n Ashland: A free clothing closet is set for 10 a.m. to noon Feb. 16 at Bethany Evangelical Congregational Church, 1238 Market St. For more information, call the church at 570-875-3000.
n Fern Glen: The Nuremberg Community Players Inc. will present its upcoming production, "Laughing It Up With The Players," a sketch comedy/variety show, Feb. 15 and 16 at The Towers Bar & Restaurant, 1478 Tomhicken Road. Doors will open at 6 p.m. and there will be a buffet dinner at 6:30 p.m. Written by Don Murray, Ed Samler and Bobby Maso, the production will be presented as a comedy club dinner theater performance. Alcoholic beverages will be available for purchase in the bar area. The ticket cost is $20, which includes dinner and the show. Reservations are required. Snow dates are planned for the following weekend should performances need to be cancelled due to inclement weather. For more information or for show reservations call 570-384-4407.
n Kulpmont: A free Angels Table luncheon will be held from 11 a.m to noon Feb. 9 at First United Methodist Church, Ninth Street. All are welcome.
n Kulpmont: The St. Mother Pauline Healing Heart of Jesus Auxiliary will meet at 7 p.m. Feb. 11 at the center, 1150 Chestnut St.
n McAdoo: In time for Super Bowl Sunday, the St. Michael Church Guild, 17 E. Blaine St., is offering advance-order-only chicken tenders and chili. The chicken tenders are frozen and available in five-pound bags, about 35 tenders per bag. The cost is $25 per bag. The chili is mildly spicy. A quart is $7 and a pint, $3.50. Pickup time for both items will be from 5 to 6 p.m. Feb. 2 or 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Feb. 3. To order, call Rosemary at 570-455-6786, Margie at 570-929-1859 or Patty at 570-788-1111.
n Shenandoah: Trinity Academy in the Father Walter J. Ciszek Education Center, Cherry and Chestnut streets, will sponsor an all-you-care-to-eat breakfast beginning at 8 a.m. Sunday in the school cafeteria. The breakfast is in conjunction with the celebration of Catholic Schools Week. The cost is $8 for adults and $5 for children 6 to 12. The menu will include eggs, potatoes, bacon, sausage, pancakes, French toast and other items, with table service by Trinity students. All proceeds will benefit the regional parochial school, which serves all of northern Schuylkill County.
n Shenandoah: The mission and vision of the revitalization group Downtown Shenandoah Inc. is to return downtown Shenandoah to "an active pedestrian-oriented business district that will promote and sustain further economic, cultural and civic growth within the borough; to stimulate economic development by encouraging cooperation and building leadership in the business community; to develop a marketing strategy that will provide an improved retail mix, strengthen the tax base and increase investor confidence; to build a viable tourism effort; to promote a unified, quality image of downtown Shenandoah as a center of goods and services; to create an attractive, coordinated visual impression of Shenandoah through facade improvements, streetscape and historic preservation of our existing buildings." The group's motto is "Return to Prominence." DSI meets at 5:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month in its downtown center at 116 N. Main St. For more information or to volunteer to help the revitalization effort, contact Mary Luscavage, DSI's Main Street Program manager, at 570-462-2060. Valerie E. Macdonald is the DSI president and Karen Kenderdine is vice president/treasurer. Any individual, business or organization wishing to contribute monetarily to the effort should contact the downtown center, stop by during regular hours or mail contributions to: Downtown Shenandoah Inc., 116 N. Main St., Shenandoah, PA 17976. The center can be reached at 570-462-2060. DSI has resumed its monthly soup sale fundrasiers at the downtwon center. The sales are held beginning at 10 a.m. the second Thursday of the month and feature a variety of soups. To order in advance, call the downtown center at the aforementioned phone number. Proceeds go toward DSI's ongoing downtown revitalization effort.