The Champion Local School District is starting the annual PROJECT WALK WARM from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Monday to Thursday today through April 1 at Champion Middle School. Residents can walk indoors during the inclement winter weather. Walkers must be older than 18 and sign in the first time they walk. For more information, call 330-847-2348 during school hours.
The NEWTON FALLS CHURCH MOUSE, which helps families in need at the holidays, is seeking help and donations for the upcoming season. It has a Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner and toy mission and houses the Newton Falls Community Food Pantry. Help is available to people in Newton Township and the 44444 ZIP code. For more information, call 330-872-5574. Eligibility is determined by income guidelines set by the Department of Human Services.
Local author and counselor Marilyn Burns of Boardman will sign her BOOK, "Lost No More A Mother's Spiritual Journey Through Her Son's Addiction" from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Downtown Coffee Cafe, 29 Main St., Hubbard. The book can be purchased on the day of the signings. It is also available at www.amazon.com. The book is about the death of her son, Chris, in 2007 of a drug-related heart attack. Chris Burns was a 2002 Boardman High School graduate and became addicted to OxyContin and other drugs after a car accident left him with chronic pain. For more information, visit www.lostnomore.us.
The second annual MIRACLES AND PROMISES RADIOTHON raised $149,840 for Akron Children's Hospital of the Mahoning Valley. Money raised stays in the Mahoning Valley to benefit local children and families. More than 400 of volunteers participated by staffing the phone banks and helping with Children's FunFest activities.
TODAY:
l First Things First, 6 p.m., Sahara Club II, 2345 Youngstown Road, Warren, literature discussion.
l Hubbard HOW, 7:30 p.m., St. Patrick administration building, 225 N. Main St., Hubbard, open speaker, closed literature discussion.
l Cortland Area Kiwanis meet at the Real Deal Coffee Cafe Mondays at 5 p.m.
l Someplace Safe, 1540 Tod Ave., Warren, 330-393-1565.
l Howland Rotary Club, noon, Shepherd of the Valley, North River Road.
l Youngstown Executive Toastmasters, 6:45 p.m., Shepherd of the Valley, 301 Western Reserve Road, Boardman. For more information, www.speakingclub.org
l Pancake breakfast, 7 a.m. to noon, Senior Citizens Hall, 150 W. College St., West Farmington.
l Warren Township Blue Star Mothers, 1 p.m., Johnson Community Center. Ida 330-872-3566.
l Overeaters Anonymous, 6:30 p.m., basement of First Presbyterian Church, 256 Mahoning Ave. N.W., Warren.
l Monday Night Serenity Hall AA, 7:30 p.m., Badger Hall, First Presbyterian Church, 256 Mahoning Ave. N.W., Warren.
l TOPS Ohio 1353, Leavittsburg, weigh-in 6 p.m., meeting 7 p.m., Leavittsburg Church of God, 610 S. Leavitt Road, Leavittsburg. New members welcome. 330-898-0357.
l TOPS Ohio 698, Girard, weigh-in 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., meeting 6:30 p.m. First Christian Church, 140 E. Broadway Ave., Girard. New members welcome. First meeting free. 330-545-4770 or 330-534-2618.
l TOPS Ohio 1694, Champion, weigh-in 6:30 p.m., meeting 7 p.m. St. John Lutheran Church, 5734 Mahoning Ave. N.W., Champion. 330-652-2368.
l Trumbull County Chess Club, 6:30 p.m., Shepherd of the Valley Retirement, 1500 McKinley Ave., Niles. 330-652-9796.
l Monday at a Time Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m. closed discussion, first step, Second Christian Church, 904 W. Market St., Warren.
l Christians in Deliverance, 7 p.m., Agape Assembly Church, 426 Nevada St. S.W., Warren.
l The Weigh Inn - weight loss support group, weigh-in 5 to 6 p.m., meeting 6:15 p.m. Niles Senior Center, 14 E. State St., Niles. 330-652-9098.