Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to [email protected] or The Stroller, 210 Wood St.
, Tarentum PA 15084 . Please include a daytime telephone number. Evening of fun planned for children experiencing grief Good Samaritan Hospice, a mission of Concordia Lutheran Ministries, will host a free youth bereavement care Friday Fun Night from 6 to 8:30 p.
m. Aug. 2 at its Middlesex Township office, 116 Browns Hill Road, Valencia.
There will be entertainment, face painting, a bounce house, art activities and refreshments. Information about youth bereavement care will be available. Participation in youth bereavement care is not required to attend.
Reservations are strongly encouraged, but walk-ins will be accepted. For reservations, call 800-720-2557 or visit concordialm.org .
Benefit concert to aid Tarentum Police Department Kaley’s Kops, 423 Productions and No Offseason Entertainment will host a benefit concert featuring Brian Kelley, formerly of the group Florida Georgia Line, at 6:30 p.m. Aug.
4 at No Offseason Sports Complex, 904 Little Deer Creek Valley Road, West Deer. Gates open at 5 p.m.
Proceeds will be donated to the Tarentum Police Department to purchase, train and put a K9 unit into service. Additional proceeds will be used for bulletproof vests and other needs of the department, all in honor of fallen officers. For tickets and more information, visit tixr.
com/e/104523 . Band preview night information wanted High school marching band camps are underway, and many have preview nights and fundraisers scheduled. Send event information as soon as possible to The Stroller at vndnews@triblive.
com . Calendar 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 . Thursday: Apollo Memorial Library, 219 N.
Pennsylvania Ave., will host a magic show with Steve Haberman at noon at the library. Reservations required.
Reservations: 724-478-4214 . Apollo/East Vandergrift Aug. 14: Our Lady, Queen of Peace and St.
James parishes will sponsor a bus trip to Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh. The bus will leave at 9 a.m.
from the St. James Church parking lot in Apollo. Cost: $35, includes driver gratuity and $20 in free play.
Must be at least 21. Reservations required. Reservations: 724-478-4958 .
Brackenridge Monday: A story time and crafts workshop for children will be at 11 a.m. in the Brackenridge Park pavilion.
Sponsored by Brackenridge Improvement Group. Monday: Brackenridge Improvement Group will meet at 7 p.m.
in the borough municipal building, 1000 Brackenridge Ave. Public welcome. Aug.
10: Salvation Army of Allegheny Valley is accepting reservations for its free annual Back to School Bash planned for 11 a.m. to 1 p.
m. at the center, 917 Brackenridge Ave. Children in kindergarten through 12 th grade welcome.
Reservations required. Reservations: 724-224-6310 . Clearfield Township Today: An indoor/outdoor rummage sale will be from 8 a.
m. to 4 p.m.
at St. John School, 668 S. Clearfield Road, Fenelton.
Food will sold and proceeds will benefit the charities supported by the St. Francis Parish Marian Guild. Fawn Wednesday: Center Church, 1575 Donnellville Road, will host “Prayerfully Fit,” a free exercise class for women age 8 to 98 to help manage stress, reduce pain and pray, from 7 to 8:30 p.
m. at the church. Reservations required.
Reservations: 724-226-2300 . Freeport Today: St. Mary Mother of God Church will host a community day and music festival from 3 to 9 p.
m. at the parish family community center, 407 Freeport Road. There will be music, family activities and games.
Food and drinks will be sold. Today: Freeport Eagles will sell barbecued chicken dinners from 11 a.m.
until sold out at the aerie, 101 Fifth St. Cost: $10, includes coleslaw. Dine in or takeout.
Advance orders strongly encouraged. Orders: 724-295-9979 . Harrison Sunday/Wednesday: The Pittsburgh-Tarentum Campmeeting Association, 1451 Main St.
, will have a service at 7 p.m. Sunday with speaker Glenn Nagle.
Paul Dougherty will speak at a service at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Public welcome. Details: Kelly Dougherty, 412-915-1436 . Sunday: A Hogs and Rods car cruise will be from noon to 5 p.
m. at the Veterans of Foreign Wars, 894 Veterans Lane. There will be food, drink specials, a 50-50 raffle and karaoke with Bucky.
Wednesday: Alle-Kiski Health Foundation will offer free active shooter training from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the foundation office, 1 Acee Drive, Natrona Heights.
Topics will include preparedness, warning signs, surviving an incident and safety after an event. Speakers will include officers from the Saxonburg Police Department and Community One Public Safety Training Executive Director Robert Makowski. Reservations required.
