Calendar
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 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 The phone number is not for publication, unless so indicated.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:
• Ham pot pie meal — 4 to 6 p.m., Saturday March 22, Milroy United Methodist Church, 91 S. Main St., Milroy. Takeout only by donation. Menu: Ham potpie, coleslaw, applesauce, roll and cake. Reserve by Wednesday, March 19, at (717) 667-9577 or (717) 667-2423.
• Mifflin County Farm Bureau spring meeting — 6 p.m., March 26, Hoss’s, 23 Hoss Dr., Lewistown. To RSVP, call (717) 250-5562 or (717) 438-5818 by March 19.
Today
• Job Club — 10 a.m. to noon, Mifflin County CareerLink, MCIDC Plaza building 58. Attendees can search for jobs, tailor resumes, apply for jobs and learn how to get jobs.
• Bingo — 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., McVeytown Senior Center.
• Bingo — Doors open at 5 p.m. Early bird games at 6:30 p.m., Milroy Hose Co., 190 College Ave., Milroy. $25 package includes up to 15 cards and early bird games. Rip tickets available. Jackpot guaranteed $1,000. Kitchen will be open. Benefits Easter egg hunt. Sponsored by Siglerville Ball Organization, Milroy Hose Co. and Milroy American Legion Post No. 287 Auxiliary.
• TOPS (Take off the Pounds Sensibly) PA 13339 meeting — 6:45 p.m., Rhodes Memorial United Methodist Church, 500 Highland Ave., Lewistown. Weigh-in at 6 p.m. New members welcome. For information: (717) 994-0156.
• Central Pennsylvania Grasp Chapter — 7 to 9 p.m. at CPYM Sausman Center, 12339 William Penn Hwy., Thompsontown. No cost to attend. For more information, please contact: Shannon Zeiders at (717) 953-6810 or Cpagrasp@yahoo.com.
Tuesday
• Coffee with friends — 9 a.m. to noon, Lack-Tuscarora EMS, 9320 Route 75 South, East Waterford.
• Dominoes — 9 a.m., Derry Township Senior Citizen Center, 15 Mill St., Yeagertown.
• Mifflin County Historical Society Research Library — Open 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., rear of Historic Courthouse, Monument Square, Lewistown
• CLHS Class of 1965 luncheon — 11:30 a.m., Downtown OIP and Grille, 24 E. Market St., Lewistown. Classmates, spouses and guests are welcome.
• LHS Class of 1954 luncheon — 11:30 a.m., Cora’s Creekside Tavern, 206 W. Freedom Ave., Burnham. All classmates and guests are welcome.
• Blood drive — 12:30 to 6 p.m., Allensville Community Building. Appointments requested. For appointments and “Rapid Pass” visit: www.redcross.org.
• Towpath Naturalist Society meeting — 7 p.m., St. John’s Lutheran Church fellowship hall, 120 N. Main St., Lewistown (rear entrance). Program: Game Warden Jesse Cunningham, “Bears In Our Backyard: Learn About Black Bears.” Visitors and new members welcome.
Wednesday
• Bingo — 9:30 to 11 a.m., Lewistown Senior Coomunity Center, 515 Knepp Avenue, Lewistown.
• Mifflin County Historical Society Research Library — Open 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., rear of Historic Courthouse, Monument Square, Lewistown.
• Blood drive — noon to 6 p.m., Belleville Community Building. Appointments requested. For appointments and “Rapid Pass” visit: www.redcross.org.
• LHS Class of 1956 luncheon — noon, Vince’s Pizza and Family Restaurant, 311 S. Logan Blvd., Burnham.
• Ellen Chapel Red Cross blood drive — 1 to 6 p.m., Burnham Lions Club, Burnham (due to a project at the church). Canteen will serve corned beef and cabbage along with sandwiches and desserts to those who donate blood. For appointments and “Rapid Pass” visit: www.redcross.org. Walk-ins welcome.
• Mission quilts — 1 p.m., Derry Township Senior Citizen Center, 15 Mill St., Yeagertown. Sewing skills are not necessary. Helpers needed.
• TOPS Chapter 1749 meeting — weigh-in 5 p.m., meeting 5:45 p.m., Old Reedsville Firehouse. New members welcome. For information: (717) 994-0905.