Delco Senior Games winners honored at awards luncheon
UPPER DARBY » Delaware County congratulated the nearly 500 athletes who participated in the 32nd annual Delaware County Senior Games during the Winner’s Circle Luncheon held at the Drexelbrook Banquet Center in Drexel Hill on July 19.
Delaware County Senior Games Committee Co-chairs Marc Manfre, Director of Parks and Recreation, and Barbara Nicolardi, Director of the Delaware County Office of Services for the Aging (COSA) joined County Sheriff Jerry Sanders and over 200 Delaware County Senior Games participants and volunteers to celebrate another successful year of the games. The games, held from June 13 to June 24, at venues across the county, concluded with the traditional final day of track and field events held at Garnet Valley High School in Glen Mills. This year’s games featured 471 athletes, ages 51-94, competing in 12 different sports, including Bocce, Bowling, Corn Hole,
Golf (9 and 18 hole), Mini-Golf, Pickleball, Swimming, Shuffleboard, Table Tennis, Track and Field, and Wii Bowling.
The total of 471 athletes represents a large increase from last year’s total of 331, a reduced number due in part to the limited nature of the 2021 games that were pared down to comply with COVID-19 guidance.
A list of winners, along with pictures and information about the 2023 games can be found at http://www.delcoseniorgames.org/.
Designer Bag Bingo raises funds for local Ukrainian refugees
The Light of Marnie and Friends of seventeen Ukrainian women and children will hold a Designer Bag Bingo on Saturday, August 27, at St Gabriel’s Fellowship Hall, 233 Mohawk Ave., Norwood. Doors will open at 7 p.m., and the bingo will begin at 7:30 p.m. People are welcome to BYOB and snacks.
All proceeds will go toward the refurbishing of a parsonage in Eddystone where the
Ukrainian refugees will reside. Tickets are $35 which includes nine games of bingo and a chance to win door prizes. A gift basket raffle and 50/50 drawing will also be available. For more information, call Marge McGoldrick at 484-845-8848.
Area credit unions deliver 3,035 pounds of food and funds to Philabundance
Representatives from fourteen 14 credit unions and three legislators delivered 3,035 pounds of non-perishable food items as well as donated $26,100 to Philabundance’s South Philadelphia warehouse. Loree Jones, president of Philabundance expressed her gratitude for the credit unions’ continued support, emphasizing the need is often greater during the summer months The following legislators and credit unions participated: Sen. Maria Collett; Rep. Jennifer O’Mara; Rep. Mike Zabel; American Heritage Federal Credit Union; Ardent Credit Union; BHCU; Franklin Mint Federal Credit Union; Freedom Credit Union; Merck Sharpe & Dohme; Norristown Bell Credit Union; Penn Federal Credit Union; Reliance Federal Credit Union; Sun East Federal Credit Union; Superior Federal Credit Union; Tri County Federal Credit Union; TruMark Financial® Credit Union; and Ukrainian Selfreliance Federal Credit Union.
With inflation surging along with school programs paused for the summer, there has been an increase in the number of people needing assistance to feed their families. In 2019, the Delaware County Hunger Alliance reported there were 10,042 unduplicated individuals that were served through 20,109 visits to food pantry partners in Delaware County. In those numbers 34% are children. Those numbers are suspected to have grown significantly since the pandemic.
Philabundance serves neighbors in need through a network of 350 partners, including churches, hospitals, schools, libraries and other service providers, many right here in Delaware County.
The Springfield Lions Club welcomed two new members at their last dinner meeting. Anton Dell’Orefice and
Debbie O’Brien were induced by Past District Governor
Jim Harrington. Dell’Orefice was sponsored by Lion Jerry McCabe and O’Brien was sponsored by Lion Lisa Tiffany. Pictured, left to right, are Jim Harrington, Christina and Anton Dell’Orefice, Debbie O’Brien, Jerry McCabe and
Lisa Tiffany. For more information about the Springfield Lions Club, call Larry Healy at 610-716-7976or visit www. springfieldlionsclub.org.