Thanks to all of those who came out and helped with the apple butter today! A big thank you to Frank Brosius and Shelly A Brosius for bringing the copper kettle, paddle and wood, not to mention the work they put in. Thanks to Scott Roush for bringing cinder blocks first thing this morning and thanks to the West Kittanning Fire Department for letting us use their facility.
people in pic from left to right…AJ Wingard, Lynette Quering , Ruth Wible, Darlene Iseman, Hilma Wingard, Pam Neale, Ronel Baccus, Gerianne Prunty, Ron Weiher and of course Frank Brosius is stirring the pot. Missing from this picture is Shelly A Brosius , Mickey Langham , Holly Heigley and Anthony Shea who took the picture. Thanks again to all of you! Fun times!
Meeting Announcement!!!
Next meeting invitation will be coming soon!
THURSDAY Oct 17th at 7PM.
Doors open at 6:30
It will be at the West Kittanning Fire Dept. at 401 Arthur St. Kittanning.
Topic is Knife Sharpening and will be presented by Jr Miller. We will aslo be discussing our planned apple butter day coming up on Sunday, Oct 20 and will last mostly all day. It will be in the back parking lot at the West Kittanning Fire Dept. Come on out and join us. We are doing this as a fundraiser so spread the word that we will be offering pints of apple butter for donation to our group. Bring your own chairs on Sunday. Looking forward to seeing you all Thursday night at the meeting and again on Sunday for some laughs and camaraderie. Not saying there will be any shenanigans or anything. LOL
Meeting will be Sept 6 at 7 PM at WKFD.
Topic is Food preservation, focus on canning.
This will be an open discussion meeting. All input is appreciated!Also, nominations for Board position will be accepted starting Sept 6th.See you all soon!
We have a PPEN meeting scheduled for Friday June 14th at 7:00 at the West Kittanning Firehall, 401 Arthur St. The topic is Medical training and will cover Wilderness First Aid, a refresher on Stop the Bleed and possibly CPR, time providing. It’s one you don’t want to miss! We will also have tactical pens and PPEN tee shirts available at the meeting. Come on out and get yours and support our group. Side note… We will be having another meeting on June 28th and it will be on salt curing meat and old time food preservation methods. This will be the last meeting until late August or early September. As always, the doors will open at 6:30 and the meeting will start at 7:00. Questions or concerns? Text Ruth at 724-525-0773
PPEN is having another meeting on Friday May 24th @ 7:00 PM at the West Kittanning Firehall. We encourage EVERY ONE of you to attend this one because you never know when you will need to have this knowledge. Our topic will be EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE and will be presented by Erin Butler!
Also… Any one who earned the certificate from Hawk Martial Arts on May 5th, I will have your certificates at this meeting. Please ask for them when you sign in. Same goes for membership cards. If you signed up to become a paid member, Please ask for your membership card when you sign in. We also still have tactical pens left for a minimum donation of $8.00 per pen.
Images from last weeks meeting
PPEN had a meeting on Sunday May 5th at the West Kittanning Firehall located at 401 Arthur St, Kittanning. This was a full scheduled meeting. Starting at 1:00 there was a quick recap on the laundry detergent and washer that was presented Friday night April 26th. We have many people asking for this information to be emailed or sent to them and we have decided that we cannot start doing that. Please refer to the newsletter that will be out this weekend as well.Our topic, starting at 1:30 on Sunday will be Certification on Self-defense weapons (excluding firearms). Presenter will be Master Winterhawk from Hawk Martial Arts. There is a $5.00 per person fee for this certification class! You can pay on the day of the event however we do ask for an RSVP if you know for sure you will be attending. Please text Ruth at 724-525-0773 with your name and confirmation you will be attending. This helps determine how many teachers/helpers are needed so everyone can have the best training possible. As always, we appreciate your cooperation.We will also have round two of the tactical pens available that day for a minimum donation of $8.00 per pen. Thank you to everyone who purchased the first round!
Last Meeting
We will be having a meeting/class on Friday April 26th at 7PM. It will be held at the West Kittanning Firehall, 401 Arthur St, Kittanning. Doors will open at 6:30.
Our topic and discussion will be Laundry when there is a long term power outage. Did you ever think of how you will wash your clothes? Ruth will show us how to make a non-electric washer that won’t bust your knuckles, and it won’t break the bank. As a bonus, she will show us how to make homemade laundry detergent that is easy to make, and it’s gentle enough for delicates but will also get work clothes clean. The real bonus is, there will be enough to give samples so you can try it before making your own. We just ask that it be one sample per household.
Also, at our last meeting with Winterhawk, there were a lot of people asking about the tactical pen that Ruth has. We will be ordering a bulk amount of those and selling them at our meeting. Price is not determined yet but will be very reasonable.
Master Winterhawk will do a certification class for us on Sunday afternoon May 5th. That meeting invite will go out separately. It is fast approaching so keep an eye out for it.
Short notice here but we are having another meeting on FRIDAY April 5th at 7:00 PM at the WKFD. Doors will open at 6:30. Please help us spread the word!
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