Pink flamingos brighten Bethel Park Community Day
By Harry Funk/Staff writer/hfunk@thealmanac.net
A long-standing fundraiser for the Bethel Park High School girls’ volleyball team is delivering a flock of pink flamingos as a surprise greeting. Among those sharing information about the project during Bethel Park Community Day were, from left, Meghan Shakespeare, Caitlin Wahal, Haya Eason, Madelyn Marzina, Samantha Stephenson and Aaliyah Brown.
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Balloon artist Rebecca Kanar shows one of her creations.
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Madison and Chase Kristobak show the ballons made for them by Rebecca Kanar.
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Representing Girl Scouts of Western PA are, from left, Elena Wassil, Grace Skalniak, Margaret Pivetz and Jackie Pivetz.
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At the Bethel Park Historical Society booth are Sue Means, who represents District 5 on Allegheny County Council, along with Bill Haberthur, center, and Jim Hucke. Also pictured is a World War I uniform, belonging to Elmer Henry Hoff Sr., that is on display in the veterans’ collection at the Schoolhouse Arts and History Center on South Park Road.
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Craig Barzan displays his 1944 Willys Jeep at the Rev ’Em Up for Kids Car Cruise.
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Bob and Brenda Miller, with Riley, sit in the bed of their 1953 Chevrolet 3100 pickup truck at the Rev ‘Em Up for Kids Car Cruise.
If a flock of pink flamingos shows up near your door, thank the Bethel Park High School girls’ volleyball team.
And of course, the well-wisher who had the plastic birds placed there.
“Flocking,” as the volleyballers call it, is their primary fundraising activity, and members of the team were in their usual spot during Bethel Park Community Day to explain all about it and demonstrate what an arrangement of Phoenicopteridae – surely, you remember that from junior-high biology class – looks like in any given yard.
“The flock will arrive under the cover of darkness, and the birds will migrate just as quietly the following evening,” the team’s website assures everyone. “A greeting letter accompanies our feathered friends explaining their arrival, and gives the recipient your personal message.”
The volleyball team joined dozens of other community organizations for Saturday’s event, which drew a good-sized crowd in semi-cooperative weather at the Bethel Park High School campus. Also featured was the ninth annual Pasta Too Rev ‘Em Up for Kids Car Cruise, raising money for recreational opportunities for local youngsters.
If “flocking” seems like an interesting way to celebrate a special occasion or have a good laugh while supporting young athletes, visit www.bpgirlsvolleyball.com/home/flocking for details.
By Harry Funk
Staff writer
hfunk@thealmanac.net
By Harry Funk/Staff writer/hfunk@thealmanac.net
Madalyn Metcalf sits patiently for the finishing touches on her face paint at one of the Bethel Park Community Day booths.