In brief: Wiffleball tournament, library Tea & Inspiration and more around Sewickley

Wiffleball Tournament

The Sixth Annual Owen Galluzzo Memorial Picnic and Wiffleball Tournament will be held Sept. 5 at War Memorial Park from noon-5 p.m. The event is a day full of family fun, including bounce houses, face painting, hot dogs and ice cream, bead stringing, a basket raffle (more than 100 baskets), a home-run derby and a wiffleball tournament. All proceeds go to the Owen Galluzzo Memorial Fund, which was established in 2014 after Owen died at the age of 9 following open heart surgery. The fund is managed through The Pittsburgh Foundation and its mission is to support non-profit organizations that enrich the lives of medically fragile children like Owen.

Library Tea & Inspiration program

All are invited to share a cup and conversation at the newly revived “Tea and Inspiration” program held at the Sewickley Public Library. The program welcomes friends and neighbors to gather to read, reflect and have elevated conversations based on uplifting quotations gleaned from the world’s Scriptures and other wise sources. A different theme will be explored each month.

Sewickley neighbors, Sharon Eakes, Grace Williams and Judith Washington, who coordinate the program, hope to inspire uplifting thought and reflection with the return of Tea and Inspiration, which took a hiatus due to the pandemic. Participants are welcome to contribute their reading and reflection or bring a quotation to add to the discussion, if they choose.

“Tea and Inspiration” will be held on the first Thursday of each month from 7-8:30 p.m. in the Conference Room on the first floor of the library. No registration is required.

Upcoming monthly themes include:

Sept. 1: Oneness of humanity

Oct. 6: The human spirit

Nov. 3: Art and inspiration

Dec. 1: Social justice

For more information, visit sewickleylibrary.org or call 412-741-6920.

Senior Men’s Club

An affiliate of the Sewickley Valley YMCA, the Senior Men’s Club speaker on Aug. 19 will be John P. Dilla, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, who will talk about the dam and locks system of Western Pennsylvania Rivers. For more information, visit smensclub.org or Facebook.com/smensclub.

Business Connection

The Greater Pittsburgh Business Connection, a referral group of business professionals, will meet Aug. 24 at the Eat’n Park on Route 60 in Robinson Township for breakfast from 7:15 to 8:30 a.m. Speakers will be Jim Stossel of LPL Financial and Bernie Slutiak of Insurance Consultants of Pittsburgh. To attend, become a member or for more information, visit gpbc-pgh.org or call 412-364-6446, ext. 302.