Archive for Category: "community service"
Pastorius Meeting-Monday July 11 @ 7pm
Please join us Monday night for a meeting of people hoping to create a people and dog-friendly park culture in Pastorius Park. The story behind the meeting can be found here. Anyone interested in brainstorming a solution where the park can be used by ALL community members is welcome to attend: Date: Monday July 11Time: 7pmPlace: Pastorius [...]
Pastorius (not to be confused with Brideshead) Revisited
not a spot on him. Before we delve into our annual donning of all things red, white, and blue, I wanted to revisit the “dog park” issue raised here. Many readers responded via comments and email, hoping to move forward with discussions about ways to make the park more accessible for all community members- furry [...]
Kids Run to benefit the George Fund- Sunday June 5
Do your kids love to run? Why not have them run to help other kids? The Kids Run for the George Fund is open to boys and girls, age 1 to 14. The goal is to promote the importance of exercise through running while having fun. The first 250 participants will receive a commemorative t-shirt. [...]
Pastorius Park: gone to the dogs?
see? plenty of room for everyone. When we began looking to move Chestnut Hill almost two years ago, we were attracted to many things. We loved how green it is while still being a party of the city. We loved its history and proximity to both Mt. Airy and Germantown. We loved that it is [...]
Spring Cleaning Opportunity for a good cause!
Drop-off lasts all this week for the second annual Kids Stuff Giveaway! The actual giveaway will take place at Germantown Jewish Centre on Sunday, April 3 and will benefit the Haitian Relief Fund. Drop off your gently used kids clothes, books, toys, games, equipment, etc. to Germantown Jewish Centre between Sunday 3/27 and Friday 4/01. [...]
MLK Day of Service, Used Clothing Sale, and Lovett to reopen!
Wanting to be part of the Day of Service and finding meaningful and appropriate ways to do that with young children can be two very different things. I know our best bets have been to jump in to preschool/childcare/school-sponsored events geared toward family participation. Our school will be putting together PJ packages for children who [...]
Books Needed!!!!
Calling all GAP readers… please help out with this effort to stock a local school library. Fitler Academics Plus Elementary School is located at Seymour and Knox Streets in Germantown. It is a K-8 school, beautifully run, and the School District of Philadelphia has outfitted a space for a library and hired a librarian.But the [...]
GAP Needs You!!
Well, we have reached 100 posts!! It’s hard to believe this site was created just last September. We have grown and changed a lot in that time. For instance, we have launched our new meetup group! If you haven’t joined yet, please do. We have 18 members so far and some fun activities planned. If [...]
