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Plava fundraising
George J. Plava Elementary School is currently accepting donations of gently used clothes and shoes. A container is located at Kmart, 99 Matthew Drive, Uniontown, that will be used to collect clothing, shoes, purses, blankets, sheets, stuffed animals and anything wearable made of textiles or leather in well tied plastic garbage bags.
Reminders
Saturday — Blood drive in memory of Lou DeFrank at the Footedale V.F.D. from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Saturday — Masontown Italian American Club will celebrate its 80th anniversary with a dinner dance at the club. Cocktails will begin at 5 p.m., dinner will be served at 6 p.m., and music/dancing will start at 7 p.m. Reservations can be made by calling 724-880-5400 or 724-853-8540.
May 19 — German-Masontown Crop Walk. Registration at 12:45 p.m. and walk will start at 1:30 p.m. at German-Masontown Park. For more information or to pick up donation materials, call 724-583-7073.
May 25 and 26 — 34th annual Albert Gallatin Regatta, starting at 10 a.m., Point Marion Community Park. Activities include a patriotic tribute to area veterans at Evergreen Cemetery and fireworks display.
July 20 — German High School All Classes Reunion will be held from 7 to 11 p.m. at the Lakeside Party Center. All reservations must be sent to the First National Bank, Cherry Tree Branch, in Uniontown to the attention of Tisha Thomas. She will be making all reunion deposits and mailing copies of all checks at the end of each month to reunion organizers. The final guest reservation list will be made from copies of checks that are received from the bank. Reservations will be accepted until June 23. Checks are to be made payable to: “German Twp. Reunion” and mailed to the First National Bank, Cherry Tree Branch, Attn: Tisha Thomas, 55 Matthew Drive, Uniontown, PA 15401.
Graduate’s mass
June 9 — All Saints Church’s graduate’s mass, noon. All high school or college graduates who are members of the parish are invited to participate. Registration forms were inserted in bulletins but can also be obtained at the parish office. It is requested that a photo, no larger than 5×7, be submitted to be displayed in the church. Any graduate who would like to read, serve or help out at the mass should note on the registration form. Light refreshments will be served in the school cafeteria following the mass. Information can be placed in the church collection basket or dropped off at the church office. The deadline to submit information is today.
Church picnic
July 14 – All Saints Church family picnic, 2 p.m. at Mon View Park.
German-Masontown Library
Monday — Wii Night, 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday — Preschool Storytime, 10:30 a.m. at the library. Themes for upcoming story time are: May 7, Mother’s Day; May 14, frogs; May 21, “Parades”; May 28, “Getting Dressed.”
Tuesdays and Thursdays — GED classes, 1 p.m. at the library.
Wednesdays — Knit-a-Bit knitting and crochet group, 3:30 p.m.
Wednesday and Saturday — “How To” setup a free email account, 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday and 10 a.m. on Saturday.
Saturday — Kindle classes “How to Use Your Kindle,” 1 p.m.
May 13 — German-Masontown Public Library Board of Directors meeting, 6 p.m.
May 15 — Friends of the library, 1 p.m.
May 18 — Kindle classes, downloading free library books to your Kindle, 1 p.m.
May 20 — Movie of the Month, 4:30 p.m. The library is still showing Academy Award nominated films.
For more information or any questions about library programming, call 724-583-7030.