WHAT’S NEWS IN MOON TOWNSHIP
MAHS KEY CLUB
DONATES GIFTS TO
LOCAL CHILDREN
The Moon Area High School Key Club
spent its holiday season focused on the
needs of others.
The club purchased almost 80 gifts
for children in Mooncrest’s after-school
program and all 100 residents of the West
Hills Nursing Home.
In addition to their generosity, students
volunteered at the Beaver County
Christmas Extravaganza, the chorus and
orchestra concerts, and the food pantry,
and they rang the bell for the Salvation
Army for three days.
In Moon Township, the Valley
Ambulance Authority was awarded a
$75,000 grant for the milling and paving
of the parking lot and access roads. The
parking lot is used by Valley employees
while on duty and in training. The
parking areas are also used on a regular
basis by local police and fire department
personnel as well as people from
throughout the region who attend CPR,
First Aid and other lifesaving classes at
the Valley facility.
“This grant will fully fund a long-
overdue and badly needed parking lot
repaving project,” said J.R. Henry, Chief
of the Valley Ambulance Authority.
GAYDOS ANNOUNCES
GRANTS FOR
IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE 44TH DISTRICT
Rep. Valerie Gaydos announced grants
totaling $250,000 for improvements in
the municipalities of Crescent, Moon and
Ohio townships and Sewickley Borough.
The grants were formally approved by
the Department of Community and
Economic Development.
“These municipalities have fought hard
for this funding, which will go toward
critical improvements and necessary
renovations,” Gaydos said. “I am proud
to have secured this capital for them
and I am grateful to the department for
its support.”
The Crescent Township Volunteer
Fire Department was awarded a $76,000
grant to finance renovations including the
replacement of the station roof due to age
and deterioration. Existing ceiling tiles
and concrete pads will also be replaced
for the safety of firefighters and the
public at large.
“I want to sincerely thank Rep. Gaydos
for her help in securing us this grant,” said
John Kriger, President of the Crescent
Township Volunteer Fire Department.
“Her work made this possible, and this
grant will go a long way toward making
some very necessary improvements.”
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CLEARVIEW AND
HELPING HANDS
PROVIDE 10,000 MEALS
TO HELP EIGHT AREA
SCHOOL DISTRICTS
Supported by Clearview Federal Credit
Union, Helping Hands of Centerpoint
in Monaca was able to provide more
than 10,000 meals and 500 bags to
residents in eight area school districts
through the holiday season. Clearview
awarded Helping Hands, which assists
homeless and food insecure members
of the community, $2,500 on behalf of
Natalie Shoop, longtime Helping Hands
volunteer and Clearview’s 2019 Joseph C.
Cirelli Award winner.
The Joseph C. Cirelli Community
Service Award and check were presented
to Shoop on Nov. 26 at Clearview’s
Moon Township location. With the
funds, Helping Hands was able to
double its outreach and provide 10,000
meals comprised of 500 bags, each
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containing over 20 items including
breakfasts, lunches, and goodies to those
in need in eight area school districts
including Aliquippa, Independence,
Ambridge, Rochester, Beaver Falls,
Freedom, Center, and South Side.
CLEARVIEW PARTNERS
WITH SPECIAL
OLYMPICS TO SUPPORT
TRAINING AND EVENTS
IN WESTERN PA
Clearview Federal Credit Union and
Special Olympics Pennsylvania have
partnered through 2020 to support sports
training and competition in a variety of
Olympic-type sports for children and
adults with intellectual disabilities.
Employees of Clearview will
volunteer and provide event support for
Special Olympics athletes primarily in
Washington, Westmoreland, Allegheny,
Beaver and Butler counties. Members
will also support a collection drive at
all Clearview locations for sport items
and equipment to support athletes. In
addition, Clearview will have financial
education materials to share with
students and their families.
Clearview will provide additional
support to many of the southwestern PA
events that Special Olympics hosts each
year. Athletes from ages 8-80 compete
across the state and in the region,
with qualifying regional and state
athletes competing internationally.
“Special Olympics Pennsylvania
(SOPA) is pleased to enter into a
partnership with Clearview Federal
Credit Union,” said Tim Kerrihard,
SOPA’s Chief Development Officer.
“Our partnership will not only benefit
our programs within the Southwestern
region of the state from a financial
perspective, but it will also fuel our
movement through the time, energy and
enthusiasm of the credit union’s employee
volunteers. This collaboration will help
our organization to engage, empower,
and transform communities to ensure
full inclusion for people with intellectual
disabilities.” n