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Everyone Deserves a Clean and
Beautiful Neighborhood
Join the Great American Cleanup of PA
Cleaning up your neighborhood is one of the best investments you can make.
Whether you have vacant lots plagued with debris, natural areas that are dumped on, or
litter blown from down the street, any neighborhood can be lifted up by positive action.
The 15th annual Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Great American Cleanup of PA can help
get you started. Through May 31, thousands of Pennsylvania families and friends will
partake in litter and illegal dump cleanups, beautification projects such as tree and flower
plantings, recycling collections and education programs.
Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful partners with PennDOT, the Department of
Environmental Protection, and Keep America Beautiful to provide free trash bags,
gloves, and safety vests to registered participants, as supplies last. During Let’s Pick It
Up PA—every day from April 13 through May 6—cleanups registered with the Great
American Cleanup of PA are eligible to take their trash to participating landfills free of
charge or for a reduced rate.
Registration can be done online at gacofpa.org. Michelle Dunn, Great American
Cleanup of PA Program Coordinator, can answer questions at 1.877.772.3673, ext. 113,
or email [email protected].
Join thousands of Pennsylvanians and keep your neighborhood clean and beautiful!
STEEL CITY ROWING
OFFERS FREE ‘INTRO
TO ROWING’ CLASSES Shaler Area
receives $35,000
grant from state
Steel City Rowing Club is located in
Verona on Arch Street, which was also
known as Boathouse Row before the
flood of 1936 wiped out all but three of
the boats clubs along this section of the
Allegheny River.
As a club, it offers many programs to
the public—some free and others for
a small fee. Members and participants
in the programs come from all over the
region.
Join in the following free Intro to
Rowing Classes being offered through
July 20:
April 20 – 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
June 1 – 9 to 10 a.m. (US Rowing
National Learn to Row Day)
July 20 – 9 to 10 a.m.
To register or for more information,
visit steelcityrowing.org/free-intro-to-
rowing/. Shaler Area School District will be able
to place additional focus on expanding
students’ exposure to a computer science
curriculum before high school, thanks to
a $35,000 state grant.
Shaler Area was selected by the
Pennsylvania Department of Education
to receive a PAsmart Targeted K12
Computer Science and STEM Education
grant.
It will be used to train Shaler Area
teachers in kindergarten through eighth
grade to implement computer science
classes and purchase materials.
The grant is part of the state’s PAsmart
initiative, which aims to expand access to
high-quality computer science and STEM
education across the commonwealth.
Over the next decade, seven in 10
new jobs in Pennsylvania will require
computer science skills. The programs
funded through PAsmart will help
students to be prepared for success in our
global economy.
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Garden and
Landscape
Symposium &
Marketplace
Saturday, April 27
Gardening Knowledge and Plants
Galore!
Don’t miss this symposium to be held
April 27 at Shady Side Senior School
in Fox Chapel from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
featuring renowned garden experts
speaking about “Perennials: What’s New,
Exciting and Overlooked,” Designing the
New Kitchen Garden, Park and Nursery
Tree Genetics, and Designing to Manage
Rain. To register, go to
http://extension.psu.edu/garden-
landscape-symposium, or call
412.482.3469. The symposium fee
is $120 and includes breakfast and
lunch, and plenty of time to shop the
marketplace.
The Garden Marketplace is free and
open to the public from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. It
will feature new, unique and hard-to-find
perennials, annuals, fruit and vegetable
plants and shrubs, garden books, tools
and accessories. Over 25 vendors!
The event is presented by Penn State
Master Gardeners of Allegheny County. ■