Andreas: The Andreas Sporting Club stages smoke-free bar bingo at 7 p.m. Thursdays in the clubhouse. The public is welcome.
Atlas: American Legion Post 804 sponsors weekly no-smoking bingo games on Thursdays in the post home. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. and games begin at 6:30 p.m. Proceeds benefit the legion. Everyone is welcome. For more information, call 570-339-4740.
Coaldale: Saturday Night Bingo games are held weekly at the Coaldale Ambulance Building. Doors and the kitchen open at 5 p.m. and games begin at 6:30 p.m. The event includes various games such as Break the Bank, 1000 Jackpot, 450, Piggy 200+, Bingo-in-4-150 and Bonanza-in-12-150. Free coffee and tea are available and there are weekly door prizes. Proceeds benefit the ambulance group. Everyone is welcome. For more information, call 570-645-2050.
Hometown: The Hometown Fire Company, Route 54, sponsors all-you-can-eat breakfasts from 8 a.m. to noon the forth Sunday of the month in the firehouse. Patrons may eat in or take food out. Proceeds benefit the fire company. Everyone is welcome.
Quakake: The Quakake Volunteer Fire Company stages bingo games on the third Wednesday of the month in the firehouse. Doors open at 5 p.m. and games begin at 6 p.m. Proceeds benefit the company. Everyone is welcome.
Shenandoah: Father Walter J. Ciszek, a Shenandoah native and son of St. Casimir Roman Catholic Church, 229 N. Jardin St., is a candidate for sainthood whose cause has been forwarded to the Vatican in Rome. The Father Walter J. Ciszek Prayer League, which facilitates the cause, is headquartered at the Father Walter J. Ciszek Center, 231 N. Jardin St., adjacent to St. Casimir Church and the St. Casimir Convent at 233 N. Jardin, which houses a contingent of the Bernardine Franciscan Sisters. Born on Nov. 4, 1904, Ciszek attended the the former St. Casimir Parish parochial school. He entered the seminary and became a Byzantine Rite Jesuit priest in order to do missionary work in the former Soviet Union. Shortly after entering the Soviet Union under an assumed name in 1940, he was captured and accused of being a spy. After spending five years in the infamous Lubianka Gulag in Moscow, he was sent to Siberia for a time in hard labor. Throughout the ordeal, however, he continued to celebrate Mass and hear confessions of the faithful at considerable personal risk. Overall, he spent 23 years as a prisoner in the Soviet Union. When he was finally released in 1963 in a prisoner exchange, he returned to his native Shenandoah parish for a much heralded Mass of Thanksgiving. The late Monsignor Julian G. Zagorski, longtime St. Casimir pastor (from 1944 through 1976), was a concelebrant of that Mass. Ciszek spent the last 21 years of his life working with the American family, clergy and religious communities through counseling and retreat work. He wrote two books, "With God in Russia" and "He Leadeth Me," with co-author the Rev. Daniel Flaherty, S.J. He died on Dec. 8, 1984, and is buried at the Jesuit Novitiate in Wernersville. The Baptismal font currently in St. Casimir Church is the font at which Ciszek was baptized.
Tamaqua: The Tamaqua Italian Club, 101 Schuylkill Ave., sponsors spaghetti dinners at 11 a.m. the first Sunday of the month. The cost is $6.50 for adults and $5.50 for children. Patrons may eat in or take platters out. Everyone is welcome. For more information, call 570-668-1168.
Tamaqua: The Tamaqua Anthracite Model Railroad Club meets from 6 to 8 p.m. weekly on Thursdays at its quarters on Nescopeck Street across from the Elks lodge building. New members are welcome. For more information, call 570-467-2025.
Tuscarora: The Tuscarora Fire Company sponsors weekly Tuesday smoke-free bingo games at the firehouse. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. and games begin at 6:30 p.m. Proceeds benefit the company. Everyone is welcome.