Community

July 25, 2024 Last Updated: July 12, 2024 11:31 AM Special Sections

∎American Red Cross

Address: 789 Herman Road, Butler, PA 16002

Telephone: 724-283-2810

Website: www.redcross.org or www.redcross.org/greaterPA

Contact: Jorge Martinez, chief executive officer, Southwestern PA chapter

Attendees of the Big Butler Fair ride on swings during the first day of the fair at the Butler Fairgrounds in Franklin Township on Friday, June 28, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle

∎Big Butler Fair and Agricultural Association

Address: 1127 New Castle Road, P.O. Box 517, Prospect, PA 16052

Telephone: 724-865-2400

Website: www.bigbutlerfair.com

∎Butler County Council of Governments

Address: 2525 Rochester Road, Cranberry, PA 16066

Telephone: 724-612-7315

Email: butlercog@gmail.com

Bill Duncan, owner of Duncan Elk Farm, talks about raising and farming elk during the Butler County Farm Bureau's annual legislative meeting and farm tour Friday, Aug. 18, 2023. Laura Welsh/Special to the Eagle

∎Butler County Farm Bureau

Address: 362 North Road, Butler, PA 16001

Contact: County information director, Evelyn Minteer

Telephone: 724- 679 -8169

Website: www.pfb.com/butler

Email: eminteer362@gmail.com

Board meetings: 7:30 p.m. fourth Wednesday of each month

∎Butler County Fire Chiefs Association

Address: 120 McCune Drive, Butler, PA, 16001

Contact: Chief of directors of emergency services, Scott Frederick

Telephone: 724-283-3430 ext. 218

Email: BCFCA10@gmail.com

Website: www.facebook.com/bcfca

∎Butler County Fire Police Association

Address: 363 Little Creek Road, Harmony, PA 16037

Contact: Eugene Bartlett, president

Telephone: 724-816-2115

Email: zfp221@hotmail.com

Website: www.bcfpa87.org

Kendall Myers brushes her state champion 4-H winning quarter horse, Roxy, on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023, at Legacy Pines Equestrian Center in Oakland Township. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

∎Butler County 4-H

Address: Penn State Extension of Butler County, 101 Motor Pool Way, Butler, PA 16001

Telephone: 724-287-4761

Email: ButlerExt@psu.edu

Website: extension.psu.edu/butler

∎Butler County HazMat Team

Contact: Scott Hoffman

Telephone: 724-284-5211 ext. 3

Email: shoffman@co.butler.pa.us

Butler Area School District students hunt for macroinvertebrates during the “Fisheries Science Trout Release Day” at Alameda Park’s Jaycees Shelter on Saturday, April 27, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle

∎Butler County Parks and Recreation

Address: 184 Alameda Park Road, Butler, PA 16001

Contact: Lance Welliver, director

Telephone: 724-284-5383

Email: alamedapark@co.butler.pa.us

Website: bcpr.recdesk.com/community

∎Butler County Tourism & Convention Bureau

Address: 310 E. Grandview Ave., Zelienople, PA 16063

Telephone: 724-234-4619, Toll free: 866-856-8444

Email: info@visitbutlercounty.com

Website: www.visitbutlercounty.com

∎Butler Dog Training Association

Address: 1017 Evans City Road, Renfrew, PA 16053

Telephone: 724-482-6017 or 724-287-3933

Email: dogpawscs@zoominternet.net or swinters@zoominternet.net

Website: www.butlerdogtraining.com

Timothy McConahy races cars at the Kids Day America event at the Butler Farm Show grounds on Saturday, May 11, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle

∎Butler Farm Show

Address: 625 Evans City Road, Butler, PA 16001

Contact: Ken Laughlin, board of directors president

Telephone: 724-482-4000

Email: info@butlerfarmshow.com

Website: www.butlerfarmshow.com

∎Butler Meals on Wheels

Address: 218 E. Jefferson St., Butler, PA 16001

Contact: Terri Tirk, director

Telephone: 724-285-3815

Email: directorofmow@gmail.com

Website: www.butlermealsonwheels.com

Bill Weber, who has taught tai chi for more than 20 years, leads his class through a routine at the Butler YMCA on International Tai Chi Day on Sunday, April 28, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle

