Trending
The Sentinel offers nonprofit and other community organizations an opportunity to promote upcoming events for free in the community calendar for three days before the event. Events requiring reservations may be promoted for up to two weeks before the reservation deadline.
Events that require a purchase from a for-profit business, even if a donation is made to the organization, are not eligible for the calendar.
Submit items at least one week in advance via email, events@lewistownsentinel.com; call (717) 248-6741; online, Virtual Newsroom at www.lewistownsentinel.com; or mail or drop off, The Sentinel, 352 Sixth St., P.O. Box 588 Lewistown, PA 17044. The editor reserves the right to edit all submissions.
You must include a telephone number for verification purposes. The phone number is not for publication, unless so indicated.
Reserve Now:
•Soup sale -- pickup 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Milroy Presbyterian Church, 321 S. Milroy. $6 per quart, Jan. 27. Chicken corn, vegetable beef, beef barley and chicken noodle soup available. To order, call (717) 667-3438 or (717) 437-5818. Leave a message if no answer. Orders due by 7 p.m. Jan. 26.
•Mifflin County Chapter of the Pennsylvania Association of School Retirees luncheon meeting -- noon, Thursday, Feb. 1, Birch Hill Event Center in Burnham. Program: Jen Fetters speaking on her trip on the Appalachian Trail. Menu: cranberry salad, roasted turkey, stuffing with gravy, mashed potatoes, roll/butter, red velvet cake. Cost is $14. Reserve, with number attending, by responding to the following email: ldmjdj@embarqmail.com or by calling (717) 437-6024 by noon, Friday, Jan. 26. All school retirees are welcome.
•Donut sale -- pickup 6 a.m.-1 p.m., Feb. 13, Decatur Fire Cookhouse, North 522, Alfarata. Sugar, cinnamon and sugar and powdered sugar available. $9 per dozen, $5 per half dozen, $4 per dozen donut holes. Order by Feb. 9 by calling (717) 543-0921.
•Freedom Avenue UMC and Shining Light Through the Darkness soup sale -- Pick-up between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 16 at the Freedom Avenue UMC Fellowship Hall, 511 E. Freedom Ave., Burnham. Cost is $8 per quart. Soups available: ham and bean, stuffed pepper, beef vegetable, chicken corn and French onion. Baked goods will be available for purchase. Preorders recommended. Walk-ins welcome. Orders are due by Sunday, Feb. 11. Call (717) 953-6352 to order.
Wednesday, Jan. 24
•Bingo -- 9:30 -11 a.m., Lewistown Senior Center.
•CLHS Class of 1966 luncheon -- 11 a.m. at Vince's Pizza in Burnham.
•CLHS Class of 1968 luncheon -- 12:30 p.m., Vince's Pizza and Family Restaurant. All class members, spouses and friends are welcome.
•Mission quilts -- 1 p.m., Yeagertown Senior Center. Sewing skills not necessary. Helpers needed.
•2nd Annual Town Hall Meeting, Lewistown Borough -- 6 p.m., Community Center, Rec Park.
•Mifflin County Democratic Committee meeting -- 6:30 p.m., United Steelworkers Union Hall, 519 Electric Avenue, Lewistown. Petition signings will be 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 25
•Standard Steel melt shop retirees breakfast -- 8 a.m., Vince's Pizza and Family Restaurant, Burnham.
•Kish Class of 1966 -- 10 a.m., Honey Creek Inn, Reedsville.
•Blood drive -- noon-6 p.m., Mifflintown Fire Company. For appointments and "Rapid Pass" visit: www.redcross.org.
•LHS Class of 1960 luncheon -- 12:30 p.m., Villa Roma.
•Bingo -- 1 p.m., Yeagertown Senior Center.
•Mifflin County Veterans Organization meeting -- 6 p.m., St. John's Lutheran Church, 120 N. Main St., Lewistown. All veterans are welcome. Light refreshments. Guest speaker will be Sen. Judy Ward.
Friday, Jan. 26
•Coffee with friends -- 9 a.m.-noon at Lack-Tuscarora EMS, 9320 South Route 75, East Waterford.
•Bingo -- 6 p.m., Beale Township Fire Department. Doors open at 5 p.m.
•Single mom support group -- 6:30-8 p.m., New Life Church Cafe, 101 Beech St., Burnham. Dinner served from 6:30-7 for mothers and children. Child care from 7-8 while mothers meet in a group. More information: call or text (717) 437-4946.
Reunions
Upcoming reunions, including missing classmate requests, are published as part of the calendar and should be sent to events@lewistownsentinel.com. Brief reports of reunions and class reunion photos with the people identified in the order in which they appear are accepted for publication in the Saturday Living section and should be sent to living@lewistownsentinel.com.