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Christmas Luminaries

Saturday, November 3, 2012

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.

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. Allegheny Land Trust has a contract to buy the property and plans to turn it into a solar wind farm and green space.  …

Friday, November 2, 2012

Christmas Luminaria Sales to Raise Funds to Buy Former Pittsburgh Cut Flower Land

Orchard Park Neighborhood Association is selling luminaria kits through mid-December.

A Christmas luminaria fundraiser launches this weekend 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 will sell the luminaria kits at a sales table at Wal-Mart from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The store is located on Route 8 (William Flynn Highway) in Gibsonia. Luminarias—candles in white bags—often line sidewalks and walkways as Christmas decorations. 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. Allegheny Land Trust has a contract to buy the property and plans…

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