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Bala Cynwyd-Based Alex’s Lemonade Stand Holds Telethon for 17th Year
Bala Cynwyd-based Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation held its 17th Annual Alex Scott: A Stand for Hope Telethon this week to raise funds for research on childhood cancer, writes the staff at CBS Philadelphia. The origin story of the Montgomery County non-profit begins with a young girl by the name of Alexandra “Alex” Scott. Alex was…
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Foundation Created by Tyler School of Art’s Boris Blai Celebrates 75th Anniversary
The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, established by Boris Blai, who was also the founding Dean of Temple University’s Tyler School of Art in Elkins Park, is celebrating its 75th anniversary, writes Juliet Kaszas-Hoch for The SandPaper. Blai was born in 1893 in Rivne, Russia. He got his early training in…
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New Wissahickon Valley Boys & Girls Club in Ambler will be ‘in the heart of community’
The Boys and Girls Club has broken ground on its newest location in Ambler aimed at improving the lives of children, writes Justin Heinze for the Patch. The Wissahickon Valley Boys and Girls Club will be the third branch of the North Penn Valley club. The groundbreaking was held on 240 Maple Avenue earlier this…
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Cereal Box Mosaics: Conshohocken Free Library Kicks Off Summer with Free Workshop
Conshohocken Free Library will kick off its summer reading program with a free community workshop led by contemporary collagist Michael Albert, writes M. English for The Times Herald. Albert, who uses cereal box graphics as his medium of choice, currently has a number of his vibrant pieces on display at Coll’s Custom Framing & Gallery…
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Montgomery County Leadership: Leon Spencer, CCRES Board Member and Chair of Franklin Mint Credit Union’s Board
Leon Spencer, CCRES board member and Chair of Franklin Mint Federal Credit Union‘s board of directors, spoke with MONTCO Today about growing up on a dairy farm in Kennett Square and his lifelong love of music. Beginning with singing in the church choir with his family and playing the string bass in the school orchestra,…
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Norristown Track Great’s Scholarship Fund Hit the Ground Running
Not long before he died of brain cancer in 2020, Ron Livers, a Norristown track and field great who was a three-time NCAA champion, asked his wife Adriane to help him create a scholarship fund that would help kids offset expenses, writes Cheryl Rodgers for The Mercury. “This was Ronnie’s idea,” she said. “After he…
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Worcester Man Honored During the 79th Anniversary of D-Day
On June 6, the 79th anniversary of D-Day, the largest amphibious invasion in history, volunteers with the non-profit Stories Behind the Stars are honoring 56 Pennsylvania members of the 116th Regiment who lost their lives on Omaha Beach during that fateful day, including one from Worcester, according to a staff report from The Mercury. Andrew…
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Abington Senior High Grad Lori A. Smyth, Former Radio Promotions Director, Remembered
Abington Senior High School graduate Lori A. Smyth, a former radio broadcast promotions director and co-founder of Show Your Soft Side, an anti-animal-abuse organization, passed away at 53, writes Frederick N. Rasmussen for The Baltimore Sun. “Everything about Lori was big,” said Sande Riesett, co-founder and president of Show Your Soft Side.” Born in Philadelphia,…
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The Arc of Chester County’s Annual Bubble Walk & Fun Day Blows Away Goal
The Arc of Chester County’s Annual Bubble Walk & Fun Day raised over $127,000 in support of individuals with disabilities and their families. A total of 390 people came out on Sunday, May 21 to West Goshen Community Park to enjoy a beautiful day full of games, face painting, Bingo, dancing, a picnic lunch, and,…
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Lansdale-Based Nonprofit Helps Asian Americans Fight for Social Justice
Woori Center, a nonprofit organization situated in the heart of Lansdale, serves Koreans and other Asian Americans in the region, working together to achieve social, racial, and economic justice, writes Tim Jimenez for KYW Newsradio. “Woori in Korean means ‘we’ and ‘us,’ and this name reflects unity in our collective work to uplift the entire…
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King of Prussia District Presents Record Campaign Donation to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
On May 7, King of Prussia District and Presenting Sponsor SERVPRO of King of Prussia celebrated the end of the 2023 KOP Restaurant Week and KOP Shops for CHOP campaign with a block party that brought approximately 1,500 people to the King of Prussia Town Center. The free event concluded with a record-breaking campaign donation…
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Pottstown’s 2023 GoFourth! Event on July 4 Invites Locals to Volunteer to Make It a Sparkling Success
Plans for Pottstown’s 2023 GoFourth! celebration — the community’s yearly, day-long July 4 party — are coming together. Already planning to lend a hand is the staff of Hobart’s Run, the community advocacy nonprofit organization. But its volunteers hope to inspire others in western Montgomery County to pitch in as well, making this signature event…
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Men Don Fancy Footwear in Collegeville to Benefit Shelter for At-Risk Women
A one-mile walk in Collegeville had area men in some nontraditional — but thematically significant — footwear. The event was a march against gender violence toward women. But its unofficial title described the challenge more clearly, to “walk a mile in her shoes,” reported Hadas Kiznitz for KYW Newsradio. Participants donned heels, boots, pumps, and…
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Montgomery County Leadership: Martha Sharkey, Executive Director, TODAY is a Good Day
Flourtown resident Martha Sharkey, Founder & CEO of TODAY is a Good Day, spoke to MONTCO Today about growing up in Lancaster County near farmland, her first job at a museum store that she continued into adulthood, and why she chose to go to Penn State, despite her initial reluctance. Sharkey, whose career centered around…
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These Thrift Shops Will Gladly Take Items from Montgomery County Residents’ Spring Cleaning
It’s spring-cleaning season in Montgomery County, meaning that numerous residents will be sifting closets, basements, and garages for items they wish to rehome. Philadelphia Inquirer reporters Diana Lu and Michelle Myers gathered a list of thrift shop proprietors eager to receive donations. Organization Address Donated Items Picked up? Accepted Items Details The Second Mile Center…
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West Chester University Students Donate Furniture to Community Warehouse Project
For the first time, West Chester University has organized a furniture collection for students living off-campus that will benefit the Chester County nonprofit Community Warehouse Project (CWP), as well as the environment. Jacinda Maus, a senior media and culture major interning in the university’s Office of Off Campus and Commuter Services, developed the pilot program…
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Flourtown Nonprofit Sends Supportive Message to Parents of Preemies: ‘Today Is a Good Day’
Having had newborns in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), Paul and Martha Sharkey knew they could ease anxiety for other parents in the same situation. Matteo Iadonisi, 6abc, covered the couple’s resulting preemie-centric nonprofit, Today Is a Good Day. The Sharkeys, Wyndmoor residents, welcomed their identical-twin girls, born 17 weeks early in 2011. Both…
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Honorary Mayor of Bala Cynwyd, Lower Merion Preservationist Passes Away at 79
Known as Bala Cynwyd‘s honorary mayor, Gerald A. “Jerry” Francis had quite an impact on his community. The 79-year-old preservationist, entrepreneur, library worker, author, husband, and father passed away in March. Francis dedicated his life to his hometown. He was president of the Neighborhood Club of Bala Cynwyd for 35 years. He also served as…
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