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Date: Once a month. Visit the online Eventkeeper calendar for current dates.
Time: 7 to 8:30 p. m.
Express Yourself! Writers Group The focus of this group is to share writings and to serve as a resource and writing inspiration for one another. Stop in anytime!
Date: Every other Wednesday. Visit the website for current dates.
Time: 10 a. m. to Noon
History Night Participants will enjoy learning more about history while engaging with others in the community. Date: Second Monday of every month Time: 7 to 8:30 p. m.
Yarn Works
Talk and knit, or crochet! Bring your project, get help, and share with others; this gathering of crafters is the place to refine your techniques. Crafters meet in the library. Date: Two Tuesdays each month Time: 7 to 8:30 p. m. No meetings in July and August.
Friends of the Library Book Collection Date: First Saturday of every month Time: 10 a. m. to Noon. Donate your gently used books and audiovisual materials to help support the library.( Sorry, no encyclopedias or magazines.)
CHABAD OF THE SOUTH HILLS PROGRAMMING
Pre-Passover Family Outing Go to Home Depot at Village Square Mall in Bethel Park on Sunday, March 18, from 2 to 3:30 p. m., for a pre-Passover family outing. Make a Seder Plate out of wood and enjoy other interactive Passover activities. For more information and registration, go to chabadsh. com, or call 412.344.2424. Prepaid reservations by March 14, $ 5 a child or $ 10 family, will be entered into a special raffle. After March 14, cost is $ 7 a child, $ 12 family.
Passover food items will be collected at the event to be donated to the Kosher Food Bank.
12th Annual Women’ s Spring Event
Guest speaker Laurie Lans, U. S. military officer who served multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, will be featured at the 12th Annual Women’ s Spring Event on Tuesday, April 24.
While stationed in war zones, Lans upheld her duties not only militarily but also as a Jew, despite the obstacles she faced. Hear her stories of events such as a giant menorah lighting ceremony in Baghdad and how she and her husband were the only rabbi and spouse sent by the U. S. military for a one-year tour to Afghanistan.
In her talk, Lans will also describe some of the amazing people she met along the way in both Iraq and Afghanistan, Jews from around the world who were just as surprised to see her as she was to meet them.
The evening will begin at 6 p. m. at Chabad of the South Hills, 1701 McFarland Road, 15216. There will be a light dinner, silent auction and raffle prizes. For more information and to register, visit chabadsh. com or call 412.344.2424.
LOCAL PHYSICIAN SERVING AS NEWLY ELECTED PRESIDENT OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY
Robert C. Cicco, MD, has been nominated to serve as the 2018 president of the Allegheny County Medical Society( ACMS). He is the 153rd president of the local organization that represents physicians from all specialties and provides leadership and advocacy for patients and physicians. The physician organization has been serving Allegheny County since 1865.
Dr. Cicco is board certified in pediatrics and neonatal-perinatal medicine. He is now retired, but most recently served as associate director of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at West Penn Hospital and was a clinical assistant professor, pediatrics, at Temple University School of Medicine.
A member of ACMS since 1980, Dr. Cicco has served on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee since 2014. He was the ACMS treasurer in 2014, secretary in 2015, vice president in 2016, and president-elect in 2017.
At the state level, Dr. Cicco served as a delegate to the Pennsylvania Medical Society in 2013. He was a member of the PAMED Task Force on State of Medicine from 2010 to 2013. In addition, he has been the recipient of several prestigious awards, including the ACMS Physician Volunteer Award and the PAMED Physician Volunteer Award. In 2012, The Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics named Dr. Cicco Pediatrician of the Year.
Dr. Cicco is a past president of Parent Care, a national association of parents and professionals that advocates for familycentered NICU care. He is also a past president of the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics,
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