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OCT 16 How to cut fossil fuels: Heat Pumps, Induction stoves & Electrification Workshop, virtual 7-8p
OCT 18 Discover Haverford's Third Friday in Oakmont Village 6-9p
OCT 24 Discover Haverford's Business Panel: Working from Home Essentials
OCT 25 Shade Tree Lottery Deadline
OCT 25 Haverford Township Historical Society Oktoberfest 7-10p
OCT 26 Penfield Civic Association Fall Family Movie Night 6:30p
OCT 28 Discover Haverford's Annual Meeting 6:30p
OCT 31 County E Waste Recycling Event
NOV 1 - DEC 6 Pumpkin Collection at Orner's Nursery
NOV 7 Haverford High School Job Fair 9 -10:45a
NOV 9 & 10 Haverford Guild of Craftsmen 2024 Holiday Art & Fine Craft Show 10a-5p
NOV 16 Tree Tenders Tree Planting at St. Rafaela Retreat Center
NOV 17 Tree Tenders Tree Planting at Old Haverford Meeting and Cemetery
NOV 23 Haverford E Waste Recycling Event
NOV 23 Greening the Planters with Discover Haverford
NOV 30 Shop Small Saturday
DEC 7 Discover Haverford's Havertown Holiday Festival 12-7pm
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Please join us! Oktoberfest serves as an important fundraiser for the
Haverford Township Historical Society.
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The Haverford Guild of Craftsmen are excited to announce our
2024 Holiday Art & Fine Craft Show!
From 10AM to 5PM on November 9th & 10th, we will be at Haverford Community Recreation and Environment Center (CREC) 9000 Parkview Drive, Haverford, PA 19041 with more than 60 artists and fine craftsmen. Don’t miss out on this perfect opportunity to purchase one-of-a-kind gifts for your loved ones (and yourself)! Shop from over 60 juried artists for high quality hand-crafted works of basketry, ceramics, glass, fiber, jewelry, leather, mixed media, painting, photography, sculpture, wood and much more!
For more information and directions, please visit our website at: haverfordguild.org/Holiday2024
Admission is $5 at the door, $3 with a coupon
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Volunteer Opportunity - Greening the Planters in our Business Districts!
The holidays will be here before you know it! Join us as we prepare the business districts with some holiday cheer. The annual Greening of the Planters will take place on Saturday, November 23rd. You can use the link below to view the available time slots and sign up!
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Check out the Kelly Center event schedule here: https://kellycenter.ticketleap.com
Catch these events EVERY MONTH:
2nd Thursday - Irish Trad Music Session
1st & 3rd Tuesday - Bluegrass Jam
2nd Tuesday - Django & Friends Open Swing Jam
1st Wednesday - Open Mic Night
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Ian Taylor, an upcoming junior at Haverford High School and Life Scout with Troop 19 in Bryn Mawr, recently designed, constructed and donated two American Flag Retirement boxes for his Eagle Scout Service Project. Oakmont Fire Company and Brookline Fire Company each received a flag retirement box. These handmade boxes will provide two new locations for members of our community to properly dispose of any worn, torn, or damaged American flags. Thank you Ian for your hard work and dedication to our Haverford community. | |
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Do you know the Haverford Township Civic Council? We have played a key role in supporting civic associations and other local organizations and launching successful local initiatives like Haverford Township Day, Haverford Music Festival, Tree Tenders, Partnership for Economic Development, Friends of Haverford Trails, Hav-a-Rain Garden, https://haverfordclimateaction.org/, and the Recycling Beyond the Blue Bin initiative.
Reach out to us at info@haverfordciviccouncil.org if you are interested in the board.
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Haverford Township Environmental Advisory Committee | |
Our day-to-day choices make a difference! Forty-three percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions are a result of choices made by average Americans. The new website, created by Haverford Township Civic Council and Friends of EAC, is a clearinghouse of climate solutions specifically tailored for Haverford Township. The purpose of this site is to serve as a clearinghouse of information for residents so that they can make informed choices as they strive to live more sustainable lives.
You can make a difference today!
