pring Yard Sale

Saturday, April 20

(rain date: Saturday, April 27th)

Our First Yard Sale! Don't miss this!

8 a.m. to Noon

On the grounds of the Chadds Ford Historical Society

 

 

We will be accepting donations of household goods, small furniture, tools, etc. that are in good working condition.

Please click on the link below for a complete list of accepted donations and for further details .

Catalog Doll Auction  

Antique French Jules Steiner Doll

Many Antique German Bisque dolls and babies including Simon and Halbig, CM Bergmann, Handwerck, Kestner, AM, Cloth Dolls, miniature dolls, quality French bisque reproductions including Bru, AT, Jumeau, A. Marque, FG, Fashions etc., black dolls, China Dolls and Reproduction China Dolls, Emma Clear-types, Artist Dolls and more!

 20%  BP, 3% Cash Discount

We accept V/MC/Disc 

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 Click here to view catalog

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610-558-1800

  i[email protected] 

Catalog Doll Auction  

Antique French Jules Steiner Doll

Many Antique German Bisque dolls and babies including Simon and Halbig, CM Bergmann, Handwerck, Kestner, AM, Cloth Dolls, miniature dolls, quality French bisque reproductions including Bru, AT, Jumeau, A. Marque, FG, Fashions etc., black dolls, China Dolls and Reproduction China Dolls, Emma Clear-types, Artist Dolls and more!

 20%  BP, 3% Cash Discount

We accept V/MC/Disc 

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 Click here to view catalog

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610-558-1800

  i[email protected] 

Showers of Hope

The township is not the contact number.  Pat Carpenter at 388-2561 has been taking the calls for the Yard Sale Committee.

Tables are going quickly and registration will close by noon on Thursday, 4/25.

Gates will open for the yard sale at 9 a.m. and it runs until 2 p.m.  What you don’t sell, you can either donate to Habitat for Humanity (there will be a truck there) or put in the dumpster in the park, or take back home with you.  There will be a food cart there and music.  Everyone has a great time and let’s hope for good weather!

Nexcut Shredding will be shredding documents

Supreme Asset Management and Recovery will be accepting for recycling “anything with a plug” (all electronics)

We will be collecting residential propane tanks 20 lb., to be recycled with Comfort Home and Hearth, Chadds Ford

Cell phones and batteries can be recycled with Supreme Asset Management and Recovery, but if they’re in good condition and usable, then Goodwill or County of Delaware Library Systems

Goodwill will be collecting gently used clothing and furniture and other home goods

The Civic Association will be conducting a roadside cleanup starting at 8AM

Civic Association will be collecting non-perishable food items

Eagle Scout Project by John Stookey, Troop 93

For kids, no mature ratings, DVD, CDs, VHS and Video games

To be re-played or re-used and not recycled

The Day’s Course Agenda:

10:30 – 11:20 AM – Tot Training (Mommy and ME; Ages 3-6)

Cardio Movement Class. You’ll Climb, jump, squat and run in this fast paced including obstacle courses, strength training, dancing and more!  Fitness while having fun!!

11:30 AM – 12:20 PM – Gym Blast (Ages 7-11)

Total Body Fitness Class. Kids will engage in cardio activity as well as strength training in an entertaining and unique way.

12:30 – 1:20 PM – Hip Hop Fitness (Adult)

Hottest  Dance Moves to your favorite pop hits. A great cardio workout including moves that tone muscles in your abs, legs and core. Body sculpting while having FUN!

Guest Speaker - Thomas Padon, Director, Brandywine River Museum

May 1 “Of Lions and Labradors” Gallery Talk
2 p.m. Join Amanda C. Burdan, associate curator, as she compares
Wyeth’s painting Ides of March with Albrecht Dürer’s print,
St. Jerome in his Study, and examines the symbolic meaning
of faithful animal companions in art history.
Free for members and included in museum admission.

Panel Discussion May 1, 7 p.m.
Explore ideas about Andrew Wyeth's extensive method of study, the academic traditions in his composition, and his intuitive use of light and color that infuse his work with visual power and mystery.
Presenters include:
•Virginia O'Hara, Curator of Collections at Brandywine River Museum,
•Timothy Standring, Gates Foundation Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the Denver Art Museum, and
•Patricia Traub, Artist and Associate Professor at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
The program is presented in conjunction with the museum's current exhibition, Andrew Wyeth's "Ides of March:" The Making of a Masterpiece, which includes over 30 pencil and watercolor preliminary studies for the tempera and continues through May 19.

Brandywine River Museum, located on U.S. Route 1 in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, is open daily (except Christmas Day) from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Admission is $12 for adults; $8 for seniors ages 65 and over, $6 for students and children ages 6-12; free for children under six and Brandywine Conservancy members. Museum admission is free on Sunday mornings from 9:30 a.m. to noon (except May 26 during the Annual Antiques Show).

may 1 7 p.m. Talking Points: Mood and Method in Andrew Wyeth’s
Ides of March
Join Timothy Standring, Gates Foundation Curator of Painting
and Sculpture at the Denver Art Museum, Patricia Traub,
artist and associate professor at the Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts, and Virginia O’Hara, curator of collections
at the Brandywine River Museum as they explore ideas about
Wyeth’s extensive method of study, the academic traditions
in his composition, and his intuitive use of light and color
that infuse his work with visual power and mystery.
$16 for members, $20 for non-members.

