Fundraiser

Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, 100 Penn Ave., Mercer, holds a fish fry dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. this Friday and every Friday through April 10 in the church’s Gallagher Hall. Menu includes fried fish, fries, mac and cheese, cole slaw, bread and butter, coffee, tea, lemonade and homemade cake. Cost is $8 for adults; $4 for children and children ages 3 and younger, are free. For takeout add 25 cents each.



Special events

• Animal Appeal, a pet adoption and rescue organization, has a display of cats of various ages seeking adoptive homes at Hermitage Agway. All are leukemia/FIV tested, spayed/neutered, vaccinated and more. The cats can be seen during regular business hours. An adoption fee is charged. Info: 724-347-3031 or 724-962-9284.

• “Eating Green Isn’t Just About Vegetables,” a free program, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Jennings Environmental Education Center, 2951 Prospect Road, near Slippery Rock. Staff from Jennings, the Northwest Pennsylvania Growers Cooperative, and others will provide information and resources to help you eat more sustainably, as well as tasty samples of nutritious, naturally and organically produced foods available close to home. Info: 724-794-6011, jenningssp@state.pa.us or visitpaparks.com

• Hina Matsuri (Japanese Girls Day Celebration) will be from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday. This is a free program for girls ages 4-10. They will learn about this Japanese festival that focuses on health, happiness and a good marriage for their daughters. Children will play games, hear stories, learn Japanese phrases and make an origami doll craft. Class is limited to 15, reservations are required and all children must be accompanied by an adult. Maridon Museum’s multi-purpose room, 322 N. McKean St., Butler. Info: 724-282-0123; nlhile@maridon.org or www.maridon.org

• Emmanuel Christian Church, 4495 Greenville-Sandy Lake Road, Stoneboro, will host a family dinner and movie night March 13 . There will be a light dinner at 6 p.m., followed by “Song of the South” movie at 7 p.m. Both dinner and movie are free, and everyone is welcome. Reservations, 724-376-3412, Ext. 10.

• The Mercer County Senior Follies open call is noon to 2 p.m. March 28 at the Shenango Valley Senior Center, 220 N. Buhl Farm Drive, Hermitage. Needed are singers for the chorus; people for comedy, skits and soloists and for other activities related to the follies. The show will be Aug. 1-2. This year’s theme is “Happy Days.”



Meetings

• The Bethony Club of Our Lady of Fatima St. Ann will meet at 6:30 p.m. Saturday in the Marian room.

• Grove City Area AARP Chapter 3423 will meet at noon March 12 at Tower Presbyterian Church in Williamson Hall. A program will be presented about the Civil War. The meeting is open to everyone over the age of 50. Those attending are asked to bring a hot or cold dish and their own table service. Info: 814-786-7431.

• The Midwestern Local Task Force-Right to Education meets from 10 a.m. to noon March 12 at Midwestern Intermediate Unit IV conference room A, Grove City. This meeting is open to all parents with children with disabilities. Info: 724-458-6700, Ext. 207.



Health

• Sharon Regional Health System presents “Total and Partial Joint Replacement of the Foot and Ankle” at 11 a.m. March 10 at the Diagnostic & Imaging Center, Hermitage. Allan Evangelista, foot and ankle surgeon, is the speaker. Register at Sharon Regional’s Health Information Center, 724-983-5518 or 800-346-7997.

• Buhl Community Rec Center announces Biggest Loser Club which meets from 7 to 7:45 p.m. on Thursdays beginning this Thursday and continue through May 20. Cost is $10 per week and the instructor is Steve Meyer. Registration: 724-981-3700.



Bus trip

• A Seneca Allegany Casino, Salamanca, N.Y., bus trip, sponsored by Shenango Valley Senior Center, is set for April 30. Depart from Reyers parking lot in downtown Sharon at 7:30 a.m. and return at about 7:45 p.m. Participants must be 50 years old or older. Cost is $35 and you will receive $20 toward slots plus $5 food incentive. Details: 724-981-7950.