I had always thought that Swarthmore was a town that loved trees — until recently, that is, when my husband and I received notice of a code violation.
All in To The Community
Lunch and learning
At last Thursday’s Swarthmore Rotary Club luncheon meeting at the Inn at Swarthmore, I was fascinated by the presentation by Greg Brown, V.P. for Finance and Administration at Swarthmore College. Greg discussed the present and upcoming construction projects at the College.
I want to send a big thank you out to all who supported the Tie Dye Music Festival at the Community Arts Center in Wallingford this past Saturday. Like everything at the CAC, this event is a coming together of many people to create something special for the community.
Plans are shaping up for our Arts-A-Thon and free concert on July 27 at the Players Club of Swarthmore. The “Children of the Wind” fundraiser is our answer to the needs of children who are detained at the U.S. southern border, by helping fund the work of RAICES and Together Rising. Learn more about these groups and their mission at yptw.org.
Improve access to nature
Do you want to help improve the nature trails of Rose Valley? The Rose Valley Environmental Advisory Committee (EAC) is organizing a volunteer trail improvement project in the Saul Wildlife Preserve behind the Old Mill. The purpose is to eliminate muddy spots on the trail by distributing gravel.
Swarthmore Rotary thanks you all
On behalf of the Rotary Club of Swarthmore and more than fifty charities, we would like to thank you for your continued support of the Swarthmore Charity Fun Fair.
Ah — Memorial Day — hopefully good weather for picnics, yard projects, just enjoying a long, lazy weekend. But why do we really have this springtime long weekend? The hope and expectation is that we will take some time to reflect and maybe even attend a memorial ceremony that honors those who died in wars that our country has fought in in the defense of freedom — both home and abroad.
Congratulations and thanks to all of the runners and walkers who participated in last Sunday’s 18th Annual Swarthmore Charity Fun-Fair 5K sponsored by the Swarthmore Lions Club and the Swarthmore Rotary Club. It turned out to be a beautiful day and the storms that had been forecast held off.
Please join me in helping underprivileged kids in our area. I am about to become a Bat Mitzvah. Part of becoming a Bat Mitzvah is doing a service project to help the community. For my project, I have chosen to help kids in foster care.
The Helen Kate Furness Free Library’s 2019 May Fair celebration last weekend was a wonderful success, with great weather and even better volunteers, who pulled together to help the community celebrate spring.
Fire Company Donations
May I suggest that if you think you cannot make a meaningful one-time donation to the Swarthmore Fire and Protective Association and feel embarrassed to donate just a little, you donate that “little” on a monthly basis, set up through your bank’s “bill pay” mechanism?
You were very patient in the museum this morning. Here is the best way to learn to love art.
Since 1894, the Swarthmore Fire and Protective Association has been serving the community of Swarthmore, protecting against fire, the loss of life and property. Today, in addition to responding to fire calls, the department answers hundreds of emergency medical calls each year.
In keeping with recent tradition, I will be holding weekly “Meet With the Mayor” sessions on Thursday mornings, 10 to 11 a.m. in the Swarthmore Co-op café area, beginning on Thursday, April 4.
The headline to our cover story last week about the February 11 meeting of the Wallingford-Swarthmore School Board was “Board Approved Preliminary Budget, Then Things Got Weird.” Several readers interpreted “things got weird” as a reference to the effort by a community member named “Peter” to read a victim impact statement from a WSSD student who experienced sexual violence. That was not our intent.