How does our garden grow? Quite bountifully! Yesterday we harvested 33.5 pounds of lettuce, kale, collards, Swiss chard, beets, zucchini, yellow squash, and rosemary. #communitygarden #veggies #herbs #bountifulharvest #chestereastside

The day lilies are in bloom along the frontage of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Enjoy the showy orange flowers as you ride or walk to Chester Eastside. #stpaulsepiscopalchurch #daylilies #flowersinbloom #howlovely #chestereastside

Board Chair John Mackey spoke about Juneteenth: Looking Back To Move Forward, to the Wharton Global Youth Program.

Our Camp Phoenix counselors completed their orientation and are ready for camp to begin Friday, July 1st. There is still time to register: call Mrs. Redd at (610) 990-1112.

Read all about Barbara’s award from the Garden Club of America. https://www.delcotimes.com/2022/06/16/swarthmore-resident-wins-garden-club-of-america-award-for-work-with-chester-eastside-garden/

Happy Father’s Day to our fathers, uncles, cousins, siblings, teachers, neighbors, friend’s fathers, grandfathers, fathers-in-law and all who have guided us on our way.

“Juneteenth has never been a celebration of victory or an acceptance of the way things are. It’s a celebration of progress. It’s an affirmation that despite the most painful parts of our history, change is possible – and there is still so much work to do.”

• Barack Obama

Flag Day Thoughts “It is the flag just as much of the man who was naturalized yesterday as of the men whose people have been here many generations.”

flagday #americanflag #chestereastside

• Henry Cabot Lodge

Good news — 75% of the proceeds from Wallingford Presbyterian’s Strawberry Festival will benefit CEI’s summer camp.

Great weather, great food, great friends. Strawberry Festival 2022. #strawberryfestival #greatweather #greatfood #greatfriends #greattimes #seeyounextyear #wallingfordpres