COMMUNITY TRIPS

Fairview AME Church: To Wildwood, N.J., Aug. 18, presented by the Vacation Bible School. Cost of $90 includes transportation and unlimited admission to the water park and amusement park. Transportation only is available for $40. Deposit of $25 is required; holds a trip to Sight and Sound Theater for “Jesus” on Oct. 27. Cost is $150 ($90 for children under 11). A $25 non-refundable deposit is required. Reserve seat as soon as possible. The church is located at 124 Youngs Ave., Woodlyn. For information and reservations, call 610 328-1215 or 610-833-1485. Chester Senior Center: To Harrington Casino and Raceway, last Wednesday of every month. Cost is $25; to Philadelphia Phillies vs. St. Louis Cardinals, June 20. Cost is $50; to a Wildwood family fun day, Aug. 6. Cost is $32 for adults, $22 for children 12 and under; to Ocean City, Md., Aug. 27-31. Cost is $645 for members, $675 nonmembers; to the Pocono Bazaar Flea Market, Sept. 8. Cost of $45 for members, $55 for nonmembers, includes time for lunch on own at the food court. Come shop with indoor and outdoor vendors for jewelry, clothing, shoes, house wares, books, antiques, cosmetics, Amish Market, Antiques Mall and much more. The bus departs at 8 a.m. from the center. The center is located at 721 Hayes St., Chester. For information and registration, call 610-497-3550 or visit www.scs-delco.org Fairview AME Church: to Sight and Sound Theater for “Jesus,” Oct. 29. Deposit of $25 to reserve a seat is due as soon as possible. For information, call the church at 610-833- 1485 or 610-328-1215. Fairview AME is located at 124 Youngs Ave., Woodlyn. Resurrection Alumni, Family, and Friends: To New Hampshire and Indian Head Resort and Hotel in White Mountains, Aug. 19-22. Cost of $780 per person, double occupancy, includes free parking and Delco pickup, escorted tour on deluxe motorcoach, seven meals, Mount Washington Cog Railway scenic ride to summit of mountain, cruise Lake Winnipesaukee, tour Castle in the Clouds, a turn of the century mansion, visit Kellerhaus Candy Shop. Resort offers many amenities, including pools, nightly entertainment and much more; to the Railroads of New Hampshire featuring three rail excursions, Sept. 27-30. Cost of $940 per person, double occupancy, includes free private parking, Delco pickup, deluxe motorcoach with tour director, six meals, first class hotel for three nights, three train rides — Mt. Washington Cog railroad and Visitor’s Center, Cafe Lafayette Railroad and Dinner train with restored Pullman dining cars, Winnipesaukee scenic railroad, visit Wright Museum of World War II, visit to Kellerhaus Candy and Ice Cream Shop and more. For information, call 610-892-1166. Schoolhouse Center: To “Anastasia” on Broadway, Nov. 14. Cost of $183 includes an orchestra level ticket, bus, meal at Mastories, and all gratuities included. Adults of any age are welcome; guests don’t have to be a member of the center. Senior Community Services’ Schoolhouse Center is located at 600 Swarthmore Ave., Folsom. For information, call Kim at 610 237-8100. Sisters of Love: To Myrtle Beach Show and Charleston, S.C., Sept. 23-29. Cost of $655 per person, double occupancy, includes six nights lodging (four in Myrtle Beach area), six breakfasts and four dinners, admission to Brookgreen Gardens, three evening shows — Legends in Concert, Carolina Opry and Alabama Theatres, matinee show at the Calvin Gilmore Theatre, cruise on Charleston Harbor, free time in Charleston, visit to Broadway at the Beach and more. $75 is due upon signing to hold seat (add $180 for single occupancy). Final payment due July 15. For information, call Elva Wright at 610-485-7931 or Helen Walker at 610-2834263. Friendship Circle Senior Center: To the Spirit of Philadelphia, Sept. 28. Cost of $93 includes buffet lunch with entertainment and bingo, and $20 slot play. Bus depart from the center at 10:30 a.m. and returns by 7 p.m. Final payment due by Aug. 31. Make check payable to Friendship Circle, c/o Trips, 1515 Lansdowne Avenue, Darby, PA 19023. For information, call the center at 484-534-2201. Middletown Township Parks and Recreation: To Ellis Island, July 17. Cost of $74 includes ferry ride from N.J. to learn about this immigration station, guests must book their own reservation to the top of the statue if they want to visit, bring lunch or purchase at