Clifton funeral home hosts pet rescue Sunday
CLIFTON HEIGHTS » Williams Lombardo Funeral Home, 33 W. Baltimore Pike, hosts a pet rescue day 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, May 7, at the funeral home. Activities for children and refreshments are provided.
Help for employers, job seekers
Delaware County Workforce Development Board announces the following programs and workshops are available:
• Those who own, operate, or manage a business in Delaware County may be eligible for assistance from the development board to train new employees. Businesses that are currently hiring for positions that are considered to be High Priority Occupations in Delaware County may be eligible to receive reimbursement for a percentage of a qualified trainee’s wages during their pre-determined training period. For information, call Bill McCray at 610-876-4855.
• PA CareerLink Delaware County’s Chester office, 701 Crosby St., Suite B, provides a full range of employment services to assist veterans in their search for employment. A specially trained staff of employment representatives provides veterans with employment services, including referral services, job development, referral to training and referral to government and community veteran service agencies. For information, call the Chester office at 610-4473350 between 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday.
• The CareerLink Chester office presents a workshop, “Silver Linings: Job Search Help for the Mature Worker,” from 1-3 p.m. May 24. Losing a job at any age is not easy, but after the age of 50, things can look particularly bleak. This workshop provide resume and interview tips and job search strategies for workers over 50. To register, call the Chester office.
Run for Our Troops benefits vets
LOWER MERION » Run for Our Troops 2017 is set for May 7 on the Heritage Trail, Bala Cynwyd. The 5k begins at 8:30 a.m. All proceeds from the race benefit Homes for Our Troops to build specially adapted homes for veterans in the Philadelphia region.
Register through event sponsor CertaPro Painters at www.certapro.com/5k
Have fun, help Franciscan sisters
ASTON » The Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia hold their second annual Franciscan Night from 7-10 p.m. tonight, Saturday, May 6, at Our Lady of Angels Convent, 609 S. Convent Road. The event features fun, food, games of chance, and raffle baskets. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Parking for the event is across the street from the convent.
Ticket cost of $100 includes food, wine and beer, and $50 in chips. Food is provided Caffe Gelato of Newark, Del. Raffle baskets include items ranging from personal care and relaxation, to food and drinks, to dog items.
A handicap entrance is available. Proceeds from the event support the sisters’ retirement. Today approximately 425 Sisters of St. Francis serve in 17 states and in Ireland and African nations. Their ministries include education at all levels; healthcare; pastoral care; service to elderly persons, immigrants, and refugees; care of those who are homeless, poor, or living with HIV/ AIDS; and prayer and spiritual ministries.
For information on the event and sponsorship opportunities, call 610-5586143 or visit the “Foundation Events” page under “Support our Mission” at www.osfphila.org
Get insects info May 8
MEDIA » Delaware County Institute of Science: 11 Veterans Square, Media hosts a free lecture with Dina Richman, Ph.D., 7:30-8:30 p.m. Monday, May 8. Richman’s topic “Urban Entomology: A Career in Industry” and covers options in the study of insects.
DCCC program celebrates 35th
MARPLE » Delaware County Community College’s New Choices Career Development Program invites graduates, friends and community members to celebrate its 35th anniversary with Cheers to Success from 5:30-8 p.m. Wednesday, May 10, in the Academic Café on the Marple Campus, 901 S. Media Line Road, Media.
New Choices is a community resource that has helped thousands of residents in Delaware and Chester Counties reach their goal of obtaining employment and increasing their economic security. Cheers to Success includes raffles to support the program along with a wine and chocolate tasting, appetizers, desserts and music.
State Rep. Leanne Krueger-Braneky, D-161 of Swarthmore, gives a brief speech about the 100year anniversary of “Silent Sentinels,” the suffragists who contributed significantly to the ratification of the 19th Amendment and women’s constitutional right to vote through peaceful protest.
The New Choices Alumna of the Year award is presented to Rose Miller during the program. Miller is a 2006 graduate of the program who is now employed with American Airlines as a Compliance Analyst for Cabin Appearance (Team Leader).
Tickets are $25 for New Choices graduates, $35 for the general public. For tickets, visit newchoices.ticketleap.com/cheers. For information, call 610-3595232, email newchoices@dccc.edu or visit www.dccc.edu/newchoices
STEM camp comes to GV Middle School
CONCORD » Camp Invention, a nationally recognized, nonprofit summer enrichment camp program, is coming to Garnet Valley Middle School June 19-23. For students entering kindergarten through sixth grade, Camp Invention is a weeklong adventure that turns the summer from ordinary to extraordinary through hands-on problem solving, collaboration, and the use of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
Inventive young minds can exercise their creativity and use their imagination, all while learning and developing new skills they typically don’t get to use in the classroom. Children are empowered to have big ideas while they take on challenges that inspire them to question, brainstorm, work as a team and build amazing invention prototypes.
This year’s curriculum features several handson modules: Duct Tape Billionaire: Campers design duct tape products they can market and sell to mock investors; Have a Blast: Children build high-tech Bubble Blasters and compete as a team in friendly air battles that use physics to boost their advantage; Mission Space Makers: Teams hatch eggs, sprout living plants and grow crystal trees, all while on a mission to locate and prepare a new planet for human habitation; and Operation Keep Out: Campers learn to reverse engineer old machines and devices, and use their parts to create the ultimate Spy Gadget Alarm Box.
All local Camp Invention programs are facilitated and taught by certified educators who reside and teach in the community. Camp Invention serves more than 130,000 students every year and partners with more than 1,400 schools and districts across the nation. For information and registration, visit www.campinvention.org
Get senior legal info May 11
CHESTER » Senior Community Services’ Chester Senior Center, 721 Hayes St., in partnership with the Pro Bono Committee of the Delaware County Bar Association, hosts a Legal seminar from 10-11:30 a.m. Thursday, May 11. The program deals with legal issues such as real estate, avoiding tax sales, wills and estates, power of attorney, debt management, debts of spouses and more.
Daniel A. DeLiberty, Esq., Robert R. DeLong, Esq., and Donald J. Weiss, Esq. are the facilitators. The event is free and open to the public. For information and registration, call 610-497-3550. To submit community news, email Colin Ainsworth at delcocommunity@21stcenturymedia.com.