COMMUNITY TRIPS

Traditions at Ridley Creek Travel Club, Brookhaven:

To a “haunted” tour of New England, Sept. 16-20. Cost of $680per person, double occupancy, includes visits to Mystic, Salem, Boston and Portsmouth, all breakfasts, dinners, one night in Mystic, Conn., three nights in Boston area, admission to Witch Dungeon Museum in Salem and a live performance of a 1692witch trial, Boston harbor cruise, guided tour of historic Fort Warren, haunted waterfront and lighthouse tour of Portsmouth, N.H., gambling at the Mohegan Sun Casino and many other activities. Pick-up is in Brookhaven. For information, call 610-876-2113.

Pink Ribbon Crew: To Tropicana Casino, June 4. Cost of $35includes $25in slot play. Bus departs Wells Fargo Bank parking lot at 11a.m., returns at 8p.m. Benefits American Cancer Society. Money due as soon as possible. No refunds. For information, call Cheryl at 610-461-8365or Kathy at 610-613-2295.

Resurrection Alumni, Family, and Friends:

To Florence train for high speed train to Venice, tour Venice including St. Mark’s Square, the Doges Palace, the Rialto Bridge, the Grand Canal and more; to Canadian Rockies and Glacier National Park, June 30-July 6, 2017. Costs from $2,894 per person, double occupancy, include roundtrip home-toPhiladelphia International Airport sedan transportation, roundtrip transfers to and from Calgary Canada airport, roundtrip air between Philadelphia and Calgary, seven days/six nights escorted tour, nine meals (six breakfasts and three dinners), hotel stays in Westin, Cedar Creek Lodge and Fairmont Banff, visit Calgary and majestic Canadian Rockies, Columbia Falls, Montana, Glacier National Park, Banff, stay three nights in the Castle in the Rockies, Grand Fairmont Banff Hotel, Gondola Ride to Summit of Sulphur Mountain, experience the Icefields Parkway and Waterfall and Glacier Parks, see snow capped mountain ranges and more. For information, call 610-892-1166.

Schoolhouse Center: To see Tony Award nominee Josh Groban in “Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812” On Broadway, June 14. Cost of $199includes transportation, a ticket to the “War and Peace” inspired show, a four-course meal with complementary glass of wine at Pergola Des Artistes, as well as all gratuities. Adults of all ages are welcome and membership is not required. Book by May 20; to a River Lady Paddlewheel Historic Lunch Cruise, July 18. Cost of $90 includes choice of Chicken Franchaise, Chicken Marsala, Chicken Parmesan, Filet of Salmon or Penne Vodka during a cruise of Toms River and Barnegat Bay, N.J., followed by a stop at Seaside Heights Boardwalk. Bus leaves at 8:30a.m., returns at 6 p.m.; to Rainbow Dinner Theater, Lancaster County, for “Sex, Please, We’re Sixty,” Oct. 3. Cost of $92includes full buffet, show, all taxes and gratuities, and a performance of this mad cap comedy farce with door slamming zaniness. Bus leaves at 9:30a.m., returns at 6p.m. The center is located at 600 Swarthmore Ave., Folsom. For information, call 610-237-8100 or visit the center.

St. Madeline Travel Club:

To Southeast Coast and Bahamas cruise with Royal Caribbean on the Grandeur of the Seas; Feb. 1-10, 2018. Passport is required. Costs from $891per person, double occupancy (final payment due Oct. 3) include 10 days/nine nights, pre-cruise gettogether, round trip transportation to Baltimore Pier, tips, port charges, taxes and fees, ports of call at Charleston, S.C.; Orlando (Port Canaveral) and Miami, Fla.; Nassau and CocoCay, Bahamas; two full days of cruising, all meals, activities and onboard entertainment. For information, contact Carole and Paul at 610461-0443or st.mads.travel. club@gmail.com

St. Francis Over 50 Club:

To Golden Nugget, June 19; Resorts, Aug. 21. Cost of $23includes $25 slot play. Bus departs 10a.m. For information, call Bob Hodgson at 610-449-2956; to the National Centre for Padre Pio, Sept. 16. Cost of $45(box lunch available for additional $13) includes tour of the church, chapel and museum. Guests may bring their own lunch (mark name on bag); there is also a small cafe at the center. Bus leaves at 9a.m. and returns around 5:30p.m. To order lunch, make check payable to Nina D’Amico. For information, call Maria Santone at 610-5447664or cell 610-745-0820.

