The skies were blue and the temperatures comfortable on April 22, but it was the shining light of charity taking place at Birches Elementary School that stole the show. Carrying on a tradition that was started 11 years ago by second-grade teacher Marla Ruh, the second-grade teachers and students at Birches Elementary School hosted their third annual Lemonade Stand Fundraiser in the school playground area.
Students in Melissa Dench’s life skills class at the Valley View Intermediate School will practice these skills in a functional setting by hosting an Alex’s Lemonade Stand Thursday, May 7, 4-7 p.m., during the Valley View Cougars softball and baseball games.
Maribeth Callejas’s fourth-grade class will be working with the life skills students on this project.
A Wyomissing company recently presented an $84,000 check to Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation, a nonprofit that raises money and awareness for pediatric cancer.
Triose Inc., a health care logistics management firm based in Wyomissing, has begun a partnership with the foundation and plans to keep on donating.
The $84,000 represents a portion of its clients' collective savings generated from Triose programs. Triose matches that figure and gives the funds to the foundation.
Carrying on a tradition that was started 11 years ago by second-grade teacher Marla Ruh, the second-grade teachers and students at Birches Elementary School hosted their Third Annual Alex’s Lemonade Stand Fundraiser in the school playground area.
Decatur youth will have a chance to see three musical acts in September when First Free Will Baptist Church hosts a youth rally at the Decatur Civic Center.
Sitting at a reserved table at Parx Racing in Bensalem, waiting for the beef brisket lunch special and a couple of races in which he had horses running, Chuck Zacney swiped his phone a few times, and the 2005 Preakness Stakes appeared, horses in the gate.
"I probably still watch five or six times a year," Zacney said as the race unfolded on his phone.
Ellie was a sweet and sassy little girl who brought joy to everyone around her. Shortly after Ellie turned 2 years old, she was diagnosed with a rare leukemia called JMML. Sadly, Ellie passed away, but never lost her smile throughout her fight.
