GNPAL Dream Club featured on CBS 3

On a recent segmen of the their feature Brotherly Love, CBS 3 reporter Dave Huddleston reported on the Greater Norristown PAL program, Dream Club.  The program is run by Linda Lowery and works with young ladies in the area.  To view the segment, click here.                                                        (July 4, 2010)

Harry P. Mirabile, Sr. Scholarships Awarded

Cashaé Hinton, a 2010 graduate of Norristown Area High School and Shohom Basuthakur, a 2010 graduate of Kennedy Kenrick High School were the recipients of this year's Greater Norristown PAL's Harry P. Mirabile, Sr. Scholarships.

Cashaé has been involved with PAL for the past 13 years, starting as a basketball player on various PAL teams.  Ultimately, she moved into coaching PAL teams  and has served as a counselor at the Willie G. Richet Summer Basketball camps for the past several summers.  Cashaé  will pursue a degree in education at the Pennsylvania State University's Brandwine Campus this fall.

Shohom has been helping Mrs. Barbara Richet with the GNPAL After School tutoring program for the past three years.  Shohom will continue his education at the University of Pennsylvania this fall where he will study economics at the Wharton School.

Shohom Basuthakur (third from the left) and Cashaé Hinton (third from the right) are joined by their families as well as Mr. Mirabile's daughter Susan (fifth from the left) and his wife Seda (next to daughter Susan) in celebrating their being name the 2010 recipients of the Greater Norristown PAL Harry P. Mirabile, Sr. Scholarship.                                                                                                                 (July 4, 2010)

American Red Cross Blood Drive

The American Red Cross will be holding a Blood Drive at Greater Norristown PAL on Friday, July 23 from noon to 6 pm.  Donor must be at least 16 years old (in Pennsylvania with parental consent) and weigh at least 110 pounds.  Federal Regulationa require 56 days between regular whole blood donations.

From July 1st through September 12th, 2010 all presenting donors who donate blood at an American Red Cross Penn-Jersey Region blood drive will be entered into that weeks drawing to win a $250 GiftCertificates.com SuperCertificate® redeemable for $250 worth of gift certificates from hundreds of stores, hotels, airlines, theaters and more.   You will also be entered to win our Grand Prize giveaway of a $2,500 GiftCertificates.com SuperCertificate®!

Sign up to donate online at:  http://www.membersforlife.org/pennj/schedule/login.php?sponsorcode=13063

For more information, contact the GNPAL Center at 610-278-8040.                                         (July 1, 2010)

Community Garden update

Joel Snyder of the Salvation Army reports that he was able to harvest the first zucchinis from the Garden on June 29th.  The residents of the shelter enjoyed them at their dinner that night!

The top picture below shows the garden when it was planted on May 15th.  The two pictures below show an eggplant plant with an eggplant on it and a zucchini plant with a couple of zucchinis on it.  There is also great crop of leaf lettuce coming.                                                                                      (July 1, 2010)