Mount Airy Learning Tree

Take advantage of Mt. Airy Learning Tree’s winter water work-out classes! All swimming classes take place in the conveniently-located Chestnut Hill College pool. Our first offering is for Shallow End Water Aerobics, which involves no swimming and takes place in the shallow end of the pool. Because water absorbs impact, this form of aerobics is a gentle, safe exercise, even if you have arthritis. This class meets on Wednesday evenings, starting 1/20, from 6 till 7 p.m. Deep Water Aerobics is a full-body workout in deep water for competent swimmers. It is designed to develop and maintain physical fitness including flexibility, muscular strength and endurance, and to improve the cardiovascular system. This will also be offered on Wednesdays, starting 1/20, from 7 till 8 p.m. Each exercise course will meet 10 times. If you cannot yet swim, sign up (soon!) for our Learn to Swim, running on Wednesdays and Mondays, 8 to 9 p.m. (This meets 5 weeks, twice a week, and is one of the few places in NW Philly where you can learn to swim as an adult.)  Designed for water-/swimming-fearful adults, this course combines behavioral therapy and basic swim instruction to provide the necessary tools for confident swimming. Call 215-843-6333 or go to www.mtairylearningtree.org to register!

Haven’t you always been intrigued by weaving? With MALT you can learn how without buying the loom! Weave I starts on Sept. 29 and runs for five 3-hour sessions. In this beginner class, you will learn how to wind a warp, dress a loom, read instructions and weave a sampler of various weaves. All equipment and materials provided. By the end of this course, you will have enough knowledge to begin your own projects. It’s only $99 for the instruction and $75 for the materials – and 5 weeks of fun!

Or do it all in one fell swoop! In Walk In and Weave you can spend one afternoon and produce a beautiful chenille scarf, just in time for holiday gift-giving. Join MALT on Sat., Sept 26, from 12 – 5, for only $59 for the lessons and $30 for the materials – you’ll pay that much for a scarf in a store!  Call Mt. Airy Learning Tree at 214-843-6333 or register online at www.mtairylearningtree.org.

Don’t Miss the Fun with Sharon Katz and The Peace Train!

South African Music and Dance Class

Join Sharon Katz & The Peace Train for a series of 8 workshops filled with South African music, dances and stories. Members of the band will visit the sessions to teach and together we will build a dance group and create something joyful, positive and creative. All ages, nations, religions, colors, shapes and hairstyles are welcome!  Also learn more about the new school and cultural center in South Africa and how to visit South Africa with The Peace Train.

Sharon Katz & The Peace Train are performing worldwide, composing for a new musical and CD, and raising funds to build a new school in South Africa geared towards children who lost their parents due to HIV/AIDS.

Th from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM

September 24 – November 12

8 sessions

Blair Christian Academy – Gym $99.00

20$ materials fee payable to instructor

Click here to Sign Up!

Last Year's Event

Join United Way’s 2009 Day of Caring with Vanguard for FREE computer training at the Mt. Airy Community Computer Center. Training will take place between the hours of 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Saturday, September 12. Volunteers will train students on the computers, and there will be a drawing for a free computer and the pieces that go with it. Light refreshments will be provided; if you plan to stay for the day, please bring your lunch. Come learn how to do what you can’t do right now. The MACCC/Mt. Airy Learning Tree computer center is located at Blair Christian Academy, 220 W. Upsal St. in West Mt. Airy. RSVP to Kevin @ Mt. Airy Learning Tree by Friday, Sept. 11; call 215-843-6333.

Is there a connection between quilting and the Underground Railroad? Some say each quilt tells a story passed down through generations, describing, with signs and symbols, secret directions for enslaved Africans on their journey north. This class, for novices and experienced quilters alike, is hands-on, enabling you to acquire a basic knowledge of quilts and their construction, in addition to exploring the possible significance of the squares as they relate to the Underground Railroad. The result is a piece of history and a family heirloom. Class runs Monday evenings September 21-November 16  7:00-9:00pm (no class on 9/28) at Fabrics on the Hill.

To register call the MALT office at 215-843-6333 or register on line at http://www.mtairylearningtree.org

Join LTSP President Philip Krey for

A Mt. Airy Picnic and Fund Raiser
Celebrating the Presence of The Lutheran Theological
Seminary in the Mt. Airy Community

Thursday June 11 from 6:30 pm until….

On the Front Lawn of the President’s House at the corner of Germantown and Gowen Avenues.

A live band will play popular music on the President’s front porch.

Your donations will benefit the LTSP Leadership Fund, the seminary’s annual fund for student scholarships and ongoing priorities, and will help keep the seminary thriving in Mt Airy and Philadelphia.

Donation levels:
Sponsor: $1000
Friend: $750
Patron: $500
Scholar: $250
Neighbor: $150

Thank you to those who are already joining us!

Feel free to forward this to your friends and neighbors to make this a true community celebration!

