Wednesday, May 30, 2012
This year's event will be benefiting a local family.
The annual Oakmont-Verona Twin Boro 5K race will be benefiting a little boy in need this year. The race will be held on Saturday, June 9. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. at Riverside Park in Oakmont. The race begins at 9 a.m. and will led runners on a 3.1-mile loop through Oakmont and Verona. The cost is $20. Proceeds from the race will support Tanner's Troopers, a group dedicated to raising money for the care of Tanner Young, 5. Tanner the son of Verner Elementary School teacher Nicole Young and grandson of Riverview High School secretary Sandy Savinda, born pre-mature with cerebral palsey. In October, he also was diagnosed with Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration (PKAN), which is a fatal disease characterized by an abnormal…
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Do you love to golf? Check out this event!
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Tuesday, May 29, 2012
St. Irenaeus School in Oakmont will be hosting a golf outing next month. The 13th-annual event will be held Sunday, June 10, at Birdsfoot Golf Club in Freeport. The $100-per-person cost includes 18 holes of golf, cart rental, on-site driving range, course refreshments, dinner (golf attire) and skill prize. Sponsorship packages also are available. Registration begins at 12:30 p.m. with a shotgun start at 2. Dinner and skill prizes immediately follow. For more information, call Tom Dinnin Jr. at 412-828-5122 or St. Irenaeus School at 412-828-8444. _______________________ Plum-Oakmont Patch is on Facebook and on Twitter. Don't forget to sign up for our daily email newsletter by clicking here.
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Are you ready to enjoy a unique evening in a splendid setting? If so, mark your calendar for Sunday, May 20, at 6 p.m. and head for the Oakmont Carnegie Library.
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Thursday, May 3, 2012
The Oakmont Carnegie Library will be serving up delicious meals rather than books for one night later this month. You'll find it transformed into a bistro on Sunday, May 20, at 6 p.m. for its inaugural fundraiser: A Taste of Two Towns. It’s a tasting, grazing, sipping event, which features sample dishes from the top restaurants of Oakmont and Verona. Delicious tastes of Two Towns will be generously provided by: Barcelona at River’s Edge Brr-Kee’s Ice Cream Café Vita Carnivores Restaurant and Bar Hoffstot’s Johnny G’s Julie Steinhaus Catering Mighty Oak Barrel Oakmont Bakery Oakmont Deli Oakmont Tavern 314 Pasta and Prime Pittsburgh Thai Restaurant (formerly Nicky’s Thai Kitchen) Rivertowne Inn What’s Cookin' at Casey’s Beverages—wine, beer…
Saturday, April 21, 2012
The event will be held next weekend in Holiday Park.
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Saturday, April 21, 2012
The Plum High Music Boosters' 2nd annual Vera Bradley Bingo will be held on Sunday, April 29, at the Holiday Park Fire Hall. Doors open at 1 p.m. and the bingo games start at 2. Tickets are $20 in advance and include 20 bingo cards to win Vera Bradley purses, totes and items, one door prize ticket, dessert buffet and drinks. Groups of six or more can reserve a table, but tickets must be purchased together under one name. Extra bingo cards will be sold at the event. Several gift baskets and other items will be available in our Chinese Auction. For tickets, contact Mary Marco at 724-325-1974 or marcosx4@comcast.net; or Daria Collins at 412-979-5682 or Daria_Collins@msn.com. Proceeds benefit the Plum High Music Boosters, a group of parents …
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
The yard sale will be held this weekend and will benefit breast cancer research.
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Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Home Instead Senior Care in Oakmont is accepting donations for a yard sale this weekend. The sale will be held Saturday, April 21, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the business, located at 661 Allegheny Ave. Proceeds will benefit breast cancer research. Anyone with household items, kids items, lightly-used clothing, tools and more can donate them by dropping them off at Home Instead Senior Care. To schedule a pick up, call 412-517-8337. _______________________ Plum-Oakmont Patch is on Facebook and on Twitter. Don't forget to sign up for our daily email newsletter by clicking here.
