Sunday, December 16, 2012
Matthew Knoebel is a Penndale seventh grader currently battling leukemia at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Knoebel's neighbors came together to hold a bake sale fundraiser in Lansdale Saturday
In 1974, Hatfield resident Melissa Garvin was much like Lansdale resident Matthew Knoebel. Garvin, pushing 43, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia at age 3. Knoebel, 12, a Penndale Middle School seventh-grader, is battling Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. "I'm a longtime survivor myself," Garvin said. "I was diagnosed before my fourth birthday. The reason I came was I saw the Patch article. I had to stop by. Cancer doesn't have to beat you." Garvin was one of more than 80 people that stopped at the Pine Street home of Brad and Kaitlin Horner Saturday for a bake sale and hot choclate fundraiser for Knoebel. Knoebel resides a block away on Poplar Street. The event was organized by four families…
Saturday, December 15, 2012
A hot chocolate stand and bake sale fundraiser for Penndale student Matthew Knoebel, who has been diagnosed with leukemia, takes place on Pine Street in Lansdale between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., rain or shine
1. A hot chocolate stand and bake sale fundraiser for Penndale student Matthew Knoebel, who has been diagnosed with leukemia, takes place on Pine Street in Lansdale between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., rain or shine. Pine Street is between Squirrel Lane and Edgemont Avenue. For donations, please visit www.indiegogo.com/MoneyforMatt. 2. Today is the second annual Gingerbread House Craft Time at 1 at Lansdale Parks and Recreation, 660 Lansdale Ave. The event is a fundraiser for Lansdale Library. Cost is $10 per house. 3. Santa Claus will be at the Santa House in Lansdale at Railroad Plaza from 10 a.m. to noon. 4. Today is the last day to drop off toys for the Marines Toys for Tots drive at Retro Fitness in Montgomery Township. Contact Retro Fitness …
Monday, February 20, 2012
Bridle Path Elementary families and neighbors of John and Linda Carlson held a bake sale fundraiser Sunday on Meadow Glen Road
Diets were put on hold and sweet tooths had a field day Sunday, all in the name of charity. Bridle Path Elementary families, as well as neighbors and friends of John and Linda Carlson, came together Sunday in Montgomery Township at a bake sale fundraiser at 1 Meadow Glen Road - home of Zak Jackson - to collect donations for the Carlsons. Two tables in front of the Jackson home were filled with cups of hot cocoa, brownies, a plethora of cookies in many varieties, brookies (cookies baked into brownies), Rice Krispies treats, pretzel sticks dipped in white chocolate, candy bars and more delectable pastries. At the close of the fundraiser at 3:30 p.m., $3,636 was raised for the family. Fire Department of Montgomery Township made an appearance…
Friday, February 10, 2012
Director of Fire Services Rick Lesniak said the fires are not related
The causes of two house fires that occurred exactly one month apart remain under investigation in Montgomery Township. The home of John and Linda Carlson at 20 Douglass Road went up in flames Thursday evening, Feb. 9. The house was completely destroyed. A month earlier, on Jan. 9, the home of Glenn and Joanne Harris at 119 Bellows Way was eradicated by a blaze. Both homes are completely uninhabitable and will most likely be razed. "We don't believe there is any relations between the two fires," said Rick Lesniak, director of fire services for Montgomery Township. A source informed Montgomeryville-Lansdale Patch that the fire started after the homeowner Linda Carlson, upon reentering the home from smoking a cigarette, emptied the ashtray …
Monday, January 16, 2012
Neighbors along Tree Line Drive in Montgomery Township rallied behind the Harris Family in the wake of a devastating fire
A little hot chocolate on a brisk winter day goes a long way. It wasn't that the cocoa warmed one up during the windy Sunday in Montgomery Township; it was that the combination of cocoa, food and community helped warm the hearts of the Harris Family. Neighbors along Tree Line Drive held a hot chocolate sale and bake sale from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday in order to raise money for the family whose home and livelihood was destroyed by fire Jan. 9. In the end, the effort raised $1,708.65 for the family. Co-organizer Renee Johnson said it was amazing generosity from the neighborhood. It wasn't just neighbors that came out in support. Fire Department of Montgomery Township members stopped by to donate money, as did Rep. Todd Stephens. Joanne …
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Go ahead. Take a day to plan.
1. A hot chocolate sale and bake sale takes place tomorrow for The Harris Family, the recent fire victims on Bellows Way. The event goes from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 107 Tree Line Drive, Montgomery Township, at the corner of Halloway Circle. 2. The annual bridal show, sponsored by Holiday Inn Lansdale and Harleysville Bridal, takes place tomorrow from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the hotel at 1750 Sumneytown Pike, Kulpsville, PA 19443. There is a request for a $3 donation for City of Hope. The show will begin at 2:30 p.m., and feature local bridal vendors and a production by Journey Productions. There will also be giveaways, complimentary hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar. You can also tour the newly renovated hotel. 3. Reserve your spot by tomorrow …
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Recycling extravaganza brought in close to $1,000 for Lansdale Library
Lansdale Borough Councilman Mike Sobel probably wished he was a car moving through the car wash outside the Lansdale Library Saturday afternoon. He was drenched head to toe in the 100-degree-plus heat, but kept on working and moving computer monitors to the dark library basement. Once down there, it was a brief cool down among the cement walls, and then back up top the parking lot for another round of moving recycled monitors. Anne Scheuring and Mary Fuller fared much better: they kept to the shade of a tent, serving lemonade and taking donations for raffle tickets. To really cool down, the most obvious choice was to head inside the library. But then, you got hungry once the table of baked goods came into view for the bake sale. …
Shelly
12:04 pm on Sunday, December 16, 2012
I want to say thank you to everyone and everybody who donated hot chocolate, cups and All those very yummy baked good! The hot chocolate fundraiser was a huge success!! All kids & parents just hand-delivered to Matthew and his mother the money that was raised from the fundraiser!! Merry Christmas and God Bless!!! more ›