Royal Oak
Nursery School
& Kindergarten
SING, SING, GIVE!
On Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, from 1 to
5 p.m. at Jergel’s Rhythm Grille, Sing
Sing Sing! students sang their hearts out
to support Spina Bifida Association of
Western Pennsylvania (SBAWP) during
their second annual benefit concert.
In addition to student performances,
the afternoon featured special guest
performances by AJ Raggs and Melody
LaRue. Auction baskets with fantastic
prizes were also raffled off.
NORTH PITTSBURGH
QUILTERS GUILD
PRESENTS SPRING
SHOW
North Pittsburgh Quilters Guild is
a nonprofit whose goals are to further
the quilting skills and knowledge of its
members. Lectures and workshops are
offered by both nationally and locally
known quilters/teachers throughout the
year.
Eleven women had been meeting on
Sunday afternoons, and on May 29, 1982,
at the home of one of the members, they
formed a Quilting Group. The decision
was made to move the meetings to
Northmont United Presbyterian Church.
Today, the result is a 110-member
organization that meets at Kearns
Spirituality Center of LaRoche College on
the first Tuesday of the month.
Programs over the years have been
diversified, inspiring, stimulating and
interesting. Presenters have included
Jenny Beyer, Nancy Johnson-Serbro,
Judy Neimeyer, Pat Speth and Linda
McCunen. This past year the guild hosted
David Sirota and his “No More Tears”
paper piecing project, Jacolin Kelso (a
certified Judy Niemeyer instructor) and
Carol Taylor, international judge/author/
multi-decorated Art Quilt artist. A fun
Christmas party was held in December
and Kathy Farra presented a program on
Singer Featherweight machines in January.
The guild is looking forward to a
community sewing day in March, the
April quilt show, a bus trip to Berlin,
Ohio, and its annual banquet in June.
The NPQG quilt show “Oh My Stars!”
will be held April 6, 7 and 8, at the Ross
Community Center. Over 100 quilts will
be on display. Judges are Stacey Koehler
(from Bellevue) and Fran Kordek from
Elkins, West Virginia.
Food is an important part of a quilter’s
life; thus the “Fat Quarter” came to be.
This is a break during meetings to indulge
in favorite goodies, share recipes and
socialize.
Members have shared talents through
community service projects and have
made blankets and quilts for babies,
homeless shelters, veterans and animal
shelters. Placemats for Meals on Wheels,
table runners for food bank Thanksgiving
baskets, port pillows for cancer patients,
and bags for beads of caring (children
cancer patients) are