Plymouth Meeting, PA – Friends Life Care, a member based continuing care retirement community “without walls” is pleased to announce its 4th annual awards program to honor exceptional home health aides. These aides are the unsung heroes of the home health care industry, demonstrating their professionalism by the quality of care they provide our members.

Best of Friends Home Health Aide Awards Program will take place at noon on November 18, 2009 at The Brownstone at Sunrise of Abington, 1801 Susquehanna Avenue Abington, PA 19001. In preparation for the event, enrolled members currently receiving care and the care coordinators nominated hourly and/or live-in aides who have given exemplary care.

Awardees are nominated based on service given to members of Friends Life Care between June 30, 2008 and July 1, 2009. All aides nominated will receive Honorable Mention. 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd place winners in each of the two categories are invited to the luncheon as guests of Friends Life Care and will be given a cash award.

Winners for the 2009 Best of Friends are as follows:

Hourly Category Aide Agency

1^St. Place Vivia Tucker Silver Lining Home Health Care

2^nd. Place Djeneba Traore Reliance Home Health Care

3^rd. Place Yvonne Robinson Silver Lining Home Health Care

Live-in

1^st.Place Ruth Davis Home Care Options

2^nd Place Aminata Miller Intervention Associates

3^rd Place Tied Bricy Tomlinson Angel Companions

Loretta Manning

Friends Life Care is the nation’s first and largest continuing-care-at-home provider. Their mission is to provide an affordable life care and wellness program for people who wish to remain in their homes as they age, based on the values of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).

Friends Life Care is based in Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462. www.friendslifecare.org

Renaissance Academy will hold their 10th Anniversary Renaissance Faire on Friday November 13, 2009 from 8am until 3:15pm.

Renaissance Academy’s “Shire” will be decorated from top to bottom in a Renaissance Castle theme.

Students from Kindergarten through 12th grade will participate in Renaissance Faire Activities including: Faculty Dunk Tank, Jousting, Catapult, Faculty Pie Toss, Human Chess Board, Archery, Large Maze and many others.

There will also be roaming actors and musicians performing skits and interacting with students through the day.

Students will have the opportunity to dress in Renaissance period apparel as well.

Come out and celebrate with Renaissance Academy. Great Photo and Video opportunities are available.

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The following days, times and curfews are set for trick or treating this Halloween:

Phoenixville:
Saturday, Oct. 31 from 6 p.m. until 8:30 p.m.
Call 610.933.8801 with questions

Spring City:
No designated day, but curfew is at 10 p.m. for those under 18 years of age
Call 610.948.3456 with questions

Royersford:
No designated day or time
Call 610.948.3737 with questions

The Kiwanis Club of Phoenixville will be holding its Annual Halloween Party and Movie and teh Colonial Theatre on Saturday, Oct. 31.

Doors open at 1 p.m. There will be a costume parade at 1:30 p.m. and the movie, Charlie Brown's Great Pumpkin, starts at 2 p.m.

Children must be accompanied by an adult in order to participate in this event.

A candidates forum will be held on Oct. 26 at the Franklin Commons conference room on Oct. 26 starting at 7 p.m.

Questions for the candidates should be e-mailed prior to the event to ashley@appliedvideo.com.

No questions will be taken the night of the forum.

PHOENIXVILLE AREA POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE (PAL) PRESENTS:

A NIGHT OF AMATEUR BOXING

10 FIGHTS!!

FEATURING ALL-STAR BOXERS FROM PHOENIXVILLE PAL BOXING TEAM

VS

BOXERS FROM PHILLY, JERSEY, & READING

SATURDAY OCTOBER 24, 2009

FIRST BOUT: 8PM

PHOENIXVILLE CIVIC CENTER

123 MAIN STREET

TICKETS $20 ADULTS

$10 FOR KIDS 12 AND UNDER

STUDENTS OF PHOENIXVILLE AREA SCHOOLS $10

GET THE TICKETS AT THE DOOR or

CALL (610) 917-3735

ROYERSFORD -- A festive weekend is in store for Spring-Ford High School alumni who attend this year's Homecoming celebration, which begins for the public on Friday, Oct. 23 and continues into Saturday, Oct. 24.

Festivities will kick off with the annual Powder Puff football game, in which junior and senior girls compete on the playing field, with junior and senior boys serving as cheerleaders. The game, sponsored by the group SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions), will begin at 5 p.m. in Coach McNelly stadium. Tickets are $3 per person and will be available at the door. The goal is to raise approximately $5,000 for autism treatment and research. After the game, a bonfire will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. A Spring-Ford Alumni Association social will be held at the Royersford VFW, 730 S. 4th Ave., from 7 to 11 p.m.

On Saturday, Oct. 24, the fun begins at noon with a parade in Royersford. The parade will begin at 7th Avenue and Washington Street, where the procession will march down 7th Avenue to Main Street. The parade will turn left on Main and continue to 5th Avenue and then turn left onto Green Street. From Green Street, the parade will end behind Coach McNelly Stadium.

The parade will feature the talents of Spring-Ford High School's championship Golden Ram Marching Band, the chorus and the Spring-Ford Middle School Band, and will include floats by various high school clubs. Athletic team members, School Board members, local dignitaries, local fire companies and the Rowdy Ram will all make appearances. Superintendent Dr. Marsha Hurda will serve as Grand Marshal.

The football game versus Boyertown High School will begin around 2 p.m., but gates will open at 12:30 p.m. and the public is invited to watch performances by Boyertown's marching band, as well as the introduction of the Homecoming Court. At half-time, Spring-Ford's Homecoming Queen will be announced, the Court will be presented, and the Golden Ram Marching Band will perform.

The Phoenixville annual Halloween Parade will be held tomorrow, Tuesday, Oct. 20 starting at 7 p.m. The Parade route will begin at Borough Hall and wind its way through Church, Main and Bridge Streets, ending at Family Dollar.

For the complete parade route, click here

The Pennsylvania Symphonic Wind Band will hold their Annual Fall Concert at Valley Forge Military Academy & College, in Mellon Hall on October 25, 2009 at 2:30 in the afternoon.
Proceeds generated from ticket sales will help fund the VFMA&C Choir trip to London, England where they will perform with the London International Choral Festival on December 28th.
The program for the concert will consist of Dance Macabre, Blues for a Killed Cat, A Fantasy of Flight as well as many more!
Be sure to come out and enjoy the “Festive Fall Fun!”
Tickets are available online at www.pswb.org and at the door. Admission Prices are $10 for Adults and $8 for Students with ID and for Senior Citizens.