Wanted: 2017-2018 board members

We are asking for volunteers & nominations for the following 2017-2018 USC Newcomers Board positions:

Executive Board Positions:
Treasurer: contact Sydna Burns
Secretary: contact Kelly Starek Ross

Board Positions:
Couples Events: contact Ann Marie Pirnat
Ladies Day Out: contact Bethany Hoag Salmen, Tiffany Dekkar
Community Affairs: contact Brenda Holt de Wollmann
Playgroup: contact Eva E. Yager
Publicity/Directory Editor: contact Stephanie Cooper
Mailings: contact Teresa Zerfa
Dues & Membership: contact Frances Scher
Hospitality: contact Megan Watson

Many of these positions would support a chair and co-chair partnership! Come one, come all to lend your support and GREAT IDEAS for these rewarding volunteer positions next year! IF you don’t see a board position listed that you are interested in, let us know what you would love to help with! Contact the current chair listed above with your questions or Ann Marie at (412) 319-7499  am_pirnat@yahoo.com.

Ladies’ Night Out April: Tanger Outlets

Monday, April 3
In April we will shop til we drop, or until the stores close!  We’re going to Tanger Outlets in Washington.  Let’s meet at H&M – it’s a big corner store – at 5:30.  We can shop for all our Easter needs and even some spring wishes at places like Nike, Old Navy, Carters, Coach, Gap, Off Fifth Ave, and about half a dozen shoe stores!  Check out www.tangeroutlet.com/pittsburgh to learn more. We can even stop off at Sarris Candies if there’s time – they are open until 9 -for some chocolate and ice cream. Hope to see you then!

Bunco Night in April

Wednesday, April 5, 7:00 PM

Our inaugural meeting of the  Babes of Bunco, USC Newcomers Club, was lots of fun, as maybe you heard if you weren’t there. The plan is to play on the first Wednesday of every month, so our next meeting will be April 5 at 7:00 p.m. at Frances Scher’s home (1025 Tall Trees Dr.). Bring a snack to share and $5 so we can offer cash prizes to four lucky winners! If you can’t make it every time, we can use subs from time to time. No experience required! We will explain the rules each time. Just a fun, get-to-know you type of dice game for ladies only. You’ll be glad you came!

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Family event: Egg Hunt!

Bring your bonnet and Easter basket to the family Egg Hunt on Saturday, March 25, from 10:00 – 12:00 at the McLaughlin Run Recreation Center.

Events include an egg hunt (divided by age groups), relay races, an egg parachute competition, and other “eggciting” activities.

Cost is either $10 per family OR 2 dozen plastic eggs filled with a wrapped candy (to be used for the egg hunt). We also ask that you bring a snack to share with the group.

In the RSVP, include names/ages of family members and payment option (filled eggs/ cash). Checks made out to “USC Newcomers’ Club” can be mailed to Sydna Burns at 2290 Cremona Drive; 15241.

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March book club: Lilac Girls

Please join us on Monday, March 27, at 7:30, at Ann Marie Pirnat’s home (2150 Meadowmont Dr) for March’s book club meeting to discuss Martha Hall Kelly’s novel Lilac Girls. Even if (or perhaps especially if) the last thing you read was Good Night, Moon, please come for the laughter, food and drinks. I know this has been written often, but if you don’t have time to read the book please come anyway. Reading the book may be an easy way to create a common connection, but forming friendships certainly doesn’t involve required reading.

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Couples event: Church Brew Works

Saturday, March 18, 6 p.m.
Church Brew Works
Pittsburgh Brewery & Restaurant in an Historic Church
3525 Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15201

Here’s the story… none of the local brewpubs will take reservations but one: Church Brew Works, which is a very cool old Catholic church built in 1902 restored and repurposed as a restaurant and brewpub. Check it out!

We can visit, look around and have a drink before it gets crowded. Hope you and your honey can make it!

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Member profile: Megan Tenney

Why did you want to join the USC Newcomers’ Club?
Well, we don’t know anyone here, and I work from home, so after one too many (decidedly one-sided) conversations with my dog, I figured I should probably try and make some friends.

Where did you recently move from?
We moved here from Connecticut.

Where did you grow up?
I grew up in Washington, DC. My husband Ric and I met in DC and moved to Connecticut ten years ago for his job.

Where did you go to college and what did you study?
I went to the University of Wisconsin for undergrad and majored in Political Science and French. Then, (reference aforementioned majors and chances of related employment) I went to law school at GW.

What do you do for your day job?
I work remotely for a Hartford-based law firm as the Director of Legal Recruiting.

Do you have any kids? If so what are their names and ages?
I have ten-year-old boy/girl twins – Lauren and JD.

What do you like to do for fun?
I like to read, cook, go out to restaurants, travel, and spend time with my family (not necessarily in that order…)

What books on your shelf are begging to be read?
I read a lot, so there’s rarely something I’m waiting to read. I am currently re-reading All the Light We Cannot See – I forgot how good of a book that is.

What’s the biggest goal you are working on now?
Obtaining tickets to Hamilton. I am obsessed with the cast recording and am dying to see it live.

What upcoming Newcomers’ event are you looking forward to attending?I am definitely looking forward to book club and bunco.

What other things do you want your fellow newcomers to know about yourself?To those of you who read all this way, I thank you. We didn’t really know much about Pittsburgh when we moved here, and we look forward to getting to know the area better.

Bunco Night

The Newcomers are building a bunco group. We will meet once a month on the first Wednesday of the month in a round robin host.

Our first game will be Wednesday, March 1, at 7 p.m. at Eva Yager’s home (149 Warwick Drive). Bring a snack to share and $5 so we can offer cash prizes to four lucky winners! If you can’t make it every time, we can use subs from time to time. No experience required! We will explain the rules each time. Just a fun, get-to-know you type of dice game for ladies only. You’ll be glad you came!

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Ladies Night Out February: Princess Lanes

Let’s hit the lanes like the princesses we are! It’s a bowling night at Princess Lanes Friday February 3rd. Bowling lanes should begin to be open at 9:30pm, so let’s get a later dinner first too! Let’s meet for dinner at Armstrong’s at 7pm at 5299 Grove Rd, Pittsburgh, 15236. Then we’ll get a few lanes at Princess Lanes at 540 Weyman Rd, Pittsburgh, 15236. See you there – no matching shirts required!

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