5 Things You Need To Know This Week
1. The Washington County Sportsmen’s & Conservation League will hold its annual Sportsmen’s show at the Washington Crown Center Mall Feb. 2-4.
2. The Bible Chapel, McMurray, will join other churches around the world on Feb. 9 and host Tim Tebow Foundation’s Night to Shine. This prom night experience, for people with special needs ages 14 and older, will take place from 5 to 9 p.m. To sign up, visit www.nighttoshinepittsburgh.org.
3. A group of Army women meet monthly through The Pittsburgh Keystone Chapter 120 of the Women’s Army Corp Veterans’ Association – Army Women United meets smonthly to plan activities and events that benefit veterans in the Pittsburgh area. Meetings are held at 11 a.m. the second Saturday of each month at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall, Pittsburgh. The next meeting will be held Feb. 10. All army women, retired or active duty, are welcome. For more information, call Phyllis at 412-322-0588. To arrange for ride sharing from the South Hills, call Chris at 412-833-1452.
4. Pittsburgh Youth Chorus [PYC] is now accepting registration for the spring session of its Neighborhood Training Choir program. The spring session is open to any child in first, second and third grade. NTC is the first stepping-stone to PYC’s three-tiered program of choral education and helps refine the audition skills necessary to increase potential success in the Pittsburgh Youth Chorus audition process. The spring session begins Feb. 13 at Westminster Presbyterian Church, Upper St. Clair, and meets for 12 weeks, ending with an “informance” for family and friends on May 1. NTC meets from 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday or Thursday evenings. Tuition and registration is $175 per session, and financial assistance is available. For details, call 412-281-4790. Register online at www.pittsburghyouthchorus.org.
5. Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing, Inc., a group dedicated to the physical and emotional rehabilitation of disabled active military service personnel and disabled veterans through fly fishing and associated activities including education and outings, will offer one-day fly tying sessions on Wednesdays, from May through October, for disabled veterans. One will be held at Upper St. Clair’s McLaughlin Run Recreation Center and the other at The Stephen Foster Center in Lawrenceville. All veterans or active duty military members with a disability are eligible to participate at no cost. For more information or to sign up, contact Amanda Thompson at amanda.thompson@ projecthealingwaters.org.