Think Spring: White Oak Plans Seasonal Events

Wide range of activities designed to appeal to variety of ages, interests

By Stacy Alderman
The Tube City Almanac
April 02, 2025
Posted in: Announcements, White Oak News

(File Photo, “Tulips Jubilee,” by Cam Miller, via Flickr. Licensed under Creative Commons By-NC-ND.)

The White Oak community is gearing up for warmer weather with events and activities that will appeal to everyone from kids and craft enthusiasts to athletes and animal lovers.

White Oak Athletic Association 

WOAA will host its first youth basketball tournaments starting April 17-19 and again from April 24-27. Softball and baseball are ongoing, and the association’s calendar has several fundraisers, cash bashes, and bingos listed well into May. Their calendar can be found online.

Easter Egg Hunt

For children ages 3-5, the borough will host an Easter Egg hunt on April 19 starting at 10 a.m. at Heritage Hill Park.

Spring cleaning

White Oak Borough’s Annual Spring Clean Up day is looking for volunteers. Those interested in helping should meet at the Heritage Hill Park Pavilion at 9:30 a.m. April 26. Clean up will run from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and volunteers are entitled to lunch and door prizes.

If you’re doing spring cleaning and looking to get rid of old computers, chemical cleaners, batteries, or that old console TV, there will be a hazardous and electronic waste collection from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 23 at 2280 Lincoln Way. Another disposal date will happen in August.

Craft show May 3, car show May 18

Want to help adoptable dogs and cats? On May 3, White Oak Safe Haven Animal Shelter will host its spring craft and vendor show. The event will be hosted by the White Oak Volunteer Fire Dept. No. 299, located at 1130 California Ave. 

Crafts, food and raffle baskets benefit the animal shelter and the show runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Car enthusiasts will want to check out the Cars & Bikes in the Park event on May 18 hosted by Rainbow Volunteer Fire Company. This will take place at the Heritage Pool Complex on Victoria Drive. There will be trophies, raffles, food and drinks. Admission is $10; rain date is May 25.

Carnegie Library of McKeesport, White Oak Branch

White Oak branch of the Carnegie Library of McKeesport announced new operating hours in early March: Monday and Tuesday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wednesday 12 noon to 4 p.m., Friday 12 noon to 4 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., and closed Thursdays and Sundays.

The Carnegie Library of McKeesport also has the following ongoing resources for the community:

• Diapers & hygiene products are free to anyone in need on a regular basis, courtesy of the Diaper Bank of Western Pennsylvania.

• The Allegheny Health Network OB/GYN mobile clinic provides women’s healthcare between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on the first Tuesday of every month.

Recreation committee seeks volunteers

White Oak borough is also currently looking for members to serve on the new Recreation Committee. Anyone interested can find more information on the borough’s website and send a resume to Borough Manager John Palyo at jpalyo@woboro.com.

Stacy Alderman is a White Oak-based freelance writer whose work has appeared in Heather Christie's Love Notes, THEMA Literary, inScribe Journal, Minerva Rising, and several others. She is the recipient of the Children of Steel fiction award.

Originally published April 02, 2025.

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