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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: 151-160Volunteers bring spring training to life across the West Valley.
Volunteers at Goodyear Ballpark, Surprise Stadium and the Peoria Sports Complex staff gates, ushers and guest services during Cactus League spring training and say their work builds connections with fans and the community.
Munsey Park Elementary celebrates Spirit Week
Munsey Park Elementary held Spirit Week with themed dress-up days and schoolwide activities to build community. A role‑reversal day and a Super Bowl–linked reading challenge were among the highlights.
Chico friends prepare dinner for shelter guests.
Chico Friends Meeting members and friends prepared a dinner for 50 SafeSpace Winter Shelter guests on Feb. 4, serving cheese puff casserole, cornbread, roast vegetables, banana bread and apricots.
Content creator Plant Kween is growing softness in hard times
Christopher Griffin, known as Plant Kween, is a Black queer non-binary creator who uses houseplants to explore tenderness, identity, and community, and he began sharing his plant journey publicly in 2015.
Louisville Restaurant Week returns with full restaurant list
Louisville Restaurant Week runs Feb. 23 to March 1 and features more than 20 local restaurants offering three-course prix-fixe menus.
Animal Charity hosts mall adoption event where dogs meet potential families
Animal Charity of Ohio brought more than 20 dogs to Southern Park Mall for an adoption event where visitors could learn about the process and apply on site; the shelter also announced new public adoption hours.
Montana grant helps Bodhi Farms expand year‑round local produce
Bodhi Farms received a $10,000 agritourism grant from the Montana Department of Commerce to build a 30-by-80-foot eco-powered greenhouse, which is expected to be producing by April.
ANCA launches 'Building Shared Prosperity' strategic plan.
The Adirondack North Country Association unveiled a three-year strategic plan, 'Building Shared Prosperity,' that lays out five strategic goals to guide its programs, partnerships and investments through 2028.
Olmito Nature Park opens in Cameron County
Cameron County held a ribbon-cutting Saturday for the new Olmito Nature Park at 9538 Hayes Rd, now a 40-acre site featuring trails, overlooks, playgrounds and a constable substation. Phase one of the project received $6,521,692 in donations and officials said they plan to add more recreational water activities in coming years.
Pit bull finds home with empty nesters
A Huber Heights couple adopted a 49‑pound pit bull named Zora after their twin daughters left for college; Zora settled into the household and joined daily walks and monthly training sessions.