An interest in insects and a passion for helping others led 12-year-old Abbie Krevolin, of Bensalem, to embark on a project that transformed from raising endangered species at her house to creating a full-scale butterfly garden in her town.
At 6 years old, Abbie learned that the monarch butterfly was at risk of becoming extinct, so she quickly took action. She began raising, tagging and releasing captive-reared wild monarch butterflies. Then, in 2017, Abbie launched Mission: Monarch with the intention of someday registering it as a nonprofit organization to help spread the word about monarchs and the ways people can help.
A few short years later, Abbie is in the final stages of building a “monarch waystation” and pollinator garden in Bensalem.
Historic Bensalem AME Church sustains storm damage, but history preserved
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Bucks County will be opening two new COVID-19 vaccine sites next week, a move it anticipates will nearly double the current vaccination rate and cut into the current appointment backlog.
The two new sites at the St. Luke’s hospital in Quakertown Borough and the Neshaminy Mall in Bensalem are expected to open on March 16, Bucks County Commissioners Vice Chairman Bob Harvie confirmed Tuesday.
The commissioners are set to vote on the agreements for the new vaccine locations at their meeting Wednesday. Last month, Bensalem Mayor Joseph DiGirolamo announced the mall would host one of the county s vaccine clinics, but county officials would not confirm the news at the time.
The Neshaminy Mall and the Bensalem Senior Center on Byberry Road will host vaccination clinics when vaccines against the coronavirus become more readily available, Bensalem Mayor Joseph DiGirolamo announced Monday night.
Neither site is open and he did not give any indication when they would be ready. He also did not say who would run the clinics, who would be eligible or how to sign up for an appointment.
The mayor said at the township Council meeting, hosted on Zoom Monday night, that the township has been inundated with calls from people wanting to get the vaccine. Everyone wants to know when it s out. Most are seniors wanting to know why we can t get it, he further explained in a phone call Tuesday. He said his office gets at least five to 10 calls a day.