The Redbank Valley area has a central tri-county location along the rolling hills of rural northwestern Pennsylvania, one hour north of Pittsburgh, in southern Clarion County and northern Armstrong County, at the midpoint of the Redbank Valley Trails, centered around downtown New Bethlehem, which lies at the intersection of State Routes 28 & 66, with easy access to Interstate 80.
The Redbank Valley area is home to the following communities: New Bethlehem, South Bethlehem, Hawthorn, Distant, Cottage Hill, Fairmount City, Alcola, Mayport, Oak Ridge, Truittsburg, Seminole, Widnoon, Rockville, Saint Charles, Climax, Curllsville, Putneyville, Leatherwood, Shannondale, Lawsonham, Porter Township, Madison Township, Redbank Township, Mahoning Township
SHOP, EAT & STAY:
Buy local goods and services, dine at local restaurants & enjoy luxurious accommodations. Start, grow and support new & existing businesses. For more info, please visit: Redbankvalley.org/directory
NEWS & EVENTS:
Stay up-to-date with news, sports and community events. Join our discussion forum, subscribe to our newsletter and follow us on social media. For more info, please visit: RedbankValley.org/events
SCHOOL, WORK & PLAY:
Discover things-to-do and enjoy art, history, education and culture. Explore recreational and natural resources including parks, trails and creeks. For more info, please visit: RedbankValley.org/community
JOBS & REAL ESTATE:
Find Job openings and list employment opportunities. Browse residential & commercial properties for your next home or business venture. For more info, please visit: RedbankValley.org/jobs
BUY, SELL & TRADE:
Post ads in our classifieds to buy, sell & trade local goods and services. Search our business directory and explore advertising opportunities. For more info, please visit: RedbankValley.org/classifieds
VOLUNTEER & DONATE:
Get involved in government, school, church or a service organization to support community events & activities. Donate to local non-profits. For more info, please visit: RedbankValley.org/volunteers
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The American Legion Post 354 Walter W. Craig, Inc. meets the 2nd Monday of each month in the basement of the Moose Lodge at 440 Broad Street New Bethlehem at 7pm.
A light snack will follow the meeting.
For more info, please visit: http://www.Legion354.org
Boy Scouts Troop 403 meets Tuesdays @ 7pm at New Bethlehem Presbyterian Church at 403 Penn Street in New Bethlehem PA.
Troop 403 hales from New Bethlehem Pennsylvania. The Troop was founded in 2011. We are still shaping the troop with the hope it will continue to grow and change for the better with every new boy and leader. Our Troop strives to live the timeless values all Boy Scouts from every Generation can recollect.
The Scout Law
A Scout is trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Curious, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, Clean And Reverant.
The Scout Oath
On my honor I will do my best. To do my duty. To God and my country. To obey the Scout law. To help other people at all times. Keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.
The Outdoor Code
As an American, I will do my best to – Be clean in my outdoor manners. Be careful with fire. Be considerate in the outdoors. Be conservation minded.
Building Blocks Preschool is a Christian preschool program operated by Building Blocks Daycare in New Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Career and Technical Education facility for secondary and adult students. The County County Career Center staff is committed and dedicated to providing high quality career and technical education to our students. Our team is responsible for promoting technical education, academics, teamwork and communication.
- Earn College Credits
- Learn By Doing
- Paid Work Experiences
- Go From Learning To Earning – FAST!
- Relevant Real World Learning Opportunities
The mission of the Clarion County Career Center is to provide a superior hands-on, technical education that promotes core academic skills, teamwork and professionalism which empowers our students to become productive members of an ever-changing global economy. Through the expertise and commitment of our staff, the students will be equipped with the tools necessary to develop a strong work ethic fostering leadership and a commitment to personal growth.
The Clarion Small Business Development Center provides consulting services and educational programs to entrepreneurs looking to start or grow their small business. Clarion University SBDC consultants work with entrepreneurs in confidential, one-to-one engagements to help them with a range of business issues including testing a new business proposition, shaping a business plan, investigating funding opportunities, and much more.
The mission of the Clarion University Small Business Development Center (SBDC) is to grow the economy of western Pennsylvania by providing entrepreneurs with the education, information and tools necessary to build successful businesses.
Clarion is a beautiful and active college town of 6,000 residents. Main Street, lined with specialty shops and locally owned cafes, is located just steps away from campus, allowing students to be an integral part of the community. Whether your vibe is reading poetry, hiking in the woods, or shopping at local merchants, you’ll find it here.
While the majority of students come from Pennsylvania, there are students enrolled from 45 U.S. states and 31 countries.
Students live on campus or in nearby college-owned or affiliated housing. New students can choose to live in suite-style residences, apartment housing or traditional residence halls. There’s also a wide assortment of dining options, including the campus dining hall, food court, cafes, and a bakery.
Clarion University, founded in 1867, offers more than 130 student organizations, including academic, athletic, intramural, Greek, political, multicultural, service, and special interest groups.
We’re an NCAA Division II school for men’s and women’s intercollegiate sports. Men’s sports are baseball, basketball, football, golf, swimming & diving, and wrestling. We’re a Division I school in wrestling. Women’s sports are basketball, golf, crosscountry, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field, and volleyball.
Eighty percent of our students receive financial aid in some form, and we have a variety of loan and scholarship programs available.
Cub Scouts Pack 403 meets Mondays @ 7 pm at New Bethlehem Presbyterian Church
Cub Scouting is “Fun with a Purpose” and Pack 403 is proud to serve the young men of the Redbank Valley area.
MISSION: To prepare the young men of the Redbank Valley area to make ethical choices over their lifetimes by instilling in the values of the Cub Scout Promise and the Law of the Pack. And to help them “Do Their Best!!!”
We invite all Kindergarten through 5th grade boys to come and check us out. You can learn to tie knots, set up a tent, and shoot a bow and arrow. Do you like to hike, bike and fish? Have you ever cooked a meal on a campfire? Do you want to send a secret code to a buddy or build a bird house? You can do all this and more with Pack 403 and Cub Scouts.
Pack 403 is chartered by New Bethlehem Presbyterian Church. We serve the young men of the Redbank Valley area in grades 1st through 5th. We meet every Monday night at 7pm at New Bethlehem Presbyterian Church, with Pack meetings occurring every third Monday night of the month. Please check out our calendar on our website for details of other upcoming events.
The Distant Area Fire Company meets the 2nd Monday of every month at 7pm @ the Distant Fire Hall
ESTABLISHED ON APRIL 29,1966 in Mahoning Township, Armstrong County Distant, PA 16223
Follow the fundraising events of the Distant Area Volunteer Fire Department in Distant Pa. Please join this group to keep updated on how to support DAVFD.
The Redbank Valley Girl Scouts, located in New Bethlehem PA, offers the best leadership development experience for young ladies in the Redbank Valley community. Girl Scouts is proven to help girls thrive in five key ways as they:
- Develop a strong sense of self.
- Seek challenges and learn from setbacks.
- Display positive values.
- Form and maintain healthy relationships.
- Identify and solve problems in the community.
Daisy 20004:
K&1 meet the 2nd and 4th Thursday’s is the month at the primary school 3:15-5:00
Brownies 20642:
2nd grade meet the 3rd Thursday of the month at the primary school 3:15-5:00
Brownies 20017:
3rd Grade meet the 2nd Thursday of the month at the intermediate school 3:15-5:30
Juniors 26805:
4&5 meet the 1st Thursday of the month at the intermediate school 3:15-5:30
Cadets 26805:
6-8 meet at the Redbank Valley Public Library the 2nd Thursday of the month 3:15-5:30
Hawthorn Area Fire Company meets the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 7pm @ the Hawthorn Fire Hall
Hawthorn Fire Department located in Southern Clarion County Pennsylvania, is responsible for responding to emergency calls in Hawthorn borough, Redbank Township Clarion County and Redbank Township Armstrong County. On average the department runs 200 emergency calls a year, and respond to any type of fire or rescue call.
The department also has a certified QRS team that responds to all EMS calls in the departments coverage area, to assist the ambulance, and provide patient care before EMS arrival. The department has been around since 1956, and since then has been serving the community proudly.
The department is 100% volunteer and depends on community support from fund raisers, and donations. The department would like to thank the community for their support, and remember if you every have an emergency to dial 911.
Hawthorn Borough Council meets the 1st Tuesday of every month at 7pm @ Borough Building on 3784 Main Street. Mailing Address: P.0. Box 52 Hawthorn PA 16230
Established in 1916, Hawthorn PA is small, rural community in western Pennsylvania. Our location, south of I-80 in Clarion County, between New Bethlehem and Brookville, allows our Town to evoke a quiet and comfortable charm and a rural quality of life while still being able to access quality entertainment, business, and industry.
Our beautiful and scenic natural resources boast plenty of recreational activities while still maintaining respite from life’s pressures and a place to seek solitude. The Redbank Valley Trails and waterways were once home to railroads/industrial mills, but now provide a place for year round recreational activities…including fishing, hunting, boating, camping, biking, hiking, and much more!
Our community is tied together through traditional family values and a sincere sense of community. Our municipality is proud of its citizens and the way they demonstrate their willingness to invest in the future of their community.
The Hawthorn Redbank Redbank Municipal Authority (HRRMA) meets the 3rd Monday of every month at 6:30pm @ Hawthorn Sewage Plant Building.
The HRRMA manages the water & sewage services for Hawthorn, Oak Ridge, Sherman Heights and Fairmount City.
Little Bird Preschool has adopted a philosophy that works with nature, stressing the importance of nurturing as well as readiness.
Respecting each child as an individual, our approach to early childhood education is to expose, not force, skills and enrichment activities that consider the total development of the child: social, emotional, intellectual and physical.
Madison Township Meetings are the 1st Tuesday of the month, at the Madison Township Building at 5:00 PM.
Madison township is in southwestern Clarion County, bordered on the west by the Allegheny River, on the south by Redbank Creek, and on the southwest by Brady Township, which occupies a bend in the Allegheny River. Armstrong County is to the west and south, across the two water bodies. The borough of Rimersburg is on the northern border of the township.
Township Mailing Address: Madison Township 1183 Madison Shop Road Rimersburg, PA 16248
Township Building Location: 1183 Madison Shop Road Rimersburg, PA 16248
Mahoning Township supervisors meet at 6:30 p.m. the 2nd Tuesday of the month in the Distant Fire Hall. The Township has no Zoning or Planning Commission.
Mahoning Township is located along the northern border of Armstrong County and is adjacent to the borough of South Bethlehem. The unincorporated communities of Distant and Putneyville are the largest settlements in the township. Redbank Creek forms the northern border of the township (the county line), and Mahoning Creek flows through the southern part of the township.
Physical Address: 2237 Madison Road, Distant, PA 16223
Mailing Address: 987 State Route 1025, New Bethlehem, PA 16242
The New Bethlehem Barbershop Harmony Group meets every Tuesday at 7pm @ New Bethlehem Fire Hall
Mission: The New Bethlehem Barbershop Harmony Group brings men together in harmony and fellowship to enrich lives through singing
Barbershop harmony is a style of unaccompanied vocal music characterized by consonant four-part chords for every melody note in a predominantly homophonic (the same word sounds at the same time) texture. The melody is consistently sung by the lead (second tenor), with the tenor (first tenor) harmonizing above the melody, the bass singing the lowest harmonizing notes, and the baritone completing the chord. Occasional brief passages may be sung by fewer than four voice parts.
- To perpetuate the old American institution, the Barbershop quartet, and to promote and encourage vocal harmony and good fellowship among its members.
- To encourage and promote the education of its members and the public in music appreciation.
- To promote public appreciation of Barbershop quartet and chorus singing by publication and dissemination thereof.
- To initiate, promote and participate in charitable projects.
- To establish and maintain music scholarships and charitable foundations.
- To initiate and maintain a broad program of musical education, particularly in the field of vocal harmony and the allied arts.
New Bethlehem Borough Council fosters business, community, and personal growth within the borough while maintaining the small town appeal and family friendly environment that makes New Bethlehem such a great place to work, live and raise a family.
Historic New Bethlehem was incorporated in 1853. It has a central tri-county location, about 20 miles from each of the County Courthouses and hospitals of Clarion, Jefferson and Armstrong Counties and is only about 60 miles from Pittsburgh. The downtown area lies at the intersection of State Routes 66 and 28 with easy access to Interstate 80.
Downtown lies less than 3 miles from the Redbank Valley Municipal Park, home of the Clarion County Fair during the last full week of July. Recreational opportunities include camping, hunting, fishing, hiking, biking, kayaking and bird watching, among others.
If you come to visit, you just may want to stay.
The New Bethlehem Civic Club meets the 1st Tuesday at 7 PM @ New Bethlehem Presbyterian Church except July and August.
Mission: Our mission is to promote and engage in the civic and social activities that preserve the heritage of the organization and it’s building and encourage the cultural and historic interest in the community.
Membership: Women leaders are invited to join to support our legacy of education, engagement and elevation of our community, and the preservation of our historic building. Volunteer service is open to both men and women for the non-profit arm of the club. New members welcomed!
Donate today to support scholarships, services, and programs.
Call 814-275-1718 for events, activities and further information.
New Bethlehem Fire Company meets the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 7pm @ the New Bethlehem Fire Hall
Organized in 1879 under the name The Friendship Fire Association, the fire company was reorganized under the name New Bethlehem Fire Company #1 in 1904. It was again reorganized in 1932 under the name New Bethlehem Fire Company #1 and Relief Association.
It has served the borough of New Bethlehem and it’s surrounding area for many years. Since its formation two other companies have formed within a five mile area of New Bethlehem
The New Bethlehem Fire Company #1 covers the area of New Bethlehem Borough, Porter Township and parts of Redbank Township in Clarion County and South Bethlehem Borough in Armstrong County. It covers approximately 56.49 miles and is still a completely volunteer department.
The New Bethlehem Lions Club meets the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of every month at 6:30 PM @ Evermoore’s Restaurant
Mission: To empower volunteers to serve their communities, meet humanitarian needs, encourage peace and promote international understanding through Lions clubs.
Lions are groups of service-minded men and women who are interested in doing volunteer work to improve their communities. Membership is by invitation. If you’re interested in being invited to join an existing Lions club, go to our Web site and select “Find a Club.” Contact a club near you and express your interest in becoming a member.
Becoming a Lions club member gives you the opportunity to volunteer locally, or internationally. Make new friends and professional connections. Lead projects that make your community a better place to live.
- Community Service
- Fun and Friendship
- Leadership Skills
- Networking
- International Service
- Family Friendly
- Opportunities for Young People