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Animal Friends, and the Hancock County Shelter. Financial centers in Chippewa, Center, Hopewell, Latrobe, Lower Burrell, Delmont, Butler, and East Liverpool are participating and have received a wish list of items needed by the shelters. Due to recent flooding at the Beaver County Humane Society, cash donations will also be accepted at the Hopewell, Chippewa, and Center financial centers in order to provide extra assistance. Peters Township, South Park, Upper St. Clair, Whitehall and others. JOIN MT. LEBANON SENIOR MEN’S GOLF CLUB SOUTH HILLS SENIOR SOFTBALL LOOKING FOR MEMBERS The South Hills Senior Softball League registration has been open for its 2019 season. The league is for players 55 years old and up. (Players who are 54 can join at any time during the year they turn 55.) Information and forms for registration are on the league’s website at seniorsoftballleague.com. The league holds practices and games through August or early September at fields in South Park and elsewhere in the South Hills. “You’ll feel like a kid again when you play,” says Doug Houston, commissioner of the nonprofit group. “The average player is about 66, and our softball rules are age-appropriate.” Players are chosen for teams each spring in a draft, ensuring that talent is spread more or less evenly among the teams. The league holds a catered picnic at the end of each season. Players come from all over the area, including Baldwin, Bethel Park, Bridgeville, Carnegie, Castle Shannon, Chartiers Valley, Dormont, Mt. Lebanon, Mt. Lebanon Senior Men’s Golf Club is open to all men age 55 or older. The club golfs at Mt. Lebanon Golf Course on Wednesday mornings through Oct. 10 with six away events. Membership applications are available at the Mt. Lebanon Golf Course. For further information go to mensgolfmtlebo.site123.me. TOWN HALL SOUTH SPEAKERS SERIES Are you looking for intellectual growth and cultural stimulation through national and international acclaimed speakers who inspire, educate, inform and enlarge one’s world? Subscribe to Town Hall South, which began in 1969 and features five lectures that are held in the Upper St. Clair High School Theatre from 10:10- 11:10 a.m. For the 2019-2020 season, the array of speakers will include: October 1 – Lou Holtz, legendary football coach, ESPN sports analyst and renowned motivational speaker November 5 – Beth Macy, award- winning journalist with a focus on social problems including the opioid crisis December 3 – Alan Zwiebel, Emmy Award-winning comedy writer including for “Saturday Night Live” February 4 – Vijay Gupta, violinist/ educator/mental health advocate March 17 – Lynsey Addario, Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist, focused on War, Injustice, Resilience and Humanity. In addition to the formal lecture, an optional luncheon at St. Clair Country Club is held immediately following where the speaker is available to answer questions posed by the luncheon audience—which frequently leads to a very candid exchange! Tickets for the 2019-2020 season are sold as a series only and can be purchased by visiting the website at townhallsouth.org. ALLEGHENY COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT COMMUNITY HEALTH SURVEY The survey period runs through Oct. 4, 2019, and is part of the larger 2020 Community Health Assessment. A Community Health Assessment (CHA), which is conducted every five years, compiles data to best understand health issues and factors affecting the health of Allegheny County residents. In addition to the survey, CHA 2020 will include a series of focus groups and the use of a variety of existing data sources. This survey focuses on health equity and will be used to design a new Community Health Improvement Plan, which will outline goals and strategies to improve the health and well-being of all county residents. All residents of Allegheny County over 18 years of age are strongly encouraged to participate. By taking the survey, individuals are helping ACHD identify the key needs of Allegheny County communities. Individuals can complete the survey via http://bit.ly/ACHDchs, or the Allegheny County Library Association will be providing paper surveys at all 70+ libraries across the county on Wednesday, July 10. Both the online and paper surveys are being translated into four languages: Spanish, Nepali, Arabic, and Simplified Chinese. The ACHD will post a message on its Facebook page and issue a message via Allegheny Alerts when the surveys in additional languages are available. ACHD will also use those communication avenues throughout the survey period to announce additional partners in the effort and other locations that will have paper surveys. n MT. LEBANON ❘ SUMMER 2019 9