∎Butler YMCA

Address: 339 N. Washington St., Butler, PA 16001

Contact: Sandra Ihlenfeld, executive director

Telephone: 724-287-4733

Fax: 724-287-1007

Website: bcfymca.org

∎Center for Community Resources

Address: 212-214 S. Main St., Suite 625, Butler, PA 16001

Telephone: 724-431-0095

Website: www.ccrinfo.org

∎Community Partnership

Address: 122 McCune Dr, Butler, PA, 16001

Telephone: 724-766-9029

Email: scurry@yourcapinfo.org

Website: yourcapinfo.org

∎Cranberry Women’s Club

Address: P.O. Box 1402, Cranberry Township, PA 16066

Contact: Sue Brennan, president

Email: cwc16066@gmail.com

Website: www.cranberrywomensclub.org

∎Early Bird Toastmasters

Address: Butler YMCA, 339 N. Washington St., Butler, PA 16001

Telephone: 724-556-1386

Website: https://www.facebook.com/ButlerEarlybirds/

Meetings: 8:30 to 10 a.m. second and fourth Saturdays of the month

Skyanna Baker, of Pittsburgh, rides on Amarillo with a little assistance from Connie Hoffer, of Chicora, a volunteer at Elliott Acres in Summit Township, on Aug. 12, 2023, at Elliott Acres Annual Horse Show. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

∎Elliott Acres Therapy Riding Inc.

Address: 168 Headland Road, Butler, PA 16002

Telephone: 724-991-2477

Website: www.elliottacrestherapyriding.org

GFWC Intermediate League of Butler held its Antique Show & Sale on Saturday, March 16, 2024. Ed Thompson/Butler Eagle

Ed Thompson

∎GFWC Intermediate League of Butler

Address: 112 Westwood Manor, Butler, PA 16001

Contact: Yolanda Cipher, president

Telephone: 724-282-3447

Email: yfc2841@gmail.com

∎GFWC Junior Women’s Club of Butler

Address: P.O. Box 1749, Butler, PA 16003

Contact: Contact Gael Gilliland, vice president

Email: gfwcbutler@gmail.com

Website: www.butlerjrwomens.com

∎Girl Scouts Western Pennsylvania

Address: 503 Martindale St., Suite 500, Pittsburgh, PA 15212

Telephone: 800-248-3355

Website: www.gswpa.org

∎Grove City Area United Way

Address: P.O. Box 388, Grove City, PA 16127

Contact: Amy Foley, executive director

Telephone: 724-458-4527

Email: gcunitedway@zoominternet.net

Website: www.grovecityunitedway.org

∎Institute for Learning in Retirement

Address: 165 Elm St., Slippery Rock, PA 16057

Email: info@ilretirement.org

Website: www.ilretirement.org

∎In Toto Community Resource Center

Address: 143 S. Main St., Zelienople, PA. 16063

Telephone: 724-473-0990

Website: www.intotocommunity.org

∎Jean B. Purvis Community Health Center

Address: 103 Bonnie Drive, Butler, PA 16002

Telephone: 724-841-0980

Fax: 724-841-0984

Website: www.butlerhealthclinic.org

∎Lifesteps

Address: 383 New Castle Road, Butler, PA 16001

Telephone: 724-283-1010

Email: info@lifesteps.net

Website: www.lifesteps.net

Volunteer Lisa Mathew, left, and food pantry manager Steve Garcia wait for customers at the Lighthouse Foundation's food pantry in Valencia on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle

∎Lighthouse Foundation

Address: 116 Browns Hill Road, Suite 400, Valencia, PA 16059

Mailing address: P.O. Box 366, Bakerstown, PA 15007

Contact: Victoria Spreng, executive director

Telephone: 724-586-5554

Fax: 888-457-7396

Email: info@thelighthousepa.org, vspreng@thelighthousepa.org

Website: www.thelighthousepa.org

∎MADD Western Region

Telephone: 610-825-4902

Email: pa.state@madd.org

Website: www.madd.org

∎Mental Health Association

Address: 140 N. Elm St., Butler, PA 16001

Telephone: 724-287-1965

Fax: 724-287-7090

Website: www.mhabutler.org

Carl Thompson of Troop 31, based in West Sunbury, judged members of Troop 39, based in Herman, on their first aid skills, during the Moraine Trails Council's inter-patrol first aid meet at the Butler Intermediate High School gymnasium on Saturday, March 9, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle

∎Moraine Trails Council, Boy Scouts of America

Address: 830 Morton Ave. ext., Butler, PA 16001

Contact: Ray Tennent, Scout executive

Telephone: 724-287-6791

Fax: 724-287-0400

Website: www.morainetrails.org

Eil Tippmann, of New Haven, Ind., competes in the steer wrestling competition on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023, at the 63rd Annual North Washington Rodeo. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

Shane Potter

∎North Washington IPRA Rodeo

Address: 2225 Oneida Valley Road, Petrolia, PA 16050

Mailing address: P.O. Box 94, North Washington, PA 16048

Contact: Dave Hazlet, president

Telephone: 724-894-2050

Fax: 724-606-1014

Email: nwvfd30@gmail.com or nwvfdrodeo@gmail.com

Website: www.northwashingtonvfd.com/rodeo

∎Penn State Master Gardeners Butler County

Address: 101 Motor Pool Way, Butler, PA 16001

Contact: Diane Dallos, Master Gardener coordinator

Telephone: 724-287-4761

Email: butlerext@psu.edu

Website: https://extension.psu.edu/butler-county

Temesgen Tuquabo, center, took his family — from left, Noah, Yoel and Kaleb — to the Rose E. Schneider Family YMCA in Cranberry Township to play basketball on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle

∎Rose E. Schneider Family YMCA

Address: 2001 Ehrman Road, Cranberry Township, PA 16066

Telephone: 724-452-9122

Website: https://rose.bcfymca.org/

Contact: Carrie Ohorodnyk, executive director

∎Seniors for Safe Driving

Address: P.O. Box 505, Lyndora, PA 16045

Telephone: 724-283-0245

Website: www.seniorsforsafedriving.com

Email: support@seniorsforsafedriving.com

Donna Sybert, president of Soroptimist International of Butler County, speaks at the 2024 Spring Fling on Saturday, April 20, at the Butler Country Club. Steve Dalton/Special to the Eagle

∎Soroptimist International of Butler County

Address: P.O Box 1882, Butler, PA 16003

Telephone: 724-321-1309

Website: www.soroptimist.org

Contact: Marianne Hill

∎Southern Butler County Garden Club

Address: 380 Castle Creek Drive, Seven Fields, PA 16046

Telephone: 724-776-6099

Website: www.southernbutlercountygardenclub.org

Email: ritajmack@consolidated.net

∎Southwestern PA Corporation Commute Info Program

Address: 42 21st St., Suite 101, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Telephone: 888-819-6110

Website: www.commuteinfo.org

Email: commuteinfo@spcregion.org

∎Special Olympics Pennsylvania/Butler County

Address: P.O. Box 2561, Butler, PA 16003

Telephone: 724-738-1477

Website: www.specialolympicspa.org

Email: butlercomgr@gmail.com

Contact: Mary Pitzer

∎United Way of Butler County

Address: 124 Hollywood Dr. Butler, PA 16001

Telephone: 724-487-6032

Website: www.uwswpa.org

Contact: Heather Ketterer, leadership assistant

∎Victim Outreach Intervention Center (VOICe)

Address: P.O Box 401 Butler, PA 16003

Telephone: 724-283-8700 or 800-400-8551 (24-hour hotline)

Website: www.voicebutlercounty.org

Email: info@voiceforvictims.com

Contact: Tracy Veri, executive director

Co-founder of the group Poets Against Racism & Hate USA Patricia Thrushart speaks at the “Uniting in Poetry & Song: A Juneteenth Celebration,” at the Butler YWCA on Wednesday, June 19, 2024. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle

∎YWCA

Address: 120 W. Cunningham St., Butler, PA 16001

Telephone: 724-287-5709

Website: www.ywcabutler.org

Contact: Elizabeth Short, executive director