The FOWLER COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS WALK "Candy Cane Lane" will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Various local stores and merchants will be participating. Events include a gingerbread house contest, lunch from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Fowler United Methodist Church, and visit from Santa Claus from noon to 5 p.m. with hot drinks and popcorn. Events will take place at the community center, township buildings, post office, Butts Family museum, Fowler Community Church and other nearby locations at the intersection of Routes 193 and 305.

Nearly 2,300 THANKSGIVING DINNERS will be given to those in need in the community as Antone's restaurant is donating meals and working with the United Way of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley. Meals will be picked up from 9 a.m. to noon on Thursday at Antone's, 8578 Market St., Boardman. Packaging of the meals will begin today with meals delivered to the elderly and those without transportation.

The Newton Falls Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3332 and the Ladies Auxiliary are collecting cookies, and hygiene items for boxes to be mailed to military personnel over the CHRISTMAS SEASON. Anyone who would like to donate items an bring them to the VFW Post at 433 Arlington Road by Sunday. Anyone with a family member or friend who is serving at home or overseas, can drop off their name and address and will add them to the mailing list. For more information call Wanda Thompson, 330-219-2969 or the VFW Post 3332, 330-872-7318.

Liberty residents are collecting WINTER CLOTHES for community families. Collection barrels are located at the Jewish Community Center, Temple El Emeth and Liberty school buildings. Items being collected are coats, hats, gloves, scarves, back packs and winter coats. Liberty Township administration building will distribute the items from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays. For more information call 330-759-1315.

The Youngstown Historical Center will present HISTORY KIDS from 1 to 3 p.m. Friday. The theme is "Smoke, Fire and Steel" and will include a museum tour, hands-on artifact study, view a 1945 film and look at newspaper. The program is for ages 8 to 14. Cost is $10 for Ohio Historical Society members and $12 others. Registration required by calling 330-743-5934.

The United Way of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley has partnered with Belleria Pizza and RingGo Deals to offer holiday shoppers deals available on a ring, which holds wallet sized discount deal cards. The rings will be sold for $25 each with 50 percent of the proceeds to benefit the United Way. The event will run through Dec. 24. For more information, call 330-746-8494.

TODAY:

l Cortland Community Band, 7 to 9 p.m., Lakeview Middle School, Wakefield Drive, 330-652-2424 or 330-395-1656 or www.cortlandcommunityband.org

l Sounds of Square County barbershop chorus meeting every Wednesday. Terry at 330-544-0242.

l Families Anonymous, a 12-step program for relatives and friends whose lives have been adversely affected by a loved one's addiction to drugs or alcohol. 6 to 7:30 p.m. Neil Kennedy Recovery Center, 160 Clifton Drive N.E., Suite 1, Howland. Call Linda, 330-307-8182.

l TOPS Ohio 1262, McDonald, weigh in 8:45 a.m., meeting at 9:30 a.m. McDonald Community Center, Ohio Avenue, McDonald.

l Niles First Church of the Nazarene, support group for addiction, 6:30 p.m. 1832 Niles-Vienna Road, Niles.

l Champion Kiwanis Club, 7 a.m., Wayside Restaurant, 825 State Road N.W.

l Cortland Area Kiwanis Club, noon, The Lake Tavern, state Route 46, Mecca.

l Celebrate Recovery, 6:30 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 309 N. Park Ave., Warren. 330-392-6276.

l New Beginnings Weight Loss, 9:30 a.m., Girard Library. 330-530-0119.

l Sounds of Square County, Women's Barbershop Singers, a member of Harmony Inc., 7 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, 56 Chestnut Ave., Niles. For bookings or information, call Terry at 330-544-0242.or Doris at 330-544-2252.

l Cortland Kiwanis, noon, P&C Cafe, High Street, Cortland.

l Mended Hearts Support Group, 7 p.m., Finnegan Auditorium, St. Elizabeth Health Center. 330-793-2531.

l Wednesday Morning Recovery, Narcotics Anonymous, 10 a.m. closed discussion, former unemployment office, 684 N. Park Ave., Warren.

l Warren Rotary Club, noon, Enzo's Restaurant, Elm Road N.E.

l Niles Wednesday Night Al Anon, 8 p.m., Fairview Methodist Church on Fairview Drive in Niles.

l Total Delivery, 7 to 8 p.m., 1400 Tod Ave. N.W., lobby level.

l TOPS 1350, Cortland, weigh-in, 9:15 a.m., Bazetta Township Hall, 3372 state Route 5.

l TOPS 1859, 5:30 p.m. for weigh-in and meeting 6 p.m. at Champion Christian Church, 151 Center St.

l Wednesday Night Serenity Hall AA meeting, 7:30 p.m., Badger Hall, First Presbyterian Church, Mahoning Avenue, Warren.

l Niles Kiwanis, noon, Cafe 422.

l Wednesday Here and Now Group of Narcotics Anonymous, 6 p.m. open discussion, Second Christian Church, 904 W. Market St., Warren.