VALLEY GRAPEVINE St. Mary’s to hold morning/evening Ash Wednesday services

St. Mary’s Anglican Church, 509 Sixth St., Charleroi, will have a Mass at 7 p.m. on Ash Wednesday, in addition to the 10 a.m. service.

The Elco Civic Club, Route 88, Elco, will hold a grocery bingo on Wednesday. Doors will open at 5 p.m., early birds, 6:45 p.m. Admission is $5. The kitchen will be open.

For more information, contact Joni at 724322-0620.

NAMI support group to meet Wednesday

The National Alliance on Mental Illness McKeesport Area Family Support Group will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Penn State Greater Allegheny, 4000 University Drive, Frable building room 122.

Dr. Amira Wolfson will give a presentation on PACE schools and providing individualized education with mental health, behavioral and autistic support services. There will be a question-and-answer period afterward, if time allows. The meeting is open to the public.

Belle Vernon VFC to hold Lenten fish fries

The Belle Vernon Volunteer Fire Co., 10 Main St., Belle Vernon, will hold fish fries from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. beginning Ash Wednesday and will continue each Friday of Lent including Good Friday.

Meals can be dine-in or takeouts will be available. To preorder takeout, call 724-9295511.

Donora library holding board of directors meeting

The Donora Public Library board of directors will conduct its regular monthly meeting at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the library, 510 Meldon Ave., Donora.

Rostraver Class of 1959 meeting for lunch

Rostraver High School Class of 1959 will meet for lunch at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Randall’s restaurant, Route 51, Perryopolis.

Stockdale VFD to hold Lenten fish fries

Fish fries, dine-in or takeout, will be held from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Ash Wednesday and Fridays during Lent at the Stockdale Volunteer Fire Department, 316 Railroad St. The menu will comprise fish sandwich, shrimp and fish-on-a-dish dinners, large cheese pizza or fish sandwich/fish-on-a-dish alone. Side orders available will include french fries, haluski, macaroni and cheese, small cheese pizza, mozzarella sticks, pierogies, coleslaw.

A bake sale will also be held. Delivery will be available with a $30 minimum order. For advance-order takeout, call 724-938-3300. Last order will be taken at 6:30 p.m., or while supplies last.

Flamingo Legs fish fries to benefit Carroll Twp. VFD

Takeout fish Fridays will be held from 2 to 7 p.m. Ash Wednesday and each Friday through Lent, except Good Friday, at Flamingo Legs, 243 E. Main St., Monongahela.

Fish sandwiches, baked fish, crab cake, fried shrimp dinner, PoBoy sandwiches and more will be available. Call 724-914-5741.

A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Carroll Township Volunteer Fire Department.

White Oak Senior Activities group offering March activities

The White Oak Senior Activities group will hold the following events in March:

• “Move and Groove” — yoga, 11 a.m. Mondays and Wednesdays; cardio drumming, 1 p.m. March 4, 11, 18, 25 and April 1; gentle exercise, 2:30 p.m. March 4.

• “Punch, Block, Balance,” — personal defense seniors’ class, 1 p.m. March 19 with instructor Joe Hoffman; diabetes class, 1 p.m. March 6, 13, 20 and 27 with instructor Elizabeth Kocis.

• “Mugs, meetings and music,” — coffee hour, 9:30 a.m. March 13 and 27; monthly meeting, 1 p.m., March 12 with entertainment by Brian Meehan, tenor vocalist.

All activities are held at the White Oak Community Center, 1798 Lower Heckman Road, White Oak.

Saints Joachim and Anne lists Lenten fish fries

Saints Joachim and Anne Parish will hold dine-in or takeout Lenten fish fries as follows:

• Saint Michael Church, 101 McLay Drive, Elizabeth — 3:30 to 6:30 p.m., Fridays of Lent, March 7-April 11. Call 412-751-0663 ext. 7 for takeout orders.

• Queen of the Rosary Church, 530 Michigan Ave., Glassport, 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Ash Wednesday and Fridays of Lent, March 7-April 18. Call 412-872-5136 or 412-6727209.

The menu will include baked or fried fish or shrimp dinners, including baked or fried fish sandwich or shrimp with two sides of haluski or macaroni and cheese or pierogies and coleslaw. Ala carte items available will include baked or fried fish sandwich, baked or fried fish on a dish, fried shrimp, dozen pierogies, three pierogies, haluski, macaroni and cheese, coleslaw, french fries.

Both churches will also offer additional specials.

California church to host monthly free dinner

The California United Methodist Church, 227 Third St., California, across from the Dairy Queen, will host its free monthly dinner on Wednesday in the social hall. The “Welcome Spring” dinner will be held at 6 p.m. The main entree will be vegetable and meat lasagna.

Everyone is welcome for the dinner and fellowship. For more information, call 724-9382270.