December 2010 - Allegheny West Magazine

State Rep. Mark Mustio has announced that Pennsylvania’s Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)is now accepting applications for cash grants. Crisis grants will be available on January 3, 2011. LIHEAP helps lowincomepeople pay their heating bills through home energy assistance grants and crisis grants. Cash grants are awardedbased on household income, family size, type of heating fuel and region. Crisis grants are provided in the event of aheating emergency, including broken heating equipment or leaking lines that must be fixed or replaced, lack of fuel,termination of utility service or danger of being without fuel or of having utility service terminated. In most counties,assistance with home heating crisis situations is available 24 hours a day.Applications may be obtained by contacting the Allegheny County Assistance Office at (412) 562-0330 (CashAssistance) or 1-800-851-3838 (Crisis Assistance). Applications are also available from local utility companies andcommunity service agencies, such as Area Agencies on Aging or community action agencies.STATE SEN. JOHN PIPPY1009 Beaver Grade Road,Suite 210Moon Township, PA 15108(412) 262-2260www.senatorpippy.comjpippy@pasen.govSTATE REP. MARK MUSTIO1009 Beaver Grade Road,Suite 220Moon Township, PA 15108(412) 262-3780www.repmustio.comDID YOU KNOW?• Since 1991, the Hunters Sharing the Harvest (HSH) program hascoordinated the processing and distribution of donated wild gamefrom hunters to Pennsylvanians in need.• Did You Know? An average-sized deer will provide enough highlynutritious,low-cholesterol meat for 200 meals.• In an average hunting season, the HSH program will channel about100,000 pounds of processed venison annually through the state’s21 regional food banks, which then redistribute the meat to morethan 3,000 local provider charities such as food pantries, missions,homeless shelters, Salvation Army facilities, and churches, in additionto families.• Hunters donating their harvest voluntarily pay a $15 taxdeductiblefee toward each processed deer. The remainder of theprocessing fee is covered through HSH sponsors and donations.Interested in Donating?Anyone interested in donating venison to the HSH programshould call 1-866-474-2141.WEST ALLEGHENY EDITIONWE’VE GOT YOU COVERED! Since 1999, we have served the airport area. We publish three distinctcommunity magazines, all mailed free into the homes across 14 area communities. To learn more about our publications, call724.695.3968 or visit our Web site at: www.alleghenywestmagazine.com.See Dealer for Details - Offer Expires 12/31/10December 2010 Allegheny West Magazine 49