Sunday, October 23, 2011
North Penn Key Club revived its community yard sale on Saturday
It was a yard sale for a good cause Saturday. The North Penn Key Club held a community yard sale fundraiser in the high school parking lot, bringing out 20 vendors and many, many people eager to buy some goods for cheap prices. “The profits that we make go to the North Penn High School Key Club and Caitlin’s Smiles Foundation, which is part of our district of Pennsylvania Key Club fundraiser,” said Key Club member Maria Poccia, of North Wales. Caitlin’s Smiles helps children with chronic and life-threatening illnesses by providing them “Bag of Smiles” packages through the Creative Arts Care program. The packages promote drawing, creative writing and sculpting to patients in the hospital. The foundation is named after Caitlin Hornung, who …
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Check out our photo slideshow of some extra photos from North Penn's Memorial Day ceremony.
Featured are photos from North Penn High School Key Club's Memorial Day Ceremony at Penndale Middle School. If you have photos from the event, please add them to the gallery!
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Lansdale celebrates Memorial Day with a beautiful ceremony honoring service members past and present.
Bravo, Lansdale! For a small town, you celebrate in an incredibly big way. As a former soldier in the United States Army, I was admittedly curious of what the borough had in store for Memorial Day. My curiosity quickly turned to astonishment as residents moved en masse from the parade route to Memorial Park for a ceremony honoring the service and sacrifices of our men and women in uniform, past and present. Those who answer the call of duty have always held a special place in my heart. The selflessness and humility, the bravery and the courage, and the will and the sacrifice had humbled me at an early age, leaving me wanting nothing more than to give back to those who had given so much of themselves, all in the name of freedom. To be …
