The Stroller, Jan. 9, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley

Publicize your non-profit’s fundraiser or community event in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number.

Help available from HOPE Center hotline

If social distancing has forced you into an unsafe situation, help is available by calling the Alle-Kiski HOPE Center 24-hour hotline at 724-224-1266.

The hotline provides information about domestic violence, community resources, safety planning, support and more.

Vandergrift Meals On Wheels seeks volunteers

Vandergrift Meals On Wheels is in need of regular and substitute volunteers to help with food packing, driving and delivering.

To offer your time and for more information, call 724-567-7893.

Calendar

Allegheny Township

Monday: AlleghenyTownship Supervisors will conduct the regular meeting at 7 p.m. online at Zoom.us. Details and access information: alleghenytownship.net/ or 724-842-4641

Apollo

Today: A vendor fair will be from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the parish center at St. James Parish, 109 Owens View Ave. Face masks and social distancing required. Details: Linda, 724-882-8776

Bell

Monday: Bell Supervisors will conduct the regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. at the municipal building, 2324 Route 380.

Cheswick

Feb. 7: Orders are being accepted for a Fat Cat’s Subs hoagie sale to benefit Lower Valley Little League. Order deadline: Jan. 31. Cost: $9 for a 13-inch hoagie. Pickup: noon to 2 p.m. Feb. 7 at Fat Cat’s Subs, 1401 Freeport Road. Varieties: Italian, ham and turkey. Orders: LVLittleLeague.fundraisers@gmail.com or stop in at Fat Cat’s Subs.

East Vandergrift 

Today and Sunday: A rummage fair will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday and noon to 1 p.m. Sunday in the basement of Our Lady, Queen of Peace Church, 420 McKinley Ave. Face masks and social distancing required.

Harrison

Monday: Community Library of Allegheny Valley will offer a new free book club, “I Survived,” at 5 p.m. for children in third through sixth grade online at Zoom.us. This historical fiction series tells a terrifying and thrilling story from history, through the eyes of a kid who lived to tell the tale. Words may include vivid details. Meets one Monday a month. A Zoom invitation will be emailed with a meeting link. Registration required. Registration: alleghenyvalleylibrary.org.

Kiski Township

Jan. 21: Kiski Township Volunteer Fire Department is accepting orders for pies, cinnamon rolls, pepperoni rolls, snails and pumpkin rolls from The Pie Shoppe in Laughlintown. Cost: pies, $9.50 and varieties available include chocolate meringue, coconut meringue, lemon meringue, apple, dutch apple, blackberry, wild blueberry, razzleberry, cherry, peach and raisin; snails, $7 for 12 pie dough strips with cinnamon and sugar; cinnamon rolls with white icing, $7 for 6; cinnamon rolls with cream cheese icing, $7.50 for 6; pie variety pack includes four 4-inch pies, apple, cherry, blackberry and razzleberry, $9.50; fresh pepperoni rolls, $5. Paid order deadline: Sunday. Delivery: Jan. 21. Details and orders: call or text Morgan King, 724-466-2812

Leechburg

Leechburg Area Museum is closed for the season. To schedule a private off-season tour or visit, email lamahs@windstream.net

Oklahoma Borough

Monday: Oklahoma Borough Council will conduct a meeting at 7 p.m. online at Zoom.us. Comments: oklaboro@verizon.net or 724-567-5727

Plum

Monday: Plum Council will conduct the regular meeting at 7 p.m. at the borough building, 4575 New Texas Road. Details: 412-795-6800.

Springdale

Jan. 26: Springdale Free Public Library is accepting orders for pies, cinnamon rolls, pepperoni rolls, snails and pumpkin rolls from The Pie Shoppe in Laughlintown. Cost: pies, $9.50 and varieties available include chocolate meringue, coconut meringue, lemon meringue, apple, dutch apple, blackberry, wild blueberry, razzleberry, cherry, peach and raisin; pumpkin rolls, $9.50; snails, $7 for 12 pie dough strips with cinnamon and sugar; cinnamon rolls with white icing, $7 for 6; cinnamon rolls with cream cheese icing, $7.50 for 6; pie variety pack includes four 4-inch pies, apple, cherry, blackberry and razzleberry, $9.50; fresh pepperoni rolls, $5. Order deadline: noon Jan. 15. Payment due before pickup on Jan. 26. Curbside pickup available. Cash, credit cards and checks accepted. Details and orders: 724-274-9729

Springdale Township

Monday: Allegheny Valley Volunteer Fire Department will host bingo at the firehall, 851 Parkway Drive, Harwick. Doors will open at 5 p.m. This will be strictly enforced. Face masks required at all times. Seating will be modified to enforce social distancing.

Tarentum

Jan. 20: Tarentum Elks bingo will resume at 7 p.m. at the lodge.

Washington Township

Monday: Washington Township Supervisors will conduct the agenda meeting at 4 p.m. at the township building, 285 Pine Run Church Road. Details: 724-727-3515

West Deer

Monday: Rental permits for Bairdford Park Pavilion will be available beginning at 9 a.m. at the township building. The office will open at 8 a.m. and there will be a signup sheet. Actual permits will not be issued until 9 a.m., first come, first served. Details: Jodi, 724-265-3680

Cancellation

Lower Burrell

Monday: Lower Burrell Council meeting is canceled. All business was transacted at the Jan. 4 reorganization meeting.