COMMUNITY TRIPS
Our Lady’s Senior Travel Club: To Ocean City, Md., Sept. 11-14. Cost of $525includes four days, three nights, Spinmaker Hotel stay just off the beach and boardwalk, three breakfasts at the Malia Cafe located in the hotel, three dinners (one with seafood buffet entertainment), outdoor pool and elevated poolside sun deck, tour of Assateague Island, learn about wild horses, visit to Ocean Downs Casino and more. Optional trip insurance is available. $200deposit per person, payable to Our Lady Senior Travel Club. Bus departs Ridley High School, Morton Avenue and MacDade Boulevard, Folsom. For information, call Dolores at 610-544-5098.
Norwood Senior Social Club: 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, 233 Mohawk 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. The Travel Club: To NYC for a day on own, Sept. 10. Cost is $45; to Vermont and New Hampshire, Sept. 24-30. Cost of $999per person, double occupancy, includes three night in Killington Lodge, Vt. and three nights in Indian Head Resort, N.H., all tours, meals and entertainment, and one lunch at Von Trapp Family Resort; to American Music Theater’s Christmas Show, Dec. 10. Cost of $105includes lunch at
Fulton Steam Boat. For information, call 215-715-5004. Notre Dame Golden Age Club: To Delaware Park Casino, Oct. 2. Cost of $25includes transportation, driver tip and $30slot play. Horses will be running. Bus departs 10a.m. from the Ridley Township Home Depot, departs Delaware Park at 4p.m. For information, call Carol Potter at 610566-2116. Holy Family School, St. Joseph’s Church: To Lancaster Christmas Show, Saturday, Dec. 9. Cost of $99 includes free parking and deluxe motor coach pickup in Aston, tour manager, shopping at Rockvale Outlet Stores, free coupon booklet and trolley service to stores, smorgasbord lunch at Shady Maple, American Music Theater Christmas Musical “Home for the Holidays.” For information call 610-566-1080. O.L.P.H. 50and Over: To Virginia Beach and Ocean City, Md., Sept. 4-8. Cost is $525per person, double occupany. For information, call Bill Naimoli at 610-534-9963or 484-832-3390. Middletown Township Parks and
Recreation: To Baltimore Bound History Day, Sept. 13. Cost of $93 includes tour with Michael Ludwig with a visit to Ft McHenry, where Frances Scott Key was inspired to write “The Star Spangled Banner,” lunch at the Rusty Scupper at the Inner Harbor, a private tour of the US Frigate Constellation, which saw action in Quasi-War and in Barbary Pirates War in 1815, and visit to Westminster Burying Ground to hear Ludwig’s stories of famous people buried there; to Washington, D.C. on own, Sept. 30. Cost of $55 includes drop off at Smithsonian Castle Building; to Penn’s Peak for “Islands In The Stream,” Oct. 5. Cost of $95includes a fall afternoon with top impersonators of Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers and a family style lunch; to a different D.C. tour, Oct. 18. Cost of $79includes a guided tour with stops at the historic Woodrow Wilson House, the Library of Congress on Capitol Hill, and the Mexican Cultural Institute of Washington, D.C., with lunch on own at the Madison Building cafeteria; New York City on own, choice of Nov. 4and Dec. 9. Cost is $55; to Radio City Music Hall Rockettes Christmas Show, choice of Dec. 5or 7. Cost of $125includes a 2p.m. show time with First Mezzanine seats, and time for lunch on own; to Bristol Riverside Theatre’s holiday show, Dec. 10. Cost of $93includes lunch at the King George Inn. For information, call 610-565-2700, ext. 241. Checks made payable and sent to Middletown Township, PO Box 157, Lima, PA 19037.
St. Kevin Parish: To Hunterdon Hills Playhouse for “Come Blow Your Horn,” Sept. 12. Cost of $93 includes a performance of the Neil
Simon comedy; to Penns Peak for the Glenn Miller Orchestra, Oct. 25. Cost of $89 include sit down family style luncheon and a performance from the 18-member carrying on Miller’s legacy with all the original arrangements; to Sight & Sound Theatre for “Miracle of Christmas,” Nov. 3. Cost of $89 includes sit down family style luncheon at the Fulton Steamboat Resort; to Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre for “Buddy Holly,” Nov. 8. Cost is $89; to Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre for “White Christmas,” Nov. 16. Cost of $89 includes the play based on the beloved with Irving Berlin’s score; to Radio City Music Hall for the Christmas Spectacular featuring the Rockettes, Dec. 5. Cost of $148 includes dinner at Mastorie’s Restaurant; to a Caribbean Cruise, Feb. 22-March 3. Call for pricing. Trip includes roundtrip transportation from St. Kevin’s to Baltimore, ports of call are Charleston, S.C., Orlando, Fla., Grand Bahama Island, Nassau, Bahamas and Coco Cay (Royal Caribbean’s private island). For information, call Louise at 610461-6260.
