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Receiving a ready-to-heat meal, and a smile from those who deliver it, can mean a lot to the home-bound.

POTTSTOWN PA – Volunteers are needed by the Sanatoga PA-based Family Services’ Meals on Wheels program to deliver meals to home bound elderly and disabled individuals in the greater Pottstown area, agency spokeswoman Karen Konnick reported Monday (Oct. 11, 2010).

Meals on Wheels provides two meals, a hot lunch and a cold supper to refrigerate, to an average of 160 recipients in Pottstown, Royersford and the Lower Perkiomen Valley. Despite the program’s size, Konnick said, a volunteer’s time commitment is usually small.

Many volunteers drive only once a week, on a weekday for about an hour beginning at 10:30 a.m. from the Family Services’ office, located at 1976 E. High St., Pottstown PA. Others volunteer less frequently as substitute drivers, and they’re needed too.

Volunteer drivers must have a valid driver’s license, insurance and their own reliable vehicle.  Training is provided.

For more information or to volunteer, call Ruth Hood at 610-326-1610 Ext. 226.

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DONORS FILLED A TRAILER WITH HELPFUL CLOTHING – Pottsgrove School District residents responded in droves to participate in a Homecoming Weekend used clothing drive sponsored Friday and Saturday (Oct. 8-9, 2010) by the Pottsgrove Music League. The drive raised money for the league’s support of music programs in Pottsgrove schools, and the tons of clothing collected benefited recipients in the U.S., parts of Eastern Europe, and Ghana, Conakry, Guinea, Honduras, Haiti, Ecuador, Belize, Mexico, and Chile. Volunteer Debbie Remelius, above, was among those who greeted donors Saturday in the Shops At Ringing Rock parking lot at School Lane and North Charlotte Street. Volunteer Anne Kohler, below, tossed full bags up and back into the fast-filling trailer.

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PUSHING PEANUTS AS IN DAYS GONE BYE – Carrying on a local, decades-old tradition, members of the Kiwanis Club of Pottstown PA gathered Saturday (Oct. 9, 2010) outside the front doors of the Sanatoga Thriftway, East High Street, to sell peanuts-in-the-shell for a dollar a bag as an annual fund-raiser for their youth projects. Among club members pushing peanuts were, from left, Willard Bickel, Ralph Clemmer, and Garland Fisher. Money changed hands, below, between Bickel and hungry patrons as the bags flew off the table.

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Meals On Wheels program director Shushma Patel, left, receives an oversize $1,000 check from Jill Hambleton, Cassandra Johnson and Dr. Niraj Patel of the Chiropractic and Wellness Center P.C.

SANATOGA PA – A Pottstown PA chiropractor and his staff have donated $1,000 to the Meals On Wheels program that operates from the Family Services of Montgomery County office on East High Street in Sanatoga, as a result of a recent business-and-fund-raising promotion.

Dr. Niraj Patel and his employees at Chiropractic and Wellness Center P.C., which opened new offices at 1143 E. High St., Pottstown, presented their check to Meals on Wheels thanks to an offer made by Patel to new patients. Patients received a complimentary consultation, exam and a report of Patel’s findings on their health in exchange for a $25 donation to Meals on Wheels.

“We are truly grateful for the generous support of Dr. Patel, and the staff and patients of the Chiropractic and Wellness Center,” said Shushma Patel, Meals on Wheels program director. The money will be used to provide meals to senior citizens who are unable to prepare meals for themselves, she said.

Each weekday, Meals on Wheels provides two meals – a hot lunch and a cold supper to refrigerate – to an average of 160 home-bound elderly and disabled individuals in Pottstown, Royersford and the Lower Perkiomen Valley. Community volunteers deliver more than 81,000 meals a year.

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SANATOGA PA – Health care news for western Montgomery County residents (and anyone else!), for Oct. 3-9, (2010) and beyond.

• These events have been added to The Post calendar.

Tuesday, Oct. 12

A free meeting of the Easy Breathers Support Group, sponsored by Phoenixville Hospital, will be held Oct. 12 (2010; Tuesday) from 2:30-4 p.m. in the Cardiac-Respiratory Rehab Department on the first floor of South Tower at Phoenixville Hospital, 140 Nutt Rd., Phoenixville PA.

Thursday, Oct. 21

The Alzheimer’s Association’s Monthly Support Group meets Oct. 21 (2010; Thursday) from 6-7:30 p.m., and the third Thursday of every month at the same time, in Chestnut Knoll Assisted Living, 120 W. 5th St., Boyertown PA. It offers an opportunity to meet and share with other caregivers experiencing similar issues. The facility provides free respite care for loved ones in a secured area during the meeting. For more information, call 610-473-8066.

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POTTSTOWN PA – A fire safety and prevention workshop and kids’ day, conducted annually by The Home Depot on Armand Hammer Boulevard in Pottstown PA, will be held Saturday (Oct. 2, 2010) from 10 am. to 2 p.m. outside the home improvement products store. The event is part of the local kick-off to National Fire Prevention Week.

