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Career Fair
Westmoreland Public Education will host a career fair from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. April 20 at the Student Achievement Center at Westmoreland County Community College, 145 Pavilion Lane, Hempfield. There will be opportunities to meet school district leaders, explore all open vacancies, submit resumes and attend informative seminars. Food trucks will be available and there will be prize drawings. Details and registration:wiu7.org/careerfair.
Class
• Rostraver Sportsmen and Conservation Association, 539 Cedar Creek Road, will offer a youth hunter safely class at 8 a.m. April 15. Details: 724-825-5932.
Fundraisers
• Bingo will be at 6:45 p.m. April 13 at St. Barbara Parish, 111 Raymaley Road, Harrison City. Doors open at 5 p.m. Paper packages start at $27. There will be a must-go jackpot, specials, an all-nighter and free coffee. The kitchen will be open and the building is accessible. Details: 724-744-7474.
• A super bingo will be April 14 at Marian Hall at St. Bartholomew Church, 2538 Route 119, Crabtree. Doors open at 5 p.m. and early birds begin at 6:30 p.m. Admission: $35, and additional packs will be available. Firehouse Subs will be available. Details: 724-834-0709.
• A pancake breakfast to benefit the Greensburg Masons will be from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. April 15 at the Masonic Center, 349 Donohoe Road, Hempfield. Menu: pancakes, sausage, fruit cup, coffee and juice, $10; 5 to 11, $5.
• A spring craft and vendor show will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 15 at Union Presbyterian Church, 656 Route 380, Washington Township. Details: 724-337-3042.
• Community Church of Hecla, 537 Hecla Road, Mt. Pleasant Township, will host a turkey dinner from 4 to 7 p.m. April 15 at the church. Dine in or takeout. Details and takeout orders: 724-396-8065 or 724-244-2586.
• Latrobe Lions Club will conduct its spring broom sale from 10 a.m. to noon or until sold out April 15 in the Lincoln Road Shopping Center, 606 Cedar St., Latrobe. Brooms are made by the Blind and Vision Rehabilitation Services of Pittsburgh. Profits provide help for the blind and hearing impaired and other community services.
• The Disciples’ Hands Ministry at Greensburg Church of the Brethren will have a soup and hot sausage sandwich sale from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 15 at the church, 554 Stanton St. Menu: soups, $7 per quart; hot sausage sandwich, $6. Proceeds will be used to feed the hungry.
• Fairview Church of God will have a rummage sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 15 at the church, 2202-2206 Route 982, Mt. Pleasant Township. Lunch and baked goods will be available.
• A spaghetti dinner to benefit eight-year-old cancer patient Brylee Atkinson will be from 3 to 7 p.m. April 15 at Grapeville Firehall, 2528 Newark St., Hempfield. Menu: spaghetti, meatballs, roll, salad, dessert and drink, $10. There will be a gun raffle, basket raffle and 50/50. Proceeds will help the family during her treatments. Tickets: Jenn, 412-519-8292 or Tammie, 724-396-4072.
• A cash/basket bingo will be at 2 p.m. April 16 at Community Church of Hecla, 537 Hecla Road, Mt. Pleasant Township. Doors open at 1 p.m. and a light lunch will be served. Details: 724-396-8065 or 724-244-2586.
• As part of the 125th anniversary of the city of Monessen, Mon Valley Paws will sponsor a ping pong ball raffle beginning April 18 raffle at the Monessen Center for Active Adults, 1925 Grand Boulevard. Details: 724-493-8305.
• A fundraiser to benefit the West Newton Church of God mission trip to a Navajo reservation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. April 19 at Country Custard Cottage and Gift Shop, 1503 Mars Hill Road, Sewickley Township. Mention the fundraiser and a portion of your purchase price will be donated for the trip.
• Christ United Church of Christ, 1414 Ligonier St., Latrobe, will have a soup and salad bar from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 19 in the lower level of the church. Cost: $8. A stair glide is available to access the lower level. Details: 724-537-4901.
Health
• Excela Health Outpatient Behavioral Health at Latrobe Hospital will offer a series of group sessions for individuals to discuss matters related to LGBTQIA+ and associated topics at 3 p.m. Fridays from April 14 through May 26. The group is for youth age 13 to 17 who identify as LGBTQIA+ and their allies. Attend one session or all of them. Reservations required: 724-537-1346 or mposkus@excelahealth.org.
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Meetings
• Rostraver Sportsmen and Conservation Association will meet at 7:30 p.m. April 17 at the club, 539 Cedar Creek Road. Membership applications from men and women welcome. Details: 724-984-6611 or rostraversca.org.
• The Westmoreland County/Laurel Highlands chapter of the American Field Service high school exchange program will meet at 7 p.m. April 17 at the one room schoolhouse, 810 Welty St., Southwest Greensburg. Trafford High School exchange student Sohta Miyagawa from Japan will present a program. Public welcome. Details:darfrederick@aol.com.
• Retirees and former employees of Commercial Bank and Trust of Pennsylvania will meet for lunch at noon April 19 at Aroma Italiano, 2220 Ligonier St., Latrobe. Reservations required: Mary Ann, 724-537-7894.
• Level Green Seniors will meet at 11 a.m. April 20 at the Level Green Lions Community Building, 123 Murrysville Road. Speaker Robert Spect will present a program. Lunch from Kentucky Fried Chicken will be served and bingo will be afterward. Cost: $5, payable in advance. Reservations and details: Mary, 412-372-5422.
Reunion
• Mt. Pleasant Area High School Class of 1968 will have a reunion Sept. 8 at Bell’s Banquet/The Barn, 1740 Route 982, Mt. Pleasant Township. Classmates who have not yet received their invitation should call 724-396-2224.
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• Herminie Center for Active Adults, 101 Sewickley Ave. rear, will offer a free two-day program on preventing falls at 10 a.m. April 19 and 20 at the center. Public welcome. Details: 724-446-3282.