WHAT’S NEWS IN NORWIN
8TH ANNUAL CUBCAKE
WARS
The Norwin Lions will be holding the
8th Annual Cubcake Wars fundraising
event on Sunday, March 29, in the
Norwin High School cafeteria from 1 to
4 p.m.
This event features numerous bakers
who have made delicious cupcakes (or
“cubcakes” as a play on words for lion
cub) to be sold. The bakers are in a
competition for best-tasting cubcake,
best decorations, most funds raised, and
people’s choice for best in show. All funds
benefit Norwin Lions and the Kitty Sack
Project.
The Kitty Sack Project is in its eighth
year of feeding children in need over
the weekends. Unfortunately, when
many children in our community leave
school on Friday, their last healthy meal
was their school lunch. From then until
Monday when they return to school,
they may have had little to eat over the
weekend.
The Norwin Lions Club is actively
working to help these children by
providing backpacks (Kitty Sacks) filled
with kid-friendly, healthy food for the
weekend. The club has partnered with a
local grocery store to provide fresh fruit,
cereal, crackers, and meals that children
can prepare themselves without using the
stove. These foods will help sustain the
children over the weekends during the
school year.
The Lions deliver the Kitty Sacks on
Friday morning to the various schools.
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Presently those are three elementary
schools and the intermediate school in the
Norwin School District, currently feeding
40-50 children weekly. It takes almost
$400 to provide food for one child for
a school year. That amounts to around
$20,000 total for the year.
You can support this program by
attending the fun Cubcake Wars event. It
is open to everyone of all ages and is very
family friendly.
Bakers may still be needed. For
information, email norwinlions@comcast.
net or visit facebook.com/NorwinLions.
If you want to learn more about Cubcake
Wars, see the video created by Steel City
News last year: steelcitynews.com/7th-
annual-norwin-lions-club-cubcake-wars.
If you would like to sponsor a child and
help support the program, please send
your donation to Norwin Lions Club,
Community Resource Center, 231 Jenny
Drive, North Huntingdon, PA 15642.
PUPPY PLAYDATES AT
WALKERS PET HOTAIL
Dates: March 19, April 16
Time: 7 to 8 p.m.
Monthly Puppy Parties are back by
popular demand, under the revised format
of Puppy Playdates! Focusing on group
play, by size of dog, Puppy Playdates
are in Walkers Pet HoTail’s All-Day Play
Center. They are for pets up to 2 years old,
and all those over 6 months old must be
spayed/neutered to attend. Pets must also
be current with Rabies, Distemper, and
Bordetella vaccines with negative fecal
exam. Arrive no later than 7:10 p.m. so all
pups can play as long as possible!
Puppy Playdates are generally the third
Thursday of each month, from 7 to 8 p.m.,
excluding October and December.
GARDEN CLUB OF
MONROEVILLE PLANT
SALE
On Saturday, May 2, the Garden Club
of Monroeville will hold its spring plant
sale at Monroeville Community Park,
Pavilion 2, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The
sale will feature annuals, herbs, hanging
baskets, floral wreaths and decorative
pots. A repotting service will be available
for those who want their root-bound
houseplants transplanted into a larger
pot. Proceeds from the sale support three
local gardens maintained by the club, a
sick plant clinic at a local personal care
home, adult education programs and
activities for children sponsored by the
local library and arts council.
MURRYSVILLE GARDEN
CLUB PLANT SALE
On Thursday, May 7 (11 a.m. to 8 p.m.)
and Friday, May 8 (8 a.m. to sell-out),
the Murrysville Garden Club will hold
its annual fundraising plant sale at the
Murrysville Volunteer Fire Department
Pavilion, located at 3235 Sardis Road.
This fundraiser supports the club’s $2,000
college scholarship award, community
gardens, and two planting activities with
each of the 12 Franklin Regional third
grades. The sale features hanging baskets
and specimen plants from local nurseries.
In addition, there will be perennials from
members’ gardens. Go early and find just
the right thing for Mother’s Day! n