• Alcoholics Anonymous Beginner’s Support Group will meet at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 223 E. Fourth St. N. in Newton.
• Women of Serenity will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Discover Hope in Newton. It is a faith-based addiction recovery program for women.
• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Masonic Temple in Prairie City.
• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at noon Thursday at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 223 E. Fourth St. N. in Newton.
• Newton Daily News will host its Reader Appreciation Lunch beginning at noon Thursday at Sersland Park, located next to the newspaper. Enjoy a free lunch including hot dogs, potato chips, lemonade, water and Stacy’s Sweetstuff cotton candy. Lunch will be served until food runs out.
• Newton Community Blood Drive will begin at 1 p.m. Thursday at DMACC Newton Conference Center, 600 N. Second Ave. W. in Newton. Schedule a blood donation appointment online at lifeservebloodcenter.org or call 800-287-4903.
• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 223 E. Fourth St. N. in Newton.
• Meal & Meeting will begin at 7 p.m. Thursday at Emerson Hough Chapter of the Izaak Walton League, 889 Highway F36 W. in Newton.
• Newton Daily News will host a free community movie showing of “All the President’s Men” at 1 p.m. Friday at the Capitol II Theatre in Newton. All the President’s Men (1976) is an American political thriller about the The Washington Post investigation of the Watergate scandal starring Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman as journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. A 16 ounce pop and 32 ounce popcorn will be available for $3.
• Penny Bingo will begin at 1 p.m. Friday at Jasper County Senior Citizens Center, 702 E. Third St. S. in Newton.
• Family Fun Night will begin at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Salvation Army, 301 N. Second Ave. E. in Newton for family activities, food and fun.
• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 223 E. Fourth St. N. in Newton.
• Free Movie “We Bought a Zoo” will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday at Capital II Theatre, 116 First St. N. in Newton. These movies are free to the public. You may pick up your tickets at the Newton YMCA, United Way of Jasper County or Capitol II Theatre. For more information call 641-792-4006.
• Peer Support for those living with mental illness will meet at 11 a.m. Saturday at Optimae Life Services, 1730 First Ave. E. in Newton.