New season for Plum Area Ladies Society

Plum Area Ladies Society will start its new season with a meeting at 6:30 p.m. Sept.7 at Plum Community Center, 499 Center New Texas Rod.

The speaker for the meeting will be Kim Weber, a registered nurse. She will speak on the challenges of caring for the infants in the neonatal intensive care unit.

The service project will be to donate new or gently-used premie or newborn sleepers, onesies, socks and receiving blankets for the babies. PALS also will collect paper products and cash for the Plum Food Pantry. Members may participate in a 50-50 raffle and a friendship basket drawing by bringing an item or $1 for the basket.

Plum Area Ladies Society is a service and social club open to women from Plum, Penn Hills, Monroeville, Oakmont and surrounding areas. Newcomers are welcome to attend a meeting, always held on the first Wednesday of the month, September through April, at Plum Community Center. For more information, call Mary Lou at 724 327-8265.

RCAC hosts ‘Rags to Riches’

Riverview Community Action Corp. is hosting an informative program, “From Rags to Riches,” at 7 p.m. Sept. 13 at 501 Second St., Oakmont. The entrance is on Delaware Avenue.

The program focuses on Jessie Mathews Vann, wife of Robert Vann, editor of The Pittsburgh Courier.

After her parents died in the 1890s, she was shunted from relative to relative, once even abandoned in the street.

After being beaten by an aunt, she moved in with her brother and in 1904 graduated with honors from Harrisburg High School. After the death of her husband, Jessie assumed many of his duties at the Courier while serving on several national boards.

A frequent White House guest, she was appointed by President Eisenhower to represent the United States at the inauguration of President William Tubman of Liberia and was offered a post at the United Nations.

Admission to the RCAC program is free and open to the public. Call 412-828-1062 to reserve a seat.

Holy Family hosts senior fair

The Holy Family Parish SOS Ministry team is hosting a senior fair from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 20 at Our Lady of Joy Church, 2000 O’Block Road, Plum.

The event is being presented by the National Aging in Place Council, which will provide free flu shots and blood pressure screenings. In addition, 17 businesses will be providing information on a variety of topics of interest to seniors. Visit each of the tables for drawings and giveaways.

Also, a certified Alzheimer’s care professional will offer a presentation on the disease and dementia at 11:30.

Professionals in several fields will be on hand to answer questions. The Seniors Blue Book will be available to provide many more resources.

To register, call the SOS Ministry Office at 412-793-4511 x 107 or email sos@holyfamilypgh.org. Indicate if you intend to have a flu shot when you reply.

Plum ’61 picnic

A picnic will be held to celebrate 61 years for the Plum High School Class of 1961. It will be held at 2 p.m. Sept. 17 in the Rotary Pavilion at Riverview Park in Oakmont.

If interested in attending, call 724-339-3134 or email barbfarina@comcast.net.

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