the site, ID is required, must be 18 or older, visit to rest stop on return trip; to Atlantic City Resorts Casino and cruise too, July 25. Cost of $64 includes casino visit from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. with $15 slot play and $20 food voucher, then a one hour back bay cruise with sights like waterfront homes, fishermen and commercial crab votes; to Stone Harbor Craft Day, Aug. 4. Cost is $47; to a Stone Harbor Craft Day, Aug. 4. Cost is $47; to Washington, D.C., for “Museum of the Bible,” Aug. 7. Cost of $73 includes a visit to D.C.’s newest museum with three permanent exhibit floors, plus space for temporary exhibits, on the history of the Bible, the Exodus, the world of Jesus and also the impact of the Bible on everyday life today, and time for lunch on own at one of eateries there. Overnight trips include Canadian Rockies, dates in July, Olde Cape Cod, Aug. 26-30, 1,000 Islands, N.Y., Sept. 14-17. For information, call 610-565-2700. Checks made payable and sent to Middletown Township, PO 157, Lima, PA 19037. St. John’s on the Hill Seniors: To Myrtle Beach, Oct. 1-5. Cost of $725, double occupancy, includes round trip transportation, four nights Ocean Front Balcony Suite accommodations, four breakfasts, four dinners, three shows, and a guided tour of Charleston, S.C. For information, call Barbara at 484-645-4533. New Horizons: To Saints and Legends Ireland Tour, Sept. 5-15. Reservations are coming to a close. Call now for information on remaining spots and payment information. Originally $3,849; now, until July 4, there is one single supplement wavier of $875 or a $500 discount per person on a double occupancy reservation; To Sight and Sound Theatre for “Jesus,” July 25. Cost of $130 includes lunch at Eden Resort with choice of London broil, chicken Parmigiana, or raspberry salmon, motorcoach transportation, and time for shopping at Kitchen Kettle Village. Bus departs MacDade Mall at 9 a.m. For information and to reserve a spot, contact Helen Holroyd by June 1 at 610-2134141 or Helenshorizons@gmail. com Upper Chichester Senior Citizens Club: To Woody’s all-you-can-eat Crab Feast in Northeast, Md., Aug. 23. Cost Box of $98 includes crabs, fried chicken, fried oysters, shrimp, ribs, numerous sides and a dessert, with time to shop before departing for home. For information, call Dot at 610485-6284. St. Francis Over 50 Club: To Resorts Casino, Aug. 20, Sept. 17. Cost of $23 includes $25 slot play. Bus departs 10 a.m. For information, call Bob Hodgson at 610-449-2956; to National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa and Polish American Family Festival and Country Fair in Doylestown, Sept. 8. Cost of $45 for adults and $35 for children and teens up to 18 (includes bus, admission to fair ground) includes a Mass, visitation to Shrine and Chapels, entertainment, music, dancing, midway rides and games, Polish and American food, the Polish Village with vendors and crafters, and a festival sweepstake. Bus leaves from St. Francis of Assisi Church at 10 a.m. with boarding at 9:45 a.m. For information, call Maria Santone. St. Kevin Parish: To Caesar’s Casino, Aug. 14. Cost of $28 includes $25 slot play; to “Love, Lies and the Lottery,” at Rainbow Comedy Theatre, Aug. 23. Cost of $85 includes a performance of the play about one winning lottery ticket, five people who think they’ve won, and the ticket going missing; to “Swing” at Dutch Apple Theatre, Aug 29. Cost of $89 includes a buffet and performance of the all singin’ and dancin’ extravaganza featuring the jive, swing, Lindy Hop to classic tunes “In the Mood,” “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy,” and “Sing, Sing, Sing;” to a Saint Joseph Festival at the Brownstone, Sept. 27. Cost of $89 includes sit down luncheon, music and dancing., and non-stop comedy of N.Y./N.J.-area comedian Chris Monte; to Ocean City, N.J., Sept. 11-13. Cost of $485 per person, double occupancy, includes two breakfasts, two dinners, visit to a winery, Cape May’s Washington Street Mall, O.C. Music Pier for a Cole Porter Revue featuring his music from the 1920’s through the ‘50’s, and visit to an Atlantic City casino with $25 slot play; to Hunterdon Hills Playhouse for “Run For Your Wife,” Oct. 9. Cost of $95 includes a sit down lunch with choice of six entrees and a performance of the fast-paced comedy about a meek and mild taxi driver who finds himself having two wives in two different towns because of his inability to say “no” to a woman in need; to Woodloch Pines, Oct. 15-19. Cost of $799 per person double occupancy, $865 single, $690 triple, includes a stay at the award-winning Pocono Resort on Lake Teddyuskung, 12 meals Including a smorgasboard with jumbo shrimp and crab legs, indoor pool, sauna, boat rides, haunted hayride, dancing and nightly entertainment; to Sight & Sound Theatre for “Jesus,” Nov. 30. Cost of $113 includes buffet lunch at Arthur’s Terrace in the Eden Roc Resort and a performance of the stage adventure telling the story of the most famous person to ever walk the earth; to Radio City Music Hall for the Christmas Spectacular, Dec. 4. Cost of $135 includes dinner at Mastorie’s Restaurant and First Mezzanine seating for the performance. For information, call Louise at 610-461-6260. St. Joseph Church: To Cape May, N.J., for the Blessing of the Water, Aug. 15. Cost is $45. Bus leaves at 8:30 a.m. and returns at 6 p.m. For information, contact Mary Carney at 610-586-1520 or marycarney@rcn.com G.E. Retirees: To to Niagara Falls, Sept. 9-12. Cost of $585 per person, double occupancy. four-day tour includes deluxe motorcoach, free parking on private property, Delco pickup, escorted tour, three breakfasts and one special dinner with show “Oh Canada Eh,” travel through the Pocono Mountains to Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Valid Passport is needed for this tour. Stay in first class hotel near the Falls, visit the Floral Clock, Niagara on the Lake, see the thunderous Falls and take a special boat ride to the base and into Horseshoe Falls and more; to a New England and Canada cruise on Royal Caribbean’s “Anthem of the Seas,” Oct. 18-27 (passport is required). Costs from $1,089 per person, double occupancy, include port charges, taxes and fees, Travel Protection Plan, 10 days/9 nights, onboard meals, entertainment and other cruise ship amenities, ports of call include Boston, Portland, Bar Harbor, Halifax and St. John, roundtrip from Cape Liberty, N.J. For information, call 610892-9767. Knights of Columbus: To a Heart of Ireland Tour, Oct. 13-20. Costs from $1,765 per person, double occupancy for air and land package, includes taxes and round trip transfers in Ireland from Dublin Airport to Galway, first class hotel and from Castle Hotel to Dublin Airport for return flight to Philadelphia, roundtrip non stop air between Philadelphia International and Dublin airports on Aer Lingus, 10 meals including four dinners and six Irish breakfasts, visits to Dublin, Galway, Connemara, Cliffs of Moher, Killarney, Dingle and Cashel, deluxe coach with professional driver escort throughout, visits to Guinness Storehouse, Trinity College, Connemara Marble and Celtic Crystal Factory and more; to Maine Maritime, Oct. 14-18. Cost of $1,050 per person, double occupancy, five-day tour includes free parking on private property, Delco pickup, deluxe motorcoach with onboard tour director, total of eight meals, see picturesque New England, Portland Discovery Lighthouse Cruise, Maine’s Southern Coast Tour including Cape Nedrick, York Beach, Harbor and Village and Nubble Light, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, lobster bake, Portland’s Head Light and Old Port, Boothbay Harbor, L.L. Bean Flagship Store, Freeport, Maine, Kennebunkport sightseeing tour, Len Libby Chocolates, Stonewall Kitchen and more. For information call 610892-1133. St. Madeline Travel Club: To a Western Caribbean cruise on NCL’s Norwegian Escape, Feb. 3-17, 2019 (passport required). Cabin costs from $1,674 per person, double occupancy, includes 15 days, 14 nights, pre-cruise get-together, roundtrip transportation to New York Pier, tips, port charges, taxes and fees, and two perks from a list of seven, ports of call include Orlando, (Port Canaveral); Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas; Ocho Rios, Jamaica; Georgetown, Grand Cayman Islands; Harvest Cay, Belize; Costa Maya, Mexico; Cozumel, Mexico; and three full days of cruising, all meals and entertainment. Final payment is due by Oct. 5. For information, contact Carole and Paul at 610-461-0443 or st.mads. travel.club@gmail.com, or visit the club’s new webpage through the link on St. Madeline’s Facebook page or in the weekly newsletter.