Upcoming Events

Sunday, November 22, 2009 – Hatboro Holiday Parade Come out and join the fun! Kiwanis Club of Hatboro-Horsham will have four cars in the parade – In addition, the Hatboro Horsham Key Club will be joining us giving out Kiwanis Peanuts as well as Kiwanis and Tanner Park information. We are very lucky to have the Hatboro Horsham High School Cheerleaders to carry our banner and bring a lot of spirit to our parade entry. We hope to see you at the parade!



Thursday, December 3, 2009 – The next meeting for the Kiwanis Club of Hatboro-Horsham will be at Otto’s Brauhaus at 7:30 AM. We welcome anyone who would like to find out more about Kiwanis and we welcome new members. Come join us!



Wednesday, December 9, 2009 – Toys for Tots celebration at Days Inn Horsham sponsored by the Greater Horsham Chamber of Commerce. Come out from 5:00 PM to 8:30 PM for some good food and good entertainment but please, bring a new unwrapped toy with you or purchase one from Santa’s Workshop through the Kidz Klub – a 20% discount will be available through the event. Come see the Hatboro Horsham High School Madrigal Singers from 5:00-6:00 PM and stay to enjoy the sounds of Southern Comfort beginning at 6:00 PM. There will be great food catered by Otto’s Brauhaus.


Saturday, December 12, 2009 – Breakfast with Santa. Young and old and everyone in between will enjoy Breakfast with Santa sponsored by the Abington Aktion Club from 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM at the Knights of Columbus Hall located at 235 Limekiln Pike, Glenside PA. The cost for adults is $6.00, Children 2-10 years old are $4.00 and children 1 and younger are free. Included in the cost is a FREE picture with Santa for each of the children. For further information, please contact:
Patrick Hughes: 215-572-8532 or Ed Sickles: 215-694-2188

Any profit will go to the Abington Aktion Club Service Organization of the Year, This year it is to be SAFE HARBOR at Abington Hospital .

Hatboro Park Project Receives Needed Boost

As posted in the Willow Grove Public Spirit by Montgomery Media on Thursday, October 8, 2009

By Amanda Glensky
Staff Writer



"At Hatboro’s Tanner Park on Jacksonville Road, the installation of 2,100 pavers will mean more than just a new walkway, it will be a new playground, a repaved basketball court and a Saturday afternoon picnic spot, according Hatboro officials.

Hatboro Council Sept. 28 approved plans to install the Tanner Memorial Walkway, a project three years in the making that will raise funds for upgrades and new facilities in Tanner Park.

Community members can purchase pavers for $50 and have them engraved with names or personalized messages. Local organizations will donate both the pavers and engravings, meaning all proceeds will finance park revitalization efforts.

The Hatboro-Horsham Kiwanis Club, Elm Street Hatboro and the Village Players are supporting the project with assistance from the borough.

This is an important project because it will benefit the local children, said president of the Elm Street committee, John Farnen. The playground at Tanner Park is hardly what you would call a playground at this point, he said.

According to plans, the estimated $327,000 project includes a paved and relined basketball court, a relocated and resurfaced baseball field, a new gravel path that loops around the park, the memorial walkway, a picnic area and landscaping.

Plans also include two new playgrounds, one geared for 2 to 5-year-olds, and the other for 5 to 12-year-olds. Both will be handicapped accessible.

Work will begin on the playgrounds once the walkway is complete, Farnen said.

“Tanner Park is a small pocket park in kind of an obscure portion of Hatboro and it is a park with a lot of history,” said vice president of the Hatboro-Horsham Kiwanis Club, Tom McMackin. “We have identified that it needs some community support. We’re there to do what we can to make life better for people in the surrounding area.”

The Kiwanis Club is financing the pavers and installation of the walkway with funds the organization raised this year, he said.

Officials said construction will begin this month to lay the pavers in a path from the Hatboro Village Players parking lot to Springdale Avenue. About 125 to 130 people have already purchased pavers, and they can continue to buy even after all are installed in the ground, McMackin said.

“I think it’s a good opportunity to memorialize something that’s precious to them as well as making an improvement for the children of Hatboro,” he said.

The engravings are being donated by Designs and Stone, the company of Hatboro Councilwoman Nancy Guenst, who is also the treasurer of the Elm Street committee.

“I think it’s a wonderful project. We’ve been trying to revitalize Tanner Park for awhile now,” Guenst said. “I hope the community continues to support it by purchasing bricks for the walkway because all of the money raised is going to go to upgrades to the park. It’s a small little pocket park but it’s very important to that area of the Hatboro community because there are a lot of young families.”

The borough recently added pieces of new playground equipment, repaved the basketball courts and removed unsafe equipment, officials said.

One of the major contributions to the project came from Charles and Joan Shorday of Hatboro, who were recognized by the borough council at a special meeting Sept. 14 for donating $10,000 to revitalize Tanner Park.

Hatboro Federal Bank was also a large contributor, McMackin said."



If you would like more information on Tanner Park or to purchase an engraved paver, please contact John Farnen at 215-672-3935.

Tanner Park Memorial Walkway

One of our fundraisers to help with our Tanner Park Project is the pavers we are selling for the Tanner Park Memorial Walkway.

Honor your children or family with a Personalized paver that will last a lifetime and become a permanent part of "The New Tanner Park"

The walkway will be constructed of 6" x 9" E.P. Henry pavers.
Engraved pavers will have a maximum of 4 lines of print with 15 characters or spaces per line. The cost of each paver is just $50.00.
For additional information or to request a Paver order form, please contact:

John Farnen
Cell: 215-672-3935

Beef 'n Beer November 7, 2009

Date: Saturday, November 7, 2009
Place: North Penn VFW Post 676
Address: 2519 Jenkintown Rd. Glenside, PA
Time: 7:00 - 11:00 PM
Music Compliments of: M & M Music DJ's
Ticket Price: $25.00

The Kiwanis Club of Hatboro-Horsham is hosting this Beef 'n Beer fundraiser to benefit our Tanner Park Project and help fund our Scholarship Fund.

The menu will include great roast beef, salads, desserts, beer and wine. There will be a cash bar available for other drinks. We will also be raffling wonderful baskets and holding a 50/50 drawing.

Get your tickets today!

Contact: Sue Goodreds
Cell Phone: 215-939-7786
Email: sgoodreds@horshamdaysinn.com

Below are some pictures from our February, 2009 Beef 'n Beer. Everyone had a GREAT time!!!