Spring 2016 Calendar of Events for Children, Individuals and Families in the GREATER CHESTER COUNTY AREA
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Spring 2016 Calendar of Events for Children, Individuals and Families IN THE GREATER CHESTER COUNTY AREA UPDATED – April 24, 2016 Helping to Bridge the Gap Between the Wealth of Available Resources and the Poverty Associated With People Not Knowing About Them _________________________________________________________________________________ In an attempt to aid reader information searches, new items added each week are high- lighting in yellow. As always, we are interested in receiving feedback in regard to how we might improve our publications, content and convenience of use. E-Update periodically reports ways in which subscribers use our publications to aid their families or organizations. If you have a short description that might be helpful to others and their uses, we would like to hear about them. Please forward two or three sentences that provide specific uses of benefit to [email protected] . Calendar of Events Sections Listed Below: • UPDATED THIS WEEK: Special Activities: Upcoming primarily free activities listed by day over the next several months. • Ongoing Scheduled Activities: Primarily free activities held regularly each week or month. • Area Ministries for Those Who Are Struggling : GriefShare, DivorceCare, Celebrate Recovery, Mending Hearts, and job-seekers. • Day Trip Destination Sites: Free admission opportunities for individual and family outings. • E-Update Resources TM : Over 40 pages of information about Government and Community Ser- vices, including Employment Resources, for individuals and families. Activities are believed to be correct at the time of insertion but are subject to change without notice. Participants are encouraged to use contact information to confirm times and dates to avoid disappointment. Page 1 Information on submission of events is provided on the last page of this Calendar. E-mail submissions to [email protected] . Special Activities Ongoing - Current Summer May 6-June 10 (Fridays) Camp Cadet. Various State Police-hosted Art Classes. Kennett Area Senior Center, camp locations and dates. 427 South Walnut Street, Kennett Square. Children 12 to 15 years of age (11-13 in 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Chester County) participate in a week-long Artist Rhona Candeloro will conduct a Play- camp to help with discipline, self-esteem, ing with Colors Art workshop, providing indi- teamwork, drug and alcohol education, violence viduals of all proficiency levels an opportunity prevention and other issues facing youth. to express life in color. Free activity, with further information and Free activity, with further information and required registration for limited capacity avail- required registration at (610) 444-4819. able at www.psp.pa.gov/public- safety/Pages/Camp-Cadet-Summer- Through June 14 (Tuesdays and Thursdays) Program.aspx#.Vxd1MnoaJ0w or 15 State Po- Parent Cafes. Connections on High Café, lice Troop headquarters. 238 East High Street, Pottstown. 10 a.m. to noon Tuesdays, 5:3 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thurs- Tuesdays – Through Summer days. Girls and Success. Community Center, In- Parents and caregivers of children under dian Run Mobile Home Park, 1 Lenape Way, 18 years will receive and share information on Honey Brook. 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. parenting and strengthening families during State Trooper Waleska Gonzalez will take monthly morning or evening sessions hosted by ages 13 through 18, though a 16-week Walking the Pottstown Family Center and the School Girls to Success initiative to build a positive District. mentoring relationship using real life experi- Free activities, including refreshments, ences to teach alternative behaviors for positive childcare and prizes, with further information results. and required registration at Free activity, including snacks, with further www.facebook.com/206334486203267/photos information and required registration at (610) /gm.1712197735723537/580856285417750/? 486-6181. type=3&theater , [email protected] or (610) 326-1610 x324. Saturdays – Through Summer Bird Walks. Main Parking Lot, John James Personal Finance Classes. Victory Christian Audubon Center, 1201 Pawlings Road, Audu- Life Center, 508 King Street, Pottstown, and bon. 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. First Floor, Montgomery County Human Ser- Family-oriented, guided bird walk will ex- vices Building, 1430 DeKalb Street, Norristown. plore Mill Grove. Genesis Housing Corporation conducts year- Free activity, with further information at around evening classes on different days on www.montcopa.org/calendar.aspx?CID=23,33 , Understanding Credit, Money Management and or (610) 666-5593. Home Buying Basics. Free activity, with further information and Through May 26 (Thursdays) required registration at Parenting and Children Time. Salvation www.genesishousing.org/counseling_schedule2 Army, 137 King Street, Pottstown. 