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Monongahela
Rockhounds
News
© 2023
The Monongahela Rockhound News
is a Monthly Publication of the
Monongahela Rockhounds,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A Pittsburgh Area Mineral, Fossil, & Lapidary Club
Monongahela Rockhound News
SCHEDULE UPDATES - Meeting will be in-person only for 2024.
The next regular meeting will take place on Saturday, January 6, 2024 beginning at 7:00 PM EDT. The meeting will be in-person only. The presentation will be "TBD". The Show-and-Tell theme is "Opal". The theme is only a suggestion, so members and new guests and applicants—share whatever gems, minerals, fossils, and lapidary art finds and creations you wish to tell us more about!
Elections for 2024-25 club officers were held during the November meeting. Thanks everyone for voting and an additional thanks to the new and returning club officers!!
The Club will update members by email about any meeting changes.
THANK YOU....
....to all Meeting Participants!
Join our next
In-person meeting
Saturday, January 6, 2024
at 7:00 PM EDT
Upcoming events are:
CLUB Holiday Party
Saturday, December 2, 2023 at Skyview Fire Hall
(Members Only - please RSVP by November 20 to monongahelarockhounds@gmail.com)
Newsletter Access!
Become a member: Memberships will provide full access to current and past newsletter downloads and 2020-2021 website pages moving forward. There are other perks as well!
Please follow the instructions to MAIL applications and checks if you would like your membership to remain effective through December 2022. Printed applications are available at all meetings at the Munhall Borough Building for anyone who wants to pay dues with cash or check in-person.
Access to the monthly newsletter, website log-in, and zoom passcodes will remain exclusive to current members and applicants who have submitted their dues.
If applied online, your email subscription will become effective within 1-4 weeks of your application (by the upcoming scheduled club meeting or event). However, any Site Member Requests (signing into the website - a members exclusive perk) will not be approved until your dues have been received. - Note: the online application function is not yet fully functional. On-line applications will be received by the Club but you will still be required to mail or bring your filled out and signed application with payment to a meeting. Thanks.
Monongahela Rockhounds
PO Box 18063
Pittsburgh, PA 15236
www.monongahelarockhounds.org
Mission Statement
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To promote, among its members and the general public, an interest in collection of minerals, fossils, and associated items.
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To promote their use in lapidary work.
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To promote the study and classification of minerals, gem stones and other items of such nature.
Affiliations
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Member: Eastern Federation of Mineralogical and Lapidary Societies, Inc.
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Member: American Federation of Mineralogical Societies, Inc.
Meeting Location
new Munhall Borough Building
1 Raymond Bodner Way,
Munhall, PA 15120
General Information
Club Officers
President Frank DeWinter
1st Vice-President Bret Howard
2nd Vice-President Debbie Braddock
Treasurer Tony Orzano
Record Secretary LesMarie Singleton
Silent Auction
Debbie Braddock
Board of Directors
June Epp
Donald Laufer
Johanna Burnett
Webmaster Bret Howard
info@monongahelarockhounds.org
Newsletter Editor Chris Hrabos
info@monongahelarockhounds.org
We normally meet the first Saturday of every month from September through June at 7:00 pm, in the new Munhall Borough Building for a presentation, business meeting and a chance to socialize. There is a major focus on the younger members of our club with portions of the meeting specifically for school aged children.
Presentations & Activities:
Our Virtual Alternative:
Zoom
About our Annual Show:
Rockhounding:
Monongahela Rockhound News is the official newsletter of the Monongahela Rockhounds.
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