William Penn Life, 2013 (48. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
2013-01-01 / 1. szám
Branching Out with Endre Csornán Winter fraternal activities THERE ARE MANY WAYS to give back to the community and to the people in your local area. William Penn Association is happy to be a part of Pittsburgh and has recently donated time and funds to some local charities in 2012. On Dec. 6, 2012, volunteers from the Home Office delivered four carloads of food (pictured below) to the food pantry at the Northside Common Ministries, bringing to a close our Food Drive 2012. WPA donated exactly 409.6 pounds of non-perishable food. Much of that was donated by our Association's members, branches and friends. That total also included $766.33 worth of food purchased with monetary donations made to our food drive. The program directors at the food pantry sincerely appreciated all of the effort and donations. We couldn't have done this without the generous donations of WPA members and branches, friends in local Hungarian churches, the Home Office, Board of Directors and National Officers. Thank you, one and all! Also last month, WPA donated $1,000 to Pittsburgh Children's Hospital Fund Drive (see story at left). We have been honored to have been able to donate to this worthwhile charity year after year. For the fourth year in a row, WPA donated two dinners for the Ronald McDonald House Charities for the Christmas season. We ordered the meals from Giant Eagle and they were delivered on Dec. 17, 2012, to the Ronald McDonald House in Pittsburgh. The meals included turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, stuffing, green beans almondine, carrot soufflé, cranberry orange sauce, dinner rolls and, of course, pumpkin pie. A BIG THANK YOU to those branches who held Christmas parties. These parties are an important part of our fraternal society as we share the holiday spirit with each other and those less fortunate. ON ANOTHER NOTE, there will be a Hungarian cultural event in Pittsburgh on Jan. 31. Mária Majda Guessous—a.k.a., Mesi—will be singing Hungarian folk songs live at the First Hungarian Reformed Church of National Vice President-Fraternal Endre Csornán (in blue jacket) and Home Office employee Judit Borsay (far right), along with volunteers at the Northside Common Ministries food pantry, help unload and sort donations from WPA's Food Drive 2012. Pittsburgh. For ticket information, please contact me at 1-800-848-7366, ext. 136. Mesi was the winner of the 2011 Hungarian nationwide Folkbeats talent search competition. She is performing courtesy of the Hungarian Cultural Center, New York and Centrum Management. Mesi (pictured left) not only performs ancient Hungarian folk songs but also builds musical bridges to her other ethnic connections, sure to surprise audiences. She will be accompanied by two musicians who will assure musical depth to the wonderful folk-music voyage: Iván Barvich, from the famous Sebő Ensemble, will play wind instruments and tambura; and Dávid Boros Gerzson, Mesi's husband, will play percussive instruments. For more information about Mesi, visit www. guessousmajdamaria.hu. □ 'William Penn IiifeJjJ^January 2013
