Friends of Penn Treaty Park http://penntreatypark.org News and Updates Mon, 14 May 2012 20:33:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 FriendsOfPennTreatyParkhttp://feedburner.google.com Penn Treaty Park – Celebration of History and Achievement http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FriendsOfPennTreatyPark/~3/O4Os2RRv2GY/ http://penntreatypark.org/2012/05/09/penn-treaty-park-celebration-of-history-and-achievement/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 14:00:05 +0000 Friends of Penn Treaty Park http://penntreatypark.org/?p=1786 [read more]]]> The Penn Treaty Museum is proud to host a celebration to recognize the listing of Penn Treaty Park on the Registrar of Philadelphia Historic Places.

  • Saturday, May 12th, 2012, at noon at Penn Treaty Park (Delaware and Columbia Ave.)

Music provided by the Kensington Creative and Performing Arts High School-Drum Line

Presentations:

  • New Kensington CDC
  • Preservation Alliance of Greater Philadelphia
  • Philadelphia Parks & Recreation
  • Barbara Morehead, Friends of Penn Treaty Park

Prior to this celebration, the Park will host its annual Clothesline Art event and the Penn Treaty Museum will have an exhibit — these two events start at 10 a.m. at the Park.

We hope to see you there.

 

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]]> http://penntreatypark.org/2012/05/09/penn-treaty-park-celebration-of-history-and-achievement/feed/ 0 http://penntreatypark.org/2012/05/09/penn-treaty-park-celebration-of-history-and-achievement/ Shadfest 2012 Recap http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FriendsOfPennTreatyPark/~3/uKiG4Ng2TLI/ http://penntreatypark.org/2012/05/08/shadfest-2012-recap/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 01:25:22 +0000 Friends of Penn Treaty Park http://penntreatypark.org/?p=1792 [read more]]]> Thanks to the 5,000 people who attended Shadfest and made it a great day in the park. Special thanks to Shadfest Director and Friends Board Member Kristine Kennedy for her hard work in putting together a great lineup of food, bands and fun.

Also, special thanks to the Penn Treaty Special Services District, Fishtown Beer Runners, Eagle One Credit Union, Hahnemann Hospital, Third Federal Savings, Andersen Windows and the Philly Roller Girls for their generous sponsorships.

PROTECT THE DELAWARE ESSAY CONTEST

Congratulations to the winners of our Protect the Delaware River Essay Contest for local schools. Each of the following students wrote an essay between 500 and 1000 words emphasizing the importance of a clean Delaware River.

Glaneysha Navarro – LaSalle Academy

Ahmad Ibrahim – Kensington CAPA High School
Justin Acevedo
Sabrina Torres
Ashley Vargas
Darius Kirk-Teagle
Imareliss Lopez
Jasmine Acevedo
John Mccreery
Taisha Martinez

Olivia Wnek – St. Laurentius School
Brendan Steinbrecher
Kevin McGinley
Annemarie Grauwickel
Eric Hartley
Emily Johnston
Alex Fox
Alexandra Dinoulis

SHADQUIZZO CHAMPIONSHIPS

Congrats to Match Remodeling captained by Friends Board Member Dave Posternak for taking home the title in the 2nd Annual Shadquizzo Championships.

FISHTOWN FISHING DERBY

Congratulations to George Gurney and Nick Merson, age 5, for winning the Fishtown Fishing Derby. George caught 6 fish including a foot-long catfish. Nick caught a 12-inch eel.

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]]> http://penntreatypark.org/2012/05/08/shadfest-2012-recap/feed/ 0 http://penntreatypark.org/2012/05/08/shadfest-2012-recap/ Photos from Shadfest 2012 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FriendsOfPennTreatyPark/~3/XA1ni86Q2Fs/ http://penntreatypark.org/2012/05/02/photos-from-shadfest-2012/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 11:08:19 +0000 Friends of Penn Treaty Park http://penntreatypark.org/?p=1744 Here are some photos from our 2012 Shadfest; more photos from the event can be seen here. Thank you to Roman Blazic for taking and sharing these.

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]]> http://penntreatypark.org/2012/05/02/photos-from-shadfest-2012/feed/ 0 http://penntreatypark.org/2012/05/02/photos-from-shadfest-2012/ Photos from 2012 Fishing Derby http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FriendsOfPennTreatyPark/~3/A8QcqzvoVpg/ http://penntreatypark.org/2012/05/02/photos-from-2012-fishing-derby/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 10:57:41 +0000 Friends of Penn Treaty Park http://penntreatypark.org/?p=1726 Here are some photos from last week’s 2nd Annual Fishtown Fishing Derby. Thanks to photographer Roman Blazic. More photos can be seen on Roman’s Photobucket page.

11 2012-04-21 83 by Roman Blazic 01 2012-04-21 80 Fishtown Fishing Derby 1st Place with Grandfather by Roman Blazic 02 2012-04-21 48 by 1st Place Fishtown Fishing Derby Winner with Grandfather by Roman Blazic 12 2012-04-21 85 by Roman Blazic 03 2012-04-21 60 by Roman Blazic 10 2012-04-21 76 by Roman Blazic 09 2012-04-21 72 by Roman Blazic 08 2012-04-21 63 by Roman Blazic 07 2012-04-21 43 by Roman Blazic 06 2012-04-21 42 by Roman Blazic 05 2012-04-21 36 by Roman Blazic 04 2012-04-21 27a by Roman Blazic

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]]> http://penntreatypark.org/2012/05/02/photos-from-2012-fishing-derby/feed/ 0 http://penntreatypark.org/2012/05/02/photos-from-2012-fishing-derby/ Shadfest 2012 — Tomorrow! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FriendsOfPennTreatyPark/~3/mrMW3aYAfGw/ http://penntreatypark.org/2012/04/27/shadfest-2012-tomorrow/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:34:06 +0000 Friends of Penn Treaty Park http://penntreatypark.org/?p=1718 Visit Penn Treaty Park, tomorrow, Saturday, April 28th from noon to 6 p.m. for Shadfest 2012.

It will be a great Spring day filled with:

  • Festive Food
  • Farmer’s Market
  • Kids’ Fun Area
  • Live Local Music
  • Arts and Crafts Fair
  • Environmental Education
  • And More!

Visit the Shadfest site for more information.

Rain date is April 29th!

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