The TOPS Minnesota Chapter 979 will have an open house and reunion on Thursday. The group meets at the Senior Center in the Skyline Plaza. Weigh-in is from 8:30 to 9:15 a.m. and an educational meeting is scheduled from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.

For the open house, there will be a program featuring a skit and encouragement to lose and keep weight off and therefore have a healthier lifestyle. Anyone interested is seeing what the program is about or who wants to catch up with friends are invited.

The TOPS club is concerned with obesity and lifestyle and it fits in with the Vitality Project. TOPS is the acronym for “take off pounds sensibly.” It is a 75-year-old nonprofit organization.

Albert Lea has four chapters. Three of them meet on Thursdays and one meets on Tuesdays.

Times may be found at www.tops.org.