Havertown
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In Delaware County, Locals Reach Out to Help Those Who Can’t Get Out Themselves During Pandemic
An 18-year-old Media teen from Penncrest High School is cutting through the pandemic isolation with a grocery delivery service for older people, writes Erin McCarthy for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Jasleen Gill, a high school senior, feels a sense of responsibility and wanted to help those who are older or have underlying health problems who may…
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Child Guidance Centers Offers Tips on Helping Your Autistic Child Through the COVID-19 ‘Lockdown’
Schedules for parents and children have significantly changed. Children are being asked to learn virtually and complete worksheets at the kitchen table, while parents are either working from home or scrambling to find childcare. Here are ideas to help your child with Autism navigate through changes and uncertainties from the COVID-19 Lockdown. Keep a structured…
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Helping Parents Navigate the Coronavirus Crisis With Their Children
As if parenting isn’t difficult enough, now add in an international concern like COVID-19 (Coronavirus). You’re busy, tired, and concerned yourself. How should you handle this with your child? Prepare yourself for that conversation by making sure you have all the facts and a plan of action for your family. The Centers for Disease Control…
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Tantira’s Story Celebrates Independence and a Successful Program at Child Guidance Resource Centers (Video)
When Tanitra first entered the Child Guidance Resource Centers’ CRR program in 1999, she couldn’t communicate or take care of her personal needs. She wasn’t taking her medication. She had no idea how to perform simple tasks like washing dishes. Making big changes to her life was a hurdle for Tanitra, but getting help from…
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Eagles’ Jason Kelce Stops By Havertown’s Brick & Brew for an Arm Wrestle Challenge
You never know who you’ll meet at your local bar and restaurant. On Sunday, Eagles’ center Jason Kelce, who just happens to live in Delaware County, stopped by the Brick & Brew in Havertown to arm wrestle a Havertown resident, writes Pat Ralph for Phillyvoice.com. Jason Kelce has had three All-Pro and Pro Bowl experiences…
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Haverford Community Rallies Around Local Teens in Cancer Fight With Green Lights of Support
Haverford Township has a distinctive green glow these days, writes Alexandria Hoff for for CBS3.com. The community-wide project was started by a Facebook group called “Light Up Green”. The green lights are an organized effort to support three local teens and their families struggling with cancer. “The diagnosis was awful. It was so scary,” Haverford…
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Child Guidance Resource Centers Participating in Play Without Boundaries Event Feb. 2 at Please Touch Museum
Child Guidance Resource Centers will be featured as a community partner at Play Without Boundaries Feb. 2, 9 to 11 a.m., at the Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia. Play Without Boundaries provides a relaxed environment for individuals with autism, learning differences, and other sensory or communications needs. The museum will provide a quiet experience for…
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Child Guidance Resource Centers Reaps Rewards From February Reuseable Bag Sales at Havertown Giant and Acme
During February, Child Guidance Resource Centers will be the recipient of give back programs at an Acme and Giant supermarket in our community. This will be the second time Child Guidance has been chosen for this honor at the Giant store, 116 W. Township Line Road in Havertown, joining the Giant Bags 4 My Cause…
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Child Guidance Resource Centers Host Meet and Greet Jan. 22 with U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon
Child Guidance Resource Centers kicks off 2020 by opening its doors for a meet and greet with US Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (D-5). On Jan. 22,, at 3:30 p.m., Child Guidance is offering the opportunity for everyone to visit the Child Guidance Resource Centers Philadelphia Headquarters at 2901 Island Ave. Come for a tour of the…
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Delaware County Parochial Schools Still See Value in Teaching Cursive
While many are dropping cursive from the school curriculum, seeing it as a useless skill wasting student time, parochial schools in our region continue to teach the art of handwriting and good penmanship, writes Melanie Burney and Kristen A. Graham for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Local Catholic school teachers see it as a sign of a…
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Proposed Billboards in Haverford Stir Up New Round of Protests as Common Pleas Court Schedules Case
A proposal has been made to bring billboards to Haverford Township, re-igniting a 10-year-old protest, writes Linda Stein for the Daily Times. There is a public meeting tonight in Havertown to address the issue. A hearing Jan. 21 in Delaware County Common Pleas Court will determine if 47-foot-high billboards should be allowed on top of…
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Haverford Memorial Remembers Local Kids Lost to Opioid Addiction
A memorial remembering those lost to opioid addiction was unveiled Dec. 23 in Haverford Township by the Havertown Alliance for Drug Awareness, writes Pete Bannon for Delco News Network. The event was held at the Kelly Center on Eagle Road. “We decided it was time to do something that would memorialize all of our lost…
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Child Guidance Resource Centers Presents Fellowship Farm Exhibit at African American Museum
Child Guidance Resource Centers in Havertown is presenting an exhibition and program at The African American Museum about Fellowship Farm Jan. 18 in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The 126-acre Fellowship Farm in Pottstown has been in the care of Child Guidance Resource Centers since April 1, 2013. It is the site of…
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Haverford High’s Radio Station Has Been Operating Since 1949 and Is the Oldest of Its Kind in the Nation
Haverford High School has the oldest operating high school radio station (WHHS, 99.9 FM) in the country, writes Mari A. Schaefer for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The little 10-watt student-run radio station first broadcast Dec. 6, 1949. It has moved three times during school renovations and three times on the dial. In 2002, Radio One took…
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Delco Group Charity Surprises Haverford High Junior With Unforgettable Holiday Outing
A Haverford High School Junior’s positive outlook as she battles non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma earned her a holiday night out courtesy of the Delco Group, reports Jennifer Joyce for fox29.com. Hannah Hermansen, 16, has been undergoing chemotherapy treatments since her diagnosis in late September. Delco Group, founded by local realtor John Port, decided to show up with…
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Havertown Woman Part of Equal Pay Class Action Lawsuit Involving 3,000 Women
Allison Gamba was a success in the investment business at Goldman Sachs, writes Alexia Fernandez Campbell for vox.com. She went to business school. She sat on the New York Stock Exchange. She turned mediocre stocks into top-performing investments. She put in nine years at the company and was doing the job of managing director, overseeing…
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Lynnewood Students Have a Chat With the Architect Who’s Designing Their New School
Lynnewood Elementary School students got to learn about the new school being built on their property from the architect who’s designing it, writes Linda Stein for the Daily Times. Ryan Orr, 29, with KCBA Architects of Hatfield, talked with third, fourth and fifth graders Nov. 26 about architecture and the new $34.2 million school being…
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Havertown Girl Scouts Pose as Young Patients to Help With Pediatric Training
About a dozen Girl Scouts from Troop 57119 in Haverford Township recently helped students at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine learn how to more effectively communicate with their pediatric patients, writes Mari A. Schaefer for The Philadelphia Inquirer. They acted as “standardized patients” — people trained to play the role of patients — said…
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