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Glen Mills Resident, Life Coach Collects Purses Full of Hope to Empower Struggling Women
As the owner of a meditation and lifestyle boutique in Chadds Ford, Glen Mills resident and Ridley Park native Sally Young is many things. Reiki master. Soul stylist. Yogi. Change agent. Optimist. Healer. Spiritual gangster. And now, she can add philanthropist to that list. Last year, before Christmas, Young created Purses Full of Hope, an…
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Delco Cruisers Deliver Toys, Good Cheer to Crozer-Chester Medical Center
The Delco Cruisers recently visited Crozer-Chester Medical Center as part of the group’s 10th annual “Cruise for Kids.” Members of the organization dressed up as Santa, Mrs. Claus, and elves to help deliver hundreds of toys to pediatric patients at the medical center. Representatives from the Responders motorcycle group, Delaware County Motorcycle Riders, Brandywine Riders,…
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Become an Elwyn Elf and Create Holiday Magic for Someone Else
Now in its 22nd year, the Elwyn Elves program provides holiday gifts to children and adults in Elwyn programs who might otherwise not receive a gift during the holiday season. Last year, more than 600 wishes were fulfilled, and more than 600 are expected to be granted this season. This year, Elwyn is debuting a…
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Iron Hill Brewery Donates to Support Children with Cancer on National Brownie Day
Today is National Brownie Day, and Iron Hill Brewery and Restaurant is doubling its donation from sales today of its Triple Chocolate Hill dessert. For every Triple Chocolate Hill brownie sold today, Dec. 8, $1.50 will be donated to CureSearch’s mission to end children’s cancer. Since 2004, Iron Hill has donated a portion of the…
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Holmes-Based HEADstrong Serves Families Affected by Cancer at 10th Annual Thanksgiving Feast
Thanksgiving marked the 10th year that the Holmes-based HEADstrong Foundation has prepared and served the traditional holiday feast to the patients and families receiving inpatient care at the Abramson Cancer Center of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Annually, the Colleluori family – alongside a dedicated group of volunteers – is involved with preparing…
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Crozer-Keystone’s Toy Drive to Benefit Community Action Agency of Delaware County
Crozer-Keystone Health System employees have a long-standing tradition of helping their neighbors in need through numerous community outreach efforts, including the health system’s annual toy drive. This year’s toy drive is under way, and will last through Dec. 16. The Community Action Agency of Delaware County is the beneficiary for the toy drive, so every…
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Volunteers Raise a Long-Absent Flag at Yeadon Cemetery
It was a triumphant moment, raising a long-absent American flag on hallowed ground where men and women who had died for their country lay buried, and it came to be on Saturday when a Bryn Mawr man and a Devon nonprofit converged on a Yeadon cemetery plot. “Here is a site that has veterans who…
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Crozer-Keystone Community Foundation Names Veteran Nonprofit Leader to Serve as First CEO
The Board of Directors of the Crozer-Keystone Community Foundation has announced that Frances M. Sheehan has been named as the organization’s first President and Chief Executive Officer. Sheehan will assume her position effective January 2, 2017. As President and CEO, Sheehan will guide the activities of the new, independent foundation dedicated to the health, education,…
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Runners, Walkers Invited to ChesLen Chase for Open Space on Saturday
Natural Lands Trust, the region’s foremost land conservation organization, invites you to run for nature at the ChesLen Chase for Open Space on Saturday. Proceeds from the event will benefit ChesLen Preserve, one of the largest private nature preserves in southeastern Pennsylvania. Choose among three courses — a 10K run, a 5K run, and a…
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SCORE Meet-and-Greet Aims to Help Owners Grow Their Business
Business owners and those contemplating starting their own business are encouraged to attend a meet-and-greet on Thursday, Oct. 27 at the West Chester University Graduate Center from 5:30-7:30 PM. You’ll be introduced to key members of SCORE of Chester and Delaware County, West Chester University’s Center for Community Solutions and Continuing Professional Education Office, and…
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Billy Lake Basketball Marathon to Celebrate 25th Year of Fighting ALS
The ALS Association Greater Philadelphia Chapter will be hosting the 25th Annual Billy Lake Basketball Marathon on Saturday at Haverford College, writes Mike Jensen for the Philadelphia Inquirer. This year marks a quarter-century since the death of Havertown resident and basketball enthusiast, Billy Lake, who passed away at 42 only 19 months after being diagnosed…
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Public, Private Partnership Helps Delaware County Fight Poverty
Breaking the cycle of poverty requires both hard work and innovative approaches, both of which are exemplified by the longstanding partnership between the Community Action Agency of Delaware County and Boeing, writes Edward T. Coleman for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The CAADC and Boeing have been working together for two decades, not only helping people…
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United Way Honors Constituents at Annual Delco Community Awards
The United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey recently honored several corporate partners, volunteers, and donors at its annual Delaware County Community Awards Celebration at the Springfield Country Club. “As we get ready to move forward and embark on a new chapter of our work together here in Delaware County, it is nice…
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United Way of Greater Philadelphia Kicks Off Annual Fundraiser, Names Campaign Leadership
The United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey has kicked off its 2016-17 annual fundraising campaign. Daniel J. Hilferty, president and chief executive officer of Independence Blue Cross, will serve as chair of the campaign, and Christopher Cashman, former executive vice president and president of commercial markets at Independence Blue Cross, will serve…
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Sisters of Saint Francis Organize Bargain Sale in Aston to Help Orphans in Kenya
The Sisters of Saint Francis organized a bargain sale over the weekend at their Aston Township Motherhouse to help orphans in Kenya, writes Peg DeGrassa for the Delaware County News Network. Local residents who stopped by 609 South Convent Road in Aston from Friday through Sunday were able to get a great bargain on jewelry,…
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Delaware County Leadership: Trish McFarland
Trish McFarland, President of Delaware County Chamber of Commerce, talks with DELCO Today about growing up in Drexel Hill, her extended family’s passion for service and how she and her husband Dan are passing that passion on to their three daughters, how each of her jobs prepared her for her to be chamber president, why…
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Radnor’s VWR Foundation Reaches New High
Radnor’s VWR Foundation, which is dedicated to providing grants to the science community, has passed the $2 million mark of funds granted to 120 organizations and programs around the world. The milestone was reached with a TWR Legacy grant of $65,000 to the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, Calif., to build the VWR Foundation…
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Villanova’s Hansell Family Creates BetterWorldians Foundation
Villanova’s Ray and MarySue Hansell, along with their son Gregory, have built on their successful Facebook game “A Better World” by starting the nonprofit BetterWorldians Foundation, writes Linda Stein for Main Line Media News. Six years ago, with the help of his parents, Gregory Hansell – whose background is in technology, nonprofit organizations, and business…
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