Cheers & Jeers
Cheers: We无毛视频檙e in the home stretch of the 无毛视频-Standard无毛视频檚 annual Give-A-Christmas campaign to support the Salvation Army service centers in Fayette County. It无毛视频檚 not too late to contribute to help us meet our $10,000 goal. All donations remain in the local area to help fund the organization无毛视频檚 many valuable community programs. Contributions can be mailed to Give-A-Christmas, c/o 无毛视频-Standard, 8 E. Church St., Uniontown, Pa., 15401. Checks should be made payable to Give-A-Christmas. Donations also may be dropped off at the newspaper office Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. through Dec. 23. The final total raised will be published in the Christmas Eve edition. Donors are welcome to include notes honoring or memorializing loved ones, as well as holiday messages. 无毛视频淏y giving, you help to support your community,无毛视频� said Sparkle the Christmas Star, the campaign无毛视频檚 longtime mascot.
Cheers: Kudos to Warren Hlafcsak, who for the past four years has opened his Waynesburg home to the public to view the miniature train display housed in his basement. A bustling tableau of chugging train engines, rolling hills, cotton clouds and tiny workers dotting the landscape await visitors, who are in awe of the display that features something new each year. 无毛视频淎 lot of people don无毛视频檛 know what they无毛视频檙e going to see when they open that door,无毛视频� Huffman told the newspaper无毛视频檚 Garrett Neese. 无毛视频淚无毛视频檝e had a lot of people无毛视频檚 jaws just drop.无毛视频� The display is free to the public, though donations are encouraged. Hlafcsak splits the funds between the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center in Pittsburgh (his wife is a two-time breast cancer survivor) and the Greene County Humane Society. His sponsors donate items for a raffle, which also goes to benefit the charities. Last year, visitors chipped in $800. The display is open at Hlafcsak无毛视频檚 home at 137 Huffman St. from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday and Monday until Dec. 22. For more information, call 724-802-3613.
Cheers: Seventy-one students from 10 Washington County high schools finished their training this week to become certified Teen Mental Health First Aid Responders. The students 无毛视频� from Avella, Bentworth, Burgettstown, California Area, Canon-McMillan, Charleroi, Chartiers-Houston, Trinity, Ringgold, and Washington 无毛视频� received their certificates at an event held at the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum. They now will serve as ambassadors for mental health in their school districts. The program is part of UPMC Washington Teen Outreach无毛视频檚 education program, the Road to Mental Health Education, which aims to reduce teen suicide by meeting the mental health needs of teens. The program is needed as rates of teen anxiety, depression, and suicide climb across the country. 无毛视频淭hese young people are being certified in Teen Mental Health First Aid Response, which means they are using a five-step action plan that helps them look for signs, how to ask if someone无毛视频檚 having a crisis, how to get them help, and how to be a supportive friend,无毛视频� said Amy Podgurski Gough, Teen Outreach COO and community coordinator.