O'Hara -- Fox Chapel Area High School, 611 Field Club Road, will hold a blood drive from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. Contact Rachel Machen at Rachel_Machen@fcasd.edu or call 412-967-2400, voice mail number No. 1804.

Cheswick -- Ladies of the Shriners craft show and jewelry giveaway will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 24, 1877 Shriners Way. Admission, $2. Tickets for a $10,000 fine jewelry giveaway are $20 at the door.

Saxonburg -- Crafters are needed for the Knoch High School Girls Basketball Boosters' annual craft show to be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Nov. 14 at the high school, 345 Knoch Road. For an application, contact Ellen at 724-816-7903 or knochcraftshow@live.com.

Mars -- A singles dance for adults will be held from 8 p.m. to midnight Oct. 24 at Mars Veterans of Foreign Wars, 331 Mars-Valencia Road, Mars. Dance lesson at 7:30 p.m., dance begins at 8:00 p.m. Admission is $8. Call 724-316-5029, e-mail dancetonight09@aol.com or visit www.dancetonight.weebly.com.

Cranberry -- A food drive for Gleaners Food Bank is under way. Donations of nonperishable food, paper products, and personal hygiene items can be dropped of at the Cranberry municipal center, Rochester Road, from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays, and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays, through October. Donations of money also accepted, make checks payable to Gleaners Food Bank c/o Cranberry Township Community Chest, 2525 Rochester Road, Suite 450 Cranberry Township, PA 16066.

Aspinwall -- Guitarist Peter King will play from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 17 at Aspinwall Beans 'n' Cream, 16 Brilliant Ave.

Ross -- North Suburban Symphonic Band will perform its autumn concert at 3 p.m. Oct. 25 at the Greater Pittsburgh Masonic Center. Tickets are $8; children 9 and younger admitted free. Call 412-366-1983 or visit nssband.org.

Bellevue -- Allegheny General Hospital Suburban Campus Auxiliary will hold a card party luncheon Oct. 23 in the conference room of the hospital on Jackson Avenue. Cost is $12. Call 412-761-1765 for reservations.

Butler -- Registration for a poker run to combat dystonia will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, at Rock Ann Haven, 141 Greenwood Drive. Cost is $15 per rider, $10 per passenger. All proceeds benefit Dystonia Medical Research Foundation.

Hampton -- Hartwood Fest, a Fall harvest festival to benefit Hartwood Acres horses and gardens, will take place from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday at The Stables at Hartwood Acres. Tickets are $30 at the door; must be 21 years of age or older. Activities will include a pig roast, harvest beers, local wines, bands, hayrides, bobbing for apples and more. Call Libby at 310-770-0725.

Indiana Township -- Paws for the Cure, sponsored by the Pittsburgh affiliate of Susan G. Koman Foundation, will be held Sunday at Heartwood Acres concert area. Registration begins at 8 a.m., the fee for one adult and one dog is $15; for those walking without a dog, $5. For more information or to register on line see www.komenpittsburgh.org.

Richland -- Register for Northern Tier Library's Halloween party to be held at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 29 at the library, 4015 Dickey Road. Call 724-449-2665.

Valencia -- Harvest Valley Farms, 124 Ida Lane, 25th anniversary fall festival 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through Oct. 31. Hayrides, cornstalk maze, farm animals, concession stand, face painting pumpkin patch and more. Free admission.

West View -- Residents can register to participate in the borough's annual Halloween parade Oct. 26, by signing up Wednesday and next Thursday at West View Borough Hall, 441 Perry Highway.

Richland -- Northern Tier Library, 4015 Dickey Road, will hold the following programs:

• Authors night, 7 p.m., Wednesday. Katherine Miller Haines, and Anahita Firouz.

• Knit Lit, 7 p.m., next Thursday for knitters, crocheters and those who would like to learn.

• "The Salem Witch Trials Revisited," from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., Oct. 24, with members of the Association for Research and Enlightenment.

• Children's asthma treatment seminar, 7 p.m. Oct. 27.

Call 724-449-2665 for information and registration.

McCandless -- The North Hills Genealogists will meet at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday at the Northland Public Library on Cumberland Road, for "genealogy tip time," followed by the regular meeting at 7 p.m. Tim Pinnick will talk about World War I draft registration cards.

Shaler -- Shaler North Hills Library will be host to an evening of family ancestry research from 4:30 to 9 p.m. Oct. 24. The fee for Knight of the Dead is $40 and includes access to databases, experts and a box dinner. Register by Wednesday by calling 412-486-0211.

McCandless -- Ascension Lutheran Church, 8225 Peebles Road, presents "Martin: A Life of Martin Luther," an original one-man portrayal written and performed by Allan Lemke at 7 p.m. Oct. 30.

Franklin Park -- Ingomar United Methodist Church, 1501 W. Ingomar Road, will hold its fall rummage sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 23. Bag sales are 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 23 and 9 to 10:30 a.m. Oct. 24. Call 412-364-3613.

Shaler -- Glenshaw Presbyterian Church, 300 Glenn Ave., is having a rummage sale from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.

Franklin Park -- Bellwood Preschool will sell used infants' and children's clothing, toys, books, furnishings in good condition from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., tomorrow and 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday at the Unitarian Universalist Church of the North Hills, 2359 W. Ingomar Road. Cash only. Proceeds will benefit the school.

Cranberry -- The Cranberry Township Community Chest is offering two $500 Savings Bonds to township students in grades 5 through 12 for a meaningful community service project in Cranberry. Submissions must be made by the end of November. For more information call 724-776-4806.

Pine -- The Northern Allegheny County Chamber of Commerce is accepting applications from local nonprofits serving northern Allegheny County to be beneficiaries of its Benefit Luncheon Dec. 10. Winners from the past five years are not eligible. All applications must be received by 5 p.m. Oct. 23. For requirements, call 724-934-9700.

Valencia -- Glade Run Athletic Ministry of Glade Run Presbyterian Church is accepting registrations for the 2009-10 Upward Basketball and Cheerleading season. Early bird rates apply until Oct. 27. For information contact Gloria Dillner at 724-898-1016.

Butler -- Lifesteps' Alzheimer's Caregiver Support Group will meet from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at 383 New Castle Road, for a roundtable discussion. For more information about this free event call Lori Williamson at 724-283-1010, ext. 233.

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