Luminaria Sales Support Purchase of Former Pittsburgh Cut Flower Property
Volunteers are helping raise funds to go toward the $1.4 million cost of buying 180 acres in Richland Township.
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Bundled up in a coats on a cold rainy day, volunteers stood in front of the Wal-Mart selling Christmas luminaria kits Saturday to help the community raise $140,000 for the purchase of the former Pittsburgh Cut Flower property in Richland Township.
The Orchard Park Neighborhood Association volunteers will be in that spot one more day—from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday—to offer the kits to shoppers at the Route 8 store in Gibsonia.
OPNA organized the fundraiser after the nonprofit Allegheny Land Trust challenged the community to raise 10 percent of the $1.4 million needed to purchase the 180-acre tract on Bakerstown Road.
Luminarias—candles in white bags—often line sidewalks and walkways as Christmas decorations.
All of the proceeds will go to Allegheny Land Trust because the cost of the kits is underwritten by several local businesses: Schellhaas Funeral Home, Pasquinelli Erie Insurance Agency, Bakerstown Feed and Garden Center and Krebs Chrysler Jeep Dodge.
The luminary kits are available in two sizes:
- $10 for eight 15-hour candles and eight white paper bags,
- $20 for 20 candles and bags.
For more information about the Christmas luminaria fundraiser, click here for a previous story.
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Wal-Mart
300 Walmart Dr, Gibsonia, PA -
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Schellhaas Funeral Home and Cremation Services
5864 Heckert Rd, Bakerstown, PA -
Pasquinelli Insurance Agency
5363 William Flynn Hwy, Gibsonia, PA -
Bakerstown Feed & Garden Center
5820 William Flynn Hwy, Bakerstown, PA
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Krebs Dodge
100 Krebs Dr, Gibsonia, PA -
