The Stroller, April 28, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley

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Apollo May Daze celebration planned

The Apollo May Daze festival will be from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday in the borough.

There will be a town-wide yard sale, art and craft vendors, food trucks and sidewalk sales. Other attractions will include a children’s Fun Zone with a bouncy house, hands-on art demonstrations and climbing wall in Owens Grove Park, a book sale at Apollo Memorial Library and the reopening of the Apollo Area Historical Society and Drake Log Cabin. Apollo Kiski Little League will host their Opening Day festivities Saturday that will include raffles, food and vendors.

Summer food program available for children

The Westmoreland County Food Bank will offer a summer food service program for children over the summer at The Center on Franklin Avenue, 262 Franklin Ave., Vandergrift.

Breakfast and lunch will be served from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays June 21 through Aug. 13 to all children 18 and younger. Grab and go meals will be available.

For details and to register, email thecenteronfranklin@gmail.com.

Photography and art show planned at Pittsburgh Mills gallery

The New Kensington Camera Club and Focus on the Arts Gallery will host a spring photography and art show, “Art in Bloom,” Fridays and Saturdays through May 15 at the gallery in Pittsburgh Mills Mall, Frazer.

Hours are 5 to 8 p.m. Fridays and noon to 5 p.m. Saturdays. There will be over 60 entries all made by artists from the Alle-Kiski Valley. Visitors may vote for their favorite entry and will be eligible to win a $25 gift card to any mall business. Admission is free.

For details, email Joel Varga at jmvarga@hotmail.com.

Volunteers welcome for Route 366 community cleanup

A community cleanup of Route 366 is planned Saturday in New Kensington.

Volunteers are welcome and should meet at 9 p.m. in the parking lot behind Donut Connection. Supplies will be available.

Run on the River to benefit YMCA

Valley Points Family YMCA annual Run On The River will be June 12 at K-9 Officer Derek Kotecki Memorial Park, Wildlife Lodge Road, Lower Burrell. Events are planned for every age and skill level.

Registration fees are $25 for the 5K and $30 for the 10K. Prices go up $5 each after April 30. For more information and to register visit runsignup.com/Race/PA/LowerBurrell/RunOnTheRiver.

Proceeds from the event will benefit the YMCA’s Annual Support Campaign.

Family movie series to feature, ‘Tangled’

The free Allegheny County Family Drive-in Movie series planned Friday in Boyce Park wave pool parking lot will be, “Tangled,” rated PG.

Gates open at 6 p.m. and the movie starts at dusk. There is a 100-vehicle limit, first-come, first served. Gates will close when the movie starts, or the venue reaches capacity.

Movie audio is played through a radio transmitter on 87.9 FM.

Calendar

Apollo

Friday: Apollo Memorial Library is selling tickets for an April Showers of Cash raffle. The winner will receive $500. The winning number will be based on the 7 p.m. Pa. Lottery Pick 3 number. Cost: $2. Tickets: stop in at the library, 9 N. Pennsylvania Ave.

May 8: St. James Church is seeking food truck vendors to participate in a vendor fair planned from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the church, 109 Owens View Ave. Table applications are being accepted. Cost: $15; with electricity, $20. Face masks and social distancing required. Details: 724-882-8776

Today: Apollo Hose Company No. 2 will have a bake sale from noon to 5 p.m. at the firehall, 325 N. Fourth St.

Brackenridge

Thursday: Bingo will be hosted by the American Legion at 7:15 p.m. at the post, 845 First Ave. Face masks must be worn. Seating arrangements will reflect social distancing. The kitchen will be closed.

