SUBSCRIBE NEWSLETTERS
ADVERTISE| CLASSIFIEDS| JOBS| E-TRIB
HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS NETWORK TRIBLIVE LOCAL
Western Pennsylvania's trusted news source
Volunteers sew stockings for soldiers overseas | TribLIVE.com
Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff, dies at 88
Murrysville Star

Volunteers sew stockings for soldiers overseas

Dan Speicher And Patrick Varine
Dan Speicher And Patrick Varine
1592029_web1_gtr-Stockings003-082319
Dan Speicher | Tribune-Review
Co-chairs Martha O’Lear (left), and Margaret “Rusty” Frankoski, take a break after preparing lunch for more than 100 people who work to sew 5,000 Christmas stockings that will be sent to soldiers deployed overseas, at Murrysville Alliance Church in Murrysville, on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019. The event is organized by co-chairs Margaret “Rusty” Frankoski, and Martha O’Lear, both of Murrysville, who prepare all of the patterns for the stockings, and work with Summer Tissue, of Penn Hills, the founder of Military Connections, to distribute the stockings to soldiers.
1592029_web1_gtr-Stockings007-082319
Dan Speicher | Tribune-Review
Karen Seadler, 71, of Washington Township, helps to sew 5,000 Christmas stockings that will be sent to soldiers deployed overseas, at Murrysville Alliance Church in Murrysville, on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019. The event is organized by co-chairs Margaret “Rusty” Frankoski, and Martha O’Lear, both of Murrysville, who work with Summer Tissue, of Penn Hills, the founder of Military Connections.
1592029_web1_gtr-Stockings001-082319
Dan Speicher | Tribune-Review
More than 100 people work to sew 5,000 Christmas stockings that will be sent to soldiers deployed overseas, at Murrysville Alliance Church in Murrysville, on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019. The event is organized by co-chairs Margaret “Rusty” Frankoski, and Martha O’Lear, both of Murrysville, who work with Summer Tissue, of Penn Hills, the founder of Military Connections.
1592029_web1_gtr-Stockings002-082319
Dan Speicher | Tribune-Review
Mary Pair, 77, of Murrysville, helps to stack and organize 5,000 Christmas stockings that will be sent to soldiers deployed overseas, at Murrysville Alliance Church in Murrysville, on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019. The event is organized by co-chairs Margaret “Rusty” Frankoski, and Martha O’Lear, both of Murrysville, who work with Summer Tissue, of Penn Hills, the founder of Military Connections.
1592029_web1_gtr-Stockings004-082319
Dan Speicher | Tribune-Review
More than 100 people work to sew 5,000 Christmas stockings that will be sent to soldiers deployed overseas, at Murrysville Alliance Church in Murrysville, on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019. The event is organized by co-chairs Margaret “Rusty” Frankoski, and Martha O’Lear, both of Murrysville, who work with Summer Tissue, of Penn Hills, the founder of Military Connections.
1592029_web1_gtr-Stockings005-082319
Dan Speicher | Tribune-Review
Judith Gordon (left), of Monroeville, and JB Crawford, of Irwin, help to sew 5,000 Christmas stockings that will be sent to soldiers deployed overseas, at Murrysville Alliance Church in Murrysville, on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019. The event is organized by co-chairs Margaret “Rusty” Frankoski, and Martha O’Lear, both of Murrysville, who work with Summer Tissue, of Penn Hills, the founder of Military Connections.
1592029_web1_gtr-Stockings006-082319
Dan Speicher | Tribune-Review
Lorie Mottern, 77, of Murrysville, helps to iron 5,000 Christmas stockings that will be sent to soldiers deployed overseas, at Murrysville Alliance Church in Murrysville, on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019. The event is organized by co-chairs Margaret “Rusty” Frankoski, and Martha O’Lear, both of Murrysville, who work with Summer Tissue, of Penn Hills, the founder of Military Connections.

Volunteers recently spent time sewing what they hope will make a happy holiday season for soldiers overseas.

The American Sewing Guild and Penn Hills nonprofit Military Connections hosted the sewing day at Murrysville Alliance Church, creating stockings which will be stuffed with snacks, candy and other treats.

“It’s a great day,” said organizer Margaret “Rusty” Frankoski in mid-July, when she had nearly 4,500 stockings already boxed up in her basement. “We serve lunch, and veterans from the church help carry the sewing machines in and set up the sewing tables.”

Volunteers are asked to bring their own sewing machine, extension cord and basic sewing supplies. They are provided with stocking patterns and the material to create them.

Volunteers have sewn about 5,000 stockings each of the past two years.

Remove the ads from your TribLIVE reading experience but still support the journalists who create the content with TribLIVE Ad-Free.

Get Ad-Free >

Categories: Local | Murrysville Star
Content you may have missed