The Village Improvement Association of Doylestown (VIA) celebrates its
125th anniversary at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 26, when group members will
take to the streets of Doylestown in a mobile a caravan of vehicles, led
by a vintage fire truck. The caravan will travel from the VIA
headquarters at the James-Lorah Memorial Home, to Doylestown Hospital,
which the VIA founded and governs, to recognize health heroes on the
front lines of the COVID-19 battle. Read more:
Along the route, there will be stops at locations that have special
significance to the organization, including the site of the first
eight-bed Doylestown Emergency Hospital, which the group established at
Pine and Oakland streets in 1923, and a second hospital at Belmont and
Spruce streets, built in 1939 when more space was needed. Upon arrival
at the present hospital on West State Street, which was completed in
1975 and enlarged multiple times, there will be a drive-by salute to
local health heroes fighting the pandemic on the frontlines at
Doylestown Health.
Community members are encouraged to join the VIA in showing support for
all those on the frontlines of the COVID-19 battle by creating and
displaying personal messages of support in their yards. Special yard
signs created by the VIA are available as well. Visit via-doylestown.org
for information. To make a donation in support of the work of
Doylestown Health during the COVID-19 pandemic, visit
doylestownhealthfoundation.org/dellapenna.
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