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Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley: Community listings for Feb. 22, 2026.
This Stroller bulletin lists community events across the Alle-Kiski Valley for Feb. 22, 2026, including a Fox Chapel Area High School musical and local dinners, meetings and vendor sales.
Connecticut towns send playscapes to Guatemala after careful disassembly.
About 25 playscapes from 14 Connecticut communities were dismantled, packed into 40-foot sea containers and shipped roughly 3,200 miles to Guatemala, where mission groups and schools reassembled them; the effort required detailed, time‑intensive work by town staff and volunteers.
Random acts of kindness bring snacks and smiles to Marion students
Residents and staff from Primrose Retirement Community visited Marion Technical College to hand out snacks, gift cards and conversation as part of their ninth annual Random Acts of Kindness event.
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Showing: 141-150Faith-Based Ministry: A look at growth and purpose.
The article describes how faith-based ministry services—including coaching, counseling, worship, training, and outreach—support spiritual growth and community, and it mentions organizations such as Royalty Solutions and Christian Ministry Services as examples.
Happy Joe's launches Charity of the Month program to support local nonprofits
Happy Joe's will spotlight a different nonprofit each month in 2026, focusing on organizations that serve children, families and vulnerable community members.
Morris Jeff School honors International Baccalaureate recipients
Morris Jeff Community School recognized its 2025 International Baccalaureate diploma and certificate recipients; two students earned the full IB diploma and thirty additional graduates earned one or more IB certificates.
Antoinette Lewis was a Navy veteran honored with a Quilt of Valor
Antoinette Cecilia "Toni" Lewis, 80, a Navy veteran who received a Quilt of Valor, died Feb. 8 at her home in Loris.
Julian Jude outlines plans for Harris Home For Children
Julian Jude, the new Executive Director of Harris Home For Children, spoke with News 19 about his role and plans. The private nonprofit cares for neglected adolescent children, currently has 24 boys in its custody, and highlighted needs for supplies ahead of a 100 Church Breakfast that will feature Jude and accept donations.
Stam's launches Sweet Readers literacy program at H.H. Garnet Elementary
Stam's Luncheonette has launched "Stam's Sweet Readers," a reading incentive program for grades 1–5 at H.H. Garnet Elementary that offers monthly ice cream rewards and books; organizers plan information at the school's Wellness night and hope to expand after the 2025–2026 year.
Skateboard art show in Bozeman helps fund Montana skateparks
An exhibition at Bozeman High displays 89 custom skateboard decks created by 95 artists and opened Feb. 3; an online auction running Feb. 12–26 will split proceeds evenly between an approved Ennis skatepark and a Bozeman expansion.
Royal Observatory to livestream Ramadan moon sighting from Greenwich.
The Greenwich Royal Observatory will livestream a joint moon‑sighting event with the New Crescent Society on Feb. 18 to look for the crescent that marks the start of Ramadan, and members of the public can call in with their own sightings.
West Michigan robotics manufacturer raises record $165,000 for charity
JR Automation employees and the company matched donations to raise a combined $165,000 in 2025 through the JR Community Care Fund, a program started in 1997 that lets employees choose local nonprofit recipients.
Phoenix nonprofit supports shelters by providing low-cost vet care
Heidi's Village partners with more than 120 local rescues to provide low-cost boarding and veterinary care, and the nonprofit reports saving over 400 kittens each year.