Latest news in the local war against hunger: a well-known Limerick banker throws open the doors of his business as a food drop-off point; the blogging Queen of Frugality enlists plenty of food drive help in Phoenixville, and a Pottstown women’s group plans food item collections through June.
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Pantries Get Help From Limerick, Phoenixville, Pottstown
Posted on 13 March 2012.
Posted in Business, Food, Health, Limerick, Montgomery County, People, Personal Finance, Pottstown, Social4 Comments
Six Blood Drives Scheduled, Including One In Township
Posted on 10 March 2012.
If you can spare a pint, you may save a life.
Posted in Health, Lower Pottsgrove, Pottstown1 Comment
Sanatoga’s Zuber Realty Joins The Food Pantries’ Fight
Posted on 07 March 2012.
The real estate brokerage volunteered Tuesday to serve as a drop-off point for individuals and organizations who donate items in the “Fill The Media Lab” food drive to benefit local pantries and other charities. The Post is one of several drive sponsors.
Posted in Business, Food, Health, Lower Pottsgrove, News, Pottstown, Sanatoga, Social9 Comments
Pottsgrove First Stop For County’s HazWaste Drop-Offs
Posted on 03 March 2012.
Easily found, easily identified Pottsgrove High School is the first of six educational facilities where Montgomery County has scheduled household hazardous waste drop-off dates from March through October. Separate collection dates have been scheduled for electronic devices.
Posted in Business, Education, Health, Limerick, Lower Pottsgrove, Montgomery County, Pottstown, Safety1 Comment
Got Goodies For The Food Pantries? Drop ‘Em Off Here
Posted on 01 March 2012.
The “Fill The Media Lab” food drive to benefit local pantries is only five days old, but it’s off to a roaring start. Twenty different locations have been enlisted as drop-off sites. Pet food and supplies, as well as laundry detergent, are being collected too. And Post readers have so far donated 60 food items.
Posted in Business, Food, Health, Lower Pottsgrove, Pottsgrove Schools, Pottstown, Sanatoga, Social4 Comments
Good Thing, Small Package: Food Drive Gets $50 Start
Posted on 28 February 2012.
A cash contribution left in an envelope kicked off The Post’s participation in the “Fill The Media Lab” campaign to help stock local food pantries by April 7 with 20,000 food items. We’ve asked our readers for help. They’re already responding!
Posted in Business, Food, Health, Lower Pottsgrove, Pottstown, Sanatoga, Social4 Comments
Posts, Mercury, Bloggers Unite To Fight Local Hunger
Posted on 27 February 2012.
More than ever, food pantries across our area are in desperate need of help in assisting those less fortunate to put a meal on their families’ tables. The Mercury newspaper, The Posts, and other local news sites and bloggers are working together to meet that need. And we’re asking for readers’ help.
Posted in Business, Food, Health, Lower Pottsgrove, Pottstown, Sanatoga, Social7 Comments
Protecting Watershed Goal Of March’s Local Congress
Posted on 24 February 2012.
The day-long event focuses on keeping waterways like Sanatoga Creek, Sprogel’s Run, and the Schuylkill River cleaner, safer, and more enjoyable.
Posted in Business, Health, Montgomery County, Pottstown, Social1 Comment
Answer To Prayer: Academy Helps Rolling Hills Students
Posted on 20 February 2012.
Talk among participants at a prayer breakfast led to action by Coventry Christian Schools to form a tutoring-and-sports program specifically intended to help students living at the Rolling Hills apartment complex on Buchert Road. It won a grant for the project last December.
Posted in Education, Health, Lower Pottsgrove, Pottsgrove Schools, Religion, Sanatoga, Sports2 Comments
Teen Driver Seat Belt Enforcement Starts At Pottsgrove
Posted on 16 February 2012.
A teen driver safety enforcement program conducted by Lower Pottsgrove police got under way Tuesday at Pottsgrove High School. Its clear message: state law now dictates that anyone age 18 and younger must be strapped into a seat belt.
Posted in Education, Health, Lower Pottsgrove, Police, Pottsgrove Schools, Safety1 Comment
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