HEELP is an affordable loan program designed to help homeowners
make their homes more energy-efficient.This program offers a great way
to reduce high energy bills and make home improvements at a very affordable
rate.
HEELP offers loans between $1,000 and $10,000. The loans
have a fixed interest rate of 1% for the 10-year term with no prepayment
penalties. Allowable uses of the
loan proceeds include insulation and duct-work; new energy-efficient windows and
doors; energy-efficient heating and cooling systems; hot water heaters and
roofs. Other permissible work includes repair of interior damage from roof
leaks, electrical repairs as well as any repairs that permit weatherization
work to take place.
For more information, call 610-891-5101 and ask about the HEELP
Program. Income limits apply. For example, the maximum allowed
annual income for a family of four is $53,300.
The
world music percussion ensemble, Spoken Hand, brings its pulsating
rhythms to Upper
Darby Performing Arts Center March 22
Known for its high-energy live performances,the acclaimed percussion orchestra
blendsNorth
Indian tabla, Afro Cuban bata, Brazilian samba and West African djembe
in an exhilarating evening oftraditional and contemporary drumming and choral compositions
DREXEL HILL, PA – March 6, 2012 –
The acclaimed world music percussion ensemble, Spoken Hand, blends the
pulsating rhythms of North Indian tabla, Afro Cuban bata, Brazilian
samba and West African djembe in an
exhilarating evening oftraditional and contemporary drumming and
choral compositions. The high-energy performance takes place at Upper Darby
Performing Arts Center on March 22 at 7:30pm.
Tickets
are $7-$10 and UDPAC members save $1 off each ticket. Tickets may be purchased
online at www.udpac.org
or by calling the box office: 610. 622.1189. Upper Darby Performing ArtsCenter is located at 601 North
Lansdowne Avenue in Drexel Hill, PA. The 1,600 seat theater is just minutes
from the Main Line and Center City Philadelphia and offers free parking. The
performance is one hour and appropriate for all family members ages seven and
over.
A celebration of polyphonic rhythms, Spoken
Hand unifies four percussion batteries into one distinct voice. Since its
inception over fifteen years agothis uniquely
robust orchestra of percussionists has traveled the road to perform giving drums their individual
voices. Linking the past and present, the sacred and secular with a
symphonically textured fusion of traditional and contemporary drumming and
choral compositions, Spoken Hand has twice earned the title of “Best World Music/Roots
Performance” by Philadelphia City Paper, and continues to share this cultural musical
experience with audiences far and wide.
Artistic Director Daryl Kwasi Burgee recently interviewed on
WHYY TV discussed formulating Spoken Hand. “The drum is always in accompaniment
to something else. And I realized that most people aren’t aware of the harmonic
and the melodical aspects of the drum. Giving people the opportunity to
experience that in a collage of melody and sound, that’s what this project was
all about. It was the opportunity to give the drummer voice.”
The four corners of the world are represented as Spoken Hand
fills the stage with percussionists who blend the rhythmic Afro-Cuban,
Brazilian, North Indian, and West African sounds in an artistic mission to
share with audiences their passion for music.
The Upper Darby Performing Arts Center and Upper Darby
Summer Stage are jointly sponsored by the Upper Darby School District Board of
School Directors and Upper Darby Township Mayor and Council through the
Department of Recreation and Leisure Services.
Crozer-Keystone ‘Goes Blue’ with a Range of
Colorectal Cancer Awareness Events
Crozer-Keystone Health System, a longtime leader in cancer treatment and
gastrointestinal health, has planned a range of activities to raise awareness
and provide education about colorectal cancer and how it can be prevented and
treated.
Here is a full listing of programs taking place throughout March:
March 1: “Dress in Blue Day.” Employees at Crozer-Keystone sites will wear
blue in recognition of Colorectal Cancer Month. Informational tables will
be set up in the cafeterias from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
March 4: Informational tables, “Get in the Game,” Healthplex® Sports Club,
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
March 7: Lunch and Learn Education Program, “Colorectal Cancer: A Preventable
Disease,” SpringfieldHospital, Lower
Level Conference Room, noon. Lunch will be provided, Speaker: To be
announced.
March 12: An Education Program, “The Importance of Screenings,” St. Charles
Borromeo Ladies Auxiliary Church Hall (3400 Dennison Ave., Drexel Hill), 7:30 p.m. Speaker: Patti Hollenback,
R.N., nurse navigator.
March 15: Lunch and Learn Education Program, “Colorectal Cancer: A Preventable
Disease,” Crozer-Chester Medical
Center, NE
Conference Room #2, noon. Lunch will be provided. Speaker: Michael Farber,
M.D., CKHS gastroenterologist.
March 18: An Education Program, “Colorectal Cancer: The Importance of
Screenings,” HaverfordTownship Free
Library (1601 Darby Rd.,
Havertown), 7 p.m. Speaker: Patti Hollenback, R.N.
March 19: Lunch and Learn Education Program, “Colorectal Cancer: A Preventable
Disease,” DelawareCountyMemorialHospital, Meeting
Room A, noon. Lunch will be provided/ Speaker: Brian Karp, M.D., CKHS gastroenterologist.
March 26: Lunch and Learn Education Program, “Colorectal Cancer: A Preventable
Disease,” TaylorHospital, Classrooms
A and B, noon. Lunch will be provided. Speaker: Ingram Roberts, M.D., CKHS gastroenterologist.
March 27: An Education Program, “Frankly Speaking: A Program for Survivor and
their Families,” DCMH, classrooms A/C, Registration and light dinner, 5:30
p.m. Program: 6 to 8 p.m., Speakers: To be announced.
March 28: An Education Program, “Colorectal Cancer: A Preventable Disease”, Crozer-KeystoneRegionalCancerCenter
at BrintonLake (500 Evergreen Drive, Glen Mills).
Registration and light dinner, 5:30 p.m.; Program, 6 to 8 p.m. Speaker:
Michael Davis, D.O., CKHS
gastroenterologist
For more information and to register for any of these
events, call (610) 284-8158.