Reservations: 724-294-3157 or [email protected] . Sept.
8: Table reservations are being accepted by the Veterans of Foreign Wars for a craft show set for 11 a.m. to 5 p.
m. at the post, 894 Veterans Drive. Cost: $25; with electric, $30.
Details: Deb, 412-298-6175 or [email protected] . Sept.
21: The Alle-Kiski HOPE Center is accepting sponsorships and vendor applications for its annual Mutts, Meows and Margaritas event planned for 4 to 7 p.m. at the Veterans of Foreign Wars, 894 Veterans Lane.
Pups can attend in person and cat lovers will be provided with a special lanyard with a photo to wear at the event. Vendor and sponsor information: visit the event calendar at akhopecenter.org/events-calendar .
Details: Mary, 724-224-1100 or [email protected] . Kiski Township Today: A spaghetti/lasagna dinner to benefit Brantley Solomon will be from noon to 6 p.
m. at Kiski Township Volunteer Firehall, 1037 Route 56. Menu: spaghetti or lasagna, meatballs, salad, rolls and dessert.
Cost: $15; 12 and younger, $8. There will be a basket raffle and 50-50. Proceeds will help with medical costs.
Details: Mike, 724-664-4161 . Kittanning Sunday: The Armstrong County Historical Museum will host a free Summer Survival outdoor event with Mystic Beauty from 1 to 4 p.m.
at the museum, 300 N. McKean St. There will be live demonstrations of natural beauty products, make and takes and historical herbs available.
Parking is available behind the museum and on Vine and McKean streets. 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. Lower Burrell Today: The Joseph “Bud” Myers Farmers Market will be open from 9:30 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m. in the Bon Air School parking lot, 3260 Leechburg Road.
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: The Adult Day Care Mobile Veterans Program will be from 9 a.
m. to 2 p.m.
at the Veterans of Foreign Wars, 1601 Wildlife Lodge Road. There will be coffee and conversation, seated exercise, games, a music group and lunch. Sponsored by the Department of Veterans Affairs, all veterans are welcome.
Tuesdays: Peoples Library, 3052 Wachter Ave., will offer free tech help by appointment at 3, 3:45 and 4:30 p.m.
at the library. Appointments: 724-339-1565 or stop in at the library. Aug.
16: Westmoreland County Marines No. 1416 is selling tickets for a $1,000 meat raffle. The winning number will be the 7 p.
m. Pennsylvania Lottery three-digit number. The winner receives $1,000 worth of meat from Sprankle’s Markets, a four-burner Char-Broil grill, grill cover, stainless steel utensils and a 20-pound propane tank.
Cost: $10, includes two numbers. Tickets: Jim Walters, 724-681-6293 or [email protected] .
Middlesex Township Wednesdays: Good Samaritan Hospice, a mission of Concordia Lutheran Ministries, will sponsor a free weekly grief support group from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Aug.
14 to Sept. 18 in the bereavement room at the office, 116 Browns Hill Road, Valencia. Bereavement coordinator Marcia Jones-Washington will lead the group.
Reservations required by Thursday. Reservations: 800-720-2557 . New Kensington Today: A free community health, wellness and career fair will be hosted by Rep.
Jill Cooper from 10 a.m. to 4 p.
m. at the Banquet on Barnes at Knead Community Café, 1011 Barnes St. Greensburg Volunteer Fire Department will perform a demonstration with blood hounds at 11 a.
m. Details: 724-472-4102 . Today: Real Life Church will host a back-to-school giveaway from 11 a.
m. to 1 p.m.
on the lawn at Voodoo Brewery, 956 Fifth Ave. There will be free backpacks, school supplies, clothing and toiletries. Children must be present to receive the backpack.
Walking tacos will be served. Tuesdays: Peoples Library, 880 Barnes St., offers free tech help by appointment at noon, and 12:45 and 1:30 p.
m. at the library. Appointments: 724-339-1021 or stop in at the library.
Wednesday : A Vitalant community blood drive will be from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.
m. at Knead Community Café, 1011 Barnes St. Appointments are recommended, but walk-ins are welcome.
Appointments: 877-258-4825 or visit the Donate Blood button at Vitalant.org and search with account code UK357. Wednesday: Peoples Library will present Think Fast with Mad Science at 1 p.
m. at the library, 880 Barnes St. Children will use teamwork to improve paper plane designs.
Details: 724-339-1021 . Aug. 10: Voodoo Brewing Co.
is seeking basket raffle donations for the New Kensington K9 Unit fundraiser set for 5 to 10 p.m. at the brewery, 956 Fifth Ave.
