A clean up with a positive mission
Reduce clutter and benefit HIS Mission this month
By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times
How often do you open a closet or drawer at home and find it overflowing with things you never use? Just the other day, my husband had a (little) meltdown about the number of cups we have in the kitchen cabinet.
Can you picture it?
He attempts to grab a glass for some iced tea and six others come tumbling...
Brandywine Ace donates pet products to CCSPCA
Eli Martinez (left) and Julie Landy (right) stopped at Brandywine Ace, Pet & Farm to receive a donation from pet and wild bird manager Lauren Bohnert (center).
POCOPSON — As she reorganized some pet products in the store, Lauren Bohnert, manager of pet and wild bird departments at Brandywine Ace, Pet & Farm, put together an assortment of items including collars, leashes, litter pans, and...
Otter Scouts set up giving tree at Pets & Friends
64th Brandywine decorating crew. Back: Otter Leader Tim Grimme. Middle (L-R): Otter Scouts Dylan Ball, Kellar Cimini, Henry Grimme. Front row (L-R): Otter Scouts Brian Lightner and Jacob Kubilus, and Sara Ball.
WEST GROVE — Last Sunday afternoon the 64th Brandywine Otter Scouts of the Baden-Powell Service Association (BPSA) set up and decorated a “Giving Tree” at the Pets & Friends store...
Books ‘urgently’ needed for UHS book sale
Bad weather has curtailed donations — books accepted through Feb. 19
EAST MARLBOROUGH — Local residents who haven’t yet donated unwanted used books for the annual Unionville High School PTO Used Book Sale are being urged to do so by the sale’s organizers.
Donations are being accepted at all Unionville-Chadds Ford district schools through Wednesday, Feb. 19. Donations are running behind this...
Donations sought to help Kennett family
Family of UCFSD employee seeks housing after fire burns home
A Kennett family — and a Unionville-Chadds Ford School District employee — is looking for housing in the Kennett Consolidated School District — after a fire left them out of their home for as much as year and destroyed almost all of their possessions.
The family of Israel Rivera, who works in the school district’s buildings and grounds...
Donations needed for yard sale
De-cluttering your home could benefit education
EAST MARLBOROUGH — Ready for a little Spring cleaning? De-clutter your home and help a worthy cause: the Unionville-Chadds Ford Education Foundation’s annual Community Yard Sale by donating items for sale.
The annual Yard Sale benefits the Education Foundation, which in turn uses funds raised to augment the educational experience at Unionville-Chadds...
United Way kicks off 2012-13 fund campaign
Organization supports education, senior and youth programs throughout southern Chester County
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
United Way of Southern Chester County is kicking off its annual fund drive — from left: UWSCC board president Karen Myers, Board Vice President Ed Sparks and UWSCC Executive Director Carrie Freeman display one of the signs seen around the community reminding folks to give...
