Tomorrow, as she has done each Fourth of July since 2005, Kasey Wilfong will set up her lemonade stand and pray for nice weather.

"Pray" being the operative word here. Unlike many of her peers, Kasey, 11, has been peddling cold drinks, baked goods and festive holiday accoutrements for more than pocket change. In three years, she has raised more than $1,600 toward the restoration of the stained-glass windows at Bethel Park Presbyterian Church.

"I just knew we were in need with the windows and I wanted to do a lemonade stand," said Kasey, who will be a sixth-grader at Bethel Park's Neil Armstrong Middle School.

"Her stand has been an inspiration to the whole congregation," said the Rev. Donald Brown, pastor.

Kasey's willingness to help was hardly a surprise. Last Christmas, she requested her mother give her $100 in lieu of presents so she could purchase Build-A-Bears to donate to children at the Ronald McDonald House.

The toy company donated shirts for the bears, and Kasey got to play Santa.

Kasey, her mother, Lisa, and aunt Debbie Schoenberger will put together the stand at 36 Seneca Road in Bethel Park tomorrow from noon to 6 p.m.

But they're hardly alone in the effort. Church members, they say, have helped in many ways, donating baked goods, candy and the like. In a larger sense, Kasey's efforts were part of other fund-raising efforts, and the church has just about reached its goal of $250,000 toward the restoration of the 100-year-old windows.

"Many of the people at our church, if they're having picnics, they'll pack the group up and stop by the lemonade stand," Mrs. Wilfong said.

This will be Kasey's last fund-raising lemonade stand, at least for now. The windows are done, and besides, it's about time the kid got some free time on a holiday.

How patriotic, too!

West Mifflin resident Al Graham is a chiropractor and school director who calls himself the "town sneak."

Make that a patriotic "sneak.'' Tonight, for the fourth year in a row, Mr. Graham will lead family and friends to quitely distribute American flags to celebrate Independence Day. Starting at twilight, his group will place some 1,200 flags, each measuring 8-inches-by-12-inches on lawns throughout the borough's neighborhoods.

Mr. Graham said his group plants the flags with reverence to show appreciation for "all that our men and women have done in Iraq and all over the world.''

"We hope that when West Mifflin residents awake on July 4 and see American flags waving in their yards they will feel the same way,'' he said.

This year Mr. Graham, his wife Cathy and two of their three sons are joined by West Mifflin Mayor John Andzelik and friends Heidi McCracken and David Marshall in distribution duty.

The Graham group bought 600 of the flags, which he points out are "Made in the USA" at the Brand Shop, a supplier of marketing and promotional items in Clairton.

State Rep. Bill Kortz, State Sen. Jay Costa and Allegheny County Councilman Bob Macey also helped with the Mon Valley tradition.

"After the second year people began sending us cards and phoning us to thank us. People now expect it for Independence Day,'' Mr. Graham said.