SBA will be holding it’s Monthly Meeting on May 8th at RODATA a company located in teh Fort Pitt Building  1601 Mary’s Ave #2G-10 in Sharpsburg.  Teh meeting starts at 11:45. the speaker is Trudy Van Kirk , Director of Business Development, Topic is:  Learn how Videoconferencing can by used by Small Businesses.  There is a 6.00 fee for lunch and that can be paid at the door.  RSVP’s are a must.  Please RSVP by May 4th to bhastings@avbpgh.com.

Send An Easter Egg Hunt To A Soldier or Marine

Military Connections

312 Auburn Street

Pittsburgh, PA 15235

www.militaryconnections.org

Springtime and Easter are quickly approaching.  Want to make a difference in a soldier or marine’s deployment?  This year you can send an Easter Egg Hunt to someone deployed overseas.  Simply donate $10.00 to Military Connections and an Easter Egg Hunt will be sent to a soldier or marine.  An Easter Egg Hunt bag is filled with food, snacks, and Plastic Easter Eggs filled with candy and trinkets.  Being away from home for the holidays is very difficult for a soldier or marine and we hope that the Easter Eggs will be a great morale booster.

If you would like to sponsor a soldier or marine please send $10.00 to Military Connections Corporation.  Your ten dollars will cover the cost and contents of the Easter Egg Hunt.  You can also include a note or picture and we will put it in the finished package.  In order to make sure that the Easter Eggs reach the troops by Easter, we need to ship by March 30th.

Want to make your own Easter Eggs Hunt to donate?  Simply take a gallon size Ziploc bag and line it with Easter Grass.  Buy 12 plastic eggs (any size) fill them with candy and place them in the bag.  Please remember that all candy must be wrapped! Once you have your eggs together drop them off. We will add the other items to make your package complete. This is a great activity for the whole family.  Eggs need to be dropped off at the Auburn Street address no later than March 30th.

Easter Egg Stuffing Days:

March 3^rd: 10am to 12pm

12pm to 2pm

March 10^th: 10am to 12pm

12pm to 2pm

2pm to 4pm

March 17^th: 10am to 12pm

12pm to 2pm

2pm to 4pm

March 18^th: 10am to 12pm

12pm to 2pm

2pm to 4pm

March 24^th: 10am to 12pm

12pm to 2pm

2pm to 4pm

All egg stuffing takes place at 312 Auburn Street Pittsburgh, PA 15235

Please RSVP which date and time that you can attend.  We can only hold 12 people per shift.  Additional dates may be added as we get closer to Easter depending on the influx of deployments. 

I always thought that Christmas was the craziest time of the year for Military Connections, but with Girl Scout Cookies, regular care packages, Easter, and planning for the 2012 Golf Outing I stand corrected!  Spring is nuts for us this year!  We have so many activities going on and I want to share them with all of you.  We have a lot of men and women deployed to Afghanistan, Kuwait, and Germany that need a pick me up!  I hope you are all having a wonderful start to 2012.  I look forward to hearing from you soon!

-Summer Tissue

President

Military Connections

www.militaryconnections.org

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Shamrock Snack Drive For the Troops

Military Connections

312 Auburn Street

Pittsburgh, PA 15235

www.militaryconnections.org

Morale is at an all time low in Afghanistan and Kuwait. Thousands of troops are deployed to both regions and need a pick-me-up! Military Connections is holding a Snack Drive through the months of March and April. You can also include a note or card to be shipped with your snacks to remind the troops that we appreciate their dedication.

Donations are accepted at our Auburn Street address or at the NorthWest Savings Bank on Route 88 at the junction of Clifton Road. If you have a large donation call us for a pick-up! All donations are tax-deductible.

Favorite Snacks:

Beef Jerky

Pringles

Cookies

Individual Packs of Crackers

Power Bars

Pretzels

Granola Bars

Tootsie Rolls

M & M’s Candy

Chewing Gum

Skittles

Starburst

Jolly Ranchers

Lifesavers Candy

Adopt a Soldier’s Girl Scout Cookies

Military Connections

312 Auburn Street

Pittsburgh, PA 15235

www.militaryconnections.org

It is Girl Scout Cookie Time!  Each year the Girl Scouts drop off thousands of cases of cookies for the troops.  In order for us to ship the cookies it costs $12.50 a case.  You can help the troops enjoy the cookies by adopt their case of cookies.  Cookies have already started to arrive and the last case ships in May.  All donations can be mailed to our Auburn Street address.