5 p.m. to .html , [email protected] or (610) 275- 7:30 p.m. 4357. Several organizations join to provide an eight-week parent and caregiver series on American Revolution History . Valley Forge playing an active role in children's lives to help National Historical Park, 1400 North Outer them choose healthy futures, with children in- Line Drive, King of Prussia. Various hours and volved in a variety of activities at the same days. time. A trove of family events are offered through- Free activity, including refreshments, with out the summer, along with other times of the further information and required registration at year, with daily guided walks, living history www.fsmontco.org/sites/default/files/STEP%2 demonstrations, Children's Exploration Station 0Parenting%20Partnership%20Flyer%204_201 and Washington Leadership programs, along 6.pdf , [email protected] or (610) 326-1610 with weekend Secrets and Spies tours, story- x341. Page 2 telling benches, a public archeology program, 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Monday and Wednes- special events and more. day and 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday. Primarily free activities, with further County park ranger will share stories about information and schedules available at birds, nests and migrations, along with show- www.nps.gov/vafo/index.htm or (610) 783- ing a real nest, with children from birth to five 1000. years. Free activity, with further information at PA CareerLink and Job Search Services . http://pa- Free monthly workshops and other services are chestercounty.civicplus.com/2319/April-2016 available to job-seekers through PA CareerLink or (610) 932-2589. offices in area counties: • Berks: April 25 (Monday) www.co.berks.pa.us/dept/careerlink/Pages/d Parkinson’s Falls. Theater, Garden Spot Vil- efault.aspx lage, 433 South Kinzer Avenue, New Holland. • Chester: www.pacareerlinkchesco.org 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. • Delaware: www.delcoworks.org Village physical therapist Amy Fulford will • Lancaster: www.jobs4lancaster.com provide tips and exercises to help prevent falls • Montgomery: and maintain balance to the Parkinson’s Sup- www.montcopa.org/index.aspx?NID=1024 port Group. Many of these services are available to out- Free activity, with further information . For of-county residents. more information at [email protected] or (717) 355-6264. Spring Reading and Children Programs. Local area libraries. Various times. April 25 (Monday) Spring reading and other programs for chil- Student Sexual Assault. Cafetorium, Middle dren of all ages, adults and families are under- School, 115 Rock Raymond Road, Downing- way or scheduled at many local libraries town. 6:30 p.m. throughout the area. Prevention education Carol Intintoli, M.Ed., Many have kickoff parties and provide prizes, will discuss how to prevent sexual assault, how special activities and other incentives to par- to talk with children about the topic, how to ticipate. keep a child safe from online predators, and Primarily free activities, with further information services available to survivors. and schedules available through various library web- Free activity, with further information at sites and calendars at: www.dasd.org/site/handlers/filedownload.ash • Berks County: www.berks.lib.pa.us x?moduleinstanceid=1704&dataid=10711&File • Chester County: www.ccls.org Name=SAAM%20Parent%20Education%20Nigh t.pdf or (610 )269-8460. • Delaware County: www.delcolibraries.org • Lancaster County: www.lancasterlibraries.org April 25 (Monday) • Montgomery County: www.mclinc.org Dog Sled Race. Struble Room, Chester County Library, 450 Exton Square Parkway, Look Good Feel Better for Women. Various Exton. 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. locations. Taylor Steele, a Pennsylvania dog sledder, Hospitals throughout the area will host a se- will discuss what it takes to become a musher ries of Fall Look Good Feel Better beauty tech- for The Iditarod, a 1,000-mile dog sled race nique workshops by the American Cancer Soci- from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska. ety for women coping with cancer treatments. Free activity, with further information and Free activity, including a makeup kit, with registration available at further information as to dates and sites and http://ereserve.ccls.org/evanced/lib/eventcale registration available at ndar.asp , [email protected] , or (610) 280- www.cancer.org/treatment/supportprogramsse 2642. rvices/app/resource- detail.aspx?resourceId=32260 or (800) 227- April 26 (Tuesday) 2345. Meet the Lenders. Radisson Hotel Valley Forge, 1160 First Avenue, King of Prussia. Ongoing – Individual Occurrences 9 a.m. to noon. April 25, 27-28 (Monday, Wednesday- Both startup and existing small businesses Thursday) will have a forum, hosted by several regional Reading with the Ranger. Oxford Public Li- business groups, to present their financing brary, 48 South Second Street, Oxford.