n The Nathaniel Foote chapter Colonial Dames XVII Century will meet for dessert at 1 p.m. Saturday at Westminster Village, 1120 E. Davis Drive in Terre Haute. Nina Strahm, hostess, will present the program. Editor’s note: Send news of social, fraternal and philanthropic organizations to Groups and Gatherings, Tribune-Star, P.O. Box 149, Terre Haute, IN 47808; community@tribstar.com (e-mail); or (812) 231-4321 (fax). List time, date, address and nature of event or meeting. Please include a contact name and phone number. Items must be received 10 days before publication.

n The Pachyderm Club will meet at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in Pino’s Il Sonetto Restaurant at 4200 S. Seventh St.

n Hoosier Heritage Spinners and Weavers Guild will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Rockville Community Center. Call Helen Bills at (765) 569-6036 or Peggy Carlevato at (765) 832-7220.

n Vet-to-Vet for all veterans will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Southland Shopping Center branch of the Vigo County Public Library at Seventh Street and Margaret Avenue. For details, e-mail Douglas.Herrmann@verizon.net.

n Heirloom Ruggers, for those who hook rugs or those who want to learn how to hook rugs, will meet Monday in the Clinton Public Library at 313 S. Fourth St. in Clinton.

n Terre Haute Swinging Mates Square Dance Club will meet from 7:15 to 9:45 p.m. Friday in DeVaney Elementary School at 1011 S. Brown Ave. For details, call David Jones at (812) 466-2935.

n Terre Haute Adult Chess Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in Deming Center at 615 Cherry St. For details, call (812) 299-5111.

n AARP Local 567 will meet at 1 p.m. Tuesday in Maple Avenue United Methodist Church at 1230 Maple Ave. Abe Miller will present, “Growing up with the Amish.” There will be a business meeting and a social hour. All members are encouraged to bring a friend. All seniors are welcome.

n ACTS (Advancing Christ Together As Singles) will meet at 6:30 p.m. Friday in the conference room of Maryland Community Church at 4700 S. State Road 46. For details, call (812) 234-7100.

n J.A.M. (Jesus and Me) Club for ages 4 through fifth grade meets from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in Faith Wesleyan Church at 6751 S. Carlisle. The Youth Group for youth in sixth through 12th grade will meet from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the church. For details, call (812) 299-8365.

n Terre Haute SPEBSQSA, Banks of the Wabash Chorus, will rehearse from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesday in Harmony Hall at 1257 Lafayette Ave. The chapter is open to all male singers. There are no age restrictions. For membership details, call Harmony Hall at (812) 232-4926.

n Vigo County Homemakers Extension Chorus will rehearse from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday in Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church at 3092 E. Davis Drive. For details, call Jackie Reeves at (812) 894-3204 or Diane Marancik at (812) 234-6956.

n Women of Note choral group will rehearse from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Marshall United Methodist Church at Marshall, Ill. For details, call (217) 826-5161 or 826-2226.

n Moms In Touch International, nondenominational groups of mothers meet when schools are in session to pray for the children, schools they attend, staffs and administrations. Sullivan County meets Tuesday: Farmersburg Elementary School group meets from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. For more information or to form a group from other schools, call Gloria Morris at (812) 394-2105. Younger children welcome. Vigo County: Woodrow Wilson Middle School group meets from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday. Lost Creek Elementary group meets from 1 to 2 p.m. Tuesday. Hoosier Prairie Elementary School group and Honey Creek Middle School group meet together at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. For details on these groups, or to start a group at another school, call Susan Hayhurst at (812) 696-2468.

n Vigo County Quilters Guild will meet from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday in the Electric Living Conference Room of the Duke Energy office at Home and Elm streets.

n American Association of Retired Persons, Local 567, will meet at 1 p.m. Tuesday in Maple Avenue United Methodist Church at 1230 Maple Ave.

n Mended Hearts Chapter 236 for heart surgery survivors will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Terre Haute Regional Hospital. For details, call (812) 299-5430.

n Vigo County Extension Homemakers dates to remember: Spring Creek club will meet at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at 3000 Dougherty Ave. Carole Williams will be hostess. Roll call: favorite dessert in chocolate. Prairieton Young club will meet at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday in Prairieton United Methodist Church. They will entertain Prairie Creek club at 11. Chris Nicoson will bring the traveling basket. Sugar Creek club will meet noon Thursday in the 4-H meeting room at the Wabash Valley Fairgrounds. Members are reminded to bring two dishes. The club will welcome members of Lafayette Club. Roll call: a person you admire. For details on Vigo County Extension Homemakers programs and activities, call the Purdue Extension Service, Vigo County office, at (812) 462-3371.

n Terre Haute Court 25 of the Amaranth will meet at 1 p.m. Saturday in the Masonic Temple at 224 N. Eighth St.

n New Goshen-West Vigo Lions Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday in the Lions Den (formerly old firehouse) in New Goshen.

n The Kiwanis Club meets at noon Thursday in the MCL Cafeteria at The Meadows shopping center at 25th Street and Ohio Boulevard. Kiwanis Club of Greater Terre Haute meets at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in MCL Cafeteria at The Meadows shopping center.

