Downtown Go Around

08/17/2024

THANK YOU TO OUR COMMUNITY for your donations of pliable plastic! Over 1,000 pounds of it were recycled into Trex Company products, and we received this lovely bench. We also helped students at Abington Heights High School procure one, which will be coming soon. Our donation boxes are still in place and we will be gearing up to begin collecting for a 2nd bench in September. This is a win/win for our community and the environment.

Abington Heights Civic League members stand with the Trex Bench that was donated by the club to Hillside Community Center. From left to right are Jan Klusza, Eileen Milunic, Leah Rudolph, Liana Smith and Sue O'Day. The club will be collecting plastic again this year.

07/16/2024

Seriously, folks! Google the missing person’s name and you will see if they are missing, found, or from another state. Do this BEFORE you share the news. Most of the time it is a scam and a horrible misuse of an image.

07/03/2024

Best. Night. Ever for Fireworks! Rotary Club of the Abingtons at Abington Heights Middle School. Come hungry! $10/vehicle.

04/09/2024

Spring cleaning? Rotary Club of the Abingtons will be holding a drive to collect a variety of clean MATERIAL to be made into sleeping bags for the homeless on Saturday, APRIL 13 from 9 AM to 12 PM at the side entrance of the Gathering Place on Spring Street in Clarks Summit.

Items accepted include: clean used sheets, pillow cases, table cloths, sewing material, blankets, mattress pads, bedspreads, comforters, throws, curtains, and towels to create the bags; MEN'S TIES used for straps; and cotton crochet thread or heavy duty thread for quilting.

Material will go to the Maple Lake Methodist Church Quilting Group that makes quilts for the Scranton Community Intervention Center and the Clarks Summit Presbyterian Church Quilting Group that also makes sleeping mats for the homeless. PLEASE SHARE and see you Saturday!

11/24/2023

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10/06/2023

Huge shout-out to Laura Moore Rovanik and the other employees at Met Life in Clarks Summit, PA. Their environmental committee has been collecting plastic bags to make plarn to be turned into ground cover mats for the homeless. And… their scraps will be used to turn in for a bench. Kudos to this organization for their work to make life better for all of us.

06/13/2023

In Clarks Summit..,

Thank you Beth Caucci and Phyllis Ruzbarsky for co-chairing the Rotary Club of the Abingtons Beautification Committee! Watch for new planters and trash receptacles coming to downtown Clarks Summit soon! With Janice Bevacqua and President Diane Calabro.

05/31/2023

TOMORROW - FOOD DRIVE!

A non-perishable food drive will be conducted on Thursday, JUNE 1st benefit the OPEN DOOR Food Pantry located in the Clarks Summit Borough Building entrance on Spring Street from 9:30AM to 11:45AM. Co-sponsored by Rotary Club of the Abingtons and the Gathering Place, items MOST NEEDED are as follows: cereal, juices, canned or packaged fruits, canned or packaged vegetables, peanut butter, jelly, flour, sugar, coffee, tea, any condiment, hygiene products, toothbrushes and toothpaste, tacos and tortillas, pasta and sauce, Boost or similar supplement, diapers (children and adults), tuna or chicken in cans and Sloppy Joe mixes.

If you can't make the drive-through event that day, items may be dropped off at PSBank, 100 Old Lackawanna Trail (near Gerrity's) during regular business hours. Thank you for your support!

05/20/2023

Curious about local fireworks? Ask to join the Rotary Club of the Abingtons Facebook group or like our organization page and be the first to know … it’s also where we will announce participating vendors and a rain date if needed…