Events

The annual SABA Yard Sale is scheduled for this Saturday, May 29 from 8:00 am to 12:00 noon. Homes throughout the neighborhood will be participating, in addition to several people selling from Normandy Park. Here is a map to the participating homes and the location of Normandy Park.

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Once again, SABA will be coordinating a neighborhood-wide yard sale. This year, we will have the yard sale on Saturday, May 29. This is the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend. The rain date will be Sunday, May 30.

The Beechwood Civic Association has held their yard sale on this day for many years and it attracts MANY customers. In fact, it has become such a tradition in their neighborhood they don't even have to advertise the event and people know to show up. We hope to piggyback on the excitement and enthusiasm of their event to make our yard sale particularly successful.

We have selected Saturday, May 8 for this year's spring planting. This is one of our two most substantial events for further improving the landscaping and beauty of Normandy Park. I think the spring planting ends up feeling more fulfilling because you can watch the fruits of your effort grow and blossom throughout the rest of the outdoor season into the fall.

As in the past, the success of this and the beauty of the park depends on you. We need your volunteer effort for planting all the new additions to the park. Also. most everything we plant comes as a donation from neighbors. So, please take a look around your yard to see what plants are ready for thinning or you have decided to replace with something new. Then, don't simply discard those old plants. Bring them to Normandy Park on May 8 to make your own, personal contribution to this pocket park that has been such a centerpiece for the community.

Hi everyone,

This Saturday, our neighborhood judges will be out taking a look at all the house decorations. They will select the 3 best decorated houses in the neighborhood. If you are interested in helping with the judging, please contact me.

This Sunday evening, 12/20, is the night for this year's Luminaria Night. We have luminaria bags and candles available for purchase. A set of 10 bags and 10 candles is only $5 and create a beautiful glow for your house. The sets are available at Diane Wilder's house at 807 Aubrey. There is a chest on her front porch so you do not need to call ahead. Simply leave a check for $5 made out to SABA in the envelope in the chest when you pick up your supplies.

Also, the Luminaria Night Celebration is this Sunday at Normandy Park from 5:00 to 7:30. Please come join your neighbors for a little holiday cheer, caroling, and more luminaria as we celebrate the season and the winter solstice. Please contact me if you are interested in volunteering for this event. We will announce the winners of the House Decoration Contest at the Luminaria Night Celebration

Hope to see you there as we all enjoy our neighborhood-wide celebration of light on one of the shortest days of the year.

Bill Gardner
SABA Volunteer Coordinator
wingardner AT earthlink.net

The SABA 5k takes place Oct 11 at 9:00 am at Normandy Park, Ardmore. The event includes a 5k race and a 1 mile fun run/walk. All participants who register by Sept 25 will be guaranteed an event t-shirt. Shirts will be provided to people who register after 9/25 while supplies last.

Registration cost is $15 for individuals, $40 for families of 3, and $50 for families of 4 or more.

Print or download the Registration form here

Click here for online registration (A $3 fee is added to online registrations for individuals, not families.)

Click here to view course map

Prizes awarded to top male and female finishers. Medals awarded to top three male and female finishers in all age groups.

The SABA 5k takes place Oct 11 at 9:00 am at Normandy Park, Ardmore. The event includes a 5k race and a 1 mile fun run/walk. All participants who register by Sept 25 will be guaranteed an event t-shirt. Shirts will be provided to people who register after 9/25 while supplies last.

Registration cost is $15 for individuals, $40 for families of 3, and $50 for families of 4 or more.

Print or download the Registration form here

Online registration will be available soon. Check back soon if you prefer to register online with a credit card.

The SABA 5k is the first 5k event held by the South Ardmore Betterment Alliance (SABA), which the local civic association for this south Ardmore neighborhood, including Chestnutwold Elementary. Proceeds raised will support SABA's neighborhood events and community outreach efforts.

The 5K race will start at Normandy Park at 9 AM.

Additional details can be found at http://www.sabanews.org/5k

Folks, here's the latest news on the upcoming 5K event

It will be held on Oct 11 at 9:00 am. The race starts and ends at Normandy Park. There will be a 5k and a 1 mile. People are welcome to run or walk either. The 5k will be professionally timed. The registration fee is $15. Families of 3 can register for $40 and families of 4 can register for $50. The first 100 registrants get a t-shirt We will have online registration but it is not set up yet but expect it soon. We will send out an announcement when it is available. Businesses may sponsor the event with a donation of $50 or more if they want their logo displayed on the t-shirt. We will need the logo by 9/18. Details for providing the logo can be provided to anyone interested. One-line listings on the shirt are available for anyone (individuals, families, dedications, companies) for a $25 donation. If people are interest in supporting the event, they can contact Erica Keagy at ekeagy AT comcast DOT net.

Volunteers are also needed for the event to help with set-up, on-sire registration, safety marshals for the course, and clean-up. If people would like to volunteer for the event, they can contact me at my usual email address. Ken Keagy will design a logo that can be included on the website as soon as he has it done. Let me know if you need any other info.

Let's all meet at Normandy Park to spruce up the landscaping.

We will start at 9:00 but there is no firm ending time - whenever the work is done or we are done all we can.

Some of the garden beds and hedges have become over grown and weeds are crowding out some of the beautiful plants that have been donated and planted by neighborhood volunteers. We will work on pulling weeds, trimming the hedges, removing some sections of hedge, etc. to bring out the beauty of the park. This will also help prepare the park for our fall Music and Planting event and for our first 5k run/1 mile walk which will be held this fall starting and ending at Normandy Park. Bring any garden tools you have that can be shared. Every little bit of effort counts so stop by if it is just for a little while.

See you at the park.

This Saturday we will be having our annual 4th of July Celebration at Elwell Field. This is our neighborhood's longest running tradition and the biggest event of the year. As always, the event will kick off with a parade of the neighborhood children who have decorated their bikes, scooters, themselves, etc. The parade leaves from Chestnutwold Elementary at 10:00 and works its way up Morris Road to Elwell Field. All children are welcome to participate and everyone is encouraged to line the street to cheer them on.

Once at the park, we will have the decoration contest. Winners get a new bike helmet or tickets for the event activities. Then it is on to the field events (3-legged race, sack race, 50-yard dash, etc.) There will be events for all age groups so start stretching and get your running shoes ready.

Throughout the day, there will be food, the dunk tank (a perennial favorite), music and more so come out to have a fun time.