The Richlandtown Parks and Recreation Board welcomes you to Benner Hall!
We hope you enjoy our new streamlined website.
Check back often for updates on community events and other news!
The Parks and Recreation Meeting regularly scheduled for the January 4th has been canceled. Please join us February 1st, 7pm at Benner Hall.
The Holiday Season is always a busy time in Richlandtown!
We held our 2nd annual tree lighting on December 3rd. We want to thank Walmart for their generous donation of cookies for the event, and thank Richlandtown’s Fire Company for their participation and help in preparations.
Coming up this month:
Holiday Movie Night
December 16th, 2011: 6:00pm
Come for an affordable family dinner and free craft activities at 6:00. We will be making cards for soldiers serving overseas and will be accepting donations of items for care packages to send along with it. For ideas on what to bring, see this helpful document.
Santa will be arriving to talk with the kids around 6:30, and the featured movie will begin at 7:00pm.
Fire Company Santa Run
Saturday December 17th, after dark
Be on the lookout for Santa as he pays a last minute visit to Richlandtown! The Fire Company will be escorting his around town on his sleigh.
Fire Company Breakfast With Santa
Sunday December 18th, 8-12:30
Join the Fire Company for their annual Breakfast with Santa at Benner Hall. Price is $7.50 adults, $4 kids 6-12, Under 6 free.
New Year’s Eve Party
Saturday December 31st, 8:00pm
Pack the house with your friends and dance in the New Year!
Ticket Price: $30 a person includes:
It’s an excellent value for New Year’s Eve and right around the corner, so you don’t have to worry about a long late night drive home! Dress is “Smart Casual.”
All other beverages are BYOB.
To reserve your tickets, call Polly at 215-536-6716
Reservations must be received by December 23rd.
What an amazing turnout we had last weekend. There were 25 volunteers on Saturday to help with planting and building. With so many hands, we got much accomplished! As always, it wouldn’t be a volunteer project without a few learning curves, but at the end of the day it was heartwarming to see so many people come together and get so much accomplished for the project.
This Saturday will be out LAST playground build day and the LAST day to help plant trees. The contractors are working to complete the excavation this week and the holes for the trees will be drilled in advance now that we know the ground is much heavier than we anticipated. This should make the tree portion of the project go much quicker this week. We have 17 trees left to plant and Jim Bowman says we need approximately 6 workers for a full day to complete the playground on Saturday. We have reached our time limits with the season coming to a close and this is the final push to make it all happen!
If you would like to help out, please take a moment and put your name in the google doc under which project you want to help with. This also helps us to plan for lunch for everyone.
This weekend is also our Craft Show at Benner Hall from 10-4, so we will be particularly short on hands at the playground since so many of our regular workers and tree planters will be helping at the craft show as well- it would be great to see some new faces out!
Thanks everyone!
This weekend is another BIG WEEKEND in volunteering. We are going to continue working on the playground as well as work on planting 33 trees that are arriving on Friday.
We will need MANY bodies on hand this weekend to be able to accomplish all of the tasks at hand.
The trees will be planted in the newly laid topsoil, so digging shouldn’t be an overly strenuous job. With enough hands on board, we hope to be able to get all of them planted in one weekend. Families are welcome, with safety being a big priority of course. While it is not recommended to have small children at the site at this time, older well behaved children who would like to help their parents are welcome.
Saturdays have been beginning at approximately 8am and going until late afternoon, while Sundays begin closer to 10:30. Tools are always needed, with shovels and clippers a priority for this planting weekend and drills a need at the playground.
We are also in need of a few hands to take the drive with our crew to the Philadelphia Naval Yard on Friday morning to pick up the trees. If you are interested in taking the drive to help, please let us know ASAP by calling the Boro Office at 215-538-9290.
We encourage anyone to just “show up,” but RSVPing on our google doc helps us to plan ahead for lunch. You can RSVP here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AjzMz_10uIpNdGlNRUtqM2ZmaXJ5VnJCb0FjRVhER3c
Thanks so much and spread the word to anyone you think would be interested in helping!
What’s It Worth Appraisal Day
Nov 13,
Benner Hall
1 to 4 pm
***10 appraisers, book signings, chinese raffle, delicious food***
sponsored by the Richland Library, Quakertown, PA. All proceeds for building fund.
The Playground Build for Sunday the 30th has been canceled. Please join us next weekend to continue the project!
The Richlandtown Fire Company will host a Haunted Firehouse on Sunday October 30th from 5-9pm.
Trick or Treat in Richlandtown Borough will be held on Monday October 31st from 6-8pm.
We have decided to cancel the playground build at Benner Memorial Park for Saturday October 29th due to concerns with the weather. We will be continuing the build on Sunday at 10:30 and the following two weekends. If you are interested in volunteering, comment below or e-mail events@bennerhall.com for more information.
Did you miss your chance to sponsor Benner Memorial Park?
No you didn’t!
We are still accepting sponsorship of the park and will continue to until all of our items have been sponsored or until Parks and Recreation has paid back all of its’ obligations. We are also looking for nonprofit organizations to adopt rest areas. Take a look at our latest flyer and see what you can do to help and “Put Your Mark On The Park!”
Benner Hall Will host a Craft Show on
November 19, 2011
10am-4pm
This year will once again feature all handmade items in all styles, mediums, and price ranges.
A chinese auction will feature all handcrafted items donated by the artists to benefit the playground fund.
Donuts and coffee will be available as well as a full lunch.
The show has something for any interest, style and price range. Moms and daughters, grandmoms and fathers will all find something appealing!
Proceeds benefit the playground fund for Benner Hall.
Crafters and artists interested in attending?
We are currently booked full with a waiting list. Please join us next year!