n Terre Haute Rotary Club meets at noon Tuesday in the Holiday Inn at 3300 S. U.S. Highway 41. Terre Haute South Rotary Club meets at 7 a.m. Thursday in the Holiday Inn.

n Breakfast Optimist Club meets at 7:30 a.m. Thursday in the Clabber Girl Bake Shop in Hulman & Co. at 900 Wabash Ave. Noon Optimists will meet at noon Thursday in Pizza City at 315 N. Second St. Wabash Valley Optimist Club meets at noon Tuesday in Pizza City at 315 N. Second St. Make reservations before 10 a.m. Tuesday by calling (812) 232-5253. New members and guests welcome. For details, call Donna at (812) 466-6979. Clinton Breakfast Optimist Club meets at 7 a.m. Thursday in L&L; Castle in Clinton.

n The Exchange Club of Terre Haute meets noon Tuesday in the Holiday Inn at 3300 S. U.S. Highway 41. The Downtown Exchange Club of Terre Haute meets at 6:45 a.m. Tuesday in Boo’s Crossroads Cafe at 679 Wabash Ave.

n Veterans of Foreign Wars, Brazil post, and its auxiliary will meet at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the post home at 110 E. Jackson St. in Brazil.

n Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Lockport Lodge 500, will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Riley lodge hall.

n Vigo Toastmasters will meet from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday in Room 101E of the John T. Meyers Technology Building at Seventh and Cherry streets. To improve speaking skills and presentations, visit geocities.com/vigo_speakmasters/ or call Hal Strahm (812) 478-7788.

n Hymera Ruritan Club board members will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Ruritan building at Hymera.

n Society for Creative Anachronism will meet to study the Middle Ages at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Vigo County Public Library at Seventh and Poplar streets. For details or membership, call (812) 533-6771 or (812) 242-9628.

n The Ladies Evening Group of Ebenezer United Methodist Women will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday in the church basement. For more details, call Bonnie Green at (812) 397-2040 or Barbara Bolinger at (812) 696-2011.

n Mom’s Own Morning group meets from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday in Maryland Community Church at 4700 S. State Road 46. Moms volunteer to supervise children in the co-op every three to five weeks. To join, call Toni at (812) 877-0010 or Susan at 877-7290.

n Knights of Columbus, Mother Theodore Guerin Council 541, will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday in St. Leonard School at 126 N. Eighth St. in West Terre Haute.

n American LaFrance Auxiliary, wives of Terre Haute Firefighters, will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in Krietenstein American Legion Post 104 at 25th Street and Fort Harrison Road. Members are reminded to bring two covered dishes. Meat, dessert, and table service will be provided. A short meeting and games will follow the dinner. For time and membership details contact Georgene Dilg at (812) 235-5990.

n Beta Sigma Phi Sorority chapter activities: Xi Alpha Mu chapter will have its annual mother-daughter-guest brunch at 11:30 a.m. today in O’Shaughnessy Hall at St. Mary-of-the-Woods. Nancy Walbring, Sue Perry, Pat Chrisman and Judy Roby will be hostesses. The chapter will have a regular meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Sycamore Chevrolet at 4444 S. Seventh St. with Linda Smith presiding. The cultural program, “The Sisters Sanchez-Women of Note,” will be given by Judy Eckert and Nancy Rudisel. Marianne Hays will bring the special gift. Newly elected officers for 2008-09, to be installed during this evening will include Kay Kincaid, president; Betty Fields, vice president; Marianne Hays, recording secretary; Margie Zellers, corresponding secretary; Nancy Weaver, treasurer; and Peggy Osmon and Linda Smith, city council representatives. Xi Eta Zeta chapter will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the home of Margaret Scott. President Barbara Coveleski will conduct installation of new chapter officers for the 2008-09 sorority year. Reservations will be taken for the May 21 chapter mother-daughter dinner. Alpha Omega master chapter will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the ONB Insurance Group board room. The chapter’s Woman of the Year, Nancy Jarrett, and Golden Circle recipients Margaret Whitworth and Mary Alice McCrisaken will be honored. New 2008-09 officers will be installed.

n Woman’s Department Club activities: Junior Department will meet at 2 p.m. today for Senior Recognition. Community Outreach Department will meet at 2 p.m. today for general meeting. Executive board and board of directors will meet at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. The Garden and Nature Study Department reservation luncheon will be noon Friday. Shirley Waterman will present “Attracting Wildlife to Our Yards.”

n Junior Genealogy Club meets 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday in the Vigo County Public Library at Seventh and Poplar streets. Any area youth, ages 10 to 17, who has an interest in genealogy is invited to attend. For details contact leader Debby Warren at dlrw@att.net

n Newcomers Club special interest groups: Dinner meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Holiday Inn at 3300 S. U.S. Highway 41. Contact Nancy Terlecki for details. Beginner Bridge will meet 10 a.m. to noon Thursday. Contact Ann Speedy for details. Community Service, “Paint the Town Pink,” will take place Thursday and Friday. Contact Coral Cochran for details. Any adult woman in the Wabash Valley may become a member upon payment of dues and attendance at one regular meeting or at an interest group. For more details contact Anita Gambill, membership chairwoman, at (812) 299-0725 or Nancy Terlecki, president, at (812) 872-2199.