Downingtown/Exton SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
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SUPPORT GROUPS
Calvary Fellowship, 95 W. Devon Drive, Downingtown, will host support groups from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays starting on Sept. 5 to help people who are going through difficult times. On Wednesdays, the church will offer Celebrate Recovery, which is designed to help with any hurt, destructive habit, or hang-up, including addictions, and GriefShare, which is for those who have lost loved ones. Wednesday sessions will have child care provided for children in kindergarten and older with prior sign-up. Continuing the second and fourth Mondays through the fall, the church will offer Parents of Prodigals, for parents of children struggling with drugs and addictions, and Job Seekers, for those who are unemployed or underemployed. To register, email care@cfdowningtown.com or visit www.cfdowningtown.com/care. UPCOMING MEETING
will meet on Wednesday, Sept. 12, at 9:30 a.m. at the Goshen Fire Company, 1320 Park Ave., West Chester. Guild member Rose Morgan will share her creative journey in the world of quilting. As this month’s charity project, pillow cases for Ryan’s Case for Smiles will be collected. Members also create children’s quilts and veterans’ quilts for donation. The guild also has a Block of the Month, a show-and-tell, and a drawing. The meeting is open to guests for a nominal fee. For more information, visit www.calicocutters.com or email calicocutters@gmail.com. EVENSONG
St. Peter’s Church in the Great Valley, 2475 St. Peter’s Road, Malvern, will present an Evensong on Sunday, Sept. 16, at 4 p.m. in the historic church. Evensong is a sung service in the Episcopal tradition celebrated in the late afternoon or evening. The public is invited. The service will highlight music sung by the church choir during its residency at Westminster Abbey in August. Light refreshments will follow the service.
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Community Day Will Feature Vehicles pg 5
TDC Sets Drive Out Hunger Car Show, Food Collection By Francine Fulton
The Top Dead Center (TDC) Motor Club will host its annual Drive Out Hunger Car Show and Food Drive to benefit the Chester County Food Bank (CCFB) on Saturday, Sept. 8, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The show will once again be held at Downingtown High School East, 50 Devon Drive, Exton. The rain date is Saturday, Sept. 15. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the show. “The first 100 cars to register will get a free insulted tumbler with our logo and the 10th anniversary logo,” noted Joe O’Fria, club president. Owners interested in displaying their vehicles will be asked to pay a registration fee and to donate three nonperishable food items for the food bank. Registrants will be entered into a drawing to win a cash prize.
All makes and models of vehicles will be featured on Sept. 8 at the Top Dead Center Motor Club’s 10th annual Drive Out Hunger Car Show and Food Drive to benefit the Chester County Food Bank.
This season’s first general meeting of the Newcomers Club of Central Chester County (NCCCC) will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 11, at 7 p.m. at Downingtown United Methodist Church, 751 Lancaster Ave., Downingtown. The first meeting will be an open house, offering new and experienced members the opportunity to hear about the club’s various interest groups and service opportunities. Refreshments will be available. Membership forms will be available. The deadline for payment of dues is Sept. 11 to ensure inclusion of contact information in the printed directory. At each meeting, the club features a local charity effort. At the September meeting, members are asked to bring school supplies, which will be
SALT To Stage “Little Women” By Francine Fulton
donated to St. Agnes Day Room in West Chester. Women of all ages and interests are welcome to join Newcomers. In addition to monthly meetings, interest group activities such as walking, bridge, canasta, pinochle, Bunco, travel, dining in and out, happy hours, movies, games, culinary activities, theater, mah jongg, book discussions, gardening, crafts, and community service are available. Many of the interest groups are for women, and several include spouses/significant others. To learn more about the Newcomers Club of Central Chester County, readers are invited to come to a general meeting, visit www.newcomers cenchesco.org, and/or contact sherrymcveigh7@gmail.com.
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Spectators are invited to attend the car show for free, but they are asked to donate nonperishable food items for the CCFB. A truck from the food bank will be on hand to accept the donated food. Monetary donations will also be accepted. In addition, a local grocery store will have prefilled bags of food that people may purchase for a nominal donation and give to the food bank. “We will put those bags right on the truck,” O’Fria said, noting that last year the club collected more than 2,500 pounds of food at the car show. “Hopefully, we’ll hit 3,000 pounds this year,” he added. The upcoming show will feature cars, motorcycles and trucks ranging from antiques to modern-day vehicles. “We are expecting (more than) 250 custom cars, hot rods, trucks and bikes. All (vehicles) are welcome,” said O’Fria. See Drive Out Hunger pg 6
Newcomers Club Will Hold Open House
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SALT Performing Arts will present “Little Women,” based on the wellknown novel by Louisa May Alcott, at its theater in the West Pikeland Township Building, 1645 Art School Road, Chester Springs. Performances will be held on Fridays, Sept. 7 and 14, at 7 p.m.; on Saturdays, Sept. 8 and 15, at 7 p.m.; and Sundays, Sept. 9 and 16, at 2 p.m. The show will be presented as a dinner theater. Audience members are invited to bring their own food and beverages to enjoy during the performances. A local fast-food restaurant will also provide a boxed meal during Friday and Saturday performances; meals will be delivered to the theater. To purchase tickets for the show and the boxed meal, readers may visit www.saltpa.com/littlewomen. One of the show’s sponsors is the Friends of the Henrietta Hankin Branch Library. “Judy Elliott, who has See “LIttle Women” pg 3
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