Members of the South Abington Elementary fourth grade carol along State Street in Clarks Summit as part of the Clarks Summit Stroll Small Town Holiday Festival on Dec. 10.
Fred Adams | For Abington Journal
Members of the South Abington Elementary fourth grade carol along State Street in Clarks Summit as part of the Clarks Summit Stroll Small Town Holiday Festival on Dec. 10.
Fred Adams | For Abington Journal
A table set up near the South Abington Elementary fourth-grade carolers on State Street in Clarks Summit for contributions for class activies at the end of the school year.
Fred Adams | For Abington Journal
CLARKS SUMMIT – The Abington Business & Professional Association ended the Summit Stroll Series events of 2022 with a holiday festival on Saturday, Dec. 10.
The windows of local businesses were painted with holiday designs by local artist Darlene Milas. Each decoration represented the tradition of giving gifts. But not tangible gifts like toys. Rather, peace, joy and imagination.
The Citizens Savings Bank, which had a decorated Christmas tree in front of it, depicted the world wrapped in a bow with the word ‘peace’ in several languages. It represented peace on earth.
The gift of joy was shown in its Italian translation on one of the windows at Rosario’s’ Pizza. The gift of imagination was represented on the window of Imagine NEPA with a family of marsupials building a snowman.
Outside Imagine NEPA, the fourth-grade students of South Abington Elementary School sang Christmas carols while handing out candy canes to passersby.
“I love it when the kids come out and sing to the community,” said Jenna Bernard, who is on the South Abington Elementary committee.
The students also sang “Happy Birthday” to Clarks Summit Council President Gerrie Carey, who turned the age of 80 that day. She visited the children dressed in her Christmas attire.
Also, an acting class conducted by Katie Foley, education and special needs advocate of The ARC NEPA, was held at The Gathering Place. Foley used acting games and tools to help with her students’ social and emotional life skills and acting.
“We discuss our lives and to connect our experiences to others,” she said. “We use emotional and sense memory to understand each other and talk about how that matters in acting.”
The ABPA will continue to have more fun events in the new year starting with the upcoming Clarks Summit Festival of Ice with a theme called Around the World. It will be from Friday, Jan. 27 to Sunday, Jan. 29.
