Community Action Agency announces toy drop-off locations
UPPER CHICHESTER » The Community Action Agency of Delaware County Inc. (CAADC), which is celebrating its 40th anniversary, once again is conducting a Holiday Toy Drive for more than 1,000 needy children including those from CAADC’s shelter and transitional housing facilities. CAADC is collecting new, unwrapped toys until Dec.
20 to be distributed to the homeless children. The following local businesses and libraries have generously agreed to serve as drop-off locations for toy donations:
• CAADC at its Boothwyn Office, 1414 Meetinghouse Road, Boothwyn
• AMResorts, 7 Campus Boulevard, Newtown Square
• The Coffee Station, 1 Kedron Avenue, Morton
• The Coffee Station, 3518 Foulk Road, Boothwyn
• County Savings Bank,
10 Powhattan Ave., Essington
• County Savings Bank,
201 Milmont Ave., Milmont Park
• Delaware Co. Office of Services for the Aging, 206 Eddystone Ave., Eddystone
• Glenolden Library, 211 S. Llanwellyn Ave., Glenolden
• Hope United Methodist Church, 1108 Steel Road, Havertown
• Interstate Auto Electric Incorporated, 2545 Market Street, Aston
• Media-Upper Providence Library, 1 East Front Street, Media
• Norwood Library, 513 Welcome Ave., Norwood
• Prospect Park Library,
720 Maryland Ave., Prospect Park
• REMAX, 831 N. Providence Rd., Media
• Riviera at Concord, 2 Kerlin Court, Garnet Valley
• Sharon Savings Bank - Aston, 4956 Pennell Rd., Aston
• Sharon Savings Bank - Darby, 9 Chester Pike, Darby
• Sharon Savings Bank Springfield, 5 E. Springfield Rd., Springfield
• Sharon Savings Bank – 900 West Sproul Road, Springfield
• Tinicum Memorial Public Library, 620 Seneca Street, Essington
• Versalus Health, 17 Campus Boulevard, Suite
200, Newtown Square
Rep. Kirkland appointed to Gov. Wolf’s special council on Gun Violence
State Rep. Brian Kirkland was appointed last Wednesday to join Governor Tom Wolf’s Special Council on Gun Violence. Kirkland, in his second term representing the 159th Legislative District in Delaware County, began his tenure immediately.
The Special Council, created as part of Wolf’s executive order signed in August and tasked with studying and making recommendations to prevent and reduce gun violence, held a regional hearing Thursday at Temple University.
Kirkland’s committee and caucus assignments with the Pennsylvania House of Representatives include Children & Youth, Urban Affairs, Gaming, Tourism and the PA SAFE Caucus. Prior to his election to the House, Kirkland served as a special projects coordinator for Chester. He currently serves as a deacon at Community Baptist Church in Chester, where he runs a youth mentoring program.
Video recordings of the Gun Violence’s hearing in Philadelphia are posted on the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency’s
website: https:// www.pccd.pa.gov/.
Grant for $10,000 helps to preserve historic cemetery’s archives
State Rep. David Delloso recently announced that historic Eden Cemetery Co. in Collingdale was approved for a $10,000 Historical and Archival Records Care grant from the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission today.
“Eden Cemetery Company has provided a dignified and final resting spot to honor the lives of our community’s family members and ancestors for more than 100 years,” said Delloso, D-Delaware. “This is a historic cemetery, dating back to 1902, not only vitally important to the families of loved ones buried there but also important to the history of Delaware County and its surrounding areas.”
Eden Cemetery received a $10,000 grant to support a conservation assessment and the purchase of archival quality records storage equipment for its archives. The cemetery is the steward for many of Philadelphia’s earliest African American churchyards and burial grounds from the late 18th century. The cemetery opened on Aug. 11, 1902, despite protests.
HARC grants fund projects designed to improve the preservation and accessibility of historically significant records. The Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission approved 29 grants today totaling nearly $185,000.
Newcomers and Neighbors hold Christmas luncheon
The Newcomers & Neighbors Club will hold a festive Christmas Luncheon Wednesday, Dec. 18 at Overbrook Country Club, 799 Godfrey Rd., Villanova. The day will begin with at 11:30 a.m. for hospitality and after a brief meeting, lunch will be served at
12:15 p.m. The cost is $26 and checks can be made out to Newcomers & Neighbors Club or paid in cash. Call Janet Strugala at 610-4591334 for reservations by noon, Friday, Dec. 13. Cancellations can be made by calling Strugala.
Call Barbara Myer at 610565-8433 for membership information. All women of Delaware County are invited to join this non-profit organization. The main philanthropic cause is the Bernadine Center. The Veterans Hospital is supported with donated lab robes made by their knitting group.
Zabel opens new district office in Clifton Heights
State Rep. Mike Zabel, D-Delaware, opened a new district office in Clifton Heights Wednesday.
The new office is located at 236 W. Baltimore Ave. The hours of operation are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Zabel and staff also work out of a full-time office at
5248 Township Line Road in Drexel Hill, and they operate a mobile office at Aldan Memorial Post 1000,
106 Bonsall Ave. in Aldan every Wednesday from 9 a.m. until noon.
Zabel said the opening of this new office in Clifton Heights makes his office’s services more easily accessible to residents in the southern part of our district. Services include assistance with PennDOT, birth and death certificate applications, unemployment, Senior SEPTA ID, Property Tax/Rent Rebate applications, PACE for senior citizens, notary services, PA income tax and more.
A grand opening with an open house event is tentatively planned for January. More information is available by contacting the Clifton Heights office at 484200-1563.
Holcomb raises awareness about National Impaired Driving Prevention Month
December is known for being the pinnacle of the holiday season but many do not realize that it is also National Impaired Driving Prevention Month. Holcomb Behavioral Health Systems is proud to highlight this national prevention campaign, which is devoted to preventing impaired-driving crashes and raising awareness about this important topic. Drunk drivers kill more than 10,000 people annually, and almost one-third of traffic deaths in the United States involve a driver with a blood alcohol concentration above the legal limit.
However, alcohol is not the only factor in impaired driving - both drugs and distracted driving play a large role as well. In 2015, 20% of the 31,166 fatal crashes in the U.S. involved at least one driver who tested positive for drugs after the incident - up from 12% in 2005. Distracted driving also is a large danger as a recent study showed that during daylight hours, approximately 481,000 drivers are using cell phones while driving. Teens were the largest age group reported as distracted at the time of fatal crashes.
For more information about the National Impaired Driving Prevention Month, call Holcomb Health at 484-444-0412.