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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.
Recent heartwarming stories
Showing: 181-190Kupuna gather for Valentine's Dance at Koloa Landing Resort
More than 300 kupuna attended the annual Senior Valentine's Dance at Koloa Landing Resort, a temporary site while the Outrigger Kauai Beach Resort is under renovation. The event included dancing, lunch, prize giveaways, and volunteer support from community partners.
Samuel Despins on community service and staying in New Hampshire
Samuel Despins, 36 and a senior project manager in Dover, says he volunteers to create opportunities for others and recently completed his term as president of the UNH Alumni Association.
Ashlyn Murphy emphasizes community service and family-focused leadership
Age 33, Ashlyn Murphy is Director of People Support at Mainstay Technologies and is active in local volunteer work supporting children and families.
Elle McGraw reflects on nursing leadership, community and family
Elle McGraw is a Clinical Nursing Supervisor at Dartmouth Hitchcock and helped lead her team to the 2025 Silver Beacon Award for Excellence.
A. Eli Leino reflects on community, family and service
A. Eli Leino, a 38-year-old shareholder attorney from Bow, discusses his local volunteering, family life, and his 2025 Boston Marathon fundraising that raised nearly $20,000 for Mass General Brigham-McLean Hospital.
40 Under Forty: Christina Pretorius on education justice and community
Christina Pretorius, 37 of Deerfield, is Education Justice Campaign Director at Engage NH and recently finished her first semester of law school.
UMass Amherst students host Black history panel
UMass Amherst students hosted a panel called "The Beautiful Struggle... Black Studies and Freedom Work" Friday at Tower Square in Springfield to promote community dialogue and preserve Black history. The UMass NAACP chapter plans another related event on Saturday, Feb. 14 at Wesley United Methodist Church at noon.
Nadeshiko-kai Hosts Coming-of-Age Ceremony in Gardena
Nineteen Japanese American young adults took part in a traditional Seijin-shiki organized by Nadeshiko-kai on Jan. 11 at the Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute, with about 100 family members and community supporters in attendance.
Rogers Environmental Education Center to host 48th Winter Living Celebration
The Rogers Environmental Education Center in Sherburne, N.Y., will hold its 48th Winter Living Celebration on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., offering horse-drawn sleigh rides, ice fishing, snowshoeing and skiing along with new live music and K-9 demonstrations; organizers say attendees may bring canned food to donate to Chenango pantries.
Columbia Falls business owner starts monthly Coyote Clean-Up Club
Cody Bauer, owner of the Coyote vintage store, launched the Coyote Clean-Up Club to pick up trash in downtown Columbia Falls on the second Friday morning of each month; the first event drew more than a dozen volunteers and organizers plan to expand to nearby towns.