Welcome to PenningtonDay.com
The Official Website of the Annual Pennington Day Community Celebration.
If you're looking for the Hopewell Harvest Fair then go here: www.hopewellharvestfair.org/.
**** Thanks to everyone for coming out!! ****
The weather was great and we had a tremendous turnout.
See you next year: Saturday, May 16th, 2009
Last year over $10,000 in grants were awarded to organizations throughout Hopewell Valley and Mercer County. Apply today.
Deadline: October 1, 2008. Questions: email us at info@penningtonday.com
P-Day thanks given
Thursday, May 22, 2008 9:57 AM EDT
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Sixteen years ago my husband and I were driving around Mercer and Bucks counties to find our first house and a town to live in. We kept coming through an intersection with a post office, a big church, a pharmacy and a bank. “What is this place?” we kept asking ourselves. We had found Pennington, and then a house, which became our home when we had our son. Pennington Day became a ritual for us and then a part of our family when my husband Andy started working on the Web site and PR for the event.
This year I chaired Pennington Day with my friend Regina Phillips, I thank her for her insight and determination, which was crucial to Pennington Day’s success. And a success it was, with 10,000 people coming from all over the area to enjoy a beautiful day that the committee chairs all hoped would come. A big thank you goes to those volunteers who had the determination to make it happen. My thanks go out to Pennington Day Board President Albert Teixeira and board members, Brit West, Mike Foster, Regina Phillips, Emily Schwab, Chris Fossel, Chris Castagna, and Vice President Andy Beloff. The day was made interesting and enjoyable by these dedicated chairs: Art Festival organizer Jessica Tamasi, Booths Chairs Kristin Tunkel and Richele Lieboff, Food Chair Pam Evans, and musical entertainment was fabulous by Randi Plevy. Eva Kaplan’s work on children’s entertainment is always a joy, and Jill Murray had great success with Family Fun activities. Thank you to Dog Show organizers, Kit Chandler and Carrey Compton. The event is funny and wild and a tradition they help manage each year. Craig Leiboff organized the tennis tournament, but he added something truly special this year by having the National Junior Tennis League of Trenton come out with its Tennis on Wheels program on West Delaware. We also thank Kathy Kop’Kash-Green and Mike Foster for their efforts to bring out the school clubs and sports. Tom Liwosz of The Pennington School and the Lions Club always come through with the Pennington Day Dinner at the Pennington School and the Pancake Breakfast at the Cyrus Lodge. Michelle Neeham worked hard to make the Historical Society’s Spring Social an annual event the evening before Pennington Day. We thank Jessica Clingman for managing T-shirt sales and John Spedding for his artistic concept. We also thank Jay Stevens and the Pennington Players for helping out at the Gazebo each year and providing entertainment, and David Collins, who cheerfully played the part of Town Crier, going up and down town all day. Without the help from the borough’s Public Safety Director Bill Meytrott and the attending officers, we would not have had a day of strolling the avenue free of cars. Howe Commons provides us with a town green that is a true asset to our town and we thank them for allowing us to use their property. We appreciate all the assistance Jeff Witkop, Morris Fabain, Dave Stout and everyone else in at the borough’s terrific Public Works Department provided. Our thanks goes to Boy Scout Troop 41 and the Bulldog’s football team for setting up and cleaning up after the masses of people left and went home. We thank the many individuals and groups that entertained for free on Pennington Day and made it secure and organized.
We thank borough businesses for their support and the sacrifice they make each year to accommodate Pennington Day. We even ask them for electricity along Delaware and Main which has become more and more a necessity. So when we look back on this day we see they provide more than just jobs and services to our area; they help us give everyone a day that is a true moment of American life.
Many should know that Pennington Day goes on after this past Saturday. Without the enormous experience and dedication by John Krisulewicz and his efforts to raise $14,000 to fund the Pennington Day Grants fund, we would not be able to continue the tradition of supporting local Valley organizations or projects that make the borough and Valley a unique place. His work extended past this project to his dedication to the Children’s Annual Bike Ride for the Battle Against Hunger on Pennington Day. Thank you, John, twice over for your dedication to Pennington Day. The Pennington Day Grant Application will be available at penningtonday.com this summer for local organizations. We welcome the opportunity to support those groups that give our residents a reason to say we love Pennington and living in Hopewell Valley.
Volunteering for Pennington Day is important. Those of you who enjoyed your visit should take a moment and say: “I had a few hours could I be a part of this?” Our answer would be yes! Each year we need people to provide a helping hand in either small or creative ways. Contact us at info@penningtonday.com if you would like more information about joining us.
