Noteworthy
Relay for Life meeting
ELYSBURG - The Southern Columbia Area Relay for Life will have its wrapup/kickoff meeting Tuesday, Jan. 17, at the Knights of Columbus Hall at Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Church, 599 W. Center St.
For more information, call Sherri McDonald at 336-7156 or Lauren Day at 850-8248.
Alzheimer's support meeting
COAL TOWNSHIP - The Northumberland County Area Agency on Aging, in conjunction with
Geisinger-Shamokin Area Community Hospital, A Campus of Geisinger Medical Center, will hold an Alzheimer's support group meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the hospital cafeteria.
The speaker for the meeting will be Marc Varano, outreach coordinator for the LIFE/Geisinger Adult Day Program in Kulpmont. He will provide information on the medical and financial criteria for admission to the program.
He will share a presentation that features a day in the life of a program participant and will discuss the many beneficial services available, including transportation.
For more information about the support group, call Area Agency on Aging Deputy Administrator Pat Rosini at 495-2395.
"Books and Breakfast" book club
COAL TOWNSHIP - Beginning at 9:15 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, St. John's United Methodist Church, 1218 W. Arch St., Coal Township, will offer the "Books and Breakfast" book club, especially for women. The first book will be, "Bad Girls of the Bible and What We Can Learn from Them," by Liz Curtis Higgs.
Some of the "bad girls" readers will meet are Eve, Jezebel and Delilah, who have a lot to teach the public. The club, open to all women, is non-demoninational.
A registration fee of $12 to cover the cost of the book is due by Jan. 25. Club meetings will be held at the parsonage next door to the church at 1218 W. Arch St.
For more information or to register, call Pastor Karyn Fisher at 648-2842.