Donations can be dropped off at the brewery or at the New Kensington Police Department, 301 11 th St. Oakmont Monday: Oakmont Carnegie Library will present the movie, “With Spirit,” at 6:30 p.m.
at the library, 700 Allegheny River Blvd. An in-person question and answer session with filmmaker Scott McGrath will be afterward. Details: 412-828-9532 .
Through August 31: Kerr Memorial Museum, 402 Delaware Ave., Oakmont, is featuring an exhibit of elegant fashions of the late 1800s to the Roaring ‘20s at the museum. Items on display were donated to the museum by the W.
H. Brown Family of Pittsburgh. Hours are by appointment.
Tours and information: 412-826-9295 to schedule a tour. 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 . Plum Monday: The Monday Market will be open from 3 to 7 p.
m. at Plum Creek Park and ball fields, 1040 Ross Hollow Road. There will be vendors and food trucks.
Friday : Pucketos Garden Club will host a luncheon fundraiser at 11 a.m. at Veltre’s Wedding & Event Center, 324 Coxcomb Hill Road.
There will be a bake sale, basket raffle and 50-50. Cost: $45. Proceeds benefit the club scholarship fund.
Tickets: Barb, 724-448-6022 . Saxonburg Today: A spaghetti dinner to benefit National Alliance on Mental Illness of Butler County (NAMI) will be from 2 to 6 p.m.
at the Saxonburg Veterans of Foreign Wars, 572 W. Main St. Menu: spaghetti, salad, roll and dessert, $8.
Tickets: Katelyn, 724-939-0031 or Michael, 724-290-9209 . Tarentum Today: The Clothing Closet at Central Presbyterian Church, 305 Allegheny St., will be open from 11 a.
m. to 1 p.m.
A used book and jewelry sale will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.
m. Details: 724-224-9220 or cpctarentum.org .
Today: Bethel AME Church will host a $1 spaghetti dinner from noon to 3 p.m. at the church, 250 Western Ave.
Also available: banana and chocolate zucchini breads, $5; stuffed pepper and haluski soups, $4. Please order after 10 a.m.
for orders of more than five spaghetti dinners. Orders: 724-224-2417 . 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. Sept. 26 to 28: Summit Hose Company is accepting vendor applications for its fall festival.
No food or alcohol vendors will be accepted. Details: Carrie Fox, 724-448-1470 . Ongoing: Tarentum Area Lions Club has a variety of styles of brooms for sale.
Types available include soft and hard bristle push brooms, $16; kitchen brooms, $13; heavier duty mill brooms, $15; children’s brooms, $8; and whisk brooms, $8. Details: Jody Shumaker, 724-954-2341 ; Donna Holsing, 724-899-6277 or send a message to Tarentum Area Lions Club on Facebook. Proceeds benefit local and global Lions charities.
Upper Burrell Aug. 25: Skyview Radio Society is accepting flea market tailgate space reservations for its Swap ‘n Shop Hamfest set for 8 a.m.
to noon at the society grounds, 2335 Turkey Ridge Road. Cost: $5. Details: John Italiano, 724-339-3821 or jitaliano262@gmail.
com . Vandergrift Sunday: The Casino Theatre will host a cabaret “Pixie Dust” at 1:30 p.m.
featuring students from Leechburg Area and Kiski Area school districts, Dance Clik and Sandra Lynn’s School of Dance as part of the Vandergrift Artfest. Vocalists and dancers will perform songs from Peter Pan, Hook, Finding Neverland and more. Doors open at 1 p.
m. Open seating. Admission: $5.
Proceeds will benefit restoration projects at the theater. Aug. 10: A Beach Bingo will begin at 7 p.
m. at Vandergrift No. 1 Firehall, 278 Franklin Ave.
Doors open at 5 p.m. Cost: $25, include 10 regular games that pay $50; four specials that pay $100; and a $500 must-go jackpot game.
Advance tickets include one free jackpot card and meal. There will be food, instant games and a silent auction. Must be 21.
BYOB. Proceeds will benefit Vandergrift Volunteer Fire Department No. 1 and American Legion Auxiliary.
Tickets: tinyurl.com/3r3hs55p and at the door. West Deer Today: A Treasures from your Trunk sale will be from 9 a.
m. to 1 p.m.
at the St. Victor campus of Our Lady of the Lakes Parish, 527 Bairdford Road. Set-up will begin at 8 a.
m. Rain or shine. Snacks will be sold.
Sponsored by the parish women’s guild. Cost: $12 per space; 2 for $20, cash only..
