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The troupe during a February 2011 performance in Seattle WA

POTTSTOWN PA – An African Dance And Drum Troupe, a Senegalese group touring the U.S. this year, will be the featured performers Friday (Nov. 4, 2011) during the Family Fun Night that begins at 6:30 p.m. with refreshments in the lobby of Lower Pottsgrove Elementary School, Buchert Road, Pottstown PA.

• This event has been added to The Post calendar.

The four-person troupe combines African drumming, dancing, acrobatics, stilt-walking, breathtaking costumes and innovative choreography to portray the songs, drumming, folk tales and traditions of native Africa. The free entertainment is being sponsored by the Lower Pottsgrove Parent-Teacher Organization (PTO).

The program is open to all school students and their families. All children must be accompanied by an adult throughout the show, according to the PTO.

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POTTSTOWN PA – Amy Marazas last week (Nov. 4, 2010) was appointed co-president of the Lower Pottsgrove Elementary School Parent-Teacher Organization, to fill a vacancy for an unexpired term under the group’s bylaws, the PTO announced to members via e-mail. The appointment took effect during the PTO’s recent meeting in the cafeteria of the school, Buchert Road, Pottstown PA.

PTO officers continue to actively seek volunteers to fill other vacancies, including those for the current and coming school years. Persons interested in applying should contact the group by e-mail, or talk with a PTO board member.

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Indulge for a good cause.

POTTSTOWN PA – Got a hunger for pizza? The Lower Pottsgrove Parent-Teacher Organization hopes you’ll indulge it tonight (Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010), and every second Tuesday of the month during the remainder of the school year, at Famous Fat Freddie’s Pizza, 1432 E. High St., Pottstown PA.

• This event has been added to The Post calendar.

The PTO and the pizza purveyor have agreed that 10 percent of the value of every order placed with Famous Fat Freddie’s on the second Tuesday, accompanied a PTO-supplied form, will be donated to the PTO. Copies of the form, which can be completed and handed in with an order at time of payment, can be found here.

The form asks buyers to identify a homeroom at Lower Pottsgrove Elementary School to be associated with an order. That’s because the homeroom credited with selling the most pizza will itself win a pizza party from Famous Fat Freddie’s at the end of the school year.

To place an order in advance, call the restaurant at 610-323-9100.

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The Give And Take Jugglers of Philadelphia will be the featured entertainment of Friday's Family Fun Night in Lower Pottsgrove.

POTTSTOWN PA – The products and services of dozens of area businesses have been added to more than 35 beautifully crafted baskets in preparation for tomorrow’s (Friday, Jan. 22, 2010) Family Fun Night fund-raiser at Lower Pottsgrove Elementary School, 1329 Buchert Rd., Pottstown PA, to benefit cancer-stricken student Beth Reifsnyder. The doors open at 5:30 p.m., rather than at 6 as announced last week.

• This event has been added to The Post calendar.

The baskets will be part of a raffle conducted by the Lower Pottsgrove Parent-Teacher Organization (PTO), the proceeds from which will be given to the Reifsnyder family to offset its mounting medical costs, according to co-Presidents Leigh Chancler and Maria Carroll.

Reifsnyder, a second-grade student at Lower Pottsgrove Elementary, was diagnosed in September (2009) with neuroblastoma, a form of cancer that affects the nervous system of children and infants. She is being regularly treated at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and attends school when possible.

Raffle ticket and refreshment sales will begin at 7 p.m. Donations also will be accepted at the door.

The “fun” part of the night is presented in the form of kid’s art and dance stations from 5:30-7 p.m., followed by a performance by the Philadelphia-based Give And Take Jugglers.

Among the business and community donors to the night’s event, according to the PTO, are Big Daddy’s Pizza, Raving Image Hair Salon, Target Stores, Pottstown Firestone, Kariza Fashion Boutique, Home Depot, Touch of Music, Premiere Dance Studio, Walmart, Sanatoga Thriftway, M&M Lube, Mia Bella Candles, Pottstown NAPA Auto, 422 Sports Complex, Hill Top Drive-In, A Taste of Italy II, and Amity First Stop Beverage.

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POTTSTOWN PA – Specific items of children’s’ clothing for emergency needs are being solicited by the Lower Pottsgrove Parent-Teacher Organization on behalf of the nurse’s office at Lower Pottsgrove Elementary School, 1329 Buchert Rd., Pottstown PA.

School nurses are looking for donations of “gently used” sweat pants for boys and girls in sizes 4, 6, 8, and 10, a PTO e-mail announced Sunday (Jan. 10, 2010). Also being sought are new packages of underwear for girls and boys in sizes 6, 8, and 10.

Donations, marked “Nurse,” can be left at the school on weekdays during its regular hours.

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Indulge for a good cause.

POTTSTOWN PA – Got a hunger for pizza? The Lower Pottsgrove Parent-Teacher Organization hopes you’ll indulge it tonight (Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010), and every second Tuesday of the month during the remainder of the school year, at Famous Fat Freddie’s Pizza, 1432 E. High St., Pottstown PA.

• This event has been added to The Post calendar.

The PTO and the pizza purveyor have agreed that 10 percent of the value of every order placed with Famous Fat Freddie’s on the second Tuesday, accompanied a PTO-supplied form, will be donated to the PTO. Copies of the form, which can be completed and handed in with an order at time of payment, can be found here.

The form asks buyers to identify a homeroom at Lower Pottsgrove Elementary School to be associated with an order. That’s because the homeroom credited with selling the most pizza will itself win a pizza party from Famous Fat Freddie’s at the end of the school year.

To place an order in advance, call the restaurant at 610-323-9100.

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The Philadelphia-based Give And Take Jugglers.

POTTSTOWN PA – Beth Reifsnyder’s friends are setting aside Jan. 22 (2010, Friday) as a night that’s all hers.

Reifsnyder, a second-grade student at Lower Pottsgrove Elementary School, was diagnosed in September with neuroblastoma, a form of cancer that affects the nervous system of children and infants. She is being regularly treated at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and attends school when possible.

To help offset costs being borne by her family, the Lower Pottsgrove Parent-Teacher Organization (PTO) last week announced it would conduct a fund-raiser during its Family Fun Night on Jan. 22 at the school, 1329 Buchert Rd., Pottstown PA. The evening features a performance by the Give And Take Jugglers of Philadelphia.

• This event has been added to The Post calendar.

Donations to the effort will be accepted at the door, and the PTO also will conduct a basket raffle, according to co-Presidents Leigh Chancler and Maria Carroll. More than 35 baskets of products, services and gifts have been donated by community members and businesses, they reported.

The doors at the school will open at 6 p.m. Raffle ticket and refreshment sales will begin at 7 p.m.. The jugglers take the stage at 7:45 p.m., and basket winners will be called after the performance.

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POTTSTOWN PA – The Christmas rush isn’t limited to retail stores. For proof, visit Lower Pottsgrove Elementary School this Friday (Dec. 11, 2009).

They'll shop for gifts this Friday at Lower Pottsgrove's school store.

The Lower Pottsgrove Parent-Teacher Organization (PTO) expects a crush of children when the school store opens Friday from 9 a.m. to Noon, and again from 1-3 p.m. The young ones will be shopping, albeit with limited budgets, for gifts for parents, guardians, grandparents, brothers, sisters, and hey, maybe even a teacher.

Volunteers will be needed at the school, 1329 Buchert Rd., Pottstown PA, the PTO announced in an e-mail dispatched Sunday night (Dec. 6, 2009), to help the kids make their purchases. Adults who can spend some time on the effort are asked to e-mail their interest to Amy Marazas.

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