Donations and RSVP can be made online at www.ltsp.edu/celebration

or checks made payable to LTSP can be mailed to:

Celebration at LTSP
7301 Germantown Avenue
Philadelphia PA. 19119

For further information, or to RSVP, please contact the President’s office at mtairy@ltsp.edu or call 215-248-6309.

You can also use the attached form to RSVP and donate by mail. The form can also be downloaded from the LTSP Web site.

Instructor Jimmy Chong

This course will teach you about landlord/tenant issues. Specifically it will teach landlords and tenants the obligations they each owe to the other party and how to resolve certain issues through the legal process.  Jimmy Chong is an attorney who has been admitted to the bar in PA, DE, NJ and DC.  He is a principal partner of Igwe & Chong of Philadelphia.

Th from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
June 18
Grace Epiphany Church $19.00

Saturday May 16

This spring you can start your mid-May gardening weekend with Mt. Airy Learning Tree on Saturday and end it at the Chestnut Hill Garden Festival on Sunday! Celebrate spring by exploring beautiful private gardens in northwest Philadelphia on the famous MALT Hidden Gardens Tour.  Participants pick up maps of the self-guided tour on Sat., May 16, at the MALT office, 6601 Greene St., between 11:00 AM and noon. Maps feature highlights of each garden and directions to these local treasures. From the formal to the informal, from designed to whimsical, you can share each gardener’s personal vision. This year’s tour includes several 2008 first place winners in the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s City Gardens contest.  No pre-registration is needed; cost for each ticket is $19, payable at the MALT office. There is no rain date: light rain, we go; heavy rain, we cancel.

 MALT is grateful to the community-minded cultivators of these unique and diverse spaces and encourages all to come out and enjoy the fruits of their neighbors’efforts! 

On Saturday, May 9 and Sunday, May 10 the Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting will be hosting an ethical electronics recycling drive. The collection will be from noon to 3PM on both days in the parking lot at 100 East Mermaid Lane.

The drive is in collaboration with TOXTOUR, which guarantees that nothing collected will end up in a landfill, incinerated or dumped in developing countries. A $1 fee per pound ensures that all items collected are processed by signers of the Electronic Recycler’s Pledge of True Stewardship. For information and documentation about this ethical recycling program, visit www.toxtour.org.

Collection sites that take electronics at no cost most likely dump into landfills or send the products to countries where the health of workers and the environment are endangered by the many toxics contained in electronics. There is a cost to ethically recycling electronics, which most municipalities (including Philadelphia) are either unwilling or unable to cover.

Items accepted at the ethical recycling collection in Chestnut Hill will be: televisions, computers, monitors, keyboards, drives, cables, cords, peripherals, copiers, printers, cartridges, fax machines, scanners, laptops, stereo equipment, speakers, CD and DVD players, telephones, iPods, MP3 players, remote controls, VCRs, projectors, digital cameras, PDAs, radios, answering machines, camcorders, electric typewriters, video game systems, pagers, microwaves, toasters, ink cartridges, USB media, and magnetic media such as zip disks, audio tapes and floppy diskettes. Cell phones will be accepted at no charge.

The $1 per pound fee may be taken as tax-deductible charitable donation. Receipts will be issued on site. Any net proceeds will support peace and social justice programs of the Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting. Volunteers are need on both days to help with the collection. To volunteer or for additional information, contact Stevik at yostevik@yahoo.com or 215-242-4419.

Christopher Swain, who is running the electronics collection, will be available to give free educational presentations to local schools on Friday, May 8. His presentations, which he has taken to hundreds of schools around the country, help students see why caring about the planet means caring for each other. He inspires them to start making a difference at home, in school, and with their own lives. He can do programs for students of any age for any specified length of time. Contact Stevik (see above)  if you know of a school that may be interested in hosting Christopher on May 8.

In addition to the electronics recycling, the Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting is having its annual Tag Sale on Saturday, May 9, from 10AM to 2PM. Recycling bins from the City of Philadelphia will be given away free of charge at that event.

Know anyone who has recently arrived in the US and wants to combine improving his/her English with learning about Philadelphia?  Here’s a marvelous opportunity, courtesy of MALT. For the first three meetings of this course, we’ll discuss who came to Philadelphia first, why they came, what they found and where you can see it! For the last class the group will go on a two-hour tour to visit the sites we have studied. This is a fun and exciting way to increase your English skills and learn about Philadelphia, your new home. This course is appropriate for intermediate and advanced ESL speakers; NOT a beginner’s course. Our teacher Elise Bromberg is herself a two-time immigrant, from Egypt to Israel and from Israel to the US. She brings a special sensitivity to her teaching, which you’re sure to enjoy! Call the MALT office at 215-843-6333 any weekday, M – F, to register. We’re offering two sessions: first session of the class starts May 14; second session starts June 7. And please do help us spread the word!