Garden Club of Springfield celebrates 90 years of community service
SPRINGFIELD » The Garden Club of Springfield kickstarted the club’s celebration of its 90 years of community service with a large exhibit at the entrance to the Springfield Township Library showing memorabilia from 1931 – 2021. The exhibit will be on display through the month of April.
Today, its 38 members carry on its original mission to stimulate and foster home gardening, the study of horticulture and floral design, to promote civic and community projects such as restoring and maintaining the 75th Anniversary Garden at the Springfield Township Library, the Garden of Hope at the Springfield Township Building, the garden at the entrance to Memorial Park, gardens surrounding Old Central School, scholarship awards to Springfield High School graduates, and outreach to The Leiper House and Ridley Creek State Park Colonial Plantation with Holiday decorating.
Anyone interested in becoming part of the Garden Club should be aware that a background in gardening is not a prerequisite for club membership. Part of the fun is learning by doing. Monthly programs feature a wide range of garden interests from house plant care, flower arranging and plant propagation. Tours of private and public gardens are not only educational but are also part of the social fellowship of members and their guests.
The club will host its tenth annual Plant and Bake Sale at Old Central School, Saxer and Powell Rd., Springfield, Saturday, May 1. The Garden Club of Springfield is a member of District I GCFP and National Garden Clubs Inc.
For additional information about the club, contact Sue Simpson, 610 328-9111 and like them on Facebook.
SCS offers program to help minimize estate taxes
Robert and Dana Breslin, Esq., and Christina Breslin Roberts, Esq. will give a free virtual presentation on how to minimize taxes and prevent tax problems for heirs, 1 p.m. Thursday, May 12. Sponsored by Senior Community Services, the event will answer questions such as: If you hold onto assets, what taxes do your heirs pay? Can you and should you set up your accounts and other assets to avoid probate? Will annuities solve the problem of taxes and what about the EE saving bonds you have owned for 20 years?
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this presentation will be presented via Zoom or by
Teleconference Call. Pre-registration is required by calling Eileen at 484-496-2137.
Anglers invited to help soccer players Saturday
Ridley United Soccer will host its annual Trout Fishing Tournament at Ridley Park Lake, 7:30 a.m. Saturday, April 3. Cost is $20 and $10 for anglers under 15. Price includes breakfast and prizes.
A fishing license is required for all anglers older than 16-years-old. To register for this program, visit www.ridleyunitedsoccer.org/.
Sun East Foundation donates to Springfield Area Educational Foundation
The Sun East Foundation gave a $1000 donation to the Springfield Area Educational Foundation to support the educational program opportunities and mission of SAEF at Springfield High School.
“Supporting our local school districts is needed more than ever during these uncertain times,” said Terri Lannon, executive director of the Sun East Foundation. “We hope this donation will greatly help SAEF’s work with students and teachers in need of innovative teaching programs this school year. Investing in education is the most important gift we can give our students. We, at Sun East Foundation, share a strong commitment with SAEF to improving public education.”
Sun East Foundation (www.SunEastFoundation.org) is the charitable arm of Sun East Federal Credit Union, created in 2011, to serve the well-being and humanitarian needs of those in the Greater Brandywine area. The Charitable Foundation provides funding to registered 501(c)3 charitable and community organizations whose primary focus is on education, health and human services and cultural, natural and historic preservation.
The Springfield Area Educational Foundation (www. saef.net) is committed to meeting the educational needs and success of every student in the Springfield School District. The foundation’s goal is to help provide every student with rigorous, enriching educational opportunities from kindergarten through high school graduation.
Youth invited to participate in ClimateScience Olympiad
ClimateScience invites young people around the world to create innovative solutions to climate change issues in the first ever Olympiad of its kind. Ghislaine Fandel, 22, and a dedicated young group of volunteers are working hard to organize the first-ever ClimateScience Olympiad, an online competition for students to come up with solutions to climate change.
The winners will split the prize money of $10,000. Inspired by the International Mathematical and Physics
Olympiads, Fandel and her team are providing participants the opportunity to showcase their creative abilities, while developing critical thinking skills needed to ensure their future success and to build a better world. With qualifiers running from now until September 2021 entirely online, the ClimateScience Olympiad provides ample time and opportunity for young people from every corner of the world to participate.
The ClimateScience Olympiad further addresses a gap that existed in the international science olympiad sphere.
For more information and to register, visit www.climatescience.org/olympiad or contact olympiad@climatescience.org. ClimateScience is a UK-based charity creating free climate education resources that are engaging, understandable and backed by science. ClimateScience engages youth in climate problem-solving events, most notably the 2021 global Olympiad, in order to inspire future climate leaders.