WHAT’ S NEWS IN NORWIN
RED CROSS SEEKS VOLUNTEERS IN PENNSYLVANIA
The American Red Cross of Greater Pennsylvania is calling for more volunteers in rural communities to assist with disaster response, blood drives and community education efforts.
Volunteers play a crucial role in providing support to families affected by home fires and other emergencies, engaging with blood donors, and promoting emergency preparedness. In 2024, about 3,400 volunteers helped respond to more than 1,500 local disasters and supported 5,000 blood drives.
To make a difference in your community, visit redcross. org / GPAvolunteer to learn more and sign up.
ROCKIN’ REGATTA!
Downtown Pittsburgh has been without its traditional regatta for a few years, but boats are returning to the Allegheny River!
Pittsburgh Brewing Company will be the site of a new event called Rockin’ Regatta, June 7-8, at the company’ s taproom headquarters in Creighton. Besides boat racing, there will be lots of great live music.
For more event details, follow Pittsburgh Brewing Co. on Facebook at facebook. com / pittsburghbrewingco / events.
DVSSP SERVICES
Domestic violence doesn’ t discriminate— it affects people of all abilities. Survivors with disabilities often face unique barriers to seeking help. Domestic Violence Services of Southwestern PA( DVSSP) provides accessible, inclusive services to support all survivors.
If you or someone you know needs help, call the 24 / 7 helpline at 800.791.4000 or visit peacefromdv. org. Everyone deserves to feel safe at home.
THE WESTMORELAND MUSEUM ANNOUNCES NEW EXHIBITION
The Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greensburg presents Works by Aaron Gorson, Words by Maxwell King, an exhibition showcasing industrial landscape paintings by Aaron Harry Gorson, with accompanying text by author Maxwell King.
On view through fall 2025, the exhibition features works from private collections and The Westmoreland’ s own holdings, highlighting Pittsburgh’ s steel industry legacy.
King, known for his biographies on John Kane and Mister Rogers, provides insights into Gorson’ s career, including an excerpt from his upcoming book,“ Fire in the Night Sky,” to be released in 2026. He also selected the featured paintings and will give a lecture on Oct. 23. The exhibition is supported by the Sebastian Mueller Charitable Fund of the Eden Hall Foundation.
For more details, visit thewestmoreland. org.
GREENSBURG TO BE SITE OF NEW V. A. OUTPATIENT CLINIC
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System has selected a site on Towne Square Drive in Greensburg for its new Westmoreland County outpatient clinic.
The facility is to be located just off Route 30 at the Mt. Pleasant Road exit, near a Hampton Inn. The site is a vacant lot immediately past a former Gander Mountain store, about a mile west of the current Westmoreland County VA Outpatient Clinic behind Westmoreland Mall.
On Jan. 28, the General Services Administration awarded an $ 8.7 million, 15-year build-to-suit lease to Michael
Downing Realty, Ltd., of Cleveland, Ohio, to secure the site.
Expected to open in two years, the new clinic will be twice the size of the existing 17,000-square-foot clinic at the mall. It will provide veterans with the same services currently available plus additional space for specialty care such as audiology, chiropractic, acupuncture, physical therapy and an infusion room for certain hematology / oncology chemotherapy treatments.
To allow veterans to receive specialty care closer to home, the new clinic will have dedicated clinical space on a rotating basis for VA Pittsburgh specialists in orthopedics, ENT, cardiology, gastroenterology, etc.
In addition, a swing-space office will be available for veterans to meet with representatives from the Veterans Benefits Administration, American Legion, VFW and other related service organizations.
For more information, contact Shelley Nulph, public and community relations manager, at 412.822.3536.
ABOUT VA PITTSBURGH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System( VAPHS) is one of the largest and most progressive VA health care systems in the nation. More than 4,000 employees served more than 94,000 veterans last year, providing a range of services from complex transplant medicine to routine primary care.
VAPHS is a leader in virtual care delivery through telehealth technology; a center of research and learning with 141 research investigators and $ 21 million in funding in fiscal year 2024; and a provider of state-of-the-art health care training to about 1,500 students annually.
It provides care at medical centers in Pittsburgh’ s Oakland neighborhood and O’ Hara Township and at six outpatient clinics in Belmont County, Ohio, and Allegheny, Beaver, Fayette, Washington and Westmoreland counties in Pennsylvania. Veterans can call 412.360.6162 to check eligibility or for enrollment. n
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