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Help needed at Vandergrift Meals On Wheels
Vandergrift Meals On Wheels is looking for regular and substitute volunteers to help with driving and delivering to clients.
To offer your time and for more information, call 724-567-7893.
Opportunities available to help senior citizens
Open Your Heart to a Senior is looking for volunteers to help our older neighbors.
People are needed to drive to doctor appointments, shop for groceries and make calls to check on and say hello to people who are alone. To offer your time and for information, call 724-205-6282 or email oyhs@wfspa.org.
Hold the Phone!
The time for the Sunday performance of “Tarzan, the Musical” by the students of St. Joseph High School will be at 1 p.m. at Freeport Area High School. This information was incorrect in Friday’s edition.
Calendar
Allegheny Township
May 18: Markle Volunteer Fire Department will host a flea market from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the firehall parking lot, 470 Joyce St. Vendor spaces are available. Reservation deadline: Tuesday. Details:724-236-0665.
Apollo
Today: Apollo Hose Company No. 2 will have bingo at 7 p.m. at the firehall, 325 N. Fourth St. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Cost: $25, includes all games except the optional quickie. Full kitchen available. Details: 724-478-4831.
Arnold
Today: The Tomb, 1821 Fifth Ave., will have morning coffee talk from 9 to 11 a.m. Details:878-847-5646.
Today: A gathering in appreciation of community activist Hank Commodore will be from 2 to 6 p.m. at MJ Bar & Grille, 1735 Fourth Ave. No children younger than 12 please. Casual dress. Cost: $10. A portion of proceeds will be donated to Commodore’s charity, Help the Needy, Not the Greedy. Details: Diane, 412-719-5139.
Bethel
May 4: The Outdoor Discovery Center at Crooked Creek will offer a workshop about forest bathing at 10 a.m. at the center, 142 Kerr Road. Reservations required. Reservations:armstrongodc.org.
Upcoming Local Events
Brackenridge
Sunday: Sons of the American Legion will serve an all-you-can-eat community breakfast from 9 a.m. to noon in the American Legion, 845 E. First Ave. Cost: $9; younger than 12, $6.
Monday: Brackenridge Improvement Group (BIG) will meet at 7 p.m. at the borough building, 1000 Brackenridge Ave. Volunteers are needed for community events. New members welcome.
Buffalo Township
Sunday: A spaghetti and ravioli dinner will be from 2 to 6 p.m. or until sold out at the White Star Club, 401 Shuster Drive. Dine-in or takeout. Menu: spaghetti dinner, $12; ravioli dinner, $16, both include salad; meatballs, $3 each. Cash only. This will be the last dinner until August. Takeout orders: 724-295-2656.
East Vandergrift
Sunday: Our Lady, Queen of Peace Parish, East Vandergrift, will host a designer purse bash from 1 to 4 p.m. in the church social hall, 411 McKinley Ave. Doors open at 12:30 p.m. Prizes will be awarded every 15 minutes and winners need not be present. Cost: $35, includes five numbers, wine, soft drinks, light snacks and desserts. BYOB. Must be 21. There will be a basket auction, strip tickets and a 50-50. Tickets: call or text Mary Ann at 724-980-2087.
Harrison
Sunday : Veterans of Foreign Wars District 29 Auxiliary Steering Committee will sponsor a bingo at 1 p.m. at the Veterans of Foreign Wars, 894 Veterans Lane. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. Cost: $35, includes lunch, 12 regular games and three specials. Tickets: Amy, 724-882-5600, or Ceil, 412-759-8236 or at the post, 724-904-7649.
Jefferson Township
Today: GFWC Saxonburg District Woman’s Club will host a luncheon fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the American Legion, 754 N. Pike Road. Doors open at 11 a.m. and lunch will be served at noon. Cards and games will be afterward; bring your favorite game. A yard sale will be outside, weather permitting. Cost: $10. Tickets: Janice, 724-713-7407; Donna, 724-256-7916; or Dot, 724-316-2104; or at the door. Proceeds benefit the club scholarship fund.
Kiski Township
Today: A chicken and biscuit dinner will be served from 4 to 6 p.m. at Spring Church Lutheran Church, 3623 Lutheran Church Road. Menu: chicken and biscuit, mashed potatoes, coleslaw, green beans, dessert and beverage. Cost: $10; age 6 to 12, $5; 5 and younger, free; add $1 for takeout orders. The church is wheelchair accessible. Orders:724-478-1528.
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May 18: Boy Scout Troop 589 is accepting table reservations for a yard sale set for 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Apollo Spring Church Sportsman Club, 1945 Route 56. Setup will be at 7 a.m. Cost: yard sale spaces, $15; vendor and crafters, $25. Spaces are 8-foot wide and do not include a table. Reservations: send your name, phone number and how many and what type of spaces are requested with a check payable to Troop 589 to Carrie Shank, Troop 589, 1134 Old State Road, Apollo PA 15613. Details: Tracy, 724-420-6758, or Carrie, 724-448-9639 or cjshank@comcast.net.
