Farrell’s Florist brightens health care workers’ days with spring flowers

UPPER DARBY » Farrell’s Florist, 421 Burmont Road, Drexel Hill, has been showing gratitude to health care workers on the front line by sending spring tulips.

Owned and operated by Tim Farrell, AAF, AIFD and PFCI, Farrell’s Florist has been bringing beautiful flowers to Delaware County for more than 30 years. So far, Tim Farrell, helped by his daughter Katie Farrell, has sent two to three dozen tulip arrangements to Delaware County Memorial Hospital, Bryn Mawr Hospital and Lankenau Hospital. The next stop on his kindness route of gratitude is Riddle Hospital.

“We are so thankful for all of health care workers on the front line,” the owner said. “We will be dropping these flowers off to more local hospitals in Delaware County to hopefully bring a smile to someone’s day.” For more information on Farrell’s Florist, call 610-623-2400.

Sterling Pig, Second Baptist Church and Unifying Media team up to bring Easter meals to struggling residents

MEDIA — When the COVID-19 pandemic first hit the area, the Unifying Group of Media partnered with Second Baptist Church of Media, for a free grocery give away. Sterling Pig of Media reached out to the group, to donate fresh produce and extra supplies.

More recently, Sterling Pig’s head chefs Mike Malloy and Katie Thompson reached out again to donate a food service to the community on Easter. The Unifying Group of Media will partner with Second Baptist and Sterling Pig to serve Easter meals to struggling individuals and families in need from 1-3 p.m. on Sunday, April 12, or until all the meals are gone. The menu is spiral ham with pineapple, string beans, asparagus, and macaroni and cheese. Delivery is available. For more information, contact Eric Townes 610-8037903 or via Facebook. The group is also looking for volunteers to help with the effort. To help, email Unifyinggroupofmedia@gmail.com.

Families reward Garnet Valley teachers with cupcakes

CHESTER HEIGHTS — Cake a Difference owner Laurie Moyer is currently running a program for the teachers, grades K-12 in Garnet Valley School District, to show appreciation for all that teachers do. With the transition to home schooling, the organization recognizes the difficulties of teachers who have had to change from the classroom to online learning.

The Cake a Difference program allows for students and parents to send their teachers a “virtual cupcake” and a message of gratitude for all the work they are putting into making online learning work. Then, the teachers will receive a real cupcake from the student when school is back in session. The cupcakes and virtual cupcakes are being donated by Cake a Difference in Chester Heights, but the families are being encouraged to donate to the school district’s gift card fund for families in need (GV-CTC).

Cake a Difference is a home-based bakery committed to caking a difference in the community through fundraisers and other programs. For more information, call 610-8005951 or email cakeadifferencellc@gmail.com/. More details about Cake a Difference can be found at www. facebook.com/cakeadifferenceLLC.

Providence Animal Center donates PPE supplies to Wallingford’s ManorCare nursing home

UPPER PROVIDENCE— Providence Animal Center donated personal protection equipment and offered some puppy love to Wallingford’s ManorCare nursing home staff and residents on Monday.

Under the new restrictions of providing only essential medical care, Providence Animal Center’s veterinary services have scaled back to only life-sustaining services, and therefore the regular amount of supplies are not currently needed. PAC’s adoption center is currently closed to the public but they hope to launch a remote adoption procedure in order to offer adoptions from foster care. For more information, visit ProvidenceAC.org.

The Shrimp Puppies, a litter of five born this year on Leap Day, visited the nursing home staff outside and residents through their windows. Animal lovers can visit Providence Animal Center’s social media pages to see the puppies in action. The puppies will be available for adoption in the coming weeks.

Media Fellowship House matches donated funds for Media Food Bank

MEDIA— The board of directors of Media Fellowship House, 302 S. Jackson St., Media, started an online fundraiser for the Media Food Bank this week, with an offer to match $500 in community donations to the food bank.

The Facebook fundraising effort raised more than

$2000 for the food bank in less than 48 hours. To contribute or for more information, visit https://

www.facebook.com/donate/218014179259670.

1010 Pizza offers free Easter dinner to local people in need

1010 Pizza, 1010 Baltimore Pike, Middletown, is offering a complimentary Easter dinner to everyone in need 3-6 p.m. Sunday, April 12. Orders will be taken on Saturday, April 11 for pizza, pasta and salad. The dinners will not be delivered. They will only be available for pick-up at a designated pick-up window.

To order, call 1010 Pizza at 484-444-2590.

SUBMITTED PHOTO Wallingford ManorCare Staff hold Shrimp Puppies which they showed to the residents from an outside distance. Pictured, left to right, are Justina Calgiano of the Providence Animal Center; Na’Tasha Pratt of ManorCare; Nicole Thuesen of ManorCare; Katelyn Metzger of ManorCare; Wendi Wyatt of ManorCare; and Dr. Kimberly Boudwin of Providence Animal Center. The litter of five Shrimp Puppies were born on Leap Day and will be available for adoption through PAC in the coming weeks.

SUBMITTED PHOTO Tim Farrell of Farrell’s Florist in Drexel Hill is showing gratitude to front line health care workers by delivering fresh tulip arrangements to area hospitals to brighten their days.

SUBMITTED PHOTO Juniors and seniors at Archbishop John Carroll High School in Radnor donated lunch to the healthcare workers at Bryn Mawr Hospital, some of whom are pictured above. The students delivered pizza and Chick-fil-A food items, along with letters of gratitude which they had written.