To American Music Center for “Vegas Legends,” June 8. Cost of $83includes lunch at Shady Maple and a performance of this show featuring the music of Vegas favorites Elvis Presley, Wayne Newton, Paul Anka, Tom Jones, Celine Dion, Donny & Marie, Garth Brooks and more with

O.L.P.H. 50and Over:

Vegas-style dancing and stage production. For information, call Bill Naimoli at 610-534-9963or 484-832-3390.

Briarcliff Seniors:

To Bird in Hand Dinner Theater, June 20. Cost of $89includes lunch and a performance of a cooking show hosted by two Mennonite women filled with excitement, confusion and fun; To Resorts Casino for impressionist Karen Grainger, Nov. 13. Cost of $48 includes show ticket, $10slot play and $20food voucher. For information, call 215-715-5004.

St. James Alumni Association:

To Niagara Falls and Toronto, June 11-15. Costs from $688per person, double occupancy, include Delco pickup with free parking on private property, escorted tour with Niagara Falls boat cruise, Niagara on the Lake sightseeing tour, Toronto sightseeing tour, admission to CN Tower, dinner and show at “Oh Canada Eh,” four nights accommodations at Country Inn & Suites hotel conveniently located within walking distance to the Falls, and total of five meals. Passport required. For information, call 610-566-1080.

Friendship Circle Senior Center: To

a luncheon cruise on the Spirit of Baltimore, Sept. 15. Cost of $100includes roundtrip motorcoach transportation to Baltimore, lunch aboard the ship, free time for shopping around Inner Harbor, taxes and tips. $50nonrefundable deposit due by July 15; balance due by Aug. 15. The center is located at 1515Lansdowne Ave., in St. Bernard’s Hall on the Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital campus. Ave. For information and registration, contact Program Coordinator Donna Schumacher at 484534-2033or dschumacher@ scs-delco.org

G.E. Retirees:

To Washington, D.C., May 26-28. Cost of $430 per person, double occupancy, includes Delco pickup with free parking, deluxe motorcoach, tour director, two night in Hyatt Hotel in Arlington, tw breakfasts, visits to Kennedy Center, World War II, Lincoln, Vietnam, Korean, FDR, MLK, Air Force and Iwo Jima memorials, Capitol, Washington Monument, mall, Air & Space Museum, National History Museum and others, Old Town, Alexandria, Arlington National Cemetery and more; to a New England Rail and Sail in scenic New Hampshire, June 1-4. Cost of $699per person, double occupancy, includes Delco pickup with free parking on private property, tour escort on motorcoach, four days and three nights, five meals, boat cruise on Squam Lake, train excursion with dinner in Pullman dining car, Fadden’s General Store, Cog Mountain Rail and Visitors Center at base of Mt. Washington, Kellerhaus Candy Store, Conway Valley train excursion and more. For information, call 610-892-9767.

St. John’s on the Hill Senior Organization:

To Newport, R.I., Sept. 11-13. Cost of $440includes visits to the Rosecliff, Breakers and Marble House mansions, a narrated sightseeing cruise on the scenic Newport Harbor, a guided tour of Newport’s 10Mile Ocean Drive, two breakfasts, one dinner, one lunch, time for shopping at Newports’s Brick Marketplace and more. For information, call Barbara at 484-645-4533.

