The school supplies keep rolling in. Burt from Saint John’s Episcopal Church (Glen Mills, PA) delivered 16 filled backpacks, 21 empty ones and lots of notebooks, folders and markers to put inside. Thanks! #backpacks #schoolsupplies #thanks #chestereastside
The office looks new! Thanks to those who rolled up their sleeves and rolled on the paint. #newpaint #LOOKSNEW #chestereastside
Stop by Ruth Bennett Community Farm 1-3 p.m., Thursday (Aug. 25) for a free box of produce. Boxes include fruits, veggies and eggs.
Pick up at 1318 Carla’s Lane (pavilion near basketball court).
Questions? Check the flyer for details.
Chester Upland SD will host its annual backpack giveaway, 2-6 p.m., Friday, Aug. 26, at Evre Drive (behind the High School). Fresh food boxes, Covid tests, vaccines and boosters will be available on sight.
Check the poster for details.
Chester Eastside has become backpack central, thanks to the delivery this week of 75 elementary and 75 older student book bags. The supplies were collected by a number of congregations, which our friends at Holy Trinity Lutheran sorted, stuffed and delivered.
Thanks to all the congregations that participated:
*Christ Lutheran Community Church Upper Darby
*Congregation Beth Israel of Media
*Congregation Ohev Shalom
*Grace Broomall
*Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church
*Holy Spirit Lutheran Church
*Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Wallingford
*Latvian Ev. Lutheran Church of St. John of Philadelphia
*Reformation Lutheran Church, Media, PA
*St. Mark Lutheran Church, The Welcome Place
*St. Matthew Lutheran Church Woodlyn
*St Paul’s Lansdowne
*St. Timothy’s Lutheran Church – Aston, PA
*Swarthmore Presbyterian Church
*Temple Lutheran Church-Havertown, PA
*Trinity Lutheran Church Havertown
Chester Eastside received half of the backpacks; the remainder were taken to Upper Darby and distributed by Christ Lutheran.
The children may not be thinking about Back to School, but we are. Thanks to Pat, of @Gwynedd Square Presbyterian Church, who delivered 163 pounds of supplies which will be distributed to the children in our Out of School Time program. #schoolsupplies #backtoschool #outofschooltime #chestereastside
Lauren and Angela delivered 75.8 pounds of school supplies (bookbags, pens, pencils, notebooks, binders, paper etc.) donated by our friends at Brinker Simpson & Company. Time to be thinking about Back to School! #backtoschool #schoolsupplies #thanks #chestereastside
Chester Eastside is excited to welcome the two newest members of our team, Executive Director Rev. Andrew Jacob and Operations Manager Lisa Sneed.
Rev. Andy comes to us most immediately from Hanover Presbyterian Church in Wilmington, where he transformed a struggling congregation into a vibrant worshipping community. He views CEI as “his dream job – to work with an agency that is addressing issues of social justice and peace.”
Lisa is responsible for overseeing the food pantry and procedures of the Out of School Time and Camp Phoenix programs, looking to maximize efficiencies while increasing the number of community participants.
Stop by Ruth Bennett Community Farm 1-3 p.m., Thursday (Aug. 11) for a free box of produce. Boxes include fruits, veggies and eggs.
Pick up at 1318 Carla’s Lane (pavilion near basketball court).
Questions? Check the flyer for details.
CEI is fortunate to have excellent, dedicated volunteers, such as Dr. Anita Singh, who is involved with OST. She is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Biomedical Engineering program at Widener University and was recently awarded a five-year, 1.9 million grant from NIH to drive innovation and student research.
https://www.widener.edu/news/news-archive/biomedical-engineering-professor-receives-major-grant-drive-innovation-and-student-research
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