Category Archives: Featured Vendors

June 29th-Shop Demo Depot

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Shop Demo Depot – Saving You $$$ by Reclaiming and Reusing

 

Looking for inexpensive building materials?  One-of-a-kind pieces?  Recycled furniture or paint?  We have it all in our store!  Browse the website and come to our store to see what we have for you.

 

Rather than toss used building materials in a dumpster or out on the curb for garbage pickup, contractors and homeowners now have an outlet for reusable building materials from new construction, remodeling or demolition projects. Shop Demo Depot accepts tax-deductible donations of surplus and reusable building supplies from businesses, manufacturers, contractors, and deconstruction.

Shop Demo Depot is a social enterprise program managed by Westmoreland Community Action. Shop Demo Depot applies commercial strategies to maximize improvements in human and environmental well-being, rather then maximize profits for external share holders.
Our mission is to reduce landfill waste by reclaiming building materials and making them available to the public at an affordable cost. All profits that proceed from Shop Demo Depot are ‘recycled’ back into Community initiatives such as: Early Education, Prevention, Food Bank and community member’s  that are in need. For more information visit thier website, stop in or call:

Shop Demo Depot
724-552-0491

GPS Accurate Address
23 West Main Street
Mount Pleasant, PA 15666

Mailing Address
One Cooks Way    Mt. Pleasant PA 15666

Info@ShopDemoDepot.com

PA Contractor #806902
Stop in – You’ll Be Amazed at Our Selection!
Building Materials, Hardware, Landscape Materials, Appliances, Furniture
Windows, Doors, Flooring, Kitchen Cabinets, Bathroom Fixtures

Meet the fine people who run the Depot and see some of their wares at the Ligonier Country Market on Saturday June 29th from 8 am until noon.

July 6th-Pennsylvania State Honey Queen, Elena Hoffman

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honeyqueen2013Did you know that honeybees account for 80 percent of all insect pollination?  Without this pollination, we would see a significant decrease in the number of fruits and vegetables produced. Did you also know that honeybees travel to over two million flowers to produce one pound of honey and each bee only produces one twelfth (1/12) of a teaspoon of honey in its lifetime? 

It’s facts like these that 2013 Pennsylvania Honey Queen, Elena Hoffman, will share when she visits the Ligonier Country Market on Saturday, July 6. Hoffman will provide information on the importance of honeybees, a beekeepers role, pollination and products from the hive while visiting the Market. She will also have an observation hive of live honeybees. 

Hoffman, 17, is the daughter of Brian Hoffman and Beverly Hoffman of Millmont. She is a senior at Mifflinburg Area High School, where she is active with the Spanish Club, Interact Club, participates in soccer and track and field, is a member of the Yearbook staff and has been named to the National Honor Society. Hoffman has received the President’s Award for Educational Excellence and the Xerox Award for innovation and information technology. After graduation she plans to attend college to pursue a degree in pre med. Outside of school, Hoffman works with her father in their apiary, including maintaining the hives and extracting honey. 

As the 2013 Pennsylvania Honey Queen, Hoffman travel’s throughout the state promoting the beekeeping and honey industries by attending schools, fairs, festivals and participating in media interviews.

In addition, Hoffman will represent Pennsylvania in 2014 when she competes for the American Honey Queen title during the American Beekeeping Federation convention in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. 

For more information on 2013 Pennsylvania Honey Queen Elena Hoffman visit the Pennsylvania State Beekeepers Association website at www.pastatebeekeepers.org 

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July 20th-Zero Fossil

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ZeroFossil is thrilled to be a part of the Ligonier Country Market festivities!  As a growing alternative energy provider, we are always excited to meet new folks and demonstrate how solar, wind, water, and human power can have a positive impact. 

 Our main focus is battery backup.  We design, manufacture, and assemble battery powered generators in our Munhall shop.  From our portable unit, The JuiceBox, to our permanent system, The Integrator, up to our KurbMaster and SuperCube, we can power anything! 

 Instead of just bringing a few of our products and letting them bask in the sun, we have some fun ideas for our spot at the Market.  For the young folks, we’ll bring our dueling Bikerators!  These consist of two of our human-powered units mated to water sprayers.  We set these units a distance apart and riders pedal to soak each other.  Always a welcome activity in the middle of the summer.  To illustrate just what the sun can do, we’ll have a solar-powered water fountain which will double as a produce rinsing station. 

We always like to travel in style, so keep an eye out for our KurbMaster, a waste vegetable oil-powered Mercedes bread truck with a healthy solar array on top.  If you don’t see us at first, just listen, we’re bound to have the speakers out, and Harry Belafonte blaring! 

ZeroFossil Energy Outfitters

528 E. 8th Ave., Munhall, PA15120

www.zerofossil.com

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July 20th-Janet McKee, Certified Wholistic Health Counselor

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janetmckeeMeet Janet McKee, author of “Fabulous Recipes for Vibrant Health”, at the Ligonier Country Market on July 20, 2013 from 8 am until noon.

Janet McKee is a board certified Holistic Health Counselor and a certified member of the American Association of Drugless Practitioners.  Janet is also the Founder and Executive Producer for SanaView.

 

After working in the corporate environment and obtaining her MBA from the University of Pittsburgh, Ms. McKee pursued a career in health and wellness by attending the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in affiliation with Columbia University.  She is also the Western Pennsylvania Instructor for the Physician’s Committee for Responsible Medicine.

 

Janet is a dynamic public speaker and holds many public and corporate wellness workshops and produces online inspirations and educational health and wellness courses on ways to Embrace a Better Life.  She also has a private practice where she helps her clients reach their personal wellness goals.  She works with individuals as well as groups and teaches how food and lifestyle choices affect one’s overall health and well being.  