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OCT 16: How to Cut Fossil Fuels in Your Home: Heat Pumps, Induction Stoves, and Home Electrification (Virtual)
Planning to replace your heater or AC? Heat pumps are one system that can do both and are eligible for a tax credit! Modifying our home systems, especially HVAC, water heating and clothes drying, as well as induction stoves that are 3x more efficient than gas stoves and boil water faster than gas, and considerations when electrifying. Come and learn. FREE, registration required, Register HERE
Oct 25: Shade Tree Lottery Deadline
This Fall, Haverford Township's Shade Tree Commission (STC) will distribute beautiful young shade trees FREE of cost to 120 lucky Township residents. Winners will be chosen by lottery (see instructions below), with distribution on the morning of November 9th, 2024. We request that you only enter the lottery if you or a proxy are available to pick up your tree on November 9th, no exceptions. As a new service, we will have Haverford High School volunteers available to help pick up and plant trees for residents who require assistance to participate in the program owing to age, disability, or lack of a car. Participants of this accessibility service must still be available on the 9th to receive and site their tree. Registration HERE
Oct 31: Delaware County E Waste Recycling Event, 9a-1p
Rose Tree Park 1671 N. Providence Rd Media, PA 19063
Free drop off for the following items: CPU's; laptops; mice; keyboards; desk top copiers and scanners; tablets; routers and modems; home and cell phones; cable boxes and electronic cables; dvd players; VCR's; stereos and video game consoles; vacuum cleaners.
For a FEE, individuals can drop off televisions, computer monitors and printers.
All Computer Monitors (flat screen & CRT) – $20 each
Televisions – $30 each
Console or Rear Projection TVs – $40 each
Printers – $5 each
Registration Required, HERE
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Pumpkin Collection
NOV 1 - DEC 6 Pumpkin Collection at Orner's.
Lindenhof Farms, an Oakmont Farmers Market vendor, will feed the pumpkins to their hogs and chickens. Please bring Whole, undecorated pumpkins (no paint or gloss sprays) to Orner’s at 15 W Eagle Rd, Havertown during business hours.
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Residents – did you know that food waste makes up 20% of local municipal waste and can be diverted to make compost and create organic fertilizer?
Thanks to a USDA grant, Haverford Township households interested in diverting food waste (and pizza boxes) through a curbside composting service can try it out with FOUR MONTHS OF FREE COMPOSTING SERVICE!
**This program is limited to NEW customers only and one per household (program limit of 600 new participants)**
Residents should directly contact EZ Composting, Mother Compost, or their composting service provider of choice to participate. For those two particular collectors, residents can easily sign up on their websites. The location of the household triggers either enrollment in the incentive program or an alert that the household is eligible for it. Other composting companies are welcome to participate in the program, at this time only EZ Composting and Mother Compost service Haverford Township.
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Harvest Your Stormwater!
Rain gardens, downspout planters and rain barrels can help you harvest your stormwater, reduce runoff and the resulting pollution associated with stormwater and reduce downstream flooding. The native plants used also create habitat for pollinators.
We are in our final year and need volunteers!
Join the Hav-a-Rain Garden Team! Be a part of the Hav-a-Rain Garden team for the next decade! We have many volunteers who help install our gardens but need a few more committed individuals who will help outreach, schedule, assess, design, order and care for plants, and stage and coordinate installation. Many hands make light work! Email havaraingarden@gmail.com and with the subject “Rain Garden Team” and tell us you want to join our core rain garden team and we will send you the link for this and future meetings. If you just want to volunteer for the installations and are not already on our signup genius list, use the subject “Volunteer for Rain Garden Installation” and we will add you to our list for fall installations (mid-September to mid-October). Our lead Organizer is stepping down after 10 years and we would love to keep this great program going!
Want a Hav-a-Rain Garden?
Email address & phone # to havaraingarden@gmail.com. After that, you must respond to a signupgenius email to schedule your assessment. Only Haverford property owners (including non-profits and businesses) can request a future assessment for a rain garden - high scoring assessments qualify to be offered a rain garden and sweat-equity is required.
Don’t Let This Be Our Last Year!
Hav-a-Rain Garden has installed over 90 rain gardens in 9 years but it may all end this year if we don’t build a robust succession team. Let us know if you want to see this continue in your community. We are looking for a few more volunteers with organizational skills willing to learn how we coordinate, outreach, schedule, assess, design, order and care for plants, and stage and coordinate installation. Many hands make light work! Email havaraingarden@gmail.com and tell us you want to join our core rain garden team and keep the program going by apprenticing in 2024.
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Free Trees/Shrubs for Native Planting Volunteers
All Hav-a-Rain Garden, Tree Tenders and Haverford Parks planting volunteers will receive an invitation email in October for another free native tree and shrub giveaway. If you are not already a volunteer, email with the subject “Volunteer” to havaraingarden@gmail.com or register with Haverford Township Recreation.
