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BUSINESS DIRECTORY Season of Giving PRESENTS FOR PATIENTS Address: St. Barnabas Charities, 5850 Meridian Road, Gibsonia Contact: presentsforpatients.com, or 724.443.0011 Give the gift of companionship this holiday season! Volunteer to brighten a senior’s holiday by purchasing and delivering a gift to a nursing home or assisted living facility! Other options include monetary donations, or volunteer to wrap, sort gifts and more. Visit the website for more information. SENIOR CENTERS IN BUTLER COUNTY AND THE NORTH HILLS AREA Address: Butler County locations in Cranberry, Evans City, Mars and more; North Hills locations in Allison Park, Bellevue and Sharpsburg. Visit the websites for address information. Contact: co.butler.pa.us/Area-Agency-on-Aging, or 724.282.3008; alleghenycounty.us/Human-Services/Programs-Services/Older-Adults/SeniorCenters.aspx Providence Heights 1926 Celebrating 90 years 2016 ALPHA SCHOOL 9000 Babcock Boulevard, Allison Park, PA 15101 www.AlphaSchool.org 412-366-4455 Celebrating 90 Years of Academic Excellence A private, independent Catholic school for Pre-K-8 founded and sponsored by the Sisters of Divine Providence Whether you would love to help out at a holiday party, play games or lead an exercise class, the volunteer opportunities are endless when it comes to enhancing a senior’s life. Visit the website for ways to get involved at your neighborhood senior center. VINCENTIAN HOME ENCORE PROGRAM Address: 111 Perrymont Road, McCandless Contact: vcs.org/volunteer Perform for seniors this holiday season! The Encore Program is a guest artist program that includes poets, painters, performers, and players who want to share their talent with residents and engage them with creative projects, or offer the pleasure of a good performance. Encore volunteers are people who play instruments, write and read short stories, essays or poetry, juggle, or perform magic tricks, create crafts, dance and more. Visit the website for more information. New Year’s Resolutions That Count GOODWILL RETAIL STORES Address: Check the website for the multiple North Hills locations. Contact: goodwillswpa.org, or 412.481.9005 Clean out your closet of gently used clothing and household goods to help others! It’s simple. When you donate your stuff to Goodwill, you create opportunities for individuals in your community looking to find a job and build skills, including veterans and military families, single mothers and many others. Visit the website for more information on this and other ways to volunteer. 28 724.942.0940 TO ADVERTISE | Shaler