 

Teaching dietary and lifestyle improvements that are both enjoyable and effective are the keys to her successful practice.  See Janet on the web by visiting www.sanaview.com. She can be reached by calling (724) 417-6695 or via email at janet@sanaview.com.

August 17th-Author William J. Potoka, Jr. “Love in an Altered State”

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potoka2LOVE IN AN ALTERED STATE, aspects of the life and times of a seemingly ordinary man and his contribution to posterity. The story begins with the fact that “Bill” has suffered a debilitating cerebral stroke. The time line begins approximately 60 years after the end of World War II, in which Bill served as a paratrooper. Because of his poor health he now appears older than his 86 years. To his very young great-grandchildren he is seen as an old man in a wheelchair. The ignorance of youth has masked the fact that he was once youthful and that he led a remarkable life full of achievement. 

Much of his life was molded by his heritage and the turbulence of the early 1940s, the preceding Great Depression, and World War II. It is a story of humble beginnings in a Western Pennsylvania coal patch town. It is a tale of hard work, love and separation, duty,honor, and patriotism. 

The story describes his early home life and family and how he had to quit school to work in the mines to help the family through tough economic times. The book tells the story of his loving wife “Flo” and their courtship and early years. It is a story that exemplifies the power of love. It details the feeling of separation they endured during Bill’s nearly three years of military service. Bill’s military service is chronicled through the archives of the 11th Airborne Division and other military histories. The actions of the 11th Airborne are interspersed with Flo’s life on the home front. 

From humble beginnings, to a young husband and father in harm’s way, to a returning veteran trying to achieve the American Dream, to a life time of community service and achievement in business, Bill has now arrived at his life in an altered state.

Meet the author, William Potoka J. Potoka Jr. at the Ligonier Country Market Special Features tent from 8 am until noon on Saturday August 17th. Bill may have a new book written by then and have copies of it available in addition to his current work mentioned above. Buy a copy of Love in an Altered State and get Bill to sign your copy!

August 17th-Healing Hearts Animal Therapy

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oscarthetherapydogMeet Ed Delancey and Oscar the Therapy Dog at the Ligonier Country Market Special Features tent from 8 am until noon Saturday August 17th.

 

About Healing Hearts Animal Therapy

By taking Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) and Animal Assisted Activities (AAA) and integrate them with a specialized Person Centered Care Plan, we create a whole new patient experience to facilities, agencies and organizations across the country.
Mission

To provide our unique approach to facilities, organizations, and agencies that would not normally receive or expect this type of care by creating tailored programs for Autism, Aspergers, Down Syndrome, Mental Health just to name a few.

Description
We provide a unique but proven type of Animal Assisted Intervention (AAI) in a way that reaches out to the community by creating tailored programs to assisted living, mentally, physically or emotionally challenged children and adults. Our “Oscar Program” reaches people with Autism, Aspergers, Down Syndrome, Epilepsy, Mental Health etc. We also assist homeless shelters, crisis centers to name a few….Our work with Psychiatrists, Psychologist, hospitals and Hospice sets us apart from the regular “meet and greet” style of animal therapy. We continuously seek alliances with national agencies like American Cancer Society, Make a wish Foundation etc.We are growing fast so if you wish to help us in our campaign we would love to bring you on board.

Thank you and God bless. To find out more, visit https://www.facebook.com/Healing.Hearts.Animal.Therapy

September 14th-Westmoreland Cleanways

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Westmoreland Cleanways to appear as a Special Feature at the Ligonier Country Market on Saturday September 14, 2013

 

Westmoreland Cleanways is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to protect, restore, and maintain the environmental qualities of WestmorelandCounty for all who live, work, and visit herein.  Westmoreland Cleanways addresses the proper disposal of solid waste through recycling, special collections, the cleanup of illegal dumpsites and littered areas, and public education.   Stop by Westmoreland Cleanways’ table at the Ligonier County Market on Saturday, September 14, 2013 to learn about upcoming events, such as our Annual Household Hazardous Waste Collection, Hard to Recycle Collections and Drug Take Back Collections.  While you are there, test your Recycle IQ with our interactive Recycling Board.

  

For more information, contact:

Natalie Reese, Program Director

(724) 836-4129

May 18th-American Association for Lost Children (AAFLC)

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Founder Mark Miller

Founder Mark Miller

This Internationally recognized charity will be featured at our Ligonier Country Market. When children are abducted, these gutsy vigilantes move into action to recue a missing child.

Losing a child to kidnapper is one of the greatest fears for a parent. Although most of us fret about strangers taking our child, in reality the majority of abductions are committed by a family member. That’s when the American Association For Lost Children (AAFLC) steps in to find and rescue missing children.

“It sounds simple, but I physically go out and search for these children,” Mark Miller explains. “A lot of agencies or P.I.’s will take your money-up to $1500 a day-but don’t take action. They may post fliers or place photos on milk cartons, but they never go out looking for children.. Missing children deserve more than a photo on a milk carton.”

On Saturday, May 18th, AAFLC will be featured at the Ligonier Country Market from 8 am until Noon. This is a terrific opportunity to meet the founder of AAFLC, Mark Miller, who will be on hand to offer his 25 years of expertise in the field of missing child resucues and give safety tips for children at risk.

AAFLC is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit charity dedicated to finding and rescuing missing children, throughout the U.S. and abroad, through hands-on investigations and conducting physical searches of missing children. With well over 170 missing child rescues, AAFLC Rescue Teams have traveled to Lebanon, South Korea, Germany and Mexico to conduct high-risk rescues.

Make sure to attend and take advantage of this opportunity to meet these modern day heros at the Ligonier Country Market.