York City/Suburban: July 2009 Archives

Faithful reader Joe tipped me off to this coming event, in which you can get yummy food and help a local organization, too.

From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. this Saturday, Aug. 1, at the corner of Parkway Boulevard and Pacific Avenue in York - RAIN OR SHINE - the Bring On Play group is having a chicken barbecue to raise funds for the recently renovated Lincoln Park. (Read a guest column here by Mayor John Brenner on the group's efforts; that's his wife, Adrienne, and son Sam, then 4, at the park in 2008, before renovations in the picture at top.)

For $7, you get half a chicken, a baked potato, applesauce, a roll and butter. Joe says there's also plenty of room to run and play at the pickup site, if you want to either work up an appetite or work off the chicken!!

You don't have to pre-purchase your tickets, though Joe does recommend it. You can do so by calling him at 495-3878.

Sounds YUMMY. I know this is "barbecue season" and there are many such events to support; if you have one, feel free to let me know, because I'd love to publicize it.

I think I've mentioned before how much I love to scrapbook. It's kind of a sickness. :) I've been working on several albums, including my high school years, my daughter's first few years (of which the picture here is the cover), and - amazingly - I finished a 2008 family album and am starting a 2009 album.

But in the last couple of months, I've taken on another project - organizing, captioning and getting into scrapbooks the OLD family photos from both my mom's and my dad's families. (Hubby, meanwhile, got bit by the bug and is organizing HIS mom's family photos. Yes, we're insane.) And I'd never worked with "old" photos before. It's harder than it seems!

Well, coming soon, there's a program at the York County Heritage Trust that will help folks who are in the same boat. From their release:

Sounds pretty fun. If you go, you might see me there ... I REALLY need some tips on this old memorabilia.