Saint Irenaeus Parish Festival Begins Thursday

in Oakmont will kick off the month of August with its parish festival this weekend.

The festival, which will be held at the Maryland Avenue church, opens Thursday, Aug. 4, and runs through Saturday, Aug. 6. Dinner will be held from 4 to 7 p.m., and a flea market and games will be open from 6 to 10 p.m. each night.

There will be a balloon artist at the festival each evening. Parishioner Frank Hartwig will be the DJ on Saturday night. There also will be an attendance raffle where the winner will receive a gas card. Tickets are free at the raffle booth. 

The church also is looking for Chinese raffle donations and volunteers to help with the festival.  Anyone who wishes to donate a hand-crafted item or theme baskets (movie night, back to school, pets, gardening, etc.) is asked to drop it off today, Aug. 3, at the parish office Blough Hall.

Volunteers are needed for festival setup and cleanup. Setup begins tonight at 6. Volunteers will set up and wire the game booths for electricity, decorate the booths, hang signs and more.

Cleanup will be held after the festival ends on Aug. 6. Booths will be dismantled beginning at 10 p.m. To volunteer, please contact Ruthie Lewandowski at 412-616-2671. 

Festival Flea Market

Aside from the normal festival hours, there will be two more opportunities for visitors to shop at the flea market.

A flea Market presale will be held Aug. 3 beginning at 10 a.m. An after sale will be held Aug. 7 at 9 a.m.

Volunteers are needed to pick up items that can't be dropped off at the church and to dismantle the flea market on Aug. 8 and 9 at 9 a.m. To donate items to the flea market or to volunteer, call Elaine Grabowski at 412-828-8515.