This year I chaired Pennington Day with my friend Regina Phillips, I thank her for her insight and determination, which was crucial to Pennington Day’s success. And a success it was, with 10,000 people coming from all over the area to enjoy a beautiful day that the committee chairs all hoped would come. A big thank you goes to those volunteers who had the determination to make it happen. My thanks go out to Pennington Day Board President Albert Teixeira and board members, Brit West, Mike Foster, Regina Phillips, Emily Schwab, Chris Fossel, Chris Castagna, and Vice President Andy Beloff. The day was made interesting and enjoyable by these dedicated chairs: Art Festival organizer Jessica Tamasi, Booths Chairs Kristin Tunkel and Richele Lieboff, Food Chair Pam Evans, and musical entertainment was fabulous by Randi Plevy. Eva Kaplan’s work on children’s entertainment is always a joy, and Jill Murray had great success with Family Fun activities. Thank you to Dog Show organizers, Kit Chandler and Carrey Compton. The event is funny and wild and a tradition they help manage each year. Craig Leiboff organized the tennis tournament, but he added something truly special this year by having the National Junior Tennis League of Trenton come out with its Tennis on Wheels program on West Delaware. We also thank Kathy Kop’Kash-Green and Mike Foster for their efforts to bring out the school clubs and sports. Tom Liwosz of The Pennington School and the Lions Club always come through with the Pennington Day Dinner at the Pennington School and the Pancake Breakfast at the Cyrus Lodge. Michelle Neeham worked hard to make the Historical Society’s Spring Social an annual event the evening before Pennington Day. We thank Jessica Clingman for managing T-shirt sales and John Spedding for his artistic concept. We also thank Jay Stevens and the Pennington Players for helping out at the Gazebo each year and providing entertainment, and David Collins, who cheerfully played the part of Town Crier, going up and down town all day. Without the help from the borough’s Public Safety Director Bill Meytrott and the attending officers, we would not have had a day of strolling the avenue free of cars. Howe Commons provides us with a town green that is a true asset to our town and we thank them for allowing us to use their property. We appreciate all the assistance Jeff Witkop, Morris Fabain, Dave Stout and everyone else in at the borough’s terrific Public Works Department provided. Our thanks goes to Boy Scout Troop 41 and the Bulldog’s football team for setting up and cleaning up after the masses of people left and went home. We thank the many individuals and groups that entertained for free on Pennington Day and made it secure and organized.
We thank borough businesses for their support and the sacrifice they make each year to accommodate Pennington Day. We even ask them for electricity along Delaware and Main which has become more and more a necessity. So when we look back on this day we see they provide more than just jobs and services to our area; they help us give everyone a day that is a true moment of American life.
Many should know that Pennington Day goes on after this past Saturday. Without the enormous experience and dedication by John Krisulewicz and his efforts to raise $14,000 to fund the Pennington Day Grants fund, we would not be able to continue the tradition of supporting local Valley organizations or projects that make the borough and Valley a unique place. His work extended past this project to his dedication to the Children’s Annual Bike Ride for the Battle Against Hunger on Pennington Day. Thank you, John, twice over for your dedication to Pennington Day. The Pennington Day Grant Application will be available at penningtonday.com this summer for local organizations. We welcome the opportunity to support those groups that give our residents a reason to say we love Pennington and living in Hopewell Valley.
Volunteering for Pennington Day is important. Those of you who enjoyed your visit should take a moment and say: “I had a few hours could I be a part of this?” Our answer would be yes! Each year we need people to provide a helping hand in either small or creative ways. Contact us at info@penningtonday.com if you would like more information about joining us.
My last thanks are to the residents who care!
Cynthia Beloff
Pennington Day co-chair
Cynthia Beloff
Pennington Day co-chair
TAKE A WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE . . .
- A look at Pennington Days past. (pdf 550 KB)
- Pennington Day 2006 Website (as viewed on May 2, 2006, courtesy of the Internet Archive)
- View photos from Pennington Day 2005 (courtesy of the Pennington Fire Company's website)
- Pennington Day 2007 Official Program (courtesy of the Pennington Post)
Special Note of Thanks: Pennington Day, Inc., thanks Inforest Communications of Trenton, and their President, Dana Hutchins, for their assistance and creativity in designing and agreeing to host this site. Inforest Communications is a Trenton, New Jersey based Web design and Internet advertising company.