SHSAA Giving Tuesday Quaker football raffle

SALEM — The Salem High School Alumni Association is celebrating Giving Tuesday with an opportunity for donors to be entered into a Quaker football raffle.

Giving Tuesday unleashes the power of people and organizations to transform their communities. First launched in 2012, the campaign is a simple idea: to create a day that encourages people to do good and to donate to positive causes. This event has grown into a global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity.

SHSAA is encouraging alumni and friends to donate to its scholarship and grant fund. Quaker pride runs deep and wide. Donations of $5 or more will be entered into a raffle to win one of two Quaker footballs donated by the Bezon Family, owners of Haltec Corporation.

All donations made online at www.salemohioalumni.org, through mail, or in person from now through Giving Tuesday, Dec. 2, will be entered into the raffle that will be held on Friday, Dec. 5.

Columbiana County Fair Christmas lights display

The Columbiana County Fair is holding its inaugural drive through Christmas lights display from Nov. 28 through Dec. 21. The display is open 5 to 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 5 to 9 p.m. Sundays. Cost is $10 per vehicle at the gate; online tickets available at www.columbianacountyfair.com plus convenience fee.

Darin Odey to host

Banquet in Salem

The Dine in or Drive Thru Banquet in Salem from 5 p.m. until the food is gone Monday at the Salem Memorial Building will be sponsored by Darin Odey. The menu will include fried chicken, diced potatoes with peppers and onions, corn, coleslaw, fresh vegetables and fruit, and pudding. Dine in will park in designated area behind the building and proceed to front door. Drive thru will line up in lot behind the building; one meal per individuals in the vehicle. No parking in the library lot. For more information or to sponsor a Banquet call Patty Colian at 330-831-2169; visit www.thebanquetinsalem.org.

LCBA Branch 654 sets Christmas meeting

Members of Salem LCBA Branch 654 will celebrate the Christmas Season at the meeting Thursday, Dec. 4, at 6:30 p.m. at the Salem Senior Housing meeting room. Members are reminded to take a small wrapped item for the gift exchange and a gas card to donate to the Sophia Center. Plans will be finalized for the Holiday Soup and Bake sale scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 13 and 14 at the St. Paul Parish School gym. For information, call 330-337-8353.

Festival of Choirs

scheduled for Sunday

The 61st Annual Festival of Choirs will be held Sunday, Nov. 30 at 3 p.m. at the Salem First Methodist Church on Broadway Avenue to usher in the advent season.

Scleroderma support group to meet

The Youngstown Area Scleroderma Support Group will meet at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 8 at Davidson’s Restaurant, 3636 Canfield Road, and by Zoom. The meeting is open to the public and focuses on issues of people affected in all ways by scleroderma. This includes patients, family, friends, or anyone interested in advancing the areas of support, education, and research. For information and Zoom numbers, contact the group leader Leni Schulz at 330-501-2401 or lenipenny1@neo.rr.com. Affiliate of the Lower Great Lakes Chapter and the National Scleroderma Foundation (scleroderma.org). The group can also be found on Facebook or YouTube.