St. Madeline Travel Club: To Sight & Sound Millenium Theatre, Lancaster, for “The Miracle of Christmas.” Dec. 5. Cost of $110includes roundtrip transportation, 3p.m. showtime, dinner at Good and Plenty Restaurant, tips. and time for lunch on your own at Hershey Farms Inn. Board bus at 11a.m. at Home Depot, Folsom; arrive home at approximately 9p.m. Seats are limited; 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 10days/nine nights, pre-cruise get-together, 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 610-461-0443or st.mads. travel.club@gmail.com
Schoolhouse Center: 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 600Swarthmore Ave., Folsom. For information, call 610-237-8100or visit the center.
St. James Alumni Association: To Delaware and Maryland Maritime Magic, Oct. 2-4. Cost of $500 per person, double occupancy, includes free parking and Delco pickup, deluxe motorcoach, escorted
tour, three days and two nights accommodations in Ocean City, Md., four meals, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels, Md., Assateague Island Sightseeing Tour with Eco boat cruise, Ocean City life saving station museum, Magic show at the Dickens Parlour Theatre, Discover Sea Shipwreck Museum, Fenwick lighthouse, Cape Henlopen Lighthouse, Tanger Outlets, Rehoboth and Casino at Ocean Downs; to a Vermont Fall Splendor trip, Oct. 1316. Cost of $800per person, double occupancy, includes deluxe motorcoach, Delaware County pickup with free parking, guaranteed departure trip with tour escort on coach, four days and three nights overnight hotel accommodations in Rutland/ Killington, Vermont, featuring the Trapp Family Lodge with Austrian lunch buffet, guided tour, meet and greet with a Trapp family member, a viewing of “the real Maria,” visit to Quechee Gorge and Village, to Cabot Cheese Annex and Cold Hollow Cider Mill, and a visit to a Billings Farm, and total of six meals. For information, call 610-566-1080. Resurrection Alumni, Family, and
Friends: To the railroads of New Hampshire, Sept. 28-Oct. 1. Cost $900per person, double occupancy, includes free parking on private property and Delco pickup, deluxe motorcoach, tour guide on board, guaranteed departure tour featuring three different rail excursions to see the beauty of New Hampshire, Mount Washington Cog Railway & Visitor’s Center, Cafe Lafayette Dinner Train and the Winnipesaukee Scenic railroad, visit to Wright Museum of World War II and Kellerhaus Candy Company, three overnights in first class hotel in Lincoln, New Hampshire, three breakfasts, one lunch and two dinners; to Iceland’s Magical Northern Lights, Nov. 30-Dec. 6. Costs from $2,999per person, double occupancy, include roundtrip door to door sedan service from home to airport, roundtrip air from Philadelphia International Airport to Reykjavik, roundtrip transfers in Iceland, seven days, six hotel nights, 10meals, air and hotel taxes, search for natures dazzling display on a Northern Lights Cruise, visits to glacier lagoon filled with icebergs, the warm mineral rich water of blue lagoon, Golden Circle, one of Icelands most famous waterfalls, black volcanic beach, and enjoy Icelandic cuisine. For information, call 610-892-1166. St. Mary Magdalen Seniors:
To Grounds for Sculpture, Oct. 17. Cost of $98 includes deluxe motorcoach transportation, lunch at the historic Nassau Inn and an hour guided tour of 270 sculptures at Grounds for Sculpture, with time to time browse the 42 acres and gift shop. Bus departs Rose Tree Park at 10 a.m. and
returns at 6 p.m. Send checks to Bill Moore, 535 Gradyville Road, Newtown Square, PA 19073. For information, call Bill Moore at 484-420-4575 or e-mail to kidsrgon@comcast.net
Chester Senior Center: To Harrington Casino & Raceway, last Wednesday of every month. Cost is $25. For information and registration, call 610-497-3550or visit www.scs-delco.org. The center is located at 721Hayes St., Chester. St. John’s on the Hill Senior Organization: To the Bethlehem Sands Casino, Oct. 18. Cost of $32includes transportation, $20in slot play and a $5food voucher; to the American Theater Christmas Show, Nov. 15. Cost of $92includes the show, bus transportation and luncheon at the Shady Maple Restaurant. For information, call Barbara at 484645-4533. Friendship Circle Senior Center:
