St. Michael’s Christmas cookie walk: 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 21. St. Michael the Archangel Byzantine Catholic Church lower-level church hall, 205 N. Main St., Pittston. Create a sampler of homemade cookies. No entrance fee. Chocolate chip, peanut butter, nut kolachi, tea cakes, ginger bread, pepper cookies and more. Visitors invited to select their own cookies and place into containers with disposable gloves, all provided. Each box is weighed at checkout; cost is $12 per pound. Christmas basket and gift bag raffle; complimentary hot chocolate.
Carol sing at St. Peter’s: 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 21. St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, 100 Rock St., Hughestown. Led by local organist Michael Sowa on St. Peter’s historic M.P. Möller pipe organ as well as the piano. Public invited for an hour of both peace and festivity just a few days before Christmas.
Duryea Lions Club donations: Duryea Lions Club is sending a mailer asking for help in funding many projects, including arranging and maintaining the colorful LED Christmas lights and decorations on both Main Streets and at Main and Stevenson streets. Lions also will use donations to assist other programs the club sponsors, including youth programs, food certificates provided to churches for those in need, civic organizations, diabetes research/treatment, Lions Club International Foundation, veterans organizations, Lions of 14W Foundation, sight conservation/research, Beacon Lodge 500 Club and Camp, Leader Dogs for the Blind, Lions of PA Foundation, PA Lions Hearing Foundation, District 14W Vision Foundation, Lions street signs and scholarships to graduating students from Duryea who attend Pittston Area, Holy Cross, Holy Redeemer, Scranton Prep and Wyoming Seminary. If you don’t receive a letter, donations can be sent to P.O. Box 2085, Duryea, PA 18642.
St. Michael’s Christmas concert: 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 28. St. Michael the Archangel Byzantine Catholic Church, 205 N. Main St., Pittston. Free. Features Eastern European Christmas carols by the choir of St. Cyril and Methodius Ukrainian Catholic Church, Olyphant, and singers from St. Michael the Archangel Byzantine Catholic Church, Pittston, and St. Nicholas of Myra Byzantine Catholic Church, Swoyersville. Light social to follow.
Dupont VFW New Year’s Eve party: Doors open at 5 p.m., dinner at 7 and music from 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 31. Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4909. Cost, $50 per person; cash bar from 5 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. with mixed drinks, wine, beer, bottled water and soda. Entertainment by The Luongo Brothers Band. Call Bob Lopata at 570-472-1152 or Andrea Luongo at 570-479-2085 for reservations.
Celebrate Music – Pittston: 10 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31. Downtown Pittston. All-day celebration of live music of many genres throughout venues in downtown Pittston. For participating bands and venues, full schedule and information, visit www.downtownpittston.com.
Dupont Lions Club fundraiser: The Save a Tape Program offered by Redner’s Warehouse Markets offers a 1% cash back to nonprofits based on the total amount of receipts collected. Drop off Redner’s grocery receipts at the municipal building during regular office hours or contact Dupont Lion David at 570-457-5345. Redner’s Rewards numbers must be used for program eligibility. New members welcome; contact Dupont Lion Chris Kalmanowicz, membership chairperson, at 570-603-0660.