 cents per card. Proceeds benefit Ephrata Area Emergency Services groups. Call Bob Snader, 733-9327.

Angus or grass-fed beef sale, fundraiser for Penn Johns Charter School, 60, 125 or 250 pounds, delivered 4-5 weeks after order; $3.50-$4.25 per pound. Call Erik Glick, 656-7070.

Workshops:
•Scrapbooking, 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28, Lancaster First Assembly of God, 1025 Columbia Ave.; $15 for up to six hours, $25 for 6-12 hours. Benefits Talking Heads Youth Puppet Team. Call the church, 397-1112.

•Needlefelt Eggs and Spring Birds, with Kim Hondares Seibert, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, March 7, Jasper Yeates Educational Center, 24 S. Queen St.; $28-$32, includes kit. Register by Feb. 27; call Heritage Center of Lancaster County, 299-6440.

Benefit auction, preview 4:30 p.m. and auction 6 p.m. Friday, March 6, Living Word Academy, 2384 New Holland Pike; benefits student mission trips. Call the school, 556-0711.

Preschools:
•Accepting registrations for the 2009-10 school year, Trinity United Church of Christ Preschool, 2340 State St., East Petersburg. Call the school, 569-1632.

•Open house, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Thursday and Friday, Feb. 26-27, Discovery Corner Preschool, First United Methodist Church, 29 E. Walnut St. Call Michelle Dombach, 394-7231.

Meals:
•Baron Stiegel Lions Club of Clay & Elizabeth Townships buffet breakfast, 7 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday, March 1, Brickerville Fire Company, 10 Hopeland Road; $3.50-$7. Call Craig Merkey, 406-7056.

•American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association, Red Rose Chapter, all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast, 7-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 28, Annunciation Orthodox Church, 64 Hershey Ave.; $2-$5. Call Gus Seiss, 464-0969.

•Breakfast, 7-11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 28, Conestoga Ambulance Association, 3292 Main St.; $2.50-$5.50. Call Missi Frankford, 872-8742.

"Empowering Men to be Men," 7 p.m. Thursdays, March 5-26, CrossRoads Counseling Services, 14 Keystone Court, Leola; $200. Register by March 2; call CrossRoads, 556-4673.

4-H community club reorganizational meetings, 7 p.m. Monday, March 2. Bring a pen, calendar and child's health and insurance records:

•Mount Joy, Mount Joy Mennonite Church, 320 Musser Road. Call Lisa Hershey, 653-2103.

•Mountville, Mountville Church of the Brethren, 60 Clay St. Call Michelle Fletcher, 898-0415.

•Solanco, Hoffman Building, Solanco Fairgrounds, Route 472, Quarryville. Call Karen Keefer, 548-3854.

SUPPORT GROUPS

PATHways programs, Hospice of Lancaster County, 4075 Old Harrisburg Pike, Mount Joy, unless otherwise noted. Call 391-2413:

•Coping with the loss of a loved one, 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 3, The Glen at Willow Valley, 675 Willow Valley Square; 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 3, Ephrata Cancer Center, 460 N. Reading Ave., and 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 4.

•Coping with the loss of a parent, 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 3.

•Coping with the loss of a companion or spouse, 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 17, or 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 24.

•Coping with the loss of a child, 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 24.

•Service of Remembrance, 2 p.m. Sunday, March 1, Highland Presbyterian Church, 1801 Oregon Pike.

•Newly bereaved, 12:30 or 7 p.m. Tuesdays, March 10-24.

•Bereavement workshop, "Man to Man: Walking With Grief Toward Healing," 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 10.

•Bereaved Men's breakfast group, 8 a.m. Tuesday, March 24, the Apple Tree Restaurant at Wood's Edge, Columbia Avenue and Centerville Road.

•Coping With Suicide Loss, for individuals grieving a suicide at least four months, 6:30 p.m. Mondays, March 30-May 4.

•Coping Kids, 6 p.m. Thursdays, March 26-May 14.

Lancaster Neuropathy, speaker Doug Olson, National Neuropathy Resource Group, 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 23, Building 2100, third-floor conference room, Lancaster Health Campus, 2100 Harrisburg Pike. Call 800-341-2121.

HEALTH

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, renewal course for health care providers, 8 a.m.-noon Saturday, March 7, Cocalico Center for Health, 63 W. Church St., Stevens; $45. Registration required; call Ephrata Community Hospital's Wellness Center, 336-6578.

"Buckle Baby Safely," 9-11 a.m. Saturday, March 7, Ephrata Community Hospital, 169 Martin Ave.; free. Call Family Maternity Unit, 738-6667.

SENIORS/RETIREES

PrimeTime senior adult ministry, "Peace," 11:30 a.m. Saturday, March 21, The Worship Center, 2384 New Holland Pike. Call Dave Parker, 286-3284.

AARP No. 4221 Centerville, program by Don Billett, 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, Centerville Middle School, 865 Centerville Road. Call Dorothy Purcell, 872-5998.

Elizabethtown Area Senior Citizens, meeting, blood pressure readings and program on upcoming trips, 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 25, St. Paul's United Methodist Church, 398 N. Locust St. Bring nonperishable items to donate to area food banks. Call Evelyn Darkes, 367-3174.

Early Birds Walking Club, 7:30 a.m. Mondays, unless otherwise noted, Ephrata Community Hospital; $25 per year. Call the Wellness Center, 336-6578:

•Stoner Park, Manheim Township, March 2.

•With breakfast, hospital, 169 Martin Ave., 7 a.m. March 9.

•Adamstown Library, 98 Lancaster Ave., March 16.

•Reamstown Park, Church Street; park at East Cocalico Recreation Area sign, March 23.

•Cloister Shopping Center, 108 N. Reading Road, Ephrata, March 30.

Lancaster Downtowners, providing support for retirement living in the city, Dr. Kenneth Brubaker, "How To Choose and Talk to Your Doctor," 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 23, Albright Life, 417 W. Frederick St.; $5 nonmembers. Reservations required; call Beth Lichty, 391-9534.

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