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Coming Up in Frankford 3/22 to 4/18/2014

  • Frankford Garden Club – Mon, March 24, 6:30pm – 7:30pm, Wissinoming Park Playground
  • Senior Breakfast – Tue, March 25, 8am – 10am,  Aria Health, Frankford – 2nd floor cafeteria – Aria will provide our community seniors with monthly, insightful tips and information on issues that are directly affecting you and your health. Breakfast will be provided free of charge. To reserve your seat call 1-877-808-2742 and then press 2.
  • Frankford Parks Group – Tue, March 25, 6pm – 7pm, CDC Building, 4900 Griscom St.
  • Frankford Gazette in Print will be distributed -Wed, March 26, 9am – 12pm, Various locations in Frankford
  • Northeast Philadelphia EPIC Stakeholders Group – Thu, March 27, 5:30pm – 7:30pm, 2nd Baptist Church, 1801 Meadow Street
  • Turning Points Parent Cafe -Thu, March 27, 6pm – 8pm, St James Lutheran Church, Castor Avenue – Starting Over After Tough Times – Turning Points is dedicated to helping teach families how to be stronger and how to participate in making the community stronger. While parents meet in the Social Hall, any children that come with them will spend time in our preschool areas with trained volunteers from Turning Points. For more information contact: Sheileemarie Carrion, 267-615-3603 or Charlene Lewis, 215-840-6105. RSVP by March 24th.
  • PSA1 Meeting -Thu, March 27, 7pm – 8pm, Aria Health Frankford Campus
  • Alumni Reunion Dinner Dance at HR Edmunds – Fri, March 28, 7pm – 10pm, H R Edmunds School, 1197 Haworth Street – Tickets Cost $30.00 All proceeds to benefit the Student Activities Fund. For more information and to buy tickets please contact: Barbara Mayer at bmayer@stringtheoryschools.com or Nicolette Richter at nrichter@stringtheoryschools.com You may also call the school office at 215-537-2520
  • Friends of Overington Park -Wed, April 2, 7pm – 8pm, Friends meeting house, 1500 Orthodox Street
  • Frankford Civic Association Meeting -Thu, April 3, 7pm – 8pm, Aria Hospital, 2nd floor
  • Historical Society of Frankford program – Tue, April 8, 7:30pm – 9:00pm, 1507 Orthodox St – FIGHTING FIRES IN FRANKFORD (FROM HORSES TO HORSEPOWER: PHILADELPHIA BUREAU OF FIRE 1871–1923) Presentation by Jack Wright, Historian, Philadelphia Fire Department View some of the Society’s collections of fire fighting artifacts from this area’s long-gone volunteer fire companies (first in 1793). Fire historian Jack Wright will describe the early years (1871–1923) of the “Philadelphia Bureau of Fire” and share information on the Fireman’s Hall Museum, situated in a historic 1902 firehouse at 2nd & Arch Street.
  • Everybody Ready 2.0 – Wed, April 9, 5:30pm – 7:00pm,  Frankford Library, 4634 Frankford Ave – Personal emergency preparedness training. Do you have a plan for a public health emergency? Come learn what you can do before, during and after an emergency to protect yourself and your family.
  • Neighborhood Advisory Committee Meeting – Thu, April 10, 7pm – 8pm, 2nd Baptist Church, 1801 Meadow St.
  • Senior Spring Fling – Fri, April 11, 10am – 3pm, Peter Bressi Northeast Senior Center 4744 Frankford Ave. – Sponsored by State Rep James Clay
  • Grand Army of the Republic Museum Open House – Sun, April 13, 12pm – 5pm, 4278 Griscom Street – Presentation at 1:30 PM: *Ken Milano – Kensington Know-Nothing Riots – 1844
  • Frankford PhillyRising Community Meeting – Mon, April 14, 5:30pm – 7:00pm, Frankford Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia 4634 Frankford Avenue
  • Northwood Civic Association Meeting -Tue, April 15, 7pm – 8pm, St. James Lutheran Church, at Castor Avenue and Pratt Street.