Bruce Mowday will talk about his new book about Jim Herr.

Luncheon buffet at Penn Oaks Golf Club $20

All are welcome

Question: Emily Myers 610-212-3639

What is it? A shopping, food & fun adventure May 3-18 featuring 37 local & off-the-beaten path businesses (24 stops are brand new to the Tour) hand-picked for their uniqueness! Organized like a home or garden tour, you’ll travel place to place enjoying special events like games & refreshments, with valuable coupons from each business. Visit the stops at your leisure—do what you can in a day or take 16 days—it’s up to you. Your ticket is valid the entire time! Plus, you'll collect raffle tickets at each location to enter to win prizes in our Shop & Win game! It’s such a fun way to explore & shop Chester County!

Who’s participating? Can’t tell you! That’s part of the fun secret. Stops are located from Elverson and Pottstown in the north down to Oxford and Chadds Ford in the south. Your ticket includes a Tour guide with details and locations, a map to get you around, and coupons from each business. If you follow our suggested path, you should never travel more than 20 minutes between businesses (many are closer than that.) And we can tell you they’ll be something for everyone:

Antiques - gifts - furniture & home décor - fresh foods & cafés - clothing, jewelry & accessories - hand-crafted soaps, glass & pottery - historic buildings, farms, barns and more!

Tour Hours: Mon-Sat 10 to 6 (some w/ add’l hrs; 13 w/ Sun hrs)

Your $7 ticket includes:

a Tour guide that lists the name, address, and description of each business
a map to get you around
a calendar of extra events
coupons from every business

$1 per ticket donated to Surrey Services for Seniors

Call 484-551-5180 or order online.

Buy early! The 1st 1000 people receive a shopping bag filled with promotional goodies!

• What to See
• Point-to-Point Steeplechase

35th Annual Point-to-Point

Sunday, May 5, 2013

Celebrate Two Great Traditions on One Day!

Enjoy a day of elite horse racing and celebrate Cinco de Mayo at the 35th Anniversary Point-to-Point! Join us for kids' activities, festive tailgating, and beautiful hospitality tents with elegant luncheons. For more information, download the Point-to-Point brochure.
Make it a weekend getaway with the Starwood hotel package. Visit Starwood's Web site for more information.
Try a cooking demo to get your tailgate ready for the big day.

Thank you to everyone who made last year’s event such a resounding success and thank you to all of our supporters over the last 35 years. View recent press coverage of our supporters enjoying Point-to-Point from Delaware Today, Town & Country, and Signature Magazine.
Contact us at [email protected] for more information.

I'd like to invite you to an Open House, celebrating the relocation of my office on Thursday, May 9th, from 5 - 7PM, at 602 Chadds Ford Drive, Suite 201.  We'll have fun, refreshments, miniature golf, photo ops, and a Grand Opening Ribbon Cutting ceremony!

may 9 Music on the Brandywine
7:30 p.m Enjoy performances by violist Ayane Kozasa and pianist
Michael Djupstrom of Astral Artists, presenting a program
of works by Enescu, Porter, and Schubert and Djupstom’s
original composition, Walimai.
$20 for members and students, $25 for non-members.

On Friday, May 10th, in honor of National Public Gardens Day, Mt. Cuba Center will be open free to all visitors from 10 AM to 7 PM.  The gardens will be filled with native spring beauty in colors of yellow, pink, white and blue.  Family-friendly activities include a scavenger hunt to test observation skills and an obstacle course to test agility.  Also, all five online classes in Mt. Cuba Center Connect will be offered at no charge from 6 AM on May 10th to 6 AM on May 11th. Choose from The Ferns at Mt. Cuba Center , Hummingbirds in Your Garden, Moss Gardening , The Meadow Plants at Mt. Cuba Center, (e-book), and The Native Orchid Conference 2011. Just click here and use the promo code "GARDEN" at the prompt.

Bartram's Garden is the featured garden in the mid-Atlantic area for this year's National Public Garden Day.  John Bartram was instrumental in discovering an immense number of native plants and helped to bring them to notoriety.   In recognition of America's first botanist, a "What's in Bloom" information sheet centered on Bartram's discoveries will be available at the Welcome Tent at Mt. Cuba Center.

National Public Gardens Day celebrates public gardens' important role in providing beauty and respite to more than 70 million people annually while also promoting environmental stewardship and awareness, plant and water conservation, and education in communities nationwide. Find it all at Mt. Cuba Center.

Race for Conservation Saturday, May 11

Runners come celebrate spring by racing for conservation on Saturday, May 11, 2013.  The start/finish line is located at Stateline Woods Preserve, 814 Merrybell Lane, Kennett Square PA.  This family friendly event has a supervised Kid’s Activity Corner, music, and food from Lulu’s Café on the Go.  There are many challenges and great rewards for the 9K and 5K Runners alike.  The Stateline Loop 9K is a participating race in the Trail Creek Trail Race Series—great cash prizes are awarded to the overall series winners.  If you are only running our race, try your hand at the Purdy Darn Steep Pipeline on our 9K course.  The first one to the top wins a $50 gift card from Trail Creek Outfitters.   The Stateline Loop 5K race has great prizes to the winners and offers a moderately challenging course taking you through beautiful preserved open spaces.  The Stateline Loop 9K/5K Trail Race involves two loops, moderate hills with one major climb, minor stream crossings, single-track trail and just enough of that "wilderness experience" to satisfy the true nature-lover.  Great prizes will be awarded to our winners from companies and local businesses like: Dakine, Gore Running Wear, Concordville Nissan and Subaru, Billabong, Shoo Mama’s Café, Hockessin Athletic Club, Chester County Running Store, and Trail Runner Magazine.

For more information about the race, registration, and the series please visit our race page at http://tlcforscc.org/pages/statelineloop2013.html    Thank you to our local sponsors: Dansko, Harvest Market Natural Foods, Penn Container, Advanced Orthopaedic Associates of PA, The Tri-M Group, Modell’s Sporting Goods, The North Face, Piazza Mazda and Acura of West Chester, ING, McGovern Septic, Trail Creek Outfitters, and East of Maui.  We encourage area residents to support the businesses that support their community.  We hope to see you for our 5^th Annual Stateline Loop 9K/5K Trail Race.

Contact: Jessica Provinski, Land Stewardship Coordinator
610-347-0347 ext. 103
[email protected]

Grand Opening Ceremony: The Delaware County Veterans Memorial - Alice Grim Boulevard and West Chester Pike in Newtown Square, Saturday, May 11^th at 11 AM.

Speakers include:

• Tom Ridge, Keynote Speaker, Former Governor of Pennsylvania, 1st US Secretary of Homeland Security
• Tom Corbett, Governor of Pennsylvania
• US Congressman Patrick Meehan, Representing the 7th District
• Major General Wesley E. Craig, Adjutant General, Pennsylvania National Guard
• Brigadier General Kevin J. Jacobsen, US Air Force, Marple Newtown Graduate
• Mario Civera, Vice Chairman, Delaware County Council, DCVMA Advisory Board Member

Master of Ceremonies is Benjamin Patton, Author, Growing of Patton & Grandson of General George S. Patton, Jr.

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YMIC Raising Money to support African American and Latino Males in STEM/L

West Chester, PA, May 1  – Young Men In Charge (YMIC) announces a fundraising car wash on Saturday May 18 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at B. Reed Henderson High School, 400 Montgomery Avenue in West Chester. All proceeds will benefit the YMIC Foundation, Inc. Scholarship and Enrichment Programs.

The YMIC Foundation, Inc. is dedicated to increasing the number of African American and Latin American males in the science, technology, engineering, math and law practices (STEM/L), through academic tutoring, mentoring and financial assistance programs.  We intend to accomplish this mission through partnerships and alliances with K-12 school districts, universities and industry practitioners through corporations.

The YMIC (Young Men in Charge) Foundation, Inc. is a 501 (c)(3) corporation dedicated to increasing the number of African American and Latino males entering into college within the Science, Technology, Engineering, Math and Law (STEM/L) disciplines, through academic tutoring, mentoring and financial assistance programs.

For additional information about YMIC Foundation’s programs and sponsorship opportunities or to make a donation contact: [email protected] or go to their website: www.ymicfoundation.org

Contact:

Rick Roberts

(215) 680-6519

Email: [email protected]

The Brandywine River Museum will offer free admission on May 18 as part of the Association of Art Museum Directors' (AAMD) Art Museum Day, coinciding with International Museum Day on Saturday, May 18, 2013. Last year, the Brandywine River Museum-along with more than 120 other AAMD member museums across North America-participated in Art Museum Day. "It is a pleasure for us to join our AAMD colleagues across the country in a celebration of art," said Brandywine River Museum director Thomas Padon. "The museum's renowned holdings of American art affirms the creative brilliance of generations of artists who have been influenced by and worked in the Brandywine Valley," Padon added.

The Delaware Art Museum will offer free admission on Saturday, May 18 as part of the Association of Art Museum Directors' (AAMD) Art Museum Day, which coincides with International Museum Day. Last year the Delaware Art Museum--along with more than 120 other AAMD member museums across North America--participated in Art Museum Day.

Art Museum Day emphasizes the essential role that art museums play in communities, highlights the value of the visual arts in society, and provides new opportunities for audiences to participate in the wide-ranging programs. As part of this celebration, the Museum will be open during regular hours, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., on Saturday, May 18. Admission will be free for all visitors.