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Highland Park - Bingo Fundraiser for Local Fire Victims
by Norma Meyer 16 Mar '15

16 Mar '15

East Liberty Presbyterian Church/Hope Academy of Music and the Arts is hosting a Bingo Fundraising event on Saturday, March 28 from 4-6 pm to help the Reese family recover from a devastating house fire. Your donation would go a long way to get them back on their feet in a new home. In addition to playing Bingo, refreshments will be sold to help the Reese recovery fund. RSVP at www.ELPC.church, or call Sara Hackett at 412.441.3800 x20; 412.673-2926 or SaraH(a)coh.net<mailto:SaraH@coh.net>. Address of Event: East Liberty Presbyterian Church 116 South Highland Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15206 About the Reese Family Fire On Thursday, January 8, 2015, firefighters rescued three members of the Reese family from their burning home on McPherson Blvd in Point Breeze. Five family members fled outside after being awoken at 4 am by the piercing sound of smoke alarms, but three others - sisters, Joyce and Judy Reese and a baby in their care - were trapped inside. Firefighters arrived within minutes of the 911 call and rescued Joyce and the 10-month-old boy from the porch roof; Judy was in cardiac arrest when firefighters found her on the second floor of their home. The family lost everything in the fire. The Reese Family Sisters Joyce and Melanee Reese, with two sons of their own, decided a little over 20 years ago to help kids in need after learning how few black families there were in the foster care system. On Oct. 27, 1994, 2-day-old Clarisa arrived and then, a month and a half later, 3-month-old Christopher. Soon after that came Christopher's older sister, Jessica, who was 2 at the time; and then Clarisa's younger brother, Donald, who was 3 months old. Joyce and Melanee adopted these children and then four years later, 3-month-old Henderson arrived. When his little sister, Taylor, was born six years later, they once again took the baby in, to keep the siblings together. In all, the Reese sisters are raising six children from three sibling sets. Each of them came to the women with medical problems and special needs. "Somebody had to do it. They needed somebody to care, and we had enough to give," Joyce explains. The sisters raised all the children the same way: Be polite, do your schoolwork, don't be disruptive and be good citizens. "We tried to give the kids a very well-rounded life experience," Melanee said. All of the Reese children have participated in Hope Academy of Music and the Arts, taking piano, violin, ballet and acting. They take part in ELPC's Club 116, and the Food for Thought mentoring program; and are also active in tennis, swimming and other sports. _____________________________________________________________ NORMA MEYER Assistant for the following ministries of EAST LIBERTY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Hope Academy (Linda Addlespurger, Director) Taizé Prayer (Rev. Mary Lynn Callahan, Minister) Worship, Music & the Arts (Dr. Edward Alan Moore, Organist/Music Director) 116 S. Highland Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15206 412.441.3800 x11 www.CathedralOfHope.org www.HopeAcademyArts.com

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Sofa and Vanity Chair for Sale
by David Adomites 16 Mar '15

16 Mar '15

Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams sofa 88” L 250.00 Vanity Chair 25.00

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HPCC Monthly Meeting Reminder - Thursday, March 19th at 7PM at St. Andrew's
by Monica Watt 16 Mar '15

16 Mar '15

Please join us this Thursday - meet our new Zone 5 Commander Jason Lando and get important updates first hand on the Highland Park OLEA for dogs. We will specifically be discussing the location of the OLEA so if you are a dog owner, I encourage you to attend. I hope to see you there! Best regards, Monica Monica Watt President, Highland Park Community Council Editor, HPCC Newsletter Co-Chair, House Tour Committee Co-Chair, Playground Committee Member, Beautification Committee President ESP Studios 625 Liberty Avenue, 24th FL Pittsburgh, PA 15222 412.642.7700 v 412.642.2277 f 412.980.4208 c monica.watt(a)elias-savion.com<mailto:monica.watt@elias-savion.com>

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Music Together Registration is Open!
by Karen Sloneker 16 Mar '15

16 Mar '15

Registration for the spring session of Music Together classes is open! We have classes 6 days a week in the East End - Pittsburgh Center for the Arts in Shadyside, Wilkins School Community Center in Regent Square, and at Shining Light Prenatal Education in Lawrenceville. On Sundays, we have classes at WYEP Studios on the South Side - an easy drive from the East End with no parking headaches on Sunday. There are a couple of new class times this session - a Babies class for babies under 8 months, meeting at 12:30 PM on Wednesdays at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, and a new section of Mixed age classes on Thursday at 11:30 at the Wilkins School Community Center. Have a Big Kid age 5 -7 who loves to sing and dance? We have a Big Kids class on Mondays at 4:45 PM at the Wilkins School . All of our classes are fun, but the Big Kids class is really, really fun! We're also holding our second Big Kids Summer Camp in June - registration for that is open as well. For more information or to register, go to www.mtfirstnotes - especially check out the FAQs page, email Karen(a)mtfirstnotes.com or text 412-860-9254 for quick questions.

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Fwd: Foundational Yoga: Highland Park, Lawrenceville
by Susan Rupani 16 Mar '15

16 Mar '15

Dear Friends and Neighbors, Please join us for Foundational Yoga: Nuin Center in Highland Park, Tuesday at 8 a.m. 5655 Bryant St, Pittsburgh 15206. Alignment, flexibility, and core strength are the focus to fine tune your practice. Level 1 $15 drop in fee, 4 classes for $48, 8 classes for $88 Stephen Foster Community Center Thursday at 8:45 a.m. 286 Main St. in Lawrenceville, 15201. 3rd floor. $4 a session! Namaste, Susan Rupani 412-417-6300 YogaWorks Teacher

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Camp PISA
by Althea Bradley 16 Mar '15

16 Mar '15

Any one have any experience with Camp PISA? Good or bad. Would appreciate you sharing your experience. Thanks Althea M. Bradley

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Highland Park Garden Club
by Elisabeth Larman 15 Mar '15

15 Mar '15

Hello neighbors, We hope that you will join us for our first meeting of 2015 this coming Saturday the 21st of March. It will be at 10:00 am at the Union Project. We will have a slide presentation of our visit to the Philadelphia garden and Flower show. Our main program will be a presentation by Gregory Boulos, owner of Blackberry Meadows Farm. Greg will be talking about Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). The presentation will be followed by a Question and Answer period. We have an exciting year planned and we hope to see all of you this Saturday at 10:00 Am at the Union Project.. Think Spring! Elisabeth HPGC President

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FREE Bed Bath & Beyond Coupons
by Amanda Mills 15 Mar '15

15 Mar '15

Neighbors, I have about 30 BB&B coupons that I'm about to toss. Most of them are expired, but BB&B takes expired coupons so I thought somebody might be interested. Regards, Amanda

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Free car wax
by Jon Nelson 15 Mar '15

15 Mar '15

Older products mostly unopened. 1369 n Sheridan on porch Sent from my iPad

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Free ceiling tile
by Jon Nelson 15 Mar '15

15 Mar '15

3 pieces 2 x 4' @ 1369 n Sheridan on porch Sent from my iPad

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