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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.
Please be brief and include only basic details. If possible, provide a phone number or email address to be published with contact information.
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, 21 S. Brown 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 The phone number is not for publication, unless so indicated.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:
•Open-top chicken pie supper -- 4 to 7 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 17, Ellen Chapel Church, Lewistown. $12 per person. Eat in or takeout. Tickets for raffle baskets will be available for purchase. For reservations, call (814) 599-4902. Benefits Operation Christmas Child.
Today
•Boy Scout Troop 4 grand slam breakfast - 8 a.m. to 11 a.m., Lewistown Presbyterian Church, Third and Brown streets. Adults, $10; youth 5-10, $8; children under 5 free with paying adults. Tickets available from Troop 4 scouts, leaders and at the door.
•LHS Class of 1958 breakfast -- 9 a.m., Sal-lee's Dream, Strodes Mills. Classmates, spouses, relatives and friends are invited. Information: (717) 994-7383.
•Central Pa Food Bank -- 9:30-11 a.m., White Memorial Church fellowship hall, Milroy. Bring your own box, bag or containers. Income guidelines apply. For more information, email kishdco@gmail.com or call (717) 348-4248.
•Soup and barbecue sale -- 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. or until sold out, Arch Rock Church, 745 Arch Rock Road,
Mifflintown. Soup by the quart or the pint. Information: (717) 320-3159.
•Chicken barbecue - 1 p.m. until sold out, Bannerville Fire Co., 7547 Stage Road, McClure. $5 leg quarters. Pickup at the firehouse. No preorders. First come, first served.
•Haunted Hayride -- 7 to 10 p.m., Bannerville Fire Co., 7547 Stage Rd., McClure. $15 for ages 13 and over. $10 for ages 5-12. Ages 4 and under free. Information: (570) 658-6477 or text (570) 765-4040 or (570) 765-4387. Handicapped capability.
Sunday
•McCoy House Museum -- open 1 to 3 p.m., 17 N. Main St., Lewistown. Pop-up book sale.
• Bingo -- Doors open at 4 p.m. Bingo starts at 5 p.m., Lewistown Elks Lodge, 229 W. Third St., Lewistown. Rip tickets will be sold. Short order menu available for purchase.
Monday
• 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.
•Together With Veterans - HMJ meeting -- 10 a.m. via Zoom. Together With Veterans is a community-based program that provides support and resources for rural veterans across Huntingdon, Mifflin and Juniata counties. For more information, contact Karen Rush at (814) 643-6300, karenr.firstcenter@gmail.com or togetherwithveterans.hmj@gmail.com.
• 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.
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.
•October book group -- 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., Mifflin County Library, Lewistown. The book is "The Only One Left" by Riley Sager. New members are always welcome. Call (717) 242-2391 for details.
•Creative Minds Night -- 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Mifflin County Library, Lewistown. Adults ages 18 and up are welcome to hear author Alan Aumiller. He recently finished his first novel. His genre of writing is suspense and horror.
•October book group -- 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Kish Library, Belleville. The book is "The Only One Left" by Riley Sager. New members are always welcome. Call (717) 935-2880 for details.
•Cowboy Church fundraiser -- 6:30 to 8 p.m., Bethel A.M.E. Church Hope Center, 23 N. Juniata St., Lewistown. Donations accepted. For more information, call (718) 869-1963.
•Mifflin County Republican Committee meeting -- 7 p.m., Birch Hill Events building, 1100 N. Pine St., Burnham. All registered Republicans and like-minded citizens are welcome to attend.
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.