5 Things You Need To Know This Week
UPMC will hold Showcase of Health Services from 3:30 to 7 p.m. Sept. 6, at UPMC South Hills, 1300 Oxford Drive, Bethel Park. The event will include free health screenings, information booths, meet and greets with physicians and medical specialists, free educational presentations, light refreshments, free giveaways and free parking. For more information, visit UPMC.com/SouthHills or call 412-851-8740, option #2.
Are you a woman who has served in the Army, National Guard, Reserves, Army Nurse Corps, WAC or WAAC? The Pittsburgh Keystone Chapter 120 of the Women’s Army Corp Veterans’ Association, Army Women United is a group of Army women from all branches who are working together to serve the local area veterans, especially female veterans. The next meeting will be held at 11 a.m. Sept. 8 at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall, Oakland, at which time plans will be discussed for the Veterans Day Parade and Pittsburgh Stand Down on Sept. 22. For more information, call Vickie at 412-319-7761 or Chris at 412-833-1452.
Chartiers-Houston Marching Band Festival will take place at 7 p.m. Sept. 8, at the high school stadium. Participating in addition to Chartiers-Houston will be Canon-McMillan, North Hills, Peters Township and others to be announced.
Volunteers are needed for Peters Township Haunted Trail XIX and Haunted Trail for Kids. Volunteers must be 13 years of age or older. Needed are storytellers (high school through adult) to lead groups through the trail while narrating the story line, and scene actors to act out a scene on the trail. For volunteer meeting dates and times, contact Lisa Morris at 724-942-5000 or ltaylor@peterstownship.com, before Sept. 12. Haunted Trail XIX will be held from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 5 and 6. Haunted Trail for Kids (ages 8 and under) will be held from 6 to 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6. The fee for both adults and children is $5 per person.
Due to the installation of new carpeting in the Youth Services Department, the Peters Township Public Library will delay the start of their fall programming for children by two weeks. Programs for babies through teens will now begin the week of Sept. 24. The fall session will be extended by one week concluding on Friday, Nov. 16. The loan period for all materials borrowed from the library will be extended beyond this time. There will be no due dates from Sept. 10-22. Parts of the Youth Services Department area and Family Activity Center may not be accessible at all times, but the remaining areas of the library will be open and materials can be checked out. Adult programming will not be impacted by the carpet installation. To view September’s schedule, visit ptlibrary.org.