Community effort brightens Malvern for the holidays

Each year, the Malvern Community Development Fund fills community planters with Christmas trees that make the Village of Malvern merry and bright. I want to thank the incredible team members who make this possible, including those who donate to sponsor a tree, those who plant trees, decorate trees and help in many other ways.

Sponsors include Robert and Marlene Crowl, Frank and Jill Kolasa, Jacquelin Russell, Miranda and Frank Vasilliu, Bill and Darletta Shank, Diane Mohr, Dave and Patty Van Horn, Violeta and Paul Gialluca, Larry DeDent, Gretchen DelSavio, Beth and Trish Meiser, Susan Joyce, Melanie Kidder, Danielle Hawk, Doug and Kathi Schmidt, Dick Wackerly, Kishman’s Fresh Market, Joanne Cinson, Contini Insurance Agency, Jeff and Mary Jo Bowersox, John and Irene Adams, Tom and Kathy Chain, G and L Auto Glass, Carol Brawley, Jim and Charm Woods, Tom and Flo Furey, Bob and Sue DeLong, the Brett Sarbach family, Shirley Columbo, Mike and Rhonda Chiurco, Linda Sue and Tom Clark, Ed and Brenda Serri, JoAnn Gotchall, the Rotary Club of Malvern, Chad and Casey Schandel, Karen Wackerly, Martha Moyer, the Ostarchvic family, S-TEK Inc., an anonymous donor, Jenna and Jack Frase, Tom and Sandy Moeglin, Paul Snopel and Michael and Tami Hulit.

The decorating team included me, Keith Mays, Robert Mays, Regena Mays, Kathy Derheimer, Sue Ash, Maggie Hutchison, Gary Johns, Tom Moeglin, Anna Shull, Thomas Schwab, Melanie Kidder, Gretchen DelSavio, Beth Meiser, Trish Meiser, Susan Joyce and members of the Kolasa family, including Frank, Jill, Evan and Casey.

Special thanks go to the Café on the Corner for providing coffee, Nolan Champer for picking up the trees, Jeremy Maher and Ricky and Ryan Dustman for planting the trees, Kurt Thompson of Crowl Lumber for repairing planters and Irene and John Adams for protecting and nurturing small trees from the 2024 project. I am grateful to every person who helped make this project a success.

Amy Mays

MCDF Trustee and Flower Project chairwoman

Malvern