Garden Club of Springfield celebrates 90 years
SPRINGFIELD » The Garden Club of Springfield is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year. As part of their celebration they have rededicated the “Garden of Hope” which was originally established after 9/11 and surrounds the Springfield Township 9/11 Memorial, located at the Springfield Township Building.
The Garden of Hope was chosen to express the club’s hope for a future of peace and prosperity. Originally the Garden Club planning committee chose to use native plants for their sustainability and their importance for ecological balance in our environment.
Garden Club members past and present gathered at the ” Garden of Hope” earlier this month and president Jane Nyiri explained how, over the years, some of the original plants disappeared and some non-native plants were planted to fill in the garden. The club’s goal was to restore this again as a native plant garden. The restoration committee, chaired by Kate Sevensky, chose plants that would provide multiseason color and an enticing home for pollinators.
Nyiri thanked members Sue Simpson, Louise Sheehan, Janet Lewis, and Becky Carey for their help in the selection and planting of the new plants. Also, this could not have been accomplished without the help of the township, including Jim Simpson and his crew of gardeners and Robert Sinkinson and his crew who restored the benches, as well as put in new stonework and lighting.
The Garden Club hopes that the community can sit quietly in this garden and watch the interaction of the bees and butterflies with the flowers and get a sense of comfort, peace, and tranquility.
“Lately the world has seemed chaotic and out of control,” Nyiri stated. ”As you watch the interaction of nature, you can see an order and balance. Miracles happen everyday in a garden. It is up to all of us to take care of it. We want to thank the leadership in Springfield Township for their commitment to beautification and to environmentally friendly practices. The Garden Club looks forward to many more years in partnership with the township in maintaining the community gardens in Springfield.”
The Garden Club is a member of District I GCFP and National Garden Clubs, Inc.
Transition Media announces date of Green Sunday holiday craft fair
The community is invited to support local artists and craftsmanship and get a jump on their holiday shopping at the 10th Annual Green Sunday Holiday Fair, 1-5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14, at the Media Providence Friends School, 125 W. Third St., Media. Admission is free.
Shoppers can enjoy a festive, relaxed and friendly space, an eco-friendly alternative to the frenzy of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Hosted by Transition Town Media, Green Sunday is a juried craft show featuring a variety of handmade gifts by local artisans, including ceramics, jewelry, art, clothing, purses and bags, soaps, candles, home furnishings, and more. One-of-a-kind treasures will be found at over 40 unique booths. Additionally, children can make their own holiday gifts or decorations at a kid’s craft space. The FreeStore will have a table,
offering free household items, toys and more. Raffles to win gift baskets, loaded with items from the vendors, will also be featured, as well as food and beverages.
Entrance and parking are behind the school on Fourth Street between Olive and Orange streets. For more details about this event, visit: https://www.facebook.com/ events/389928069518463, or send an email to info@transitiontownmedia.org.
City of Chester invites residents to fall festival
The Parks and Recreation Department of the City of Chester will host a Fall Festival at Chester Park, 1-5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 30.
Several groups have partnered with the Amachi Mentoring Program to provide an afternoon full of food and fun for the entire family. Skate University will be providing the attendees with free skate rentals to allow them to have fun on the skatingrink. Philadelphia Union, Chester Upland
Youth Soccer and the Trippley Foundation with be providing soccer activities.
Other sponsors and supports will be there with their trunks open to share a safe space for children to trick or treat during the event. Face Painting, a diaper give-away, a DJ with live music and a vaccination clinic will also be featured. Everyone is welcome.
Interboro alum holds company grand opening with special guest Vince Papale
Interboro High School alumnus Alfred “Fred” Hagen, owner of Hagen Construction, Inc., will hold a grand opening celebration of the company’s sprawling, custom-designed new headquarters and commercial services complex at 3300 State Rd in Bensalem, beginning at 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 6. According to Hagen, the grand opening will be a Delco-centric event.
Special guests will include Hagen’s high school track
coach and pro sports legend Vince Papale,track teammate Dave Mercer, a retired Rear Admiral from US Naval Air Corps who led the first aerial strike into Afghanistan after 9-11, and Dan Van Wyk, a retired General who led troop deployments in Afghanistan and Iraq. Also on the guest list is longtime Hagen friend and adviser Lee Woolley, former CEO of BNY-Mellon Wealth Management and now CEO of what is to be the first federally chartered Digital Bitcoin Bank.
“What binds many in this group together are shared experiences dating back to the championship Interboro High School track teams in the late 1960s and early 1970s when Vince Papale was our coach,” Hagen said. “Witnessing Papale’s story of defying the odds and age by taking the field with the embattled Philadelphia Eagles as a 30-year-old rookie was a defining memory for the impressionable young men that he formerly coached.”
As a successful builder and developer, Hagen built the new complex to house the Hagen Construction building supply depot, its corporate offices and a personal wellness center with fitness and spa facilities, as well as a retail center for Hagen’s own Sugar Bottom Hemp Company.
“Thanks to the experiences we had during our formative years in Delaware County, we were inspired to think of ourselves as champions who could climb any mountain,”Hagen said about him and his teammates. In addition to brief recaps of personal memories from members of the group, Hagen will showcase his latest projects, following up his campaign to find and recover more than a dozen sets of mortal remains of lost WWII American pilots and crews lost in the island jungles of the Pacific.
On one of these epic expeditions Hagen and his crew found and recovered the famed Swamp Ghost B-17E, one of the first U.S. bombers lost in active combat in the Pacific. After reconstruction, it was taken from its78 yearold island jungle crash site for permanent display at the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum. Hagen’s expeditions have been the subject of a series of documentaries which air regularly on the History Channel and PBS.
Hagen, who also collects authentic personal presidential historical documents, artifacts, and memorabilia, will showcase some of his JFK items at the grand opening, including JFK’s bomber jacket, various documents and two pieces of art that JFK personally painted. For more information, visithttps://hagenconstruction. com.