From the Narberth Community Food Bank: 

Friends and Neighbors,                                                                                                                  3/19/2020
What a difference a week makes! The challenges kept coming and have not stopped yet.
Last week NCFB asked for your help and you answered the call. We may never be able to thank you enough for your immediate and generous support!

In this time of unknowns, we have come together as one community, with a resounding response to this crisis; We will not allow our neighbors to go without. Bravo!

NCFB will be extending our Tuesday hours.  Beginning 3/24/2020 we will be open between 10am and 4pm and 6pm and 8pm.

On 3/24/2020 we will begin deliveries to those who are most vulnerable and ordinarily visit the food bank in person. We are prepared to increase our deliveries as needed until this epidemic is over.

NCFB is asking for your help in three new ways

- Please check on your neighbors. If something doesn’t seem right, call the police and ask for a well check.

- Help neighbors by sharing area resource information:
https://narberthcommunityfoodbank.org/resources/

- VICTORY gardens: Yes, we have done this before! We have seen the depleted supermarket shelves. Growing more food in your garden each season will help you, your neighbors and your larger community. You don’t like mowing grass anyway!
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Conserve your dollars and our natural resources: We know the economic recovery is far off.  You can save your funds and the environment by considering the return of clothesline, gas up only one car while we all are working from home, install a new ceiling fan, and reconsider how early the air conditioner needs to be turned on.


Emergencies notwithstanding, we will be closed to external business on Friday, March 20 as we attempt to re-focus internally on continuing to meet the ongoing crisis. Please give us an opportunity to recover and reschedule a different day for visits, calls and shelf-stable food donations. ​

Good evening, LMSD Families, 
Lower Merion School District staff have worked throughout the weekend on plans for remote learning during the COVID-19 school shutdown. Flexible instruction days will begin on Wednesday, March 18, 2020. Principals will be contacting families tomorrow (Monday) with additional details. We are also continuing to collect information from families who will need access to the internet and devices in order for students to engage in online learning. If your family needs a device, please call 610-645-1910 and leave a message including the student's name, school, grade and your phone number, so that the District can work to provide your family with a device. Please call this number before midnight tonight. Priority will be given to families with no devices in their homes.
In addition, we want to make you aware of an offer from Comcast. The company is offering families two months of free internet access through the Internet Essentials program. The flier for this offer is attached to this email. If you need internet access, you can sign up for the program starting tomorrow, Monday, March 16, 2020. Sign up by calling 1-855-8-INTERNET (1-855-846-8376) or by going to InternetEssentials.com.
Next, we want you to know that the District is working on a plan to provide meals to students who depend on the free and reduced lunch programs. We hope to send you more information about how we will provide meals tomorrow and we hope to have the meals available starting Tuesday, March 17, 2020.
Finally, a reminder that the purpose of the school closure ordered by Governor Wolf is to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Please follow the recommendations of the CDC, health care experts and Governor Wolf. By staying at home except for essential activities, we can protect our own health and minimize the spread of the virus. Hand washing and keeping a safe distance from others has never been so important. It is best to avoid large group gatherings, playdates, parties, etc. 
If you feel ill, even with mild symptoms, you may have been exposed to the virus. Or, you may have the common cold, flu or allergies. If you are ill, avoid contact with others, stay at home and call your health care provider for more direction. If you experience severe symptoms, such as difficulty breathing, call 911 or your health care provider. We can't prevent COVID-19, but we can slow the spread of the disease. A slower spread of the disease avoids overwhelming the health care system and other essential agencies and results in a smaller number of cases over time.  
Thank you for your patience, understanding and cooperation as we continue to work through this challenging time as a community.
Yours truly, 
Amy Buckman
Dir. School and Community Relations
Comcast Internet Essentials Offer 

Neighbors and Businesses,

In these unprecedented times, it is so vitally important for all of us to comply with the orders from officials in Public Health.  When the Governor issued his initial order for Montgomery County, many businesses were unsure whether their operations are considered essential or non-essential.  Please take a moment to read the attached letter from the PA Department of Public Health that will answer many of your questions.

To summarize the letter: If you operate a theater, gym, exercise facility, hair salon, nail salon, or a bar, then you should 'temporarily cease regular operations'.  As business owners ourselves, we know that this instruction cuts deep; bringing stress and even more questions.  We ask for compliance and patience. Further information will inevitably become available from every level of government.

If you are a concerned citizen asking, "Which public places are the highest risk for me?", I would refer you to the same letter.

Please help us to protect our community by adjusting your daily life to follow the orders and advice of the Governor.  Your compliance will save lives and will keep this crisis to a matter of a few weeks rather than unknown months of severe disruption.

Sincerely,

Aaron Muderick, President
Narberth Borough Council

Andrea Deutsch, Mayor

Narberth Borough
Declaration of State of Emergency

Dear All,
As Mayor of the Borough of Narberth, please let this letter serve as my Declaration of a State of Emergency in the Borough of Narberth for the next 7 days. This order shall allow Borough Council to help effectuate and pursue the goals stated by the Governor of Pennsylvania as given on March 12, 2020 relating to Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
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Mayor Andrea M. Deutsch