Around Town Dec. 10

• Santa has scheduled his yearly trips on a Longwood Fire Co. truck to the areas served by the fire company. All of the trips begin at 9 a.m.; the schedule covers Kennett Township on Saturday, Dec. 12; Pennsbury on Sunday, Dec. 13; Pocopson on Saturday, Dec. 19; and East Marlborough on Sunday, Dec. 20.

• The First Lego League Robotics competition and Junior First Lego League Expo will be held at the C.F. Patton Middle School on Saturday, Dec. 12, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Spectators are welcome to watch and celebrate a “sport of the mind.” The school is located at 760 Unionville Road.

• It’s Breakfast with the Trains on Saturday, Dec. 19 at the Brandywine River Museum of Art. From 8:30 to 10 a.m., museum visitors can take part in a behind-the-scenes visit with the Brandywine River Museum of Art Railroad. Discover how the extensive layout, one of the world’s largest, is created, and the complicated multitasking it takes to keep everything running. This before-hours event includes a private tour of the trains in action with Brandywine RR engineers, including special activities for the youngest train fans and a continental breakfast in the museum café. Children will receive a Brandywine RR souvenir; ages 3 and older accompanied by an adult are welcome. Tickets — $20 for museum members and $25 for others — are limited. Reserve online at www.brandywine.org/museum/events or phone 610-388-8326.

• The Kennett Area Senior Center will sponsor an AARP Driver Safety Program for drivers age 50 and over on Thursday, Dec. 17, from noon to 4 p.m. This course is applicable for those who have previously completed the 8-hour course. The session explains the changes that occur in vision, hearing, and reaction time as we age and provides useful driving safety tips of handling those changes. There is no test and participants may be eligible to receive a discount on their auto insurance premium (consult your insurance company for details). Call the KASC at 610-444-4819 for further information and to reserve your seat in the class.

A falling mushroom will again bring in the new year in Kennett Square.
A falling mushroom will again bring in the new year in Kennett Square.

• The mushroom will drop again this year. Kennett Square will usher in the new year with its annual Mushroom Drop. At the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve, in the heart of Kennett Square, a 500-pound stainless steel mushroom glittering with thousands of lights will be lowered with a countdown to the new year. It is the finale of Midnight in the Square, Kennett Square’s family-style New Year’s Eve bash with music, food and fun. The night will include children’s activities beginning at 6 p.m. on Dec. 31 and there will be a heated tent that has a cover charge of $10. General admission is a nonperishable food item for the Kennett Food Cupboard.

• On the night of Jan. 27 and into the early morning hours of Jan. 28, the Chester County Department of Community Development will hold the 2016 Point-in-Time Count, a federal mandate to record the number of homeless in the county. Volunteers are needed for two time frames: 10 p.m. to midnight and
12:30 to 2:30 a.m. Groups will canvass different areas of the county, including West Chester and Kennett Square. For more information, visit http://pa-chestercounty2.civicplus.com/DocumentCenter/View/31550. 
To sign up, go to http://www.decadetodoorways.com/2016-point-time-count-chester-county-volunteer-form/.

• The Chester County Department of Aging has received notice of a telephone scam targeting county seniors. The caller claims to be a Department of Aging employee and offers free Personal Emergency Response Systems units, ACCESS Cards and “other services” to seniors. If interest is indicated, the caller, whose number is blocked on caller ID, asks for a credit card or checking account number. The Department of Aging is advising residents to refrain from providing any financial information and to report the incident to police. For further information, call the Chester County Department of Aging at 610-344-6350.

• West Chester University’s winter commencement ceremonies for 874 students will be held on Sunday, Dec. 13, in Hollinger Fieldhouse at South Church Street and University Avenue. At the 10 a.m. ceremony, Lee Whitmore, vice president for education outreach and social entrepreneurship at Berklee College of Music, will address undergraduates in the Colleges of Arts and Sciences and Visual and Performing Arts, and at the 1:30 p.m. ceremony, Vincent Hudson, chief operating officer for OAA Orthopaedic Specialists, will address undergraduates in the Colleges of Business and Public Affairs, Education, and Health Sciences, a university press release said. A separate ceremony for graduate students will take place on Monday, Dec. 14, at 7 p.m.

• The Chester County Fund for Women and Girls’ 2016 Core Grants Application Cycle has begun.  The objective of the fund’s grantmaking activities is to create positive community-wide impact for women and girls.The grant application and guidelines are posted on the fund’s website at www.ccfwg.org. All applicants must adhere to the requirements found on the website.  The deadline to apply is Jan. 22.

 

 

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