Each year this event has grown and keeps
growing.
Grace Community Church simply wants
to be a "Church Caring for the Community."
It has several community events throughout
the year such as: Community Easter Egg
Hunt, Community Civil Service Appreciation
Sunday, Community Open House Sunday,
Community Fall Festival, and Community
Christmas Dinner. Grace Community Church
also operates the Community Outreach
Center in Bridgeville, which provides free:
health screenings, coats, food boxes, diapers
and personal hygiene items.
Sunday morning worship time is 10:45 a.m.
For more information about the
Community Easter Egg Hunt please go to
gracechurchpgh.org or call the church office at
412.221.9000.
We look forward to seeing you and your
family!
NO VETERAN DIES ALONE
PROGRAM SHOWS
ULTIMATE CARE AT TIME
OF PASSING
As part of the recently launched No Veteran
Dies Alone (NVDA) Program, volunteers
give “the most precious gift,” according to
VA Pittsburgh Chaplain Alan Morris – their
presence to veterans who may not have anyone
to be with them in their final hour.
Volunteers can speak, read or hold the hand
of a veteran and be a comfort to him/her.
They are on call when needed and often stay
longer than required – because they want to.
Susan Rogers of O’Hara and George
Coppola of Collier are two volunteers who
graduated from the first class of NVDA
training in August. Since then, they have been
on two vigils each with dying patients.
Coppola, a Vietnam Veteran, has extensive
hospice experience with his mother and other
loved ones in his life. He’s also known other
Veterans who died alone and wants to prevent
that from happening to anyone else.
Rogers has a 92-year-old World War Two
Veteran father who lives in Ft. Wayne, Indiana.
She knows that if unable to be at his bedside
should the time come, she’d like somebody to
be there.
Those who want to be on the NVDA team
must first become registered VA Pittsburgh
volunteers and train in the hospice or palliative
care functions at the hospital before receiving
additional NVDA training. All interested
candidates will be evaluated through
Chaplain Alan Morris, BCC, who can be
reached at: [email protected] or by calling
412.822.1861.
SMITH TO OPEN
SATELLITE OFFICE IN
SOUTH PARK TO SERVE
SOUTH HILLS RESIDENTS
State Senator Matt Smith today announced
that he will open a satellite office in South
Park to serve constituents in the township and
nearby communities.
“The South Park office will provide another
convenient option for constituents of the
South Hills,” Smith said. “By partnering with
the township, we will be able to assist area
residents at a familiar and accessible location.”
Smith’s satellite office is located in the
Administrative Building of the South Park
Municipal Complex at 2675 Brownsville Road.
Staff will be available to assist constituents
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the last Wednesday of
the month beginning February 26.
Smith said he and his staff will assist
constituents with services like processing
driver and vehicle services, providing assistance
with state applications and forms, learning
the status or obtaining copies of legislation, or
addressing issues with any state agency.
“We can be the one-stop-shop for
constituents facing difficulty with any state
government-related issue,” Smith added.
“We’ll work to provide answers to questions
and connect constituents with state programs
and services.”
Smith has full-time district offices in
Mt. Lebanon (319 Castle Shannon Blvd.),
and Moon Township (1009 Beaver Grade
Road, Suite 230). They are open weekdays
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. His Peters Township
satellite office, located in the Peters Township
Municipal Building (610 East McMurray
Road), is open Tuesdays and Thursdays from
9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ■
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