Cookie Walk planned Saturday at Middletown Presbyterian Church
MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP >> Middletown Presbyterian Church will hold its 13th Annual Cookie Walk 9 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 8. The event will last until all the cookies are gone. The event features nearly 10,000 homemade cookies, jams and preserves, homemade fudge, and a variety of holiday treats and gifts. Everyone is welcome to come and purchase a pie-sized box for
$15, then stroll among the tables and select favorite cookies from the countless varieties to make their own assortment.
Middletown Presbyterian Church is at 273 S. Old Middletown Rd., next to Indian Lane Elementary School. For more information, call the office at 610565-4080 or visit www.middletownpres.org.
Annual toy and food collection event at Upper Darby Marine Detachment
The Upper Darby Detachment, of the Marine Corps League, with host annual Toy and Food Collection Open House, 12 noon to 4 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 9 at the detachment home, 1026 Providence Rd., Secane. Everyone is welcome. Admission is a toy costing $10 or more, or cash equivalent. Food donations in the form of Giant Food Market gift cards, or cash, are desired.
Food and refreshments will be provided, the second floor museum will be open, and Santa will make his annual visit with the kids. Last year, the Upper Darby Marine Detachment helped over 50 local families, providing them with a holiday meal and toys for the children.
Trinity Church Choir to perform Advent concert
The choir of Trinity Church in Swarthmore invites the community to join them for a Service of Lessons and Music for the season of Advent 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 16 in the sanctuary. The repertoire this year includes Gregorian Chant, Victoria’s setting of “Conditor Alme Siderum,” romantic masterpieces by Rheinberger, Rachmaninoff and Stanford and Afro-American Spirituals.
The Advent service comes just one month before the choir leaves for a choral workshop and concert in Haiti. Free childcare will be available beginning at 7:15 and a reception will follow the service. The church is at 301 N. Chester Rd., Swarthmore.
AOH Division 65’s golf outing raises funds for Catholic education
Joseph E. Montgomery AOH Division 65, Philadelphia County, recently sponsored a golf outing at the Springfield Country Club. The proceeds went toward the Division Scholarship Fund that helps needy incoming freshmen attend Catholic High School. This year the Division Awarded
$10,000.00 each to students at Cardinal O’Hara High School and Bonner & Prendergast High School. Division 65 has awarded more than $35,000 in scholarship money towards Catholic Education over the last three years. The 120-yearold Philadelphia County Division was the first to name a Division after a living Brother, who served as President for over 40 years. For more information on Division 65, which meets in Delaware County, visit their website @ aoh65.com/.
Live Nativity at St. Andrew School to celebrate reason for the season
Saint Andrew School in Drexel Hill will host a special holiday event in front of the church on School Lane and Mason Ave. as the students present a full live Nativity scene from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9. The live Nativity scene will have live farm animals, including calf, sheep, goats, turkeys, chickens, ducks, rabbits provided by Quiver Farm Projects in Pennsburg, Pa.
The holiday event, celebrating the true meaning of the season, is free and open to the public. There will be complimentary hot chocolate and cookies. For additional information, contact Beth Zdinak at bzdinak@saintandrewschool.com/.
Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital to host bariatric surgery events
In December, Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital will host free community events to help weight-loss surgery patients achieve healthy lifestyles. Each month, Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital offers a series of comprehensive events to help improve and maintain the overall health of bariatric surgery patients. On December 10 and 17, Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital will host bariatric nutrition classes to help patients construct a healthy dietary plan and successfully keep off excess weight. The classes will meet from 4:30 to 5 p.m. Registration is not required.
Additionally, on December 10, Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital will host a bariatric support group meeting for patients to share stories about their weightloss journeys and offer each other advice. The group will meet from 5 to 6 p.m. Registration is not required.
For more information, call 1-855-.LESS-YOU or visit www.mercyhealth.org. The events will take place in Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital’s Sister Marie Lenahan Wellness Center, located at 1503 Lansdowne Ave., Darby.
Local seniors invited to learn more about Aging at Home Program
All are invited to come to Ridley Township Library and Resource Center at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 18 to learn about the Aging at Home Program. Christine Helmandollar, director of the program, will discuss it, along with a panel of people who take advantage of the program. The panel will tell how the program has benefited them.
The mission of the Aging at Home program is to improve the health and wellbeing of seniors by providing the support needed to help them stay in their own homes. The Aging at Home program connects them with reliable in-home and community based resources, for services such as yard work, handyman services and transportation to medical appointments. It currently provides help to those 60 years of age and older, who are living in the Ridley or Lansdowne areas. It hopes to expand into other areas of Delaware County in the future. The presentation at Ridley Library will be held in the new library’s meeting room. Light refreshments will be served. People can register by calling
610-583-0593, emailing reference@ridleylibrary.org, or visiting the library at
100 E. MacDade Blvd., Folsom.
Community Action Agency receives 3K grant from WSFS Bank
Edward T. Coleman, Chief Executive Officer, announced that the Community Action Agency of Delaware County, Inc. (CAADC) recently received a $3,500 donation from WSFS Bank. This donation will support CAADC’s efforts assisting low- and moderate-income families, individuals and communities with case management services, financial literacy initiatives, life skills training, employment training, housing and community and economic development.
CAADC has an overall mission to help families reach self-sufficiency and this grant will help families in need from Delaware County to reach that goal. The Community Action Agency of Delaware County, Inc. has been Delaware County’s designated anti-poverty agency since 1979. The non-profit agency provides a wide range of services aimed at encouraging self-sufficiency for low-income individuals. For more information, visit www. caadc.org.
Holiday greens sale tomorrow in Smedley Park
The Delaware County Master Gardeners will offer handcrafted, fresh-cut evergreen wreaths and holiday floral creations 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, December 8 at Smedley Park, located on Baltimore Pike in Springfield.
Choose from an artful selection of moss wreaths with assorted evergreens and berries; hanging baskets of greens, beautiful mailbox decorations and bouquets of freshly-cut greens to use in your own floral designs and centerpieces. Also available for sale are table arrangements with and without candles, outdoor planters, plus lots of other unique holiday creations to celebrate the season. Shoppers can browse the array of crafts and gifts made by Master Gardeners.
For more information call 610-690-7669. Proceeds from the sale will be used to support Master Gardener educational programs throughout Delaware County.