Norwood Senior Social Club:

To Resorts Casino, May 23. Cost of $55includes VIP bus, food, beverages, and $25 slot play; to Blue Army Shrine, June 13, call for details; to Miraculous Medal Shrine and the Third Apparition, July 13. Cost of $60 includes VIP bus; to a 100th anniversary pilgrimage to Fatima, Lourdes and Medjugorje, Oct. 7-18. Call for pricing. The Marian journey includes celebration of the Our Lady of Fatima feast day at the apparition site with a plenary indulgence, Mass in Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, at St. James Church with visits to surrounding shrines, climb Mt. Krizevac and visit Apparition Hill with time for devotional prayer and participate in International Ceremonies, two days in Fatima and then an overnight in Borgos, Spain, concluding in Lourdes, France, with visits to the healing baths, apparition site the Cave of Massabielle, and the Basilica of St. Pius X for daily Mass. Accommodations, air, breakfasts and dinners are included. A “Meet and Greet” with prospective pilgrims is held at 7:30p.m. Wednesdays May 10(documentary of an eyewitness at the Miracle of the Sun) and June 7(the story of Bernadette in Lourdes) at the Saint Gabriel Rectory, 233Mohawk Ave., Norwood,; to Ireland for the World Meeting of Families with Fr. David Fernandes, June 2018. Call for details. For pricing and information, contact Helen Holroyd at helenshorizons@gmail.com or 610-213-4141.

Notre Dame Golden Age Club:

To Caesars Casino, Atlantic City, June 28. Cost of $56includes transportation, driver tip, $20slot play and a performance of “My Mother Is Italian, My Father is Jewish & I’m In Therapy.” Bus departs Ridley Township Home Depot (above Garden Center) at 9:15

a.m. and departs Caesars Casino at 5:30 p.m.; to Delaware

Park Casino, July 10. Cost of $25 includes transportation, driver tip and $30slot play. Horses will be running. Bus departs 11a.m. from the Ridley Township Home Depot, departs Delaware Park at 5p.m. For information, call Carol Potter at 610-566-2116.

Our Lady’s Senior Travel Club:

To Ocean City, Md., Sept. 11-14. Cost of $525 includes four days, three nights, Spinmaker Hotel stay just off the beach and boardwalk, three breakfasts, three dinners (one with entertainment), tour of Assateague Island, learn about wild horses, visit to Ocean Downs Casino and more. Optional trip insurance is available. For information, call Dolores at 610-544-5098. St. Kevin Parish: To Pines Dinner Theatre for “Putting on the Ritz,” June 21. Cost of $87includes lunch with choice of five entrees, and a performance of the musical paying tribute to the Golden Age of Hollywood; to Mohegan Sun Pocono Downs, July 13. Cost of $59 includes transportation, $25 slot play and buffet lunch; to Hunterdon Hills for “Land We Love,” July 27. Cost of $98includes a performance of this patriotic musical; to a Caribbean Cruise, Feb. 22-March 3. Costs $845(inside), $960(ocean view) and $1495(balcony) per person, double occupancy, include roundtrip transportation from St. Kevin’s Church to Baltimore, Md. all port charges and taxes (shipboard gratuities are additional), ports of call at Charleston, S.C., Orlando, Fla., Grand Bahama Island, Nassau and Coco Cay (Royal Caribbean’s private island). For information, call Louise at 610-461-6260.

Chester Senior Center:

To Harrington Casino & Raceway, last Wednesday of every month. Cost is $25; to Windsor, Ontario, Canada, with an African American history tour, June 19-24. Cost of $700 for members, $725 for nonmembers, includes, deluxe motorcoach transportation, a Roaring Twenties Rum Runners tour, Windsor River Cruise, visit to a speakeasy, The Road that Led to Freedom tour including Sandwich Baptist Church, Chatham Baptist Church, North American Black History Museum, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, lodging at Caesar’s Hotel and Casino and more, hotel stays, admission to all events, meals, taxes and meal gratuities; to the National Museum of African American History in Washington, D.C., June 23. Cost is $65; to Green Dragon Flea Market, Ephrata, Pa., July 7. Cost is $40 for members, $50 nonmembers; to a Wildwood Family Fun Day, Aug. 7. Cost is $32 for adults, $22 for children 12 and under. Buses depart from the center. For information and registration, call 610-497-3550 or visit www.scs-delco.org. The center is located at 721 Hayes St., Chester.

