Sunday, December 9, 2012
Firefighters from Collier Township’s three departments collected Toys for Tots at Great Southern Shopping Center over the past two weekends.
- VOLUNTEERS IN THE NEWS
- Mike Jones
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Sunday, December 9, 2012
Firefighters from Collier Township’s three departments spent the past two weekends collecting Toys for Tots. The firefighters collected toys all day Saturday and Sunday next to the Texas Roadhouse at Great Southern Shopping Center. They collected boxes and boxes of toys that filled a Kirwan Heights ambulance. They also received two bicycles for kids. Tiffini Marucci and her two sons, Jake and Nico dropped off toys and got to meet the firefighters and look at their trucks on Saturday afternoon. Firefighters from Kirwan Heights, Presto and Rennerdale also collected toys toys for the organization last weekend. Do you have photos of the Toys for Tots drive? Upload them to this story! Like the Chartiers Valley Patch Facebook page or sign up for…
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Friday, November 30, 2012
Heidelberg is holding its third annual “First Night of Lights” at the Ellsworth Avenue playground on Saturday night.
- THE NEIGHBORHOOD FILES
- Mike Jones
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Friday, November 30, 2012
Click above to view all the events photographed by Chartiers Valley Patch from the past two “First Night of Lights” in Heidelberg! Heidelberg is holding its third annual “First Night of Lights” at the Ellsworth Avenue playground on Saturday night. The event will go from 6 to 8 p.m. on Dec. 1 and include live music, an ice sculptor, food, hay rides and a chance for kids to tell Santa what they want for Christmas. The night will culminate with the lighting of the borough’s Christmas tree. The borough is also partnering with the Marine Corps Toys for Toys campaign, which will give residents a chance to donate a new, unwrapped toy at the festival. Residents can also drop them off in a donation box in the lobby at the Heidelberg Borough …
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Daughter of a Kirwan Heights Fire Department EMT helped to organize a toy drive for other kids.
- HOLIDAY GUIDE
- Mike Jones
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Little Madison Podurgiel was watching television with her family when she came upon a disheartening realization during the holiday season. A commercial from the Marine’s Toys for Tots campaign showed the need for donations so less fortunate children could have a nice Christmas. “You mean there’s kids who don’t have toys for Christmas?” Madison asked her mom. “We have to do something about that.” So 6-year-old Madison told her mother, Renee, who is also the secretary and an EMT for the Kirwan Heights Volunteer Fire Department, that she wanted to help other children. Now the entire fire department is organizing a toy donation over the next few weeks to help underprivileged kids. “We were looking at doing this next year, but (after Madison’s …
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Michael Quinlan
10:52 pm on Sunday, December 9, 2012
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