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The success of the League of Women Voters is all about building partnerships and coalitions. We work to establish these relationships everyday with our legislators, our voters, our neighbors and most importantly, our members. Become a member, join a committee, or attend and bring a guest to an event. Take advantage of the commitment and knowledge of our members.
Our Membership (OPEN HOUSE) Meetings will start again this spring. We can't wait to meet you and your guests for this opportunity to get to know each other and learn more about the League.
The future of Pocopson Home is being considered by Chester County Commissioners due to the proposed 4 percent cut in Medicaid payments included in Gov. Tom Corbett's budget. There is a public meeting Monday, May 14, 7pm at the Downingtown High School East Auditorium, 50 Devon Drive in Uwchlan for countians to voice their opinions. Options under consideration include:
- County continues to run Pocopson and taxpayers pay for the shortfall
- Transfer its operations to a non-profit corporation, under which the county would continue to fund all operating losses
- Lease it to a private, for-profit operator, under which the county would continue to exert some role in Pocopson
- Sell the facility outright to a private entity
Learn more about Pocopson Home's future.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Chester County Citizens for Climate Protection gave the Camphill Village Kimberton Hills its annual Gene Wilson Award for using renewable forms of energy, being good stewards of the land and managing a farm that helps create a sustainable future. READ MORE
League Members Make a Difference Volunteering
Long time League Members, Edith and Tom Swoboda feel that if you have the opportunity to do something for someone else, you should do it. They have spent
the last 11 years as participants in the tutoring program sponsored by the Oxford
Educational Foundation. As nonagenarians they have worked with fifth and sixth grade students two days a week during school hours tutoring in all subjects for two hours.
They have become very much a part of the Hopewell School family and Tom also plays his trombone with the school bands whenever possible. This couple has shared what some consider to be the golden years of retirement with students so that their education
is given support to make the students' years in school golden. The League of Women Voters of Chester County applauds these two members as Volunteers who make a difference.
League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania Joins Lawsuit
in Commonwealth Court to Defeat State's Voter Photo ID Law.
Pa. redistricting maps still don't follow Constitution
THANK YOU!!!
Many thanks to Claire Gaudiani and her husband David Burnett for meeting with us on March 27 to discuss her book "Daughters of the Declaration"
What's Happening
Mon. May 14 5:30pm
Milestone in W.C. Chester County Women's Commission Event
Tues. May 15 10:30am
League OPEN HOUSE,
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Exton
Sat. May 19 10am
LWVCC Board Mtg
Tues. June 5 WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY
Tues. June 5 6:30pm
Marcellus Shale -
CC Exton Library, Sierra Club
Fri. June 8 – June 12
NATIONAL LEAGUE CONVENTION, Washington Hilton,
Washington D.C.
Sat. June 16 10am
LWVCC Board Mtg
Tues. June 19 10:30am
League OPEN HOUSE,
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Exton
June 23, 2012 - 10 a.m.
LWVCC Annual Meeting at the Old Country Country Buffett, 1090 E. Lancaster Ave. Downingtown. $9.00 per person for breakfast/lunch. Our LWVCC Board meets the third Saturday of the month at West Chester Borough Hall on Gay Street at 10 am. You are all invited!!
Remember When...
This picture is from 1996. Seated (L to R): Sara Corbishley, Eileen
Law. Front Row
(L to R): Gerry Hurff, Anne Suss, Mary Etezady, Sarah Caspar, Susan
Lebold,
Dorothy Rodgers, Alma Forsyth. Back Row (L to R): Karen Pye, Dottie
Cook,
Mary Lou Dondero, Wincy Pierce, Carolyn Burger, Suzanne Lamborn.
RESOURCES
Energy Committee: Global Warming
Bibliography - click here to view
USA Patriot Act Bibliography created
by League members to encourage further research on the Act and the issue
of civil liberties - click here to view
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