FOREST — The Kappa chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma International will meet at 11 a.m. Saturday at Kathy’s Home Cooking, Forest, with speaker Mandy Baldwin. Reservations may be made with Jean Kearns, Sandy Berry, Diane Orians or Lorrene Roberts.

Upper Sandusky Middle School has set a goal this school year to collect 100,000 Box Tops to raise $100,000 in a program that helps offset the cost for the school trip to Washington, D.C. Box Tops for Education is a program started by General Mills that helps communities provide students the tools needed for success by generating cash that can be used for whatever is needed most.

TOLEDO — It cannot be wrapped or placed under a tree, but one gift can help save patient lives this holiday season. The American Red Cross is urging eligible donors to give the lifesaving gift of a blood donation in December, a time when donations decline but the needs of patients remain steady.

CRESTLINE — Wild Wednesdays with the Crawford Park District continue at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Dec. 14 at Lowe-Volk Park, 2401 Ohio 598, Crestline. Preschoolers and their parents are invited to visit the nature center for an hour of nature exploration.

Upper Sandusky Lions Club member April Mullen (from left) honors the Upper Sandusky High School students of the month for November including freshman Ankit Patel, sophomore Gunner Morrison, junior Damon Kelly and senior Sarah Gier.

The community is invited to a showing of “A Christmas Story” from 6-8:30 p.m. Friday at the Upper Sandusky Community Library. Pizza and snacks will be provided.

SYCAMORE — Sycamore United Church of Christ has announced the dates of special Christmastime programming. The annual Christmas program performed by youth of the church is slated for 7 p.m. Dec. 18.

Community Christian Center Today, 12-6 p.m., prayer meeting; 6:30 p.m., worship team meeting.

Annie (Roth) and Jason Guinther, of Upper Sandusky, are the parents of an 8-pound, 6-ounce son, Henry Jason Guinther, born at 7:34 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 27, 2016 at Marion General Hospital. The maternal grandparents are Berny (Logsdon) and Brad Billock, Upper Sandusky, and John Roth, Punta Gorda, Florida. The paternal grandparents are Ted and Rose Guinther, Galion. The maternal step-great-grandmother …

Natasha Holbrook and Gary Chapman, both of Upper Sandusky, are the parents of a boy, Maddix Paul Chapman. He was born at 3:17 p.m. Monday, Nov. 28, 2016 at Wyandot Memorial Hospital.