Building a Better World

  By Nate Feldman Today, I took a walk along the Schuylkill River Trail with my friend Sarah.  We met at the Betzwood Parking Lot, which is a part of Valley Forge National Park.  We then walked along a dirt path that runs parallel to the river.  With it being late spring, everything was extremely lush.  The temperature was very nice, and because it was sunny, the water was glowing very nicely.   Sarah and I found a little grass area where we sat overlooking the river.  We had a nice conversation about many topics.  Then, we walked back to our cars.   This area is a great place to take a walk or run.  It's also nice to just sit along the river and look out into the water, relaxing your mind.  

"Bucketfillers" at Hillside Elementary School Acknowledged by the T/E School Board.   The Tredyffrin Easttown school board recognized children from each grade at Hillside Elementary School as "bucketfillers" of the month at a meeting on Monday, January 28 at Conestoga High School in Berwyn, PA.  The five students from grades K-4 had their names called out and received a certificate for their achievement. A bucketfiller is a student who is uniquely helpful to his or her classmates.  They go out of their way to provide assistance to those in need.  Students each month nominate one of their peers for this title.  Awards such as this ideally encourage young people to work together well with all of their classmates. 

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service Every third Monday of January, people in the United States observe Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK) Day in honor of the iconic African American civil right's activist, who most famously campaigned for equality between white and black Americans, along with a number of other important social causes, using non-violence.  Many people view this holiday as a day of service, and they use their free time to volunteer with a local municipality, charitable organization, or place of worship, just to name some places, as a way of giving back to their community. One example of community service local to my area today was the Cradles to Crayons collection drive at the Upper Main Line YMCA in Berwyn, PA.  Organized by the Diversity, Inclusion and Global Innovation Network (DIG), volunteers set up a table at the building's entrance, collecting a variety of household items for the local area's most needy residents.  With excruciatingly cold temperat...