Buffalo Township

Thursday: Zion United Methodist Church, Buffalo Township, will host a community blood drive from 1 to 7 p.m. in the church Family Life Center, 438 Bear Creek Road. Appointments recommended. Blood donations are tested for covid-19 antibodies. Bring and ID mask. Participating donors will be entered into a random drawing to win one of four pairs of lower bowl tickets to the May 8 Pittsburgh Penguin hockey game. Appointments: 412-209-7000 or visit vitalant.org and click on the Schedule Now or New Donor buttons. Search for group code C664

Freeport 

Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays: The Thrift Store Clothing Ministry at Freeport United Methodist Church, 211 Fourth St., will be open from 6 to 8 p.m. Mondays, noon to 3 p.m. Wednesdays and 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays. Cash only. Donations must be laundered and free from pet hair. Details: 724-295-3095

Gilpin

Thursday: Gilpin Volunteer Fire Department will host bingo at 7:15 p.m. at the firehall, 113 Firehall Road.

Sunday: Takeout chicken dinners will be sold from 4:30 p.m. till the food runs out at Gilpin Volunteer Fire Department, 113 Firehall Road. Menu: chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, corn, coleslaw, roll and dessert, $10. Advance orders strongly recommended. Orders: 724-845-7200

Harrison

Friday: Natrona Heights Veterans of Foreign Wars will have bingo at 7 p.m. at the post, 894 Veterans Lane. Doors open at 6 p.m., and there will be specials, a 50/50 raffle and final game jackpot.

Kiski Township

Thursday: Kiski Township Sewage Authority will meet at 6 p.m. at the township municipal building, 1222 Old State Road.

Leechburg

Thursdays: A New Path Al-Anon Family Group, a free, confidential program for anyone whose life has been affected by someone else’s drinking, will meet at 7 p.m. in First United Methodist Church, 251 Main St. Face masks and social distancing required.

Lower Burrell

May 29: TryLife Center is accepting donations for the basket auction planned for the craft and vendor show at Quality Inn, New Kensington. Baskets can be taken to the center, 1155 Wildlife Lodge Road. Call 724-339-9399 to schedule a delivery time or arrange pickup.

Saturday: Girl Scouts of Western Pennsylvania will host a registration event from noon to 2 p.m. at the Veterans of Foreign Wars pavilion, 1601 Wildlife Lodge Road. Girls in pre-k through 11^th grade are eligible. Face masks and social distancing required.

New Kensington

Thursday: Knead Community Café in New Kensington will hand out free grab-and-go dinners from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the café, 1011 Barnes St. This week’s meals are sponsored by Westmoreland Community Action. Those picking up meals are reminded to observe social distancing while waiting in line.

Thursday: New Kensington Eagles Auxiliary Bingo will be at 7 p.m. at the aerie, 2134 Freeport Road. Doors open at 5 p.m. The kitchen will be open with new selections. Social distancing will be observed, and masks are required except when eating. Public welcome. Details: 724-448-7403

May 22: Table reservations are being accepted by the East Kensington Community Circle for a flea market planned from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Community Circle building, 1785 Seventh St. Cost: $10. The kitchen will be open and there will be a summer basket raffle. Details: Bridget, 724-339-2392

Tarentum 

Today: The Elks will host bingo at 7 p.m. at the lodge, 219 E. Sixth Ave. The kitchen is open to the public from 5 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Menu: elks644.org/elks-kitchen-1. Orders: 724-226-1644 by 8:15 p.m.

Friday: The free diaper bank at Highlands Family Center will be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the center, 415 E. Fourth Ave. Distribution is limited to once per month per child. Details: 724-224-9006

Vandergrift

Through May 28: Vandergrift Public Library is having a spring cleaning book sale. Cost: $3 per bag, provided by the library. Individual items: hardback books, audio books, puzzles, DVDs, and music CDs, $1; paperbacks, $50 cents; large paperbacks, $75 cents; TV series, $3. Details: 724-568-2212

Washington Township 

Through Monday: A fishing area for children 10 and younger is available on Pine Run in Kunkle Park for children 10 and younger. Sponsored by the Washington-Bell Lions Club. Thanks to Black Leggs Trout Nursery for supplying the fish and Eagle Scout Jared Burk and other volunteers. Details: 724-727-3515