ARFDDID Srhsidhnt thdnks firh FOPSDNY for shrvifh

0HPbHrs of thH GOHnsidH FirH CoPSDny hDd D sSHFiDO visitor 2Ft. 1.

7hH SrHsidHnt of ArFDdiD 8nivHrsity, 7obHy 2xhoOP, SDid D visit to thH voOuntHHr firHfightHrs Dnd thDnkHd thHP for thHir sHrviFH to thH FoPPunity.

“:hHn wH tDOk Dbout whDt’s rHDOOy iPSortDnt in our FoPPunity, , don’t think thHrH’s D singOH thing PorH iPSortDnt thDn thH sDfHty of SHoSOH,” 2xhoOP sDid during Dn DddrHss to thH firHfightHrs Dt thHir boDrd PHHting. “,f you don’t fHHO sDfH in your hoPH Dnd don’t fHHO SHoSOH DrH wDtFhing out for you, whDt good is it?

“, SHrsonDOOy PDdH D dHFision Ds SrHsidHnt thDt [ArFDdiD] wDs going to PDkH soPH FhDritDbOH Fontributions to suSSort thH good works of our FoPPunity Dnd thH first onH wH PDdH wDs to this firHhousH.”

2xhoOP bHFoPH SrHsidHnt of ArFDdiD August 2011, rHSODFing forPHr 3rHsidHnt -Hrry 0. GrHinHr who rHtirHd Dt thH Hnd of thH 2010-2011 DFDdHPiF yHDr.

2xhoOP sDid whHn hH Dnd his wifH, .iP, PovHd into thH FoPPunity ODst 6HStHPbHr thHy PDdH D donDtion to thH firHfightHrs.

“7hHn , thought, PDybH ArFDdiD shouOd givH,” hH sDid. “[, DskHd thosH in Py offiFH] if ArFDdiD gDvH to thH firH dHSDrtPHnt. 7hHy sDid not rHFHntOy.”

7hH univHrsity donDtHd $1,000 to thH firH FoPSDny, 2xhoOP sDid.

:hDt dHfinHs D FoPPunity is bHing DbOH to dHSHnd on onH DnothHr, hH sDid.

“, don’t think thHrH is Dnything PorH iPSortDnt thDt voOuntHHr sHrviFH,” 2xhoOP sDid. “:hHn wH FontributH our tiPH, wH DOO do D bHttHr job iPSroving thH TuDOity of OifH [in our FoPPunity].”

CoPPunity sHrviFH is soPHthing thDt is inForSorDtHd into studHnt OifH Dt thH univHrsity, 2xhoOP sDid.

A high SHrFHntDgH of studHnts, undHrgrDduDtH Dnd grDduDtH studHnts DOikH, SDrtiFiSDtH in soPH kind of FoFurriFuODr or HxtrD-FurriFuODr voOuntHHr sHrviFH, hH sDid.

“:H do thousDnds of hours of voOuntHHr sHrviFH in thH FoPPunity Dnd wH DrH rHDOOy Sroud of thDt,” hH sDid.

2xhoOP sDid hH wDnts ArFDdiD to be a complete partner in the community. HH sDid thDt thH univHrsity FDnnot fuOfiOO its Pission if it is “bHhind thH wDOOs.”

“, DP Sushing Py fDFuOty, stDff Dnd studHnts out into FoPPunity to voOuntHHr, buy OoFDO SroduFts Dnd to bH PorH DFtivH,” 2xhoOP sDid. “:H DrH DOso oSHning uS our doors Dnd inviting thH FoPPunity in to SDrtiFiSDtH in whDt we have to offer — lecturers, art, theDtHr, sSHDkHrs, dHsign, Dnd of FoursH, firHworks.

“These are things we are hoping to bring to the attention of our community so thDt you Dnd your fDPiOy fHHO you FDn FoPH onto our FDPSus Dnd bH Dt hoPH.”

2xhoOP sDid ArFDdiD hDs DOso rHDFhHd out to thH ChHOtHnhDP 6FhooO DistriFt Dnd BishoS 0FDHvitt High 6FhooO, Sroviding inforPDtion sHssions Dbout FoOOHgH DdPissions Dnd finDnFiDO Did.

3rior to DddrHssing thH firHfightHrs, 2xhoOP wDs givHn D tour of thH firHhousH by FirH ChiHf -oH 6tuFkHrt Dnd SrHsidHnt of thH GOHnsidH FirH CoPSDny AO 5HgHnhDrd.

5HgHnhDrd sDid it wDs thH first tiPH

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Stuckert and oegenhard showed OxKROP WKH fiUHWUuFNV DnG WRRN KLP LnVLGH WKH KRuVH DnG VKRwHG KLP WKHLU RIfiFHV and meeting room, as well as historical photographs of past crews.

The dlenside Fire Company was chartered in 1900 and has been volunteer-based since its establish- ment, oegenhard said.

The crew currently has 38 volunteers and receives funding through Cheltenham Township appropriation, grants and fundraising, Stuckert said.

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Oxholm’s outreach initiatives are bringing a new enthusiasm to the university and the entire community, said Cheltenham Township Commissioner Drew Sharkey, who coordinated the visit.

“rsing the castle theme, there was a moat around xthe universityz, but xOxholmz has let the drawbridge down and has put the community and Arcadia together,” he said. “te often say our destinies are intertwined — if one does well the other will do well.”