Holiday tours set at the Grange Estate
HAVERFORD >> The Historic Grange Estate, 143 Myrtle Ave., Havertown, is all dressed up and ready for the holidays.
This year, holiday tours begin 1-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Admission is $5 for adults, $1 for children ages 5-12.
Grange Trainmaster Bill Parkinson and his volunteers have created a unique display of model trains in the Carriage House, which everyone is welcome to visit. There is no admission fee to see the trains, and the display is open the same time and dates as the mansion tours.
The Grange’s Gift Shoppe will be open during tour dates, and is stocked with unique seasonal handmade-in-America gifts.
For more information, call the Grange office at 610-446-4958, email grangeest@verizon.net or visit www.thegrangeestate.org. All proceeds benefit the preservation of the Grange Estate.
Recovery International meets Wednesdays
SWARTHMORE >> Recovery International offers meetings to men and women of all ages that ease the suffering from mental-health issues by gaining skills to lead more peaceful and productive lives 7 p.m. Wednes- days, at Holy Myrrh-Bearers Church (formerly The Leiper Church), 900 Fairview Road.
In the last 76 years, Recovery International has equipped more than 1 million people with tools to control behavior and change attitudes. The mission of Recovery International is to use the cognitive-behavioral, peer-topeer, self-help training system developed by Dr. Abraham Low to help individuals gain skills to lead more peaceful and productive lives.
For more information, call 484-645-4700 or visit www.Recoveryinternational.org.
Investor briefing at Haverford Library
HAVERFORD >> Author Brendan Magee will host an investor briefing 7-8 p.m. Tuesday, at Haverford Township Free Library, 1601 Darby Road, Havertown.
Magee, who authored “Portfolio Paradigm” and “The Investor’s Bill of Rights,” will discuss the “The Great American Retirement Rip Off.” Learn how the 401k, 403b, and IRAs are literally choking the life out of the American Dream and how investors can prevent it from happening.
Red Cross Blood Drive at St. John’s Episcopal Church
TINICUM >> A Red Cross Blood Drive will be held 2-7 p.m. Monday in the Undercroft at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Third and Wanamaker Avenue, Essington.
Call for appt at 1-800RED CROSS or sign up online at www.redcrossblood.org and enter Sponsor Code: Essington Com- munity.
All presenting donors will receive a free pound of Dunkin’ Donuts Coffee.
Christian support group meets monthly
ALDAN >> BASIS, a faithbased Christian support ministry for bereaved parents, sponsors a support group the third Tuesday of every month at 7:30 p.m.
For information, call 717-859-4777 or visit www.hvmi.org.
Al-Anon meetings are on Fridays
NORWOOD >> Al-Anon meetings for anyone affected by someone else’s drinking are held every Friday at 10 a.m., at St. Gabriel’s Parish House, Thomas Room, 231 Mohawk Ave.
Visit www.aisdv.org for all local meetings.