WHAT’S NEWS IN NORWIN
would be the perfect car to donate. Your
generous donation is tax-deductible.
Please contact Community Auto
at communityautolico.org or call
724.538.5081 for details on how to donate
your car.
(L to R) Representative George Dunbar,
Sgt. David Sage, Senator Kim Ward, Lt. Rod
Mahinske, Patrolman Michael Veronie, Sgt. Jeff
Bouldin, and Norwin Lion Gina Davis (founder
of the Norwin Reality Tour).
COMMUNITY
CELEBRATION HELD
FOR RETIRED NHTPD
OFFICERS
On Wednesday, Aug. 15, the Norwin
Lions honored the recent retirement of
five of North Huntingdon Township’s
police officers: Jeffrey Bouldin, Rod
Mahinske, David Sage, Michael Veronie
and Kirk Youngstead. The celebration
was attended by about 100 members
of the Norwin community along with
State Senator Kim Ward and State
Representative George Dunbar. Ward
and Dunbar presented the officers with
commendations from the state, and the
Lions presented each officer with a glass
award.
ONE-OF-A-KIND CAR
DONATION PROGRAM
Community Auto, a nonprofit program
of The Lighthouse Foundation, accepts
donated cars,
repairs and
inspects them
when feasible,
and sells them
at discounted
prices to low-
income working
families and
individuals. The
used car in your
garage that you don’t have time to sell, or
didn’t get the trade-in value you wanted,
or a car the kids used but no longer need
4
724.942.0940 TO ADVERTISE
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THE LAUREL BALLET &
THE WESTMORELAND
SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA’S ‘THE
NUTCRACKER’
The Laurel Ballet in Greensburg will
be performing its 25th “Nutcracker” with
the Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra
on Saturday, Dec. 8, at 2 and 7 p.m., and
Sunday, Dec. 9, at 2 p.m. at The Palace
Theatre in Greensburg. This year is the
symphony’s 50th anniversary, so the
production will be especially wonderful.
FOOD BANK CHANGES
BUSINESS MODEL
TO BETTER MEET
THE NEEDS OF THE
COMMUNITY
The Greater Pittsburgh Community
Food Bank estimates that in five years,
nearly 50 percent of its inventory will
be fresh produce, moving from more
than eight million pounds distributed
last year to 24 million pounds in 2022.
Understanding that the cost of fresh
produce is too expensive for many of the
families and individuals served by the
Food Bank, there are new agency shared
maintenance fees (effective Sept. 1)
designed to eliminate the cost of produce.
The decision to change the agency
shared maintenance fees is smart for
the organization and for the more than
110,000 individuals and families it
serves monthly. More than 74 percent
of the people served want fresh foods as
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part of their diet but purchase inexpensive,
unhealthy foods because they cannot afford
healthier options. It is important to the Food
Bank’s mission to promote healthy, fresh
produce options and ensure that people have
access to the right foods.
“By changing our agency shared
maintenance fee structure, we are able
to take advantage of the largest source of
food waste in our country – the six billion
pounds of produce that never make it
out of the fields,” said Justin Lee, GPCFB
Chief Operating Officer. “The new fees are
designed to eliminate the cost of produce.
Although some, not all, of the fresh produce
is donated, it costs time and money to
source, transport, store and deliver it. We do
our best to keep these costs to a minimum
and absorb them ourselves. Occasionally we
have to ask our agencies and partners to help
with some of those costs.”
The Food Bank network of more than
400 agencies that serve as emergency or
regular food distribution centers, after-
school program sites and on-site feeding
programs will see their fees fluctuate
between a five percent decrease and a 10
percent increase. n
About Greater Pittsburgh Community
Food Bank
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank,
a member of Feeding America, is a nonprofit
organization founded in 1980 that distributes
more than 33 million meals annually
throughout a network of nearly 400 member
agencies across 11 counties in southwestern
Pennsylvania. For more information on hunger
in our region or how to get involved, visit
pittsburghfoodbank.org.