Visit a carnival Friday-Sunday presented by Broomall Fire Company
MARPLE » The Broomall Fire Company sponsors the Majestic Midways Carnival from May 4-6 on the grounds at Malin Road and West Chester Pike across from the fire company. The carnival is open 6-11 p.m. Fridays, 3-11 p.m. Saturdays and 1-6 p.m. Sundays.
In addition to carnival rides, fire company volunteers are operating various game booths. There is also face painting, with proceeds benefiting the fire company.
Get active shooter training in August
MORTON » Delaware County Intermediate Unit (DCIU) #25 and the ALICE Training Institute have teamed up to bring ALICE Training Instructor Certification to the DCIU Education Service Center, 200 Yale Ave., on Aug. 7 and 8.
This two-day instructor course is designed to teach proactive survival strategies for violent intruder or active shooter incidents. The goal of the ALICE program is to provide individuals with survival-enhancing options for those critical moments in the gap between when a violent situation begins and when law enforcement arrives on scene. Cost is $595. Registration can be completed online at www.cvent.com/ d/3gq jms
ALICE stands for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, and Evacuate and is a useful strategy for everyone — law enforcement, schools, universities, hospitals, businesses, and places of worship. Completing the ALICE Training Instructor Certification course provides individuals with certification in ALICE and allows them the opportunity to bring the strategies back to their places of work. Additionally, registrants gain access to exclusive resources.
ALICE is in line with recommendations from Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Health and Human Services, Federal Emergency Management Agency, White House, Department of Education, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and some federal and state agencies. ALICE
Designer bag bingo at DCCC on May 9
MARPLE » Visit the Delaware County Community College Marple Campus, 901 S. Media Line Road, Media, for a Designer Bag Bingo night to benefit the college’s New Choices Career Development Program at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 9. The event is held in the cafeteria.
Costs of are $35 in advance, $40 at the door, include bingo, a light meal and samples of wines and fine chocolates.
For information and registration, visit www.newchoices.ticketleap.com/ncbingo
The New Choices Program empowers individuals in career transition to achieve increased economic security through career assessment and guidance, personal growth, education and employment. New Choices is free (for those who are eligible) and provides individual and group support, career planning workshops, employer contacts, networking opportunities, resume writing, interviewing techniques and basic computer skills. Classes and workshops are designed to build self-confidence and awareness.
Help keep Pa. clean
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and the Department of Environmental Protection are seeking volunteers for this year’s Great American Cleanup of Pennsylvania, now on through May 31. Groups participating in PennDOT’s Adopt-A-Highway (AAH) program, which involves volunteers cleaning roadsides year-round, are also encouraged to participate in the cleanup.
Gloves, trash bags, and safety vests for the cleanup campaign are provided by PennDOT, DEP, and the GLAD Products Company, a national sponsor.
In addition, during “Pick It Up, PA Days,” through April 30, registered cleanup events have access to reduced or free disposal at participating landfills, through support from DEP and the Pennsylvania Waste Industries Association. During last year’s cleanup, 132,695 volunteers collected over 5.3 million pounds of litter from Pennsylvania’s roads, trails. and shorelines. Over 7,200 events were held, with every county participating.
PennDOT’s AAH program contributed 20,404 volunteers who cleaned up nearly 16 percent of the collected litter on 10,576 miles of cleanedup roadway. Volunteers collect litter on a 2-mile section of state highway at least two times a year. The program currently has over 4,900 participating groups, more than 85,920 volunteers, and 10,612 miles of adopted state-maintained roadways.
PennDOT has created a comprehensive webpage that includes all volunteer opportunities available, from the Great American Cleanup of Pa. and Adopt-A-Highway to Safety Training, Litter Brigades and more; visit www. penndot.gov
For their extensive partnership on the 2017 Great American Cleanup of Pennsylvania, DEP and PennDOT were awarded the State Agency Partner Award by Keep America Beautiful.
Rain barrell workshops happening this spring
The Pennsylvania Resources Council and the Eastern Delaware County Stormwater Collaborative holds free “Backyard Buffers & Rain Barrel Making” workshops this spring to inform residents on water conservation and storm water management practices to help protect local waterways.
The workshops are on May 17 at Morton Borough Hall, and and June 20 at East Lansdowne Borough Hall at 6:30 nightly. The workshops are free; registration is required.
The presentations focus on using rain barrels to manage stormwater on your property. A rain barrel is a system that connects to your downspout to collect and store rain water from your roof. Rain barrels help to reduce water pollution and flooding while saving money and providing free water for use in yards and gardens. Workshop attendees learn the basics of how to construct, install and maintain a rain barrel. After the workshop, participants are provided with a recycled barrel and fittings to install a rain barrel on their property.
A free recycled rain barrel is provided to the first 50 registered participants at each workshop (limit one rain barrel per household). The workshops are being funded through a Growing Greener grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
For information or call Diana Andrejczak at 610353-1555, ext. 232.
Rotarian takes international position
Jeffry Cadorette of Media will serve on the Rotary International Board of Directors for a two-year term beginning July 1. As a director, Cadorette will help Rotary continue to thrive as a membership organization where people connect to improve lives, build international relationships, support peace and end polio forever.
Cadorette is Executive Vice President of Media Real Estate Company and has been with the firm for 19 years. Prior to joining Media Real Estate, he was the President/CEO of Physical Therapy Associates of Delaware County. He has been a member of The Rotary Club of Media for the past 40 years and served as District Governor of the Philadelphia region in 199899.
“I am eager to join the 16 other members of the board of directors who hail from around the world, three from North America,” said Cadorette. “This is a way for me to give back to the organization that has given so much to me over the years personally and professionally. I’m honored and humbled by the opportunity.”
Rotary members help people everywhere live better by promoting peace, fighting disease, providing clean water and sanitation, supporting education, saving mothers and children, and growing local economies. Rotary’s top priority is the global eradication of polio. Rotary launched its polio immunization program, PolioPlus, in 1985, and in 1988 became a leading partner in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative.