Dinner to benefit Rostraver Twp.’s Santa Cop program

By Mon Valley Independent

By LIAM BELAN

lbelan@yourmvi.com

While it’s not quite the holiday season yet, the Rostraver Township Police Department and the Collinsburg Volunteer Fire Company will get a head start on the festivities and the popular Santa Cop program with a steak dinner fundraiser Tuesday night. The dinner will be hosted by Collinsburg VFC and Rostraver Township police at 6 p.m. at Collinsburg Fire Hall, 514 Hickory Drive in West Newton. Two hundred tickets are being sold at $25 per person, with all proceeds going toward Rostraver Township’s Santa Cop program, which provides holiday gifts for children and families in need.

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