Quite a few people from Montgomery County have become active in the Occupy Philadelphia movement at City Hall, Philadelphia. Some protesters held a press conference and went on to defy the order to vacate Dilworth Plaza:
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10:03bookmark_borderNichiren Buddhism
You are invited!
To a discussion meeting of
Nichiren Buddhism (SGI-USA) Wissahickon District
Sunday November 20, 2011 11am-12:30 and
Saturday Dec. 10, 2011 10am-11:30
at the home of Leila & Ernie Martin
7517 Newland Street
Roxborough, PA 19128
For more info or directions, call 215-806-7308
www.sgi-usa.org
Come enjoy learning about the humanistic life-philosophy of Nichiren Buddhism.
(We hold a discussion meeting once a month.)
Thank you!
bookmark_borderBird Rescue Coffeehouse
On Friday, November 18th at 7:30pm a coffeehouse will take place at Ambler Church of the Brethren. Miriam Moyer, a licensed wildlife rehabilitator who cares for about 400 birds annually in Montgomery County, will speak and present a slide show about her work to save wild birds in our area. She started as a volunteer, helping songbirds, swifts, swallows, woodpeckers and mourning doves on the way to recovery back in 1988. Her clinic, White Flicker, opened in 2005 and it now includes a website, www.whiteflicker.org.
She plans to bring two education birds with her – Little Bit, an orchard oriole, and Chipper, a northern cardinal.
A collection will be taken of items to help the cause, including
Grocery/Drug store items:
*Plain, white toilet tissue (soft)
*Plain, white paper towels
*Alcohol Prep Pads
Plain, white unscented facial tissue
Dawn dish detergent
Murphy’s Oil Soap
Clorox
Unflavored pediatric oral electrolyte solution (Pedialyte)
*Corn meal, Wheatena, oat bran,
Pet Store Items:
Fluker’s cricket feed (dry) or Flukers complete cricket diet (orange cubes)
*Lyric finch seed
Hi-calcium grit
Local musicians, including Andrew Hoy, Director and Violin Teacher at the Ambler Music Academy, (website, www.amblermusicacademy.com), will provide music early in the evening.
The church is located at 351 E Butler Avenue, Ambler, PA. The building is 1 block west of Bethlehem and Butler Pike, where Butler Avenue intersects with Rosemont Avenue. Parking is behind the building in the church lot. For more information please call the church at (215) 646-1190. Refreshments will be served and the event is free. Donations are appreciated.