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Dear Friends:
Welcome
Marilyn Torres
and
Donna Wray
! Marilyn is Senior Director, Visitor Experience at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University and an active Tacony Creek Park user. Donna is Vice President, Digital & Multichannel Marketing at TGaS Advisors. She lives in Wyncote near Rock Creek and has hands-on TTF buffer planting and clean-up experience.
Our Board of Advisors was established as an objective of our 2013 Strategic Plan. Led by Laura Craig and Stefanie Kroll, the Board will gain even more expertise with the addition of Lara Roman and Emily Saich! Lara is a Philadelphia Field Station, US Forest Service Research Ecologist. She and her family enjoy the Tookany Creek near their home in Wyncote.
Emily is the Director of Museum Services with
Universal Services Associates, Inc.
She lives in Philadelphia and was a valuable resource in our Creekmobile planning.
Sincerely,
Julie
PS: See you at the Partner Alliance Networking Reception..Nature's Hidden Surprises..Love Your Park..Trails Through Time..we've got lots to choose from!
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Join Environmental Educator Judith Gratz for a FREE nature walk. Learn about materials of life, used again and again.
WHEN: Wednesday, October 11, 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM
WHERE: Tacony Creek Park, I Street & Ramona Avenue, Philadelphia 19124
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WHEN:
Wednesday, October 25, 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
WHERE:
City CoHo Philly's Nexus, 2401 Walnut Street, Philadelphia 19103
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Join us to show our love for TCP with a free bird walk and fun improvement activities:
- Planting & Trash Clean-up
- Games with the Creekmobile
- Cider & donuts
WHEN:
Saturday, November 4
Bird walk: 8 to 10:30
Clean-up: 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM
WHERE: Tacony Creek Park
I St. & Ramona Ave, Philadelphia 19124
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Philadelphia was once laced with a complex system of streams and tributaries. Now many of these streams are hidden underground.
Join Philadelphia Water's Drew Brown and Adam Levine for a guided tour tracing the historic and now hidden Wingohocking Creek!
WHEN:
Saturday, November 18, 12 PM to 5 PM
WHERE: Tacony Creek Park, I St. & Ramona Ave, Philadelphia 19124
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Bring a blanket and folding chairs to this FREE movie -- be inspired by Moana's ocean journey.
WHEN: Friday, October 20, 6 PM
RAIN DATE:
Friday, October 27, 6 PM
WHERE: Tacony Creek Park, 531 E. Olney Ave, Philadelphia 19120
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WHEN: Saturday, October 7
9 AM to 1 PM
WHERE: Tacony Creek Park, Rorer St & Roosevelt Blvd, Philadelphia 19120 (5091 Rorer Street)
Contact: Nicole at 609-583-0891
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WHEN:
Saturday, October 7, 9:30 AM to 3 PM
WHERE: Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust, 2955 Edge Hill Road, Huntingdon Valley 19006
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Join Wyncote Audubon for an autumn bird walk! S
ee a few of our summer resident birds that have not yet left for their wintering grounds. We also expect to see some fall migrants stopping over on their southward journey.
Meet at Park entrance at the corner of High School Rd & Montgomery Ave. The park is a short walk from the Elkins Park SEPTA Regional Rail Station and the Route 28 bus.
WHEN:
Monday, October 9, 8 to 10 AM
WHERE:
High School Park, 7900 Montgomery Ave, Elkins Park 19027
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Help care for the only creek in the TTF Watershed that you can still see! We need experienced tree-planters and volunteers to clear invasives
and plant trees and shrubs. Project generously funded by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Soup lunch included.
WHEN: Saturday, October 14, 9 AM to 1 PM
WHERE: Awbury Arboretum, Agricultural Village, 901 E. Washington Ln., Philadelphia, 19138
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Hear how conservation organizations are protecting open space for our future, and how you can protect valued open spaces in Philadelphia watersheds. P
resentations by Chestnut Hill Conservancy, Erdenheim Farm, Friends of the Wissahickon, Natural Lands Trust, Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia, Whitemarsh Foundation, and Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association, followed by Q & A. Light refreshments.
Free and open to the public but registration is requested.
WHEN:
Thursday, October 26, 6 to 8 PM
WHERE:
Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Chapel in the Wissahickon Inn, 500 W. Willow Grove Ave, Philadelphia 19118
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