South Fayette library benefits from Beers for Books
Dave and Andrea Iglar perform at Beer for Books with keyboard player Joel Tischuk.
Attending Beer for Books are Ben Hornfeck, South Fayette Township Library director, and Leslie Riker, fundraising and development coordinator.
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South Fayette Township Commissioner Rebecca Sray supports the event, along with George, left, and Troy Dudash.
Members of the South Fayette Township Library Board, from left: Jackie von Thun, Bill Caye, Kelly Keller, David Allgood, Charline Barnes Rowland, Lori Palmieri, Bob Milacci and Cindy Cox
Tami Boyle and Helicon Brewing owner Chris Brunetti
From left are Carrie Lowery, Rob Brown, Sandra Morris, Judy Dobies, Erin Weaver
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Joel Tischuk plays the keyboard during the benefit.
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Kate Jeffe, left, and Lauri Wroblewski enjoy the event.
Dave Iglar trades his guitar for an electric violin during part of his band's performance.
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From left are Dawn Dunlap, Lisa Hoover and Katie Kosko.
Joel Tischuk and Andrea Iglar perform.
Dave and Andrea Iglar perform.
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From left are Andrea Iglar, Cindy Cox and Dave Iglar.
The pairing of beer and books isn’t such a bad idea, as the second annual Beer for Books to benefit South Fayette Township Library amply demonstrated.
Hosted by Helicon Brewing in Oakdale, the event drew a sizable crowd on a warm early evening in the middle of Love Your Library Month, the annual campaign developed by the Allegheny County Library Association and Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.
Thanks to the generosity of the Jack Buncher Foundation, all participating Allegheny County libraries will receive a prorated portion of a $150,000 match pool to support their general operations. All donations received during September, up to a maximum of $500 per donor per library, will count toward the pool.
Helicon’s Chris and Cherie Brunetti, South Fayette residents, donated the brewery’s proceeds for the night to the library, and the two food vendors, Bado’s Pizza Truck and Gyros N’at, also contributed portions of their proceeds.
Providing entertainment was the Dave Iglar Band – featuring daughter Andrea, South Fayette Township’s director of communications and community development, and keyboard player Joel Tischuk of Mt. Lebanon – performing all original compositions.
Members of the South Fayette library board organized the inaugural Beer for Books last year, and it went so well that they decided to do it again.
“We know what the library does for the community, and we think it’s important to reiterate,” Cindy Cox, the board’s president, said while expressing thanks to the event’s sponsors and donors of 32 gift baskets to raise further funding through a raffle.
In addition to Helicon Brewing, sponsorship was provided by Jen Crouse Realtor, Conti Law, Bee’z Bistro & Pub, Dollar Bank, Drs. Michaela and Rahim Remtulla, William F. Caye II, John Kosky Contracting Inc. and Topgolf. For more information about the South Fayette Township Library, visit www.southfayettelibrary.org.