NEWS BRIEFS

★ COVID-19 protocols for visitors: Due to the recent surge of COVID19 cases around campus, our mask mandate will be temporarily reinstated for ALL residents and visitors throughout our PPH campus. The mask mandate is a minor inconvenience, but we must mitigate the spread of COVID-19 and we must act now. We appreciate your cooperation. Please advise your guests to refrain from visiting if they feel sick or have been exposed to COVID-19.

★ Food Collection: The PPH Food Drive — a 2021 Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service Project — will continue indefinitely as long as PPH’s neighbors are in need of food. Food will be collected the last week of the month, and then will be delivered the first day of the following month. There will be two collection sites: the vending machine area, located near the Wellness Center and in front of the Security office. For more information, call Tom Sexton at ext. 8368.

★ Trips:  Fees for trips are now added to each resident’s monthly bill (NO CASH). If you’d like to cancel, you must call the Business Office (8010) to have the trip fee removed.

★ Independent Living Residents Association:  The next meeting is scheduled for Monday, March 20 at 2 p.m in the Social Hall.

*(If subject to COVID-19 restrictions, this will broadcast on channel 7)

★ PPH Auxiliary: The Auxiliary’s next meeting will be held in the Social Hall and broadcast on PPH TV channel 7 on Tuesday, March 14 at 11:30 a.m.

Membership in the PPH Auxiliary is open to PPH residents, staff, and community supporters (only $5 per year). Dating back to its origins as the PPH Ladies Aid Society in 1889, the Auxiliary continues its initiatives to support the heart of PPH’s fundraising mission, Benevolent Care, as well as supporting staff/ resident gratitude activities.

★ TED Talks: See the March calendar.

★ Veterans’ Meeting: The March Veterans’ meeting will be held on Monday, March 6, at 10 a.m. in the Learning Center. If you have not provided your photos for the Veterans video, please bring them with you to the meeting. Please contact Bill Conaway at ext. 8194 with any questions.

★ Calling all Veterans: It is important to PPH that we identify all veterans living in our community. We want to make sure you are receiving the meeting notices, ceremonial invitations, and other veteran specific information. If you are new to the community and/or you have not completed the May 2021 veteran survey, please contact Bill Conaway at ext. 8194.

★ Volunteers Needed: Volunteer cashiers are needed for Tabor Market, Cafe, and the Gift Shop. We will train you on the register. If you are interested, please contact Carol Cherrington at ext. 8027 for more information.

★ Museum Trip: There is a brandnew exhibit at the Museum of the American Revolution called Black Founders: The Forten Family of Philadelphia. The trip will be on Saturday, April 8, time to be determined. The cost is $25 for the ticket and transportation, and you can sign up by going to the Business Office. The deadline to purchase your ticket is March 13. Contact Kathy Nucero at ext. 8505 for any questions.

★ Dining Services: March 1, 15 and 29, The Continental, featuring fresh pastries, bagels, yogurts, juices, fruit, and coffee, will be available for purchase and will take place in the Fountain Room from 9:30 a.m.10:30 a.m.

March 8 and 22, the Farmers Market will take place in the Fountain Room from 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

★ Dining Credit: If you go away on vacation, you may receive credit on your dining plan. Please contact Gwen at ext. 8041 prior to your vacation to see if you quality for this.

★ Gift Cards: Dining Services sells gift cards for the retail areas! Please contact Lisa at ext. 6640 or Gwen at ext. 8041 for more information.

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“I kept carving some of the farm animals a couple of times each,” she continued, “until I was able to express the details of their faces and bodies in the wood.”

The gift of being so skilled has always been a “very relaxing and meditating endeavor for me,” she added, eventually speaking to a desire to share it with others. Such an opportunity presented itself at her church when she was older.

In speaking with the priest one day, “He said he wished he knew someone who could repair and repaint various statutes and stations of the Cross. “I realized that this was an opportunity to expand the use of my God-given gift to help others, and I was pleased to accept.”

The results of her work soon became well-known, resulting in phone calls from various houses of worship to come see them, “and the areas they would like my help in repairing.”

Marlene has never charged for any work she has done for others. “I am very happy to help anyone I can.” That’s just who she is folks. If you have a treasured statute or figurine that needs repair, “I would be glad to meet with you so I can evaluate the piece you have. Statue repair takes time. Each layer needs to dry for two or three days before the second layer is added and shaped.”

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Diamond. Silver membership is for members of over 25 years, while Golden membership is for members of over 50 years, and Diamond membership is for members of over 75 years.

On Tuesday, February 14, six members of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. visited PPH to give recognition to Alma for becoming a Diamond soror, where they personally congratulated her and praised her for being a member for over 75 years.

Each of the members presented Alma with gifts, including roses, a ribbon, a medallion, and even a certificate, making her an official Diamond soror of Alpha Kappa Alpha.

Alma thanked each member for their gifts, and credits her longevity to her family genes, as her father and sister lived until they were 100 years old.

“You’ve got to enjoy it as you go”, says Alma.