- Last Updated on Thursday, 01 May 2014 00:22
The annual Community Foundation of Westmoreland County Day of Giving 2014 has been scheduled for Tuesday, May 6 and will run from 6 a.m. – midnight. It will be an 18-hour event and will take the place of the day traditionally held in October.
Organizations such as the Greater Monessen Historical Society will receive a pro-rated portion of the match pool. The match will be capped at $1,000 per donor transaction per organization. For example, if an individual donor makes a gift of $5,000 to one organization, only $1,000 of that gift will count towards the match calculation.
Amounts sent to the individual nonprofits are for operating support only. Donations may not be used to fulfill dues, pledges, or for named or capital projects.
Donations must be made on MasterCard/Visa credit cards and can only be placed on May 6 in the given time period at www.pittsburghgives.org. Log into the site and type in "Greater Monessen Historical Society" to donate. Minimum gift is $25.
On May 21, the Historical Society will celebrate the sesquicentennial of the birth of Monessen founder, William Henry Donner. Donner built Monessen's first industry, the National Tin Plate Company and lived in a twenty-five room home on Parkway that overlooked his industrial plant. In commemoration of his 150th birthday, the Heritage Museum will have free birthday cake for anyone visiting the Museum on Wednesday, May 21.
At the April meeting of the Board of Trustees; the following officers were elected: Daniel Zyglowicz – President; Gary Strelick – Vice President; Vito Beneccio – Treasurer; and Virginia Fisfis – Secretary. Zyglowicz and Beneccio had been reelected to five-year terms on the board at the recent annual public meeting.
In partnership with Monessen Public Library & Cultural Center, the Greater Monessen Historical Society will cosponsor the meeting of the Mon Valley Genealogy Forum on Monday, May 19 at 5:30 p.m. in the reading area of Monessen Library. Lynne Thompson, Museum Educator and Bruce Wells, Restorer, of the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum in Washington, PA, will do a multi-media presentation about the era of trolley transportation. The event will include touchable artifacts, stories, and the history of trolleys in mass transportation and their use in local communities. Light refreshments will be served. The event is free and open to the public.
Monessen will be featured in a new book by Arcadia Publishing for their "Images of Modern America" series. It will feature color photos of events in Monessen during the time period 1950 to present. Matt Shorraw has volunteered to facilitate the project. Color photos can be scanned and emailed to: Monessen@verizon.net or brought in to the museum for scanning. The photos can be either loaned or donated.
The Syrian Exhibit is on display at the Heritage Museum until July. It highlights the history of the Syrian immigrants of the Greater Monessen area, their businesses, food and culture. Museum hours are Wednesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Admission to the museum is free.