Leechburg
Monday: Leechburg Volunteer Fire Company will host bingo at 7 p.m. at the firehall, 268 Canal St. Doors open at 5 p.m. The kitchen will be open.
Thursday: The Leechburg 175th Anniversary Committee will meet at 6 p.m. at First Lutheran Church, 358 Main St. Everyone is welcome.
Lower Burrell
Today: A vendor and craft show and flea market will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Kinloch Volunteer Firemen’s Club, 915 New York Ave.
Today: The Johnson’s Crossing Band will be featured from 8 to 11 p.m. at the Veterans of Foreign Wars, 1601 Wildlife Lodge Road. Members and three guests welcome.
New Kensington
Today: Redemption Church will host a spring craft fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Quality Inn, 300 Tarentum Bridge Road. There will be a basket raffle and food. Admission: $2. Proceeds will benefit the church mission trip.
Sunday: A takeout spaghetti dinner will be from noon to 4 p.m. at the Moose, 499 Reimer St. Menu: spaghetti, salad and roll, $10; bake sale items, $1. Details:724-335-4131.
Monday: Peoples Library will host Trivial Pursuit games at 1 p.m. at the library, 880 Barnes St. Come alone or bring a friend. Details:724-339-1021.
Wednesday: A veterans service officer will be available from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the office of state Rep. Jill Cooper, 356 Freeport St., suite 100. Services available will include disability and pension claims, benefit questions, assisting spouses with survivor benefits issues and applications for veterans grants. Appointments will be accepted, but walk-ins are welcome. Appointments:724-830-3530.
Oakmont
Monday: Oakmont Carnegie Library will host a program, “Conversation with a Death Doula,” with Diana McDade at 6:30 p.m. at the library, 700 Allegheny River Blvd. Also known as an end-of-life coach, death doulas provide emotional and physical support and education about the dying process and what’s to come. Details:412-828-9532.
Upcoming Local Events
Through Tuesday: Oakmont Carnegie Library, 700 Allegheny River Blvd., will offer a StoryWalk, “Hank’s Big Day: The Story of a Bug” in the library garden area. Enjoy reading and being outdoors at the same time. Details:412-828-9532 or oakmontlibrary.org.
Parks Township
Sunday: Parks Township Sportsman’s Club will have a country music jam night from 5 to 8 p.m. at the club, 1111 Shipman Road. Bring your favorite stringed instrument and sing along. Refreshments available. Public welcome. Details:724-845-2390.
Saxonburg
Today: A car show to benefit leukemia patient Randy Freehling will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at To the Limit Motorsportz, 155 N. Isabella St. There will food trucks, a basket raffle, bake sale and more.
South Buffalo
May 4: Freeport International Baseball Invitational will sponsor a cornhole tournament fundraiser at 5 p.m. at South Buffalo Volunteer Firehall, 100 Firehall Road. Doors open at 4 p.m. Entry fee: $50 per team, includes food and beverages. Must be 21. Cash prizes will be awarded for first- and second-place, and there will be a basket raffle and 50-50. Spectator admission: $15, includes food and drinks. Team reservations: rtoy98@yahoo.com. Payments: Venmo, @Freeportinternationals.
Springdale
Today: Lower Valley Little League will have its opening day celebration at Lampus Field, Ruth Alley, weather permitting. An opening day ceremony will be at 10:45 a.m. and food and drinks will be sold. Games will begin at 11 a.m. and there will be a touch-a-truck from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Vendors and games will be available from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and there will be live music from 1 to 6 p.m. Public welcome with no admission fee.
Tarentum
Today: Bethel AME Church, 250 W. Seventh Ave., will have a $1 spaghetti and meatball dinner from noon to 3 p.m. at the church. Also for sale will be haluski and stuffed pepper soup, $4 per quart; and zucchini and banana breads, $5. Details:724-224-2417.
Today: The Clothing Closet at Central Presbyterian Church, 305 Allegheny St., will be open from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Details: 724-224-9220.
Sunday: The Alle-Kiski Valley Historical Society will host a program about the history of glass in Western Pennsylvania with History Hobo at 2 p.m. at the Heritage Museum, 224 E. Seventh Ave. Details:724-224-7666.
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Sunday and Tuesday: Alcoholics Anonymous will meet from 7 to 8 p.m. at Central Presbyterian Church, 305 Allegheny St. An opportunity for silent prayer will be at 6:30 p.m.
West Deer
Today: The Majestic Oldies Band will be featured from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Owls, 725 Little Deer Creek Road, Russellton. Public welcome. Cover charge: $5 for non-members.
May 2: A Vitalant community blood drive will be from 2 to 7 p.m. at the West Deer municipal building, 109 East Union Road. Appointments recommended, but walk-ins are welcome. Appointments:877-258-4825 or visit the Donate Blood button at Vitalant.org.