Friday, April 13, 2012
The two establishments in Oakmont will be selling cookies for Autism Awareness Month.
If you're craving cookies, you can buy some at Panera Bread or Oakmont Bakery to benefit a good cause. Both establishments are selling cookies in honor of Autism Awareness Month and donating proceeds to local charities. Panera will be selling "Pieces of Hope for Autism" shortbread cookies shaped in the autism puzzle piece logo from Friday, April 13, to Sunday, April 22. All proceeds will benefit The Autism Center of Pittsburgh. The Oakmont Bakery also will be selling puzzle-shaped M&M cookies. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Watson Institute, a Sewickley-based school for children with special needs. The promotion is running until the end of the month. _______________________ Plum-Oakmont Patch is on Facebook and on Twitter. …
Sunday, March 25, 2012
The fundraiser will be held on March 31 at the Oakmont Elks.
The Riverview Athletic Association will hold a musical spring fundraiser on March 31. Pittsburgh musician Bill Deasy will be playing at the Oakmont Elks Lodge on that date. Doors open at 7 p.m. The cost to attend is $25 per person. The Elks is located at 106 Washington Ave. Join the RAA for an evening of great music, games, food and beer (ID's checked). Tickets are available from any RAA Board member, at Dinnin & Parkins—located at 300 Allegheny River Boulevard Oakmont—or at the door. _______________________ Plum-Oakmont Patch is on Facebook and on Twitter. Don't forget to sign up for our daily email newsletter by clicking here.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
The Oaks Theater in Oakmont and Eljay's Used Books in Dormont are celebrating Women in Horror Recognition Month, as well as raising money for a cause.
Now that the day of roses and heart-shaped chocolates is in the past, it’s time to get to the scary part of February. It’s Women in Horror Recognition Month, and Horror Realm is teaming up with the Oaks Theater in Oakmont and Eljay’s Used Books in Dormont to celebrate the women who helped make horror movies, books and art truly terrifying. “I think there’s a view from the outside that horror is kind of a guys game, but it’s not,” said Chris Rickert, of Eljay’s. “I like letting other women know that it’s not a guys-only thing.” In partnership with The Oaks Theater, Horror Realm will present a 35 mm film screening of "Near Dark" on Friday, Feb. 24 at 10 p.m. "Near Dark" is a 1987 vampire film written and directed by Kathryn Bigelow. Bigelow…
Saturday, February 18, 2012
The dinner will be held on Friday, Feb. 24.
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Saturday, February 18, 2012
The Plum Music Boosters will host a spaghetti dinner on Friday, Feb. 24. The dinner will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Monroeville Assembly of God Church, 4561 Old William Penn Highway, in Monroeville. The Plum High School jazz band and other students from the music program will be performing throughout the evening. Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at the Door. The cost is $5 for children 10 and younger. The cost includes spaghetti with a meatless sauce, meatballs, salad, bread and desserts. Tickets can be ordered by calling Beth Kist at 412-795-3514 or emailing her at bfkist@aol.com no later than Thursday, Feb. 23. There will be no advance sales on the day of the dinner. For more details, visit www.plummusicboosters.com.
Friday, February 17, 2012
The breakfast will be on Saturday, Feb. 18, at Mt. Hope Church.
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Friday, February 17, 2012
The Kiwanis Club of Penn Hills will hold an all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast on Saturday. The breakfast will be held at Mt. Hope Church, 12106 Frankstown Road in Penn Hills, from 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. The cost is $6 for adults and $3 for children ages 10 and younger—it includes pancakes, sausage, eggs, orange juice and coffee/tea. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Michael Crawshaw Memorial Fund. Crawshaw, a Penn Hills police officer, was killed in 2009 in the line of duty. Tickets are available from any Kiwanis member, at the door, or by calling Beth at 412-241-7312.
Heidi Dezayas
4:41 pm on Thursday, April 19, 2012
Due to the projected weather for Saturday, a PRESALE will be held on Friday, April 20, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. more ›