Don’t forget the birds! (No, not those Birds, the ones in Sharpe Park.)
Local food donation sites
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Pix from Party in the Park
HCA President Charlie Davis (who also happens to be a fireman with Merion Fire Company of Ardmore) and Vice President Catherine Abrams point to an aging snowflake light – one of many displayed along the Haverford stretch of Lancaster Avenue during the winter holidays. The snowflakes, one of HCA’s civic improvement projects, have seen many seasons of use and are nearing the end of their functional life. The Association hopes to raise $10,000 to $15,000 to replace them. A portion of the funds raised at this year’s Party in the Park at Sharpe Bird Sanctuary in Haverford will go toward the replacement cost.
Pictures from the party
It was a glorious, sunshiny day in Sharpe Park for our Party in the Park!
Click on the first picture below to see a slide show with captions.
Sharpe Park and Us!
Community Work Days
Haverford Civic Association really digs Sharpe Park Bird Sanctuary, usually about four times a year, twice in the spring and twice in the fall during our community work days.
Shared Stewardship
Located at 340 Lancaster Avenue (the corner of Lancaster and Station Road), our wee woodland enjoys the attention of multiple stewards. Dr. John Semple Sharpe bought the 2.7-acre property back in 1914, and in 1977 his widow, Catherine D. Sharpe, willed it to Lower Merion Township, with the proviso that it be “maintained as a semi-wooded, green area without formal facilities for playground use.”
Today, the property is the responsibility of the township’s Parks and Recreation Department. But Parks and Rec gets a big lift from local organizations that cater to horticultural handiwork in addition to Haverford Civic. Two of the most active are The Garden Workers, a local affiliate of The Garden Club of America, and the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s Tree Tenders group. Sharpe Park is The Garden Workers’ primary community service project.
Join The Garden Workers at Work
Watch this space for dates and times of our next Community Work Days!
Come have some fun, meet your neighbors and revel in the joy of good, honest work with The Garden Workers and Haverford Civic Association.
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