Olyphant Memorial Day services to feature Brass Storm
Olyphant’s Memorial Day services will feature Brass Storm, a five-piece brass ensemble based in Northeast Pennsylvania. The community tribute, which includes a ceremony and concert, will honor the nation’s fallen servicemen and women.
On May 25, the Olyphant American Legion Raymond Henry Post 327, 101 Willow Ave., will host a Memorial Day ceremony at 11 a.m. The ceremony will open with the national anthem performed by Brass Storm. The program includes guest speakers, wreath laying, rifle volley and Taps performed by the quintet’s bugler. The formal ceremony will close around 11:45 a.m., with a community sing-along of “God Bless America.”
At noon, Brass Storm will perform a patriotic concert at the Olyphant Freedom Fighter Veterans Memorial Park. Afterward, all are invited back to the American Legion Post 327 for light fare provided by the Legion, Ladies Auxiliary and Sons of the American Legion.
The public is welcome. For more information, visit the “Memorial Day Salute with Brass Storm” event Facebook page.
Wright Center, American College of Physicians team up for pop-up food pantry
The Wright Center for Patient & Community Engagement is teaming up with the American College of Physicians’ Pennsylvania (PA-ACP) Eastern Chapter and the city of Scranton to address food insecurity in the region during the third annual “Spring into a Day of Giving Pop-Up Food Pantry.” The event will be held Friday, March 20, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Weston Field, 982 Providence Road, Scranton.
The free program is open to the public. Prepackaged bags of nonperishable food from the Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Northeast Regional Food Bank will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.
The event will also feature a clothing closet, including a limited number of children’s coats, as well as information about the whole-person primary and preventive health services available at the Wright Center for Community Health. Attendees can also pick up doses of Naloxone, a life-saving medication that rapidly reverses an opioid overdose.
Employees from Scranton city government and other community partners from around the region will provide information about available resources.
Eagle Hose Co. No. 1 awarded state grant
Eagle Hose Co. No. 1 in Dickson City is among 20 fire and EMS companies in Lackawanna and Luzerne counties to receive state grant finding, state Rep. Jim Haddock announced.
A total of nearly $329,000 in grants was approved and will be distributed among the first responders, Haddock said in a news release. For its share, Eagle Hose Co. No. 1 will receive $25,869 in funding.
“Since day one, I have been proud to support our first responders, and I will continue working to ensure that they have the resources they need. Every dollar of these investments will make a difference for the local men and women on the front lines who are protecting us every day,” said Haddock, a member of the House Veterans and Emergency Preparedness Committee, in the release.
The funding comes from the Fire Company and Emergency Medical Services Grant Program, run by the Office of the State Fire Commissioner. Organizations can use the money for facility improvements, equipment, debt reduction, training, education, recruitment, retention and new facility construction.