Girl Scout Troop 257
Pittsburgh Youth Ballet Company Jean Gedeon,
Artistic Director
UPPER ST. CLAIR THEATRE Front row, left to right: Alyssa Simon, Christine Tarullo, Juliann Tarullo and Kelsey Barnhart. Back row, left to right: Maria Simon, Kate Billerbeck, Jessica Chace, Michelle Billerbeck, Michelle Skoupil and Layla Boliha.
Girl Scout Troop 257 of Upper St. Clair returned from
Washington D.C. this past spring where they visited the Capitol and the Bureau of Printing and Engraving (courtesy of Congressman Tim Murphy). They also visited Ford’s Theater and the Smithsonian Museums. This trip was scheduled to help fulfill requirements of the American Patriotism Badge. Working to fulfill this badge’s requirements also included sending Girl Scout cookies to soldiers in Iraq and emailing notes of encouragement to military personnel at a Dear Abby website.
Thursday, Dec. 9 - 7:00 p.m. Friday, Dec. 10 - 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 11 - 2:00 & 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 12 - 2:00 p.m.
Pittsburgh Youth Ballet Company 3000 Industrial Blvd., Bethel Park, PA 15102
(412) 835-1335 • (412) 835-1250 Make your ticket requests online at: www.pybco.com
Girl Scouts, Brownie and Daisy Troop discount and badges available
Mt. Lebanon Junior Women’s Club is Philanthropically Involved The Mt. Lebanon Junior Women’s Club (MLJWC)
MLJWC, a civic, philanthropic and social organization founded in presented $15,000 to The 1968, is made up of approximately Children’s Home of Pittsburgh 100 women from the South Hills. this past May. MLJWC held their The major club activity is the seventh annual gala, themed annual gala benefit. This year’s Positively Pittsburgh… Paint charity gala, Luck Be a Lady, the Town Red! in March at the will be held March 5, 2005, at Pittsburgh Hilton. Over 300 the Pittsburgh Renaissance Hotel. guests attended. Each year Ken Rice will emcee and there MLJWC carefully selects orgawill be music, dancing, a silent nizations that assist women and auction, raffle and casino. Other children as the gala beneficiaries. MLJWC activities include driving Pictured during the donation presentation to The Children’s Home This year the club chose The are left to right: Julie Unitas Giba (USC resident and Junior president), and delivering Meals On Wheels, Children’s Home of Pittsburgh, Karen Dumaine, Susan Rooney Lewis, Kate Burroughs (The Children’s Home), volunteering for the Living with Pam Schanwald (The Children’s Home) and Megan King. their pediatric extended care center Styles fair and collecting items for Child’s Way, and their Transitional Infant Care Hospital (TIC). local charities. MLJWC social events include a gourmet lunch This past May MLJWC members also landscaped Sojourner group, couple’s wine and dine groups, and children’s parties. House, the new moms home on Hays Avenue, and donated Juniors meets the third Wednesday of each month (September over $1200 worth of plants, planting supplies and landscaping through November and January through May) at St. Paul’s assistance. Episcopal Church, Washington Road and Mayfair Drive in Mt. Sojourner House is a faith-based residential rehabilitation facility Lebanon at 7 p.m. For more information about joining Mt. Lebanon where addicted women learn to break the cycle of poverty and chemical Juniors or Luck Be a Lady gala tickets, contact Laurel Flaherty at abuse while living with their children in their own apartments. 412-278-0301, or log on to www.mljwc.org. Winter 2004
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