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Recycling Beyond the Blue Bin
Action Priority Initiative
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The Haverford Civic Council is excited to announce the approval of the newest Action Priority Initiative: Recycling Beyond the Blue Bin.
TerraCycle offers recycling funded by brands, manufacturers and retailers around the world to help collect and recycle hard-to-recycle waste. Please follow directions on what is accepted in each program. Make sure packaging is as EMPTY, clean and as dry as possible! There are drop off locations throughout Haverford township for oral care items, brita filters, food pouches and caps, spray nozzles, scrap metal, and more! To support the Township's plastic bag ban we now have a bag share: "Take a Bag/Leave a Bag".
We are sad to announce the Beauty Care Recycling Bin at the Township building has been Discontinued! In the past 3 years the Township was able to divert over 600lbs of Beauty Products from our waste stream!
Oral Care Recycling is still available.
Thanks for keeping these items out of our trash stream, local landfills and incinerators; while reducing tax payer costs for waste disposal services.
More recycling, reusing, donating and composting info available: see http://www.HaverfordClimateAction.org or Reduce Reuse Recycle Haverford Twp Facebook group
Questions and updates please email Haverford EAC at Havswitch@gmail.com.
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The biggest savings in energy is to use less; please consider an energy assessment if you have not had one done. Peco offers this for $49. For a limited time, PECO is offering Solarize Delco participants a special $10 discount* for any home energy assessment. Please use the special promo code SOLARDEL24 on the website or call 888.573.2672 to schedule your appointment.
*Limited time offer expires Dec 31, 2024. Limited supply per household and where applicable. Certain restrictions apply. You must be a PECO residential electric customer to participate. One Energy Assessment per residence, per year. This program is subject to change, including termination, without prior notice. Appointments are available Monday–Friday. Limited number of appointments available on Saturdays.
2024 Raffle
For 2024 Solarize Delco is offering a $1,000 raffle every month! To qualify you must fill out the survey on our website and sign your contract with our vetted installer. One winner per month will receive a credit of $1,000 paid to the contractor towards your solar system.
Delaware County Solar Tours
Select a tour event anywhere near your community between October 6 and 13, 2024 or attend a virtual solar tour. All Delco Solar Tours are free and registration is required. Locations and dates can be found at https://solarizedelco.org/.
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Solarize DelCo Group Pricing | |
Solar PV Tax Credits Supercharged: Home solar tax credits went up to 30% for 2022 and beyond making solar payback even better. Non-profits can now also benefit and get a direct 30% federal rebate for systems turned on in 2023. Plus there's an additional 10% for American made panels and another 10% for low income areas.
Solarize Delco is evaluating for 2024! Contracts must be signed by September 30, 2024 for guaranteed installation by December 31, 2024.
Solarize DelCo Group Pricing: Residents and businesses in Delaware County Email us at solarizedelco@gmail.com with name, address and phone number and we can help you assess whether the Solarize Delco program with vetted vendors and a significant discount over market rates is right for you.
New Low Income Grants and Leasing Options: Income qualified homeowners can apply for a grant or take advantage of our new partnership with a vetted leasing firm that can reduce monthly bills by a combination of Solar PV and weatherization. Solarize Delco can help you decide what is best for you.
Who are we? Your neighbors, an all volunteer non-profit providing education, unbiased information and an easier path to putting solar on your home, business or house of worship. We can help Houses of Worship and other non-profits qualify for the federal tax credit as well.
More info at www.solarizedelco.org.
Search Solarize Philly and Solarize SE PA for programs outside of DelCo.
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Visit the Oakmont Farmer's Market!
YEAR-ROUND MARKET
2024 Main Season
Wednesdays, 2:30 – 5:30PM
May 1 – November 27
Check out their website for a list of which vendors are participating.
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The Haverford Township Civic Council is looking for a volunteer (or 2 or 3) to help with delivering, setting up, and returning shared equipment such as tents, movie screens, speakers, etc. for civic group and township events.
Interested in helping out?
Please email Rick Miller at: rickmiller.vcp@gmail.com for details.
Hav-a-Rain Garden has installed over 90 rain gardens in 9 years but it may all end this year if we don’t build a robust succession team. We are looking for a few more volunteers with organizational skills willing to learn how we coordinate, outreach, schedule, assess, design, order and care for plants, and stage and coordinate installation. Many hands make light work! Email havaraingarden@gmail.com and tell us you want to join our core rain garden team and keep the program going by apprenticing in 2024.
Solarize Delco is in need of help with our website (Word Press), please email solarizedelco@gmail.com if you can help us.
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