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The Pottstown Challenge!

The Pottstown Challenge!

Deadline extended to April 4th! The Greater Pottstown Foundation has challenged us! If we can raise $5,000 for the Althouse Arboretum, the Greater Pottstown Foundation will match it with another $5,000 for special summer programs for at-risk and low-income children at the Arboretum. The money will pay for transportation, program costs, and provide scholarships for our local high school student interns who will run the programs. We have already established partnerships with The Rickett’s Community Center and Art Fusion to…

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Our First Christmas Tree Recycling

Our First Christmas Tree Recycling

8:30am Saturday morning. 10 degrees. Althouse Arboretum, student volunteers arrived.  9am cars and trucks with trees began arriving. Spark the Wave students from Upper Pottsgrove high school and students from Boyertown high school spent from 9am to 3pm unloading Christmas trees and kept moving to stay as warm as they could. Community residents showed up continuously throughout the day, delighted to not even need to leave the warmth of their vehicle to unload their trees. Many expressed their gratitude with…

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Family Night Hike

Family Night Hike

An exciting event last night in Upper Pottsgrove. About 350 people showed up for a Night Hike at the Althouse Arboretum. There were games, storytelling, a scavenger hunt, glow stick-lit trails, snacks, face and pumpkin painting, a marshmallow roast, and prizes for every child. Some children came in costumes, all came with flashlights to explore and find what awaited them. Students organized by the Spark the Wave Club ran the entire event flawlessly from planning, organizing, getting donations, shopping, and…

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