Today's Street Fair In Newtown To Benefit A Woman's Place

NEWTOWN BOROUGH, PA — NextGen Rotary of Newtown will be taking it to the street today (Sunday, Sