Homeless dogs get Thanksgiving dinner at Providence Animal Center
UPPER PROVIDENCE >> Providence Animal Center will host a Thanksgiving dinner for the homeless dogs in their Adoption Center, in Media, today, November 21, at 2:30 p.m. for those who may not be adopted until after the holiday. People can visit Providence Animal Center’s Facebook page at 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, to watch the dogs on Facebook Live, as they consume their Thanksgiving feasts. The ponzmo dog food company has donated enough of its dog cuisine made of restaurant-quality ingredients without preservatives and fillers, for all of the homeless dogs to enjoy.
Providence Animal Center will be closed for Thanksgiving but will reopen on Friday, Nov. 23, from 12-7 p.m. and offer 50 percent off dog and kitten adoptions and waived fee cat adoptions. Dozens of puppies will also be available for adoption.
Providence Animal Center, 555 Sandy Bank Rd., is formerly known as the Delco SPCA. To see a variety of animals available for adoption, visit ProvidenceAC.org.
Twelve Havertown Studios to hold open houses, tours
The Havertown Open Studio Tour (HOST) will take place at twelve open studio locations in Havertown 5-8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1; and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2.
The admission is free and participants can experience the work of more than 25 local fine artists and artisans in a self-guided tour. HOST artists will be showing and selling their local artwork and fine crafts just in time for holiday seasonal shopping. Parking will be available at each site. With the studios in close proximity, parts of the tour can be walked. Maps will be provided at each of the twelve Havertown locations.
The artists are: Jeanne Angell, photographer, 25 Tenby Rd., Havertown; Deena Ball and students, painters, 18 Colfax Rd., Havertown; Leslie Rogalski, jeweler and Murray Brandon, painter, 1015 Pennsylvania Ave.; Jack Creighton, woven glass, 2430 E. Hillcrest Ave., Havertown; guest artists, Jeff Kimmel and M.DeLuca, PAFA painters, Hugo Hsu, sculpture, Lisa Learner and Richard Wagner, painters, printmakers and frame maker, 70 W. Hillcrest Rd., Havertown; Sandi Neiman Lovitz, painter, 103 Pennsylvania Ave., Havertown; Pat Mancini, painter and Jim Strickler, woodworker, photographer, 7 Orchard Road, Havertown; guest artist: Edna Santiago, painter, printmaker; Rich Maxwell, ceramics, 17 W. Hillcrest Road, Havertown; Marc Singer, Oakmont Roots Café, 2116 Darby Rd., Havertown; Susan Stefanski, painter, 115 Ellis Rd., Havertown; guest artists, Madeleine Kelly- painter, Jane McGovern. ceramics, Murray Callahan. decorative painter, Nancy Nalbandian. Jeweler, Terry Daly Sullivan, painter, 1122 Garfield Ave., Havertown; guest artist, Mary Grace Brown, jeweler and Eileen Sutton, jeweler, 2101 Oakmont Rd., Havertown; guest artists: Rudy Miller.painter, Patricia Mahoney, ceramics, Linda Figliola, leather.
For more information on the tour or the artists, visit havertownopenstudiotour. com/.
FMFCU Foundation awards 12 mini-grants to local teachers
Franklin Mint Federal Credit Union Foundation has awarded mini-grants totaling nearly five thousand dollars to a dozen teachers across the region. In its inaugural mini-grant offering, the Foundation received 85 applications from teachers in grades k-12 to help fund innovative student-oriented educational experiences that might not otherwise be funded. Minigrant requests ranged from $51 to the cap of $500. Foundation Executive Director Rick Durante said he chose to embark on this new program because of the broad need for classroom funding.
Grantee Julie Miller, a teacher in the Phoenixville Area Early Learning Center, plans to use her award to provide non-English speaking families the opportunity to enjoy books in their native languages at home with their children. Students at Interboro High School will learn life skills and gain business acumen as they establish a coffee shop within their cafeteria, using funds awarded through teacher Kathryn Garvin’s grant application. Andrew Kruc of Walnut Street Elementary School in the William Penn School District will receive funding for a set of Remo Hand Drums that will be used by the entire school during music class.
Grants were also awarded to these applicants: Alicia Bannister at Park Lane Elementary School and Joe Williams at Walnut Street Elementary School, both in the William Penn School District; Andrea Ricevuto at Prospect Park School in the Interboro School District; Kristy Dumont at Notre Dame de Lourdes School in Ridley; Gina Capozzoli at the elementary schools in the Ridley School District; Catherine Furia at Pennell Elementary in the Penn-Delco School District; Wendy Graff at Stonehurst Elementary School in Upper Darby; Elizabeth Landes and Christine Roy at Marple-Newtown High School; and Samantha Mammarelli at Harris School in the Southeast Delco School District.
FMFCU Foundation is also responsible for operation and funding of the annual Delaware County Excellence in Teaching Awards, which awards 21 teachers and their schools $1,500, the annual John D. Unangst Memorial Scholarship which awards five high school seniors $3,000 each, and directly funds a number of other educational initiatives and awards.
Scouts collect food to feed the hungry
Lansdowne area Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts together collected around 1,500 items as part of the Scouting for Food drive this past weekend. On Saturday, Boy Scout Troop 63, Cub Scout Pack 63 and the Friendship Hollow Girl Scout service unit combined forces to collect donations from Lansdowne residents.
Anyone who didn’t get a chance to donate to the drive but would still like to help out can make donations through local food pantries, such as the First Presbyterian Church of Lansdowne. Donations can be dropped off at the church. Call the church at 610-622-0800 and choose the Food Pantry line for the hours of operation, which change depending on volunteer schedules and holidays. Supplies are needed not only over the holidays but throughout the year as well.
Items collected through the Scouting for Food holiday food drive will benefit Philabundance, Community Food Bank of New Jersey, Food Bank of South Jersey, Food Bank of Delaware, Second Harvest Food Bank of Lehigh Valley and Northeast Pennsylvania, Greater Berks Food Bank and other local food charities.