Shopping Fundraiser in Memory of Lisa Styles

On Friday, 6 August, 2010, Learning Express Toys in the Galleria will host a fundraiser for the family of Lisa Styles. Twenty percent of all purchases made at the store, from 10 am through 9 pm, will be donated to The Children of Lisa Styles Trust and to The Autism Society of America.

For more information, see the following poster:

Mt. Lebanon Fatality Prompts Caution

Much of Mt. Lebanon is lined with sidewalks. The school district has no busing system, because many students can walk to class. And last Thursday, when a vigil was held on a grassy spot at the intersection of Beadling and Washington roads, many of the few hundred who attended walked there.

The community prides itself on its walkability, but the death last week of Lisa Clay Styles, 36, when she was struck by a vehicle as she jogged with her children in a stroller, was a tragic reminder of what can occur when cars and pedestrians coexist.

Read more: www.post-gazette.com/pg/10189/1071155-55.stm

Community Gathers To Remember Mt. Lebanon Mother

Friends and community members gathered in Mount Lebanon last night to remember a mother who was struck by an SUV while she was out jogging with her children earlier this week.

Hundreds of people gathered at the intersection Washington and Beadling Roads for a candlelight vigil in memory of Lisa Styles, 36.

"Lisa was one of those people who was lit from within," said Melanie McCluskey, Styles' friend. "She was a bright and shining light."

Read more: www.kdka.com/local/Lisa.Styles.candlelight.2.1784451.html

Additional links:

• Pittsburgh Tribune-Review


• The Pittsburgh Channel


• WPXI

Obituary: Lisa Clay Styles / Being A Mom Was Mt. Lebanon Woman's True Calling

Lisa Clay Styles planned princess birthday parties, made cakes with smiley faces and filled each weekend with activities and field trips for her three young children.

"Her sails were most full when she became a mother," said Brett Styles, her husband.

She would call in the middle of the day to tell him when one of their children accomplished something, even if it was a small thing. Not long ago, she called him to say that their son Nate, 3, who has autism spectrum disorder, was able to put his first two-word, simple sentence together: turn page. "She made every day like that," Mr. Styles said. "She looked at being a mother as these sequential triumphs, so excited about every single step."

Read more: www.post-gazette.com/pg/10182/1069562-122.stm

Giving a Donation in Memory of Lisa Styles

A friend of the Styles family wrote to say that if readers are interested in making a donation in Lisa's name, there are two good options:

• Make a contribution to The Autism Society of America in Lisa Styles's name
• Or, if you want to give directly to the Styles family in this time of distress, you may donate to "Children of Lisa Styles Trust" at Dollar Bank. Checks made out to the "Children of Lisa Styles Trust" can be mailed to or dropped off at Dollar Bank, Lebanon Shops Office, 400 Mt. Lebanon Blvd., Suite 2, Pgh, PA 15234.

Also, there is a candlelight vigil in honor of Lisa at 7:30 tomorrow night (Thursday, July 1, 2010).

Candlelight Vigil In Honor Of Lisa Styles

A candlelight vigil in honor of Lisa Styles is being planned for 7:30 PM this Thursday, July 1 at the intersection of Beadling and Washington Roads in Mt. Lebanon. There will be two minutes of silence at 7:45 PM.

Additional information regarding other ways to help will be forthcoming from her family and friends. We will post information as we receive it. Please continue to keep Lisa, her husband, children and family in your prayers.