RIDLEY TOWNSHIP— Ridley Township’s first annual Bocce Ball League began playing in mid-April at the bocce ball court in at the township municipal park along Michigan Avenue.
The league is run by Anthony Gianini through the township’s Parks and Recreation Department. The Italian Stallions won the championship last week.
Ridley Parks and Rec will host a fall league, starting in December. For more information www.ridleytwp.org/parks-and-recreation.
White Horse Village raises over $29K for the Alzheimer’s Association
The fifth annual White Horse Village Walk to End Alzheimer’s fundraiser on June 19 exceeded its goal, raising $29,010.
The event began in 2020 when the pandemic forced the cancellation of the greater Philadelphia Walk to End Alzheimer’s.
In the face of this challenge, the Alzheimer’s Association Delaware Valley Chapter turned to White Horse Village, and the community responded by raising $18,001 at its first event, and not it has a five-year total of $140,698.
Donations to this year’s Walk can be made at https://bit.ly/alzwalk24 until Dec. 31.
Resident- and team-member event leaders worked hard to unite the entire community for the fun and accessible Walk events.
“We create a range of activities to engage participants beyond the half-mile and mile walk on the event day, including indoor swimming and exercise challenges, raffle baskets, rubber duck derby, hat decorating contest and pinwheel and bake sales,” shares resident co-chair Duane Thurman. “We were delighted to have KYW Newsradio traffic reporter Malcolm Poindexter III back at this year’s event to create a motivating playlist with toes tapping and hands clapping.”
White Horse Village has received annual recognition from the Delaware Valley chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association for its outstanding fundraising efforts. In May, Megan DiPanni, vice president of development, presented the 2023 Top Continuing Care Retirement Community Award to White Horse Village for raising $37,380 in the Philadelphia region.
White Horse Village’s Four Seasons Memory Care is a specialized neighborhood that cares for individuals with cognitive changes.
Life enrichment and nursing teams maximize independence and offer person-centered care in a therapeutic setting. The Pathways to Engagement program uses a holistic, multidisciplinary approach to support and engage residents and their loved ones in meaningful, goal-directed activities.
The Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s is the world’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, support and research.
Since 1989, the Alzheimer’s Association mobilized millions of Americans in the Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk; now the Alzheimer’s Association is continuing to lead the way with the Walk to End Alzheimer’s.
For more information about White Horse Village, visit www.whitehorsevillage.org.
Registration is underway for Haverford Ice Hockey
Registration for the 2024-25 Haverford Ice Hockey season is now open, but will close on Sunday, July 7.
Students in grades kindergarten through high school can join co-ed teams. Elementary- and middle school-aged children are eligible to play with the Fords as long as they live in the Haverford School District.
Teams currently have children from Cardinal Foley, Sacred Heart and more.
Playing ice hockey is a great way to make local friends, even some who aren’t at the same school. At the middle school level, students from Upper Darby School District will also be accepted, since they do not have an ice hockey team.
Beginner to advanced hockey players are welcome. If any parent wants to discuss their child’s situation, or if anyone has any questions, email admin@haverfordicehockey.com.
Glenolden Fire Company seeks volunteers
Glenolden Fire Company is actively searching for dedicated volunteers to answer the call and become a part of their firehouse family on a mission to protect and serve.
Its members are everyone’s neighbors, teachers, technicians, students, and tradespeople who decided to step up to the plate and volunteer their time to make Glenolden and the surrounding communities a safer place.
There’s a role for everyone and no experience is necessary. All training is provided at no cost to the volunteer.
Training night is held weekly at 7 p.m. on Tuesdays. New volunteers are needed to train as firefighters and junior firefighters, and to be contributing members and serve as administrative staff.
For more information about becoming a volunteer: https://glenoldenfireco.com/contact-us.
Springfield Township Library presents ‘Jaws’ in July
Local residents are invited to watch the film classic “Jaws” on the big screen at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 17 at Springfield Township Library, 70 Powell Road.
An enormous great white shark terrorizes a summer resort town, where a police chief, a grizzled fisherman and an intrepid marine biologist realize they’re “going to need a bigger boat” to battle the bloodthirsty beast. The film is an Oscar winner for sound, editing and John Williams’ score.
For questions, call the library at 610-543-2113. The event is free. However, space is limited so registration is required and can be found at http://www.springfieldtwplib.com/events.
Kids can go on summer camp adventure at Immanuel Church’s Vacation Bible School
Children are invited to explore Camp Firelight: A Summer Camp Adventure with God at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 501 Chester Pike, Norwood, Aug. 12-16 daily from 9 to 11:30 a.m.
Campers can join first-time camp counselor Sam and Lu, the lightning bug puppet, and learn to face their fears while trusting in God. Each day, campers see counselor sam face new challenges and learn to face his fears with God’s help.
This fun adventure includes music, crafts, recreation, and Bible stories that will help children learn to face their own fears while trusting God.
The camp is geared to children age 3 who are toilet trained, through those who finished fourth grade. Registration is now open at http://immanuelnorwood.org/church-calendar.
Collingdale holds Juneteenth Festival
Collingdale held a Juneteenth Festival on Saturday, June 22 in the parking lot of the Collingdale Community Center.
The event was hosted by some of the Collingdale Borough Council staff, including President Ryan Hastings, Vice President Stacy Calhoun, Kesha Williams and Councilman David Lee Robinson.
Although few attended due to the extreme temperatures that day, the event included food, drinks, face painting, a moon bounce, a video game trailer and Collingdale Fire Station firetruck and ambulance tours.
Widener Physical Therapy professor receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award
Widener University’s Kripa Dholakia, an assistant professor in the Institute for Physical Therapy Education at Widener University in Chester, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to Rwanda for the 2024-25 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
A resident of Philadelphia, Dholakia is the second faculty member to represent Widener in the Fulbright program for 2024-25.
As part of this grant, Dholakia will spend from September to July 2025 in Kigali at the University of Rwanda. She will teach content related to her clinical expertise in pediatric physical therapy.
Dholakia joined Widener’s physical therapy faculty in 2019 with more than 20 years of experience in pediatric physical therapy in the medical and community setting.
Dholakia’s research investigates global health and disability issues in low- and middle-income countries. She earned a bachelor’s degree in physical therapy from Mumbai University, India, and master’s and doctor of health science degrees from Drexel University.
Fulbright Scholars are faculty, researchers, administrators, and established professionals teaching or conducting research in affiliation with institutes abroad. Fulbright Scholars engage in cutting-edge research and expand their professional networks, often continuing research collaborations started abroad and laying the groundwork for forging future partnerships between institutions.
Fulbright is a program of the U.S. Department of State, with funding provided by the U.S. government. Participating governments and host institutions, corporations, and foundations around the world also provide direct and indirect support to the program, which operates in over 160 countries.
In the United States, the Institute of International Education implements the Fulbright U.S. Student and U.S. Scholar Programs on behalf of the U.S. Department of State. For more information about the Fulbright Program, visit https://fulbrightprogram.org. For more information on Widener University, go to http://widener.edu.
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