{"id":30173,"date":"2024-10-09T09:47:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T13:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/?p=30173"},"modified":"2024-10-09T09:47:47","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T13:47:47","slug":"fall-fest-block-party-in-downtown-coatesville-oct-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/?p=30173","title":{"rendered":"Fall Fest &amp; Block Party in Downtown Coatesville, Oct. 26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coatesvilleyouthinitiative.org\/\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-19958\" src=\"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Med-Fall-Fest-Block-Party-logo-for-Equity-Health-Center.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"146\" \/>Coatesville Youth Initiative<\/strong><\/a> (CYI) and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/equityhealthcenter.org\/\">Equity Health Center<\/a>\u00a0(EHC) welcome the Coatesville community to the Fall Fest &amp; Block Party in downtown Coatesville on Saturday, October 26 from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. CYI\u2019s Fall Fest takes place at Victor Abdala Sr. Memorial Park at 851 Olive Street, while EHC\u2019s Block Party will be happening a short walk away on Chester Avenue and the Brandywine Center lots. Harmony Street will be closed between 8th Avenue and Star Alley to ease the walk. (Rain date is Thursday, October 31, after school.)<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cFall Fest is an incredible celebration of fall, family, and community!\u201d says Jarvis Berry, Executive Director, Coatesville Youth Initiative. \u201cAll are welcome to join us as we come together \u2013 not just to enjoy amazing fall activities and experiences \u2013 but to embrace the spirit of family, community and connection that makes this festival so special. Whether you come for the games, food, pumpkins, or the memories, we know that people will leave feeling inspired and uplifted during this incredible day!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe\u2019re looking forward to seeing some new faces at the block party and are grateful to all the health and service providers in the community who are equally excited about getting to meet and hang out with neighbors, in addition to providing valuable health information.\u201d says Moira Gassenmeyer, Integrated Health Director, The Alliance for Health Equity. \u201cThis is a great chance for us to raise awareness about the exceptional network of providers associated with the Equity Health Center, while making healthcare more accessible and approachable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attendees of all ages will enjoy a variety of activities including:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>Hayrides, moon bounce\u00a0and other inflatables<\/li>\n<li>DJ and music<\/li>\n<li>Affordable food for purchase: kettle corn, smoothies, BBQ<\/li>\n<li>Yard games, pumpkin painting, photo booth\u00a0and giveaways<\/li>\n<li>Health and social service resources<\/li>\n<li>Keystone First Mobile Wellness Unit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Participating organizations include:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>Family Service of Chester County<\/li>\n<li>Coatesville Center for Community Health<\/li>\n<li>Maternal and Child Health Consortium<\/li>\n<li>Child Guidance Resource Center<\/li>\n<li>Domestic Violence Center of Chester County<\/li>\n<li>WIC- Women, Infants, and Children<\/li>\n<li>2nd Century Alliance<\/li>\n<li>Keystone Health<\/li>\n<li>Health Partner Plans<\/li>\n<li>Transportation Management Association of Chester County<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more info, contact Sam Carter at Coatesville Youth Initiative, 610-380-0200 x207, <a href=\"mailto:jarvis@coatesvilleyouthinitiative.org\">samantha@coatesvilleyouthinitiative<\/a>, or Grace Fuller at Equity Health Center, 610-383-4612, <a href=\"mailto:grace@coatesvillecenter.org\">grace@coatesvillecenter.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coatesville Youth Initiative (CYI) and\u00a0Equity Health Center\u00a0(EHC) welcome the Coatesville community to the Fall Fest &amp; Block Party in downtown Coatesville on Saturday, October 26 from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. CYI\u2019s Fall Fest takes place at Victor Abdala Sr. Memorial Park at 851 Olive Street, while EHC\u2019s Block Party will be happening a short [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[212,11546],"class_list":["post-30173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-coatesville-youth-initiative","tag-equity-health-center"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30173"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30174,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30173\/revisions\/30174"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}