To a luncheon cruise on the Spirit of Baltimore, Sept. 15. Cost of $100 includes 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 484-534-2033or dschumacher@scs-delco.org
The Knights of Columbus: To Quebec City and Montreal, Canada, Sept. 10-15. Cost of $980per person, double occupancy, includes Delco pickup with free parking, tour director on board deluxe motorcoach. Tour includes Quebec City sightseeing and Montreal sightseeing tour, Notre Dame Basilica, Sainte Anne de Beaupre, Montmorency Falls, Casino de Montreal and New York State Capitol and more. Passport required for this tour; to Memphis and Nashville, Oct. 27-Nov. 2. Cost of $1,299per person, double occupancy, Delco pickup with free parking, tour guide on board motorcoach, eight meals, Memphis sightseeing tour, Grand Ole Opry performance, Elvis tour at Graceland, Memphis Rock ‘n’ Soul Museum, Sun Studio, Opryland Hotel and Delta Riverboat ride, Nashville Nightlife Theatre, Country Music Hall of Fame and more. For information, call 610-892-1133. Sisters of Love: To Orlando Holy Land and Cocoa Beach, Fla,, June 10-16, 2018. Cost of $580 per person, double occupancy (add $180 for single occupancy), includes seven days, six nights, six breakfasts, four dinners, admission to the Holy Land, Exploration Tower, Cocoa Beach Pier, Gator Land, Wells Built Museum of African American History & Culture, Bok Towers Garden, and visit to St. Augustine Premium Outlets. $75
is due upon signing to hold seat. For information, call Elva Wright at 610-485-7931 or Helen Walker at 610-283-4263. G. E. Retire es: To Savannah, Georgia
and Charleston, S. C ., Sept .11-16. Cost of $999 per person, double occupancy, includes local Del co pickup, free parking on private property, tour escort, deluxe motor coach, five hotel nights, seven meals, Savannah Trolley Tour, Charleston Sightseeing Tour, Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston Harbor Dinner Cruise, Mas si eH er it age Center, Beau fort, S. C. sightseeing, P arr is Island U.S. Marine Base, Savannah Theatre performance and more; to Cape Cod and Martha’ s Vineyard, Sept. 27-30. Cost of $600 per person, double occupancy, includes Del co pickup and free parking, deluxe motor coach, tour manager, first class hotel in downtown Hyannis, four meals, Martha’ s Vineyard sightseeing tour and ferry ride, Cape Cod National Sea shore, Province town Du ne Tour, JFK Memorial and Old eM is tic Village; to Outer Banks, North Carolina, Oct. 19-22. Cost of $720 per person, double occupancy, includes free Delco parking on private property, deluxe motorcoach, tour escort, three hotel nights in Kitty Hawk, N.C., four meals, Corolla Outback Adventures Wild Horse Tour, Elizabethan Gardens, Ft. Raleigh National Historic Park, Roanoke Island Festival Park, Outer Banks Center for Wildlife Education, Currituck Beach Lighthouse, Whalehead, and Wright Brothers Memorial & Museum. For information, call610-892-9767.
Over50Club-RidleyPark: To American Music Theater, Sept. 20. Cost of $87includes lunch, one hour with artist to create a chalk picture to take home, and a performance of “Vegas Legends.” Bus leave sat 9;15, returns at 7:30. For information, call Barbara at 610-5349390.
St. Francis Over 50Club: To Resorts Casino, Sept. 18, Oct. 16, Nov. 20 and Dec. 11. Cost of $23includes $25slot play. Bus departs 10a.m. For information, call Bob Hodgson at 610449-2956; 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 Theatre for “Home for the Holidays,” Dec. 1. Cost of $95 includes a sit down lunch at Eden Resort Inn and a performance of this Christmas show that takes place on Christmas eve and features many of beloved traditions and favorite sacred and secular holiday songs. Bus leaves at 10:15 a.m. For information, call Dan Fahey at 610-544-4632 or 610-291-0565.
Upper Chichester Senior Citizens
Club: For information, call Dot at 610-485-6284.