SMARTS ARTISTS: In collaboration with Students Motivated by the Arts (SMARTS), Downtown Youngstown Partnership and Youngstown CityScape, Youth Art Month is hosting March’s First Fridays event “Celebrating Young Artists of the Mahoning Valley,” at 25 E. Boardman St., First Floor, in the Ohio One Corp. building. This free, family-friendly event will spotlight the many arts organizations in Youngstown, showcasing the talent and creativity of local youth. There will be performances, visual art, and hands-on experiences.

LEPPER LIBRARY: Toddler Storytime, for ages 3 and under, is offered at 10 a.m. Tuesdays at Lepper Library. Every week will be a new story, song and coloring sheet.

Preschool Storytime will be offered 11:30 a.m. Wednesdays. Each weekly storytime includes age-appropriate stories, crafts, rhymes and more.

DARE SINGLES: Divorce / Death Aren’t Really the End (DARE) Singles Group meets from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursdays, at Boardman United Methodist Church, 6809 Market St., Youngstown. Call 330-729-0127 for more information. Do not call the church.

KNITTING GUILD MEETING: The Western Reserve Knitting Guild meets 6 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month, at Fair Park Rotary building, 82-84 Fair St., Canfield. A business meeting and an educational program are included.

The guild collects knitted hats for local children. The hats are donated by guild members and non-members with the specification that they must be machine washable. Marilyn Dunn has been the longstanding organizer for hat collections and deliveries.

For additional information visit wrkg.weebly.com or email wrkg.ohio@gmail.com.

HELPING HANDS: Helping Hands Closet at Western Reserve United Methodist Church, 4580 Canfield Road, Canfield, is open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Tuesday, and has new and gently used clothing for the entire family. March and April specials will be Dollar Days, with inventory $1 each except purple ticket items. Coats are $2 each.