Girl Scout Recruitment Night
Learn about Girl Scouting and how you can get involved as volunteers from the Sewickley area present information about Glen Oaks Girl Scouts and answer questions about registering your K-12 daughter, becoming a volunteer, or both. The event will take place from 6:30pm to 7:30pm on September 15th at the outdoor pavilion at the Thaw Club, 174 Camp Meeting Road Ext. Girls are welcome but not required to attend the free event. Financial aid is available for the $25 annual membership fee. For more information, contact Jennifer Nastasi at JoinGlenOaksGS@gmail.com or 708-829-8734.
Council meeting
The Sewickley council will meet at 7:00 p.m. on September 13 at the district building, 601 Thorn St. Items to be voted on include a request from Divine Redeemer Parish to demolish the Herbst House.
YMCA
The YMCA of Sewickley Valley will be open for recreational hours on September 5th from 8:00am to 2:00pm. The children’s area will be closed and the large pool will be open for adult swimming. All programs will resume on September 6th, although the large gym will be closed for deep cleaning from September 6-7, and the CV gym will be closed from September 8-9. For more information, visit sewickleyymca.y.org.
Wiffleball tournament
The 6th Annual Owen Galluzzo Memorial Picnic and Wiffleball Tournament will be held on September 5th at War Memorial Park from noon to 5pm. The event is a day full of family fun, including bounce houses, face painting, hot dogs and ice cream, bead stringing. , a basket raffle (over 100 baskets), a home run derby and a wiffleball tournament. All proceeds go to the Owen Galluzzo Memorial Fund, which was established in 2014 after Owen died at age 9 following open heart surgery. The fund is managed through the Pittsburgh Foundation and its mission is to support nonprofit organizations that enrich the lives of medically fragile children like Owen.
Senior Men’s Club
An affiliate of the Sewickley Valley YMCA, the Senior Men’s Club speaker on September 9 will be Phillip Atterberry of the University of Pittsburgh speaking on World War II music. Upcoming speakers include Dan Telep on September 16, who discusses the refederalization of the US Post Office after the Civil War; and Jeremy Shaffer, Republican candidate for US Congress on September 23. For more information, visit smensclub.org or Facebook.com/smensclub.
Committee to meet
The Sewickley Historical Review Commission will meet at 7pm on September 6th at the district building.
Business Connection
The Greater Pittsburgh Business Connection, a reference group of business professionals, will meet Sept. 7 at the Eat’n Park on Route 60 in Robinson Township for breakfast from 7:15 to 8:30 a.m. Speakers will be Brian Thomas from BT Computer Consulting. Services and Michele Long of Keller Williams Realty. To attend, become a member, or for more information, visit gpbc-pgh.org or call 412-364-6446, ext. 302.