If you have cookies that you want to donate please contact us at militaryconnections@hotmail.com.  Last year we ship over 6000 cases of cookies!  Help us ship the same in 2011!

The Pittsburgh Business Times hosted its annual Book of Lists reception on Monday, Jan. 23, at the Rivers Club

http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/print-edition/2012/01/27/after-hours-2012-book-of-lists.html

Speaker

• Trent Griffith – Visual Spotlight

Hope Abel – Atria’s
Debbie Arnet – Visual Spotlight
Susan Barclay – CLTC – Insurance and Financial Services
Gail Bayer – Innovative Bookkeeping
Donna Beavers – Mary Kay
Carol Briney – CarolBrineyWorkFromHome.com
Dora Butko – Cheswick Floral and Oakmont Floral
Cryss Conroy – Minuteman Press Plum
Maureen Gluntz – Attorney
Trent Griffith – Talk’n Tables
Beth Hastings – Northwest Savings Bank
Mary Haas – North Hills Monthly
Jean Joons -
Jim Lillicotch – Web Design
Greg McAtee – Western and Southern Life
Quay Morris – Elevation Loft
George Payne – Federated Mortgage Corporation
Rosemary Pipitone – Send Out Cards
Lori Reza – Silpada
Wil Stunkel – Stunkel Tax & Accounting
Tim Sullivan – The Pittsburgh Business Times
Dan Szwedko – Dan Szwedko Graphics
Diane Tressa – Diane Tressa Bail Bonds
Michelle Zmijanac – Best Practices Delivered

Happy New Year!

Speaker:
Jim Merante – Padgett Business Services

Attendees:
Hope Abel – Atria’s Restaurants & Catering
Cryss Conroy – Minuteman Press
Carol Briney – CarolBrineyWorkFromHome.com
Joan Ciesielski – Family Financial Physicians
Richard Edwards – Custom Patio Rooms
Roger Kennelly – First Call Plumbing
Penny Layne – Aunt Penny’s Pet Setting & Dog Training
Kate Luxemburg – TruePercent Partners
Rob Magee – Family Financial Physicians
Rick Miller – Western & Southern Life Insurance
Queney Tang – USANA
Michele Zmijanac – Best Practices Delivered

Speaker

• Greg Eisenhart – Liberty Mutual

Hope Abel – Atria’s Restaurants & Catering
Lori Amsdell – Coverall
Susan Barclay – CLTC – Insurance and Financial Services
Donna Beavers – Mary Kay Consultant
Carol Briney – CarolBrineyWorkFromHome.com
Dora Butko – Cheswick Floral
Cryss Conroy – Minuteman Press
Tim Doyle – Do-All Electronics
Greg Eisenhart – Liberty Mutual
Paul Gatto – Verizon Wireless – Wireless Zone
Amanda Gauger – Plan Ahead Events
Trent Griffith – Talk’n Tables
Scott Hacker – New York Life Insurance
Mary Haas – North Hills Monthly
Beth Hastings – Northwest Savings Bank, Sharpsburg
Jim Lillicotch – Lillicotch Web Design / SpOfferZ.com
Cary Loeffert – Plan Ahead Events
Rob Magee – Family Financial Physicians
Greg McAtee – Western and Southern Life
John McCool – Legal Shield
Gina McGahey – Plan Ahead Events
Tina Nobers –CMN Nutrition Group
Nicole Norkin – Comcast Business Services
George Payne – Federated Mortgage Corporation
Jennifer Price – Plan Ahead Events
Randi Rubin – Golden Years Management
Summer Tissue – Oakmont Chamber / Military Connections
Wil Stunkel – Stunkel Tax & Accounting
Tim Sullivan – Pittsburgh Business Times
Dan Szwedko – Daniel Szwedko Graphics
Alexander Vornoff – Witching Hour Productions
Clete Weber – Pestco Inc.
Vicky Wilson – PM Computing, Inc.
Michelle Zmijanac – Best Practices Delivered

I just wanted to take this oppurtunity to thank  Carol and Summer and all their helpers for doing such a wonderful job on the Military  Connections Networking for a Cause Event.  It was well attended.  I also, wanted to comment that I was at the event and had a booth. Through Networking that night I was referred a huge Mortgage for the Sharpsburg Branch of Northwest Savings Bank.  Networking Events do work