Momentum builds towards October and plans for a new event, dubbed “East Falls Rise: A Multi-Cultural Extravaganza,” are well underway.  Since the event’s inception in June, numerous community residents, leaders, and other interested people have been meeting together to grow and organize this event which will educate, entertain, and bring together the diverse residents of the East Falls community.

The event will be at McMichael Park on Saturday, October 11, 11:00-5:00. Plan to come for lunch and spend the afternoon having fun and meeting new neighbors. 

It’s time for 3rd annual ARTS BY THE RIVER FESTIVAL. On Saturday, October 4 from 10am to 5pm, the neighborhood of East Falls will host this family-friendly event which promises something for everyon.

This is a great opportunity to find unique gifts for the holiday season. This event will feature the work of area artists and craftsmen including glass, textiles, fine art painting and photography, as well as apparel and sculpture. Activities, great food and live entertainment are all part of this 3rd annual festival taking place along the Schuylkill River.

The East Falls Community Council’s Aging In Place Committee wants to hear from you.  A Survey about your desire/concerns regarding the ability to remain in your home as you age will be delivered to your doorstep (or front desk at apartment complexes) on or about October 1st.

The Committee seeks information of what current or future assistance you may require. We will be publishing the results of this anonymous survey in a subsequent issue of The Fallser newspaper.

Your input is important – please complete and return Survey quickly.  Thank you.

Graduate students in Philadelphia University’s master’s level Disaster Medicine and Management (DMM) program had an extraordinary opportunity to apply their classroom learning to a real-world situation during the University’s July 16 disaster drill led by DMM Program Director Jean Will, Ed.D., and Associate Professor John Lewis.

With mock gunshots heard in the Ravenhill Mansion around 2:45pm and a staged call from campus security to 911, the University’s drill, which took nearly 18 months to plan, got underway. The Ravenhill campus was filled with nearly 500 people involved in the exercise, which included a mock hostage situation and a variety of simulated threats. The drill, which lasted almost five hours, ended with the SWAT forces storming the building to gain access and release the remaining hostages.