Updated January 2, 2025 Calendar/Activities, Thrift Shop, Library News, and Trips. Please scroll down to see all the events. 

Thrift Shop - Closed until March 3, 2025. When reopening we will be open Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, 8:00am - Noon. Closed on Holidays, Special Events, and inclement weather.

NOAH, Sight & and Sound Theatre, Tuesday, April 1, 2025. Departs at 9:30 from Pennridge Community Center, Silverdale, PA. Hershey Farms at 11:45, which includes family style lunch, 2:00 arrive at Sight & Sound. Cost $177.00. Call 309-361-8300 for more information. 

NIAGRA FALLS, USA, 5 days and 4 nights, June 2^nd – June 5^th. Departs Pennridge Community Center at 7:30 am. Trip includes transportation, 4 nights lodging in Niagara Falls, 4 breakfasts and 4 dinners, guided tour of Niagara Falls, NY, journey to the Falls on Maid of the Mist, Cruise on the Erie canal, scenic drive through wine country and tasting, Guided tour of Buffalo, and Buffalo Transportation Pierce Arrow Museum. Cost is $785.00 for double occupancy. Add an additional $170.00 for single occupancy. Call 309-361-8300 for more information. 

Pennridge Community Center Events- Peggy Lewis, manager.pcsc@yahoo.com 215-453-7027 or 309-361-8300 for  these events

Library News - Librarians - Dawn Baum and Rosemary Wagner 

Puzzle borrowing has proven to be a big hit, but don't worry as there are plenty of puzzles     available - including 300 piece easy grip larger piece puzzles (look for the “L" sticker on the box lid). In addition to borrowing puzzles, you can stop by anytime and work on a puzzle- there’s room at the large table! Congratulations to the winner of our puzzle raffle:  Kathy Shanebrook. In the new year look for our special displays of Christian Fiction, Biographies and Cozy Mysteries. Reading a good book is a great way to hunker down in the cold! Remember that you can return your finds at your leisure - no need to venture out when the weather is nasty!

 Book Club - 10:00 am - 11:00 am,  Book Club every 1st Monday of the month from September - May. (no book club on Holidays and bad weather), 

Free Access to Pennsylvania Records on Ancestry

Visit www.phmc.pa.gov/Archives/Research-Online/Pages/Ancestry-PA.aspx

LIHEAP/Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program

If you need help paying your heating bills, or have a heating emergency. LIHEAP may be able to help you. This program helps low income families pay their heating bills. LIHEAP is

a grant. You do not have to repay it. To receive help, apply between November 1, 2022 and April 28, 2023. Detailed information including income limits and applications are available at the Center.

Stop Telemarketing calls

Register for the national list and the Pennsylvania list.. Make sure to register all names in the household. You must call from the number you are registering. National Do Not Call 1-888-382-1222

Pennsylvania Do Not Call 1-888-777-3406

Computer Use Assistance

Ray Gilby will be using his many years of using a computer to help others do the same. He is providing assistance tailored to the participant’s need. The need can include using the computer (mouse, touch pad, touch screen), using Microsoft (Word, Spreadsheets, Outlook, Visio, PowerPoint), Email or using the internet. Each session will consider the existing knowledge and additional needs of the participant(s). Assistance will be scheduled based on the participant(s) and Ray’s schedule and will be mornings Monday – Wednesday. If multiple participants need similar assistance, sessions may include multiple participants. Assistance can be conducted on the participant’s or center’s PC.

To schedule assistance, email Ray at RaymondGilby@gmail.com">RaymondGilby@gmail.com or call 215-453-7027 with the following information:

• Name and phone number (cell if possible)
• Desired training subject (if you don’t know, say that and we will start from there)
• Mornings in the next two weeks that won’t work

Our Center is also available for rentals.

Our Membership renewal is on a Calendar year. We are now taking renewals and new Members.

 Pennridge Reopening

Masks are not required, but are strongly recommended if you are not fully vaccinated. If you are more comfortable wearing a mask, we fully support your decision to do so. Hand sanitizer will be available throughout the building. Increased cleaning protocols are in place. We strongly recommend that participants follow proper handwashing and respiratory etiquette. Please note, if guidelines for wearing masks change, our Center may be required to ask everyone to wear a mask. 

BCARSC Website -

The Bucks County Association of Retired and Senior Citizens has a new website.  BCARSC is the association that manages four Centers within Bucks County.  This new website has it own information as well as access to the four Centers it manages:  Neshaminy Activity Center, Central Bucks Activity Center, Pennridge Community Center, and Upper Bucks Activity Center.  Click here to access this new site.

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Please check our Events tab for details on programs and events that typically go on each year.  

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Details of events are listed in our Newsletter,

or you can always stop in at the Center

and check in the lobby for details and times.

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 Come inside and see our active members participating in activities

ranging from Line Dancing to Tai Chi, Chair Yoga,

Art Class, Billiards, Table Tennis, and more!  Members also play mahjongg,

bingo, and cards.  You may participate in frequent trips, monthly

 dances and make new friends over a nutritious lunch.

Our Calendar will provide more information about

activities, classes, trips and special events.

Please view some of the information on the tabs at the top of the page,

browse our Calendar, and  read our latest Newsletters.

Above all, visit us  at  the Center, if possible, and take a tour,

sit in  on a class or activity, or join us for lunch.

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 Center Closures

The Center will be closed for National Holidays.

Please refer to your Newsletter or our online Calendar for specific information.

Also, the Center will be closed due to inclement weather coinciding with the closing of

the Pennridge area schools (#757 on some radio stations).  If you are unsure of the

closure, WFMZ-TV69 (Allentown) will announce the school closing

by name, as does www.6ABC.com (TV station).

NOTICE - If the school district opens late the Center will also open late, by the same

number of hours.  Also, if the school district closes early, the center will close

early, by the same number of hours.  If the weather is bad and if the Center is open,

use common sense if you decide to drive to the Center.

CBS3 carries school closings online at http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/schools/.  

You may also call the Center at 215-453-7027

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The Pennridge Community Center serves citizens ages 55 and older who reside in the boroughs of Dublin, Perkasie, Sellersville, Silverdale, and Telford (part) and the townships of Bedminster, East Rockhill, Hilltown, and West Rockhill.  Some members live outside this geographical area, and some maintain memberships at more than one Center.  All are welcome here.  The public is also welcome to join our classes, activities, special events, and trips, sometimes with an adjusted fee for non-members.