10 - COMMUNITYCOURIER - Morgantown/Honey Brook Edition - August 14, 2019
Historic Home Tour Planned The 2019 Chester County Day will take place on Saturday, Oct. 5, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event is the longest-running historic home tour in the country and offers an opportunity to enjoy history, architecture, and interior design. A project of the 126-year-old Women’s Auxiliary to Chester County Hospital, the annual event has raised more than $5 million for the hospital, including $135,000 in 2018. Proceeds from the 2019 tour will benefit the Women’s Auxiliary’s “Heart to Heart” pledge, which will provide funding for the expansion of the arrhythmia treatment program at Chester County Hospital. The event includes a tour of homes and public structures/historic sites in the southeast quadrant, including Westtown, Glen Mills, Willistown, Malvern, and Berwyn. Chester County Day will begin with a fox hunt at Radnor Hunt in Malvern, complete with hounds, horses, and horns, and will set off at 9 a.m. Guests can begin their tour of this year’s selected properties at 10 a.m. VIP ticketholders will have an exclusive tour of an 1830 Georgian manor house on seven acres, with many special features, including a pool house, a machine shop, a barn, tennis courts and a clock tower. This house was recently restored and is only open to VIP ticketholders. A boxed lunch can be preordered from Arianna’s Gourmet Café and will be available for pickup at one of two lunch stops on the tour route or at the fox hunt until 11 a.m. Details for ordering lunch are in the Chester County Day newspaper or at www.chestercountyday.com. Two ticket options are available: a regular ticket and a VIP ticket. The VIP package includes an invitation to the preview party on Sunday, Sept. 22, as well as a gourmet boxed lunch provided by Montesano Brothers Italian Market and Catering at an exclusive house tour open only to VIP ticket holders. For more information or tickets, readers may call 610-4315054 or visit the website above.
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Group Plans Benefit Motorcycle Ride The Ephrata American Legion Riders from Ephrata Cloister American Legion Post 429, 300 Cocalico Drive, Ephrata, will hold a benefit ride for the Lebanon VA PTSD Program on Saturday, Aug. 17. Registration will take place from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., with kickstands up at noon. The event will be a guided ride through Lancaster and Lebanon counties with a brief stop at the Lebanon VA and another at the Lickdale American Legion Post 910. Participants will return to the Ephrata American Legion, where food and beverages will be available. Separate fees have been set for riders and for passengers. For more information, readers may call Scott at 717-572-5979.