• ANNOUNCEMENTS

  • Quilting Demonstration with Nancy Bills

  Nancy Bills gives Quilting demonstrations and classes all over the eastern seaboard and lucky us, she's a Penn National resident.  Nancy will be hosting a demonstration in the Founders Grille on Friday, March 14 at 1 pm. Learn how to use a Go-Cutter® (fabric die cutting machine that gives fast and accurate cuts) without fear! Please sign up in advance 352-3046 or by clicking here & share with your quilting friends outside of Penn National.

  • SNaP Membership Meeting

  Wednesday, March 12, 10:00 a.m. Founders Grille - Clubhouse. Refreshments served. Guest Speaker Andrew Sussman, Destination ARTS. Register at snapn.org or 352-2612

  • Chambersburg Civil War Seminars & Tours: Spring 2014 

  Two great weekends of history: April 4 - 6, "A Weekend with Ed Bearss: A Living Legend" & May 16 - 18, "Wilderness and Spotsylvania With Robert K. Krick." Enjoy the entire weekend or just participate for a single day.  Click here for details.

   

  • Master Gardener Classes

  Join Master Gardeners from the Penn State Extension for educational classes. Most held at the Ag Heritage Building on Franklin Farm Lane.

   

  Saturday, March 15, Small Fruit & Brambles, click here for details.

  Saturday, March 29, Miniature Garden workshop, click here for details.

  Thursday, April 3, Intro to Growing vegetables, click here for details.

  Friday, April 4, Painting Workshop (4-H Robotics Club Fundraiser), click here for details.

  Sunday, April 6, Art for the Heart (Therapeutic Riding Center Fundraiser), details to follow.

  Tuesday, April 8, Miniature Garden workshop, click here for details.

  Saturday, April 26, Starting an Herb Garden, click here for details.

   

  4-H Strawberry Plant Sale to benefit the 4-H Garden Club which is expected to start this Spring! Orders and payment are due March 20 and Plants will be available for pickup on April 9 and 10 at the Extension Office! Click here for order form.

   

  • 9th Annual Cumberland Valley Pottery Festival

  The ninth annual Cumberland Valley Pottery Festival will be held on Saturday, March 15 from 10 AM to 4 PM at the Ceramic Arts Center, 13 South Church Street, Waynesboro. The festival, cosponsored by the Nicodemus Center for Ceramic Studies and the Mont Alto/Waynesboro Pottery Guild, is a clay-only celebration of the ceramic arts and is free and open to the public and will be held rain or shine. The event is funded, in part, by a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts through the council’s Partners in the Arts program. Click here for full details.

  • Quincy Restorative Services Seminar

  Wednesday, March 26, Inn Meeting Room, 10 a.m. come learn how Quincy's Restorative Services can help with aging in place.  Free and informative, refreshments will be served. RSVP required 352-3046 or email ppeck@pennhomes.com

  • Bus Trip to the Cherry Blossoms Festival, Washington D.C.

  Saturday April 12, $50 per person price includes: Round Trip Bus Fare, Driver Tip,

  Parking Fee & $8.00 Festival Admission. Contact Vera Jenkins or click here for info.

   

  • Totem Pole Playhouse Announces New Season & Major Changes

  Totem Pole Playhouse, America’s beloved summer theatre located in Caledonia State Park, will present two plays and two musicals this summer at substantially lower subscription prices and no fees; as well as feature a slate of many new community-focused initiatives throughout the season.

   

  “Last year the best seats in the theater cost $414.50 for a single subscription ticket; this year that exact same seat will cost you $171.00.” Totem Pole’s new Producing Artistic Director, Rowan Joseph said. Read full press release here

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Penn National is a Top-50 Where to Retire active adult community located 90 miles from the Baltimore-Washington corridor at the base of South Mountain and the 85,000-acre Michaux State Forest.  With a full range of natural and man-made amenities, including two golf courses, tennis, swimming, pickleball and more. There is also an active social life with more than 70 special interest and social clubs to join. There are no Master Association fees or other mandatory charges--you can decide for yourself what you want to do and enjoy. Call 800-338-7523 for more information.