Upper Chichester Senior Citizens Club:

To Flight 93 Memorial and Johnstown Flood Memorial, June 21. Call for details; to Niagara Falls, Canada, Sept. 11-15. Cost of $719 per person, double occupancy, includes a guided tour of the Niagara Area, Niagara on the Lake wine tasting, Niagara Hornblower Cruise up close to the falls (weather Permitting), visit to Niagara Fallsview Casino, admission to Niagara Falls Imax Theater. guided tour of Hamilton, Ontario, admission to Hamilton’s Botanical Gardens. tour of Dundurn Castle, Chocolate Fx Tour and visit to Rossi Glass Works, roundtrip motorcoach, four nights accommodations at the Clifton Victoria Hotel, Niagara Falls, Canada, four breakfasts and four dinners. Bus departs from Upper Chichester Municipal Complex. For information, call Dot at 610-485-6284. Middletown Township Parks and Recreation: To Princeton, N.J., May 23. Cost of $67 includes guided tour of Revolutionary War sites, walking the same path as Gen. Washington during the Battle of Princeton, and assuming anecdotes from tour guide Mimi who had 13 relatives fight in the war, with time for shopping and lunch on own afterward; to Washington, D.C. for a monuments tour, June 3. Cost of $84 includes a guide to narrate an on- and off-coach tour of the FDR, Martin Luther King, Korean War, Vietnam War, World War II, and Signers memorials, and a buffet lunch at Vantagepoint Restaurant with top floor views; to Cape May Zoo and Day On Own in Town, June 6. Cost of $55 includes zoo admission donation; to Pines Dinner Theatre in Allentown for “Puttin on the Ritz,” June 15. Cost of $91 includes lunch and a performance of this celebration of the golden age of the silver screen with a dance salute to Hollywood featuring songs from the good ole days; to a River Lady Paddleboat Cruise and Smithville Village, June 20. Cost of $83 includes a sightseeing cruise on the inland waters of Toms River and Barnegat Bay, lunch, and time for shopping in historic Smithville Village; Mon., June 26– to a Summer Mystery Trip, June 26. Cost of $83 a buffet luncheon; to tours of Philadelphia landmarks, July 13. Cost of $78 includes visits to Boat House Row, Reading Terminal and the Masonic Temple, with tours of two boat club houses led by a real college crew coach, time for lunch on own at Reading Terminal Market plus a tour with dessert tasting, and a tour of Masonic Temple; to Hunterdon Hills Playhouse for “The Land We Love,” July 18. Cost of $109 includes a performance of this musical celebrating the U.S. of A. For information, call 610-5652700, ext. 241. Checks made payable and sent to Middletown Township, PO Box 157, Lima, PA 19037.

The Knights of Columbus:

For information, call 610-8921133. St. Mary Magdalen Seniors:

For information, call Bill Moore at 484-420-4575or e-mail to kidsrgon@comcast.net

The Travel Club: For information, call 215-715-5004.

St. Anastasia Seniors: For information, call Kathleen 610-353-2575. B.P. Retirees: For information, call Al at 610-874-4892. Over 50 Club-Ridley Park:

For information, call Barbara at 610-534-9390. St. Eugene’s Trip Club: For information, call JoAnne at 484-466-4203. St. Francis de Sales: For information, contact Stephanie Matteo at 610-742-0831 or travelwithstephanie@gmail.com Braircliffe Seniors: For information and booking, call 215-715-5004 or email twtours1@aol.com