This event has been added to The Post calendar.

Members of Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township‘s fire departments will be on hand to display and demonstrate the operation of rescue vehicles (at 10:30 a.m. and noon) and other pieces of fire apparatus, and show how to extinguish stove fires. A helicopter landing is scheduled too, for 11:15 a.m.

Staffing exhibit booths at the event will be members of local police departments, emergency medical services crews, the American Red Cross, and other organizations.

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POTTSTOWN PA – Parents who have a minute or two to spare next Thursday and Friday (Oct. 7 and 8, 2010) might consider spending it in volunteer time for the Lower Pottsgrove Elementary School Parent-Teacher Organization.

The PTO, in an e-mail distributed Monday afternoon (Sept. 27), said it was in need of help to set up the school store Thursday from 9-11 a.m. at the school, 1329 Buchert Rd., Pottstown PA. It also needs help operating the store Friday from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. “Even if you can only help out an hour, it is appreciated,” wrote PTO member Amy Marazas.

Volunteers who can be available should call Marazas at 484-300-4708.

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Go tobacco-free and breathe easier. See Monday's listing.

SANATOGA PA – Health care news for western Montgomery County residents (and anyone else!), for Sept. 26-Oct. 2, (2010) and beyond.

• These events have been added to The Post calendar.

Sunday, Sept. 26

A peer-led meeting of Resolve, the National Infertility Association support group, is scheduled to be held weekly on Sundays beginning at 2 p.m., sponsored by Phoenixville Hospital, 140 Nutt Rd., Phoenixville PA. Registration is required. For more information or to register, call 610-917-0006.

Monday, Sept. 27

Free meetings of “Winning Strategies,” the Tobacco-Free Support Group of Phoenixville Hospital, 140 Nutt Rd., Phoenixville PA, are held on the fourth Monday of every month beginning at 7 p.m. in the hospital cafeteria. For information or to register, call 610-983-1288.

Thursday, Sept. 30

Project Prevention, a community service of Phoenixville Hospital that offers blood pressure screenings, diabetes education and health-related referrals through an on-site nurse and case manager, will be held July 29 (2010; Thursday) from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the First United Church of Christ, 145 Chestnut St., Spring City PA.

Tuesday, Oct. 12

A free meeting of the Easy Breathers Support Group, sponsored by Phoenixville Hospital, will be held Oct. 12 (2010; Tuesday) from 2:30-4 p.m. in the Cardiac-Respiratory Rehab Department on the first floor of South Tower at Phoenixville Hospital, 140 Nutt Rd., Phoenixville PA.

Thursday, Oct. 21

The Alzheimer’s Association’s Monthly Support Group meets Oct. 21 (2010; Thursday) from 6-7:30 p.m., and the third Thursday of every month at the same time, in Chestnut Knoll Assisted Living, 120 W. 5th St., Boyertown PA. It offers an opportunity to meet and share with other caregivers experiencing similar issues. The facility provides free respite care for loved ones in a secured area during the meeting. For more information, call 610-473-8066.

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Members of the Pottsgroves American Legion Post served Sept. 11 in a color guard for the Open Doors community day event in Pottstown.

STOWE PA -There’s plenty to be talked about Thursday (Sept. 23, 2010) at 7:30 p.m., when members of the Sanatoga-based Brig. Gen. Elmer S. Friedberg American Legion Post 244 gather for their September meeting in St. Gabriel Lodge, at the corner of Jefferson Street and Grosstown Road, Stowe PA. Veterans of the Legion so far have had a very busy month.

• This event has been added to The Post calendar.

Post members Commander Ed Clark, Adjutant Billy Worrell, Larry McCann and Chuck Kropp (in photos above and below) were on hand to serve as one of two color guards available for the Open Doors community day event Sept. 11 (2010) in Pottstown PA. It included a solemn ceremony commemorating those who lost their lives during terrorist attacks in New York City.

Paying homage to the fallen of Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Then on Sunday (Sept. 19), Post members were again in attendance for the annual POW-MIA Recognition Day ceremonies held at the Vietnam War memorial in Memorial Park, West King Street, Pottstown, by the Friends of The Forgotten.

And as they do six times a year, Post members were busy during August (photo at bottom) conducting Bingo games for residents of the Southeastern Veterans Center in Spring City PA. The bi-monthly games are organized, operated, and supplied with prizes by the Post at no cost to the center or participants. The next games are scheduled for Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. in the center.

Photos supplied by American Legion Post Adjutant Billy Worrell

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SANATOGA PA – A well child clinic conducted by staff members of the Visiting Nurse Association of Pottstown will be held Thursday (Sept. 23) from 8:30-10:15 a.m. at the VNA Building, 1963 E. High St., Pottstown PA.

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VNA programs receive annual financial support from Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township.

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