Havertown
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Child Guidance Resource Centers Offers Video Message for Down Syndrome Awareness Month
Child Guidance Resource Centers in Havertown is celebrating Down syndrome Awareness Month in October. Christine Yu, a therapist at Child Guidance Resources Centers and mother of an amazing daughter with Down Syndrome, joined one of the Child Guidance Mental Health #10at10 episodes to raise awareness. She shared what it is like raising a child with…
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Haverford Businesses Encourage Residents to Buy Local During the Pandemic With Gift Card Program
Haverford Township businesses are rolling out a unique digital gift card program they hope will keep the customers coming during the COVID-19 pandemic, writes Pete Bannan for the Daily Times. Starting Nov. 1, residents can buy the “Discover Haverford Keep It Local” gift card which can be sent via email, text or hard copy along…
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You Can Still Sign Up for the Superhero 5K Run From Child Guidance Resource Centers
Child Guidance Resource Centers is heading toward the finish line with its 8th Annual “One Stride at a Time: Superhero 5K Run & Wellness Festival for Prevention”. Even though this year’s event is virtual, 135 participants so far have stepped up to the challenge and shared their unique experiences running and walking along outdoor trails…
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Boardwalk Foods Come to Havertown, But It’s All Vegan
Boardwalk Vegan has opened for business at 28 N. Manoa Road, promising the boardwalk flavors of the Jersey Shore using plant-based ingredients, writes Kathleen E. Carey for the Daily Times. Kris and Randy Sumey had an award-winning special events business, Event FX Productions, Inc., until the pandemic wiped their business out. “So this was sort…
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Jabz Boxing, Founded by Prendergast Graduate, Comes Home to Delaware County
Jabz Boxing—fitness for women, is opening up franchises in Ridley Park and Aston, with another planned for Havertown, writes Pete Bannan for the Daily Times. The Arizona women’s fitness club was started in 2012 by Archbishop Prendergast High School graduate Kimberlee White and business partner Len Hayko. There are 18 locations in Arizona and one…
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LifeStance, Inc. Brings Behavioral Therapy Services to 3 Delaware County Locations
LifeStance Health Inc., a national outpatient behavioral health company, is expanding into Delaware County with three locations, writes John George and Natalie Kostelni for Philadelphia Business Journal. “We expect to have six to nine new offices there between now and the end of 2021,” said Danish Qureshi, LifeStance’s chief growth officer. “We will essentially be…
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8th Annual Child Guidance Superhero Run Goes Virtual This Year
Join Child Guidance Resource Centers, Oct. 4-31, for the 8th Annual One Stride at a Time: Superhero Run for Prevention and Wellness Fair. This year the fair takes to the trails virtually. All event proceeds directly support families struggling with addiction and mental health in the five-county Philadelphia area. The prevention theme, “One Stride at…
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Haverford Library Gets $12 Million Renovation But Stays Put at Darby and Mill Roads
Haverford Township Commissioners approved a $12 million renovation to Haverford Library last week abandoning a proposal to create a new library at the former Brookline School, writes Pete Bannan for the Daily Times. Residents like the library’s location near the high school and middle school, but hate its very small 17-space parking lot. It would…
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Amazon Has Applied for a Retail Liquor License in Havertown
Amazon Retail, LLC has applied to the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board for a liquor license at 403 West Chester Pike in the Llanerch Shopping Center, in Havertown, fueling speculation of a possible Amazon food store there, reports morethanthecurve.com. Amazon Retail, LLC, is the source of Amazon Go and Amazon Grocery Go. Amazon Go has breakfast,…
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Havertown Filmmaker Mike Tollin Working on Former Phillies Dick Allen Documentary
Mike Tollin, a Phillies fan from Havertown going back to 1964, first met Dick Allen in 1977 when he was a college radio station reporter trying to get a post-game interview, writes Matt Breen for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Allen initially brushed off Tollin’s “silly question” but invited him to sit down and have a beer…
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Havertown Girl Recognized for Cheering Up Front Line Workers With a Bit of Baking
Bianca Salerno’s father, Dr. Daniel Salerno, is an intensive care physician at Temple University Hospital so he sees the COVID-19 crisis up close. Bianca, 10, of Havertown, wanted to do something to cheer him and the other health care workers up so she started baking, writes Richard Ilgenfritz for mainlinemedianews.com. The Coopertown Elementary School student…
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A Spanish Speaking Virtual Meetup for Parents Sept. 4/Emociones:¿qué ese eso? “Cómo hablar con tu hijo/a”.
It can be hard to connect with our children even under the best of times. Add In a global pandemic, and It’s even more difficult! Child Guidance Resource Centers in Havertown is inviting Spanish-speaking parents to join a virtual meetup Sept. 4, noon to 1 p.m., conducted in Spanish with a therapist over Zoom to…
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Delaware County Couple Happily Married 32 Years, 5 Years at a Time
They met at a reiki share in 1985. Annmarie, from Havertown; and Joseph, living in Drexel Hill, became friends, writes Kellie Patrick Gates for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Joseph floated the idea of marriage a year after they met. Annmarie had come out of a rough engagement she though would end in marriage, so she was…
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There Are Effective Ways to Discipline Children Without Forceful Punishment
A child’s disruptive and oppositional behaviors can push any parent to the breaking point. As a last resort, parents may feel like they have no other choice other than to use spanking or other forms of corporal punishment because (in the moment) it feels like the fastest and most effective way to change your child’s…
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Child Guidance Resource Centers Hosts Virtual Strengthening Families Program
Do you have a child ages 6-11? If so, you’re invited to be part of the Strengthening Families Program hosted by the Child Guidance Resource Centers. This FREE virtual group enhances family bonds, helps children manage stress and learn new social skills, supporting parenting, and build stronger relationships. The group is held through Zoom every…
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Here Are Some Tips on Getting Children to Wear Masks From Child Guidance Resource Centers
Masks are now mandatory in Pennsylvania for everyone over the age of 2 who leaves their home. Wearing a mask can be a challenge. It’s not part of our normal routine. They’re uncomfortable. Sometimes we just don’t want to wear one, but we do because we understand the benefits of doing so. Many children, especially…
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Savoring a Diner Breakfast in Havertown After a Three-Month Pandemic Break
Some of us wasted no time savoring the sweetness of being green in Delaware County, reports Jan Carabeo for Philadelphia.cbslocal.com. After three months without a sit down restaurant, customers were happy to see the doors open again early Friday morning at the Manoa Diner in the Manoa Shopping Center. “We’re excited to be back. It’s…
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Trauma and the Brain: Signs You Might Be Living in “Survival Mode”
The ongoing pandemic and the isolation at home may mean you and your children are feeling the effects of the “survival brain.” During times of crisis, chaos, and traumatic experiences we enter “survival mode.” Normally, our prefrontal cortex, or the thinking brain, handles executive problem solving, organization, emotional regulation, critical thinking and decision making. It…
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