Hello All!
Hope everyone is having a great
Spring!
Here are some of the East Liberty
Happening:
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ENEC is partnering with Carnegie
Library - East Liberty and AARP Foundation to present a senior (55+)
employment program opportunity to the East Liberty area. Vaughn Ampersand
of AARP will be presenting a work/retraining program that pays $7.25/hour for 18
hours per week at a host site for individuals that meet income guidelines
($13.5K for individuals, $17+K for 2 family members, etc.). ENEC will be
distributing flyers to Carnegie Library, Kingsley and Vintage. Please
print out the flyer and post within your establishment. If you want flyers
dropped off at your location, please call 412-362-8580 and let us know the
quantity needed.
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The Carnegie Library –
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Join the staff at Nine Mile Run
Watershed Association for a fun evening of savory food and drink and explore
innovative options for residential storm water management. See our rain barrel workshop, learn how to install
and maintain your barrel for optimum performance. Discover techniques
for incorporating rain barrels in your landscape and the best products and
methods for painting a rain barrel. See the NMRWA rain garden and talk with
Sylvania Natives owner, Kathy McGregor about the optimum plant choices for a
rain garden on your property. Stop by for great rain barrel info and a good
time! Please RSVP by calling 412.371.8779 ext 15 or email lisa@ninemilrun.org
.
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The Greater Pittsburgh Afterschool
Peer Network (GPAPN) in conjunction with the Allegheny Department of
Human Services is having a motivational youth leadership event entitled,
"Its
a Great Day, You Can Do It", for middle and
high school students on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 from 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m at
the Kelly-Strayhorn Theater in East Liberty. Some members
of GPAPN have already secured seats for their youth and
chaperones, however, there are approximately 115 seats still
available that will be reserved on a first-come, first-served
basis. If you are interested in bringing your middle and/or high school
youth from your afterschool program, please respond to Twilia
Simmons-Walker via twila.simmons-walker@alcosan.org by Friday, May 8th,
2009.
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The Western Pennsylvania Herb
Society will have an herb plant
sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 23 outside of Trader Joe's, at
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There will be a public hearing to
discuss the concept of a
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The implosion of the
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Wireless Neighborhoods would like
to invite you to our Afterschool Services Fair that will take place on Tuesday,
May 19th from 10am to 1pm at the Eastminster Presbyterian Church. Only supplemental service providers and actual after
school providers are invited and encouraged to attend! The
target audience would be the supervisors of the After School Programs, no
parents or children will be in attendance. The supplemental service providers
(such as the arts, exercise, technology, curriculum, nutrition,
etc.) will be asked to present their services to
afterschool program providers. These service providers will be given a
designated table from which they may advertise information about their
services. (The room will be set up like a job fair, in which the After
School program providers will walk around to the service provider's tables).
Food will be provided at this event, and participation is
free. Please pass this information along to other programs that could
also benefit from this opportunity. Please RSVP by May 11th (by emailing
rsvp@wireless-neighborhoods.org.)
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newMoves Contemporary Dance Festival starts
next week and will run from May 7 to 10 at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater. Each
evening is a mix of ideas and styles with short works (10 - 15 mins) and post
show discussions with the choreographers and performers. For information about
the performances and more, go to www.kelly-strayohrn.org.
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The Venture Outdoors
Festival will be held at
Three free
Family
Outdoor Festivals 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Activities will include the
Climb Pittsburgh rock climbing wall, Tyke Hike crafts,
an REI environmental stewardship demo, an L.L.Bean camping demo,
healthy foods cooking, and the Pitt African Drumming Ensemble. Each event
will offer giveaway items such as trail maps, bike lights, Heinz Pickle Pins,
pedometers and water bottles to further promote outdoor recreation engagement.
All programs will be beginner friendly.
Enjoy the lovely weather and please feel free to contact
me with any question or neighborhood information.
Thanks!
Emily
Community Outreach
Coordinator
East Liberty Development,
Inc.
412.361.8061 ext.
15