In brief: QVHS principal recognized, egg hunt and more in Sewickley area

Principal recognized

Quaker Valley High School principal Deborah Riccobelli was one of 15 principals in Allegheny County selected as a Pittsburgh Penguins Most Valuable Principal. The award celebrates a commitment to excellence and dedication to the success of all learners. She and the others were to be recognized at a game on March 17. MVPs get a customized Penguins jersey and a $1,000 donation to their school. The award is provided by the Penguins, Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation, The Grable Foundation and the Allegheny Intermediate Unit.

Sewickley Community Center events

Grab your partner and head to the Sewickley Community Center, 15 Chadwick St., on March 22 for square dancing lessons. On March 26 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m., a sports day camp will be held by Premier Youth & Community Center. For more information, visit sewickleycommunitycenter.com or pyccenter.org.

Block party

Family Block Party, a program for children and their parents/caregivers to build, play and learn is set for 10:30 a.m. to noon March 30 at the Sewickley Public Library, 500 Thorn St. Call 412-741-6920 or go to sewickleylibrary.org for more information.

Soup’s on

Leetsdale 4th of July Committee will host a Lent-friendly soup luncheon from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 22 at the borough building, 373 Beaver St.

Menu items include broccoli cheese, vegetable soup, haluski, vegetable Filipino noodles and creamy vegetable soup with gnocchi. Crackers are included.

Cost is $6 a pint. Delivery is available for orders of 15 pints or more.

Call 412-720-0298 to preorder or for more information.

Egg hunt planned

Leetsdale will host an Easter Egg Hunt at 2 p.m. March 24 at Henle Park. Grab a basket and hop on down.

More information is available at leetsdaleboro.net.

Alert registration open

Sewickley-area residents can still sign up for official borough emergency alerts. Sewickley partnered with the company to use CodeRED, a cloud-based software system that sends out messages to subscribers.

It is free to sign up for the alerts and there are multiple ways to register.

People can scan the QR code on the postcards to get to the site or text SewickleyAlerts (case sensitive) to 24639. They can also log into accountportal.onsolve.net/sewickleyalerts or fill out the information on the back of the postcards and send them to the borough office, 601 Thorn St. Residents can select how they want to receive the alert, such as text or email.

The alert system is strictly for emergencies and not all borough activities such as pancake breakfasts and festivals.

Tree planting

Volunteers are needed for a tree planting in Leetsdale, 9 a.m. to noon March 23. Participants will meet at the VFW community room at 515 Beaver St. and be sent to planting sites at various public right-of-ways and in Kohlmeyer Park. The event is in partnership with TreeVitalize and Western Pennsylvania Conservancy. The goal is to plant 24 trees. A light breakfast and lunch will be served at the VFW.

Call the borough office at 724-266-4820 or the conservancy at 412-586-2386 for more information. People can also register via email to simek@leetsdaleboro.net or trees@paconserve.org.

Business Connection

Greater Pittsburgh Business Connection, a referral group of business professionals, will meet at the Eat N’ Park on Route 60 in Robinson Township for breakfast from 7:15 to 8:30 a.m. March 27. Speakers will be Erdem Ankarali of Virtue Fitness and Nick Hollinger of Victorian Finance. To attend, become a member, or for more information, visit gpbc-pgh.org or call 412-364-6446 ext. 302.

Sewickley Men’s Club

Sewickley Men’s Club, an affiliate of the Sewickley Valley YMCA, will host Dr. Phillip Atteberry of the University of Pittsburgh speaking on English-American songwriter June Styne on March 22. There is no meeting on Good Friday, March 29. On April 5, Julie Travaglini of the Allegheny Land Trust will talk about bees; Andrew Pasquini of World Vision will speak on April 12, the Tuesday Musical Club will present on April 19 and Ashley Platt of the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office will discuss the forensic library on April 26. For more information, visit smensclub.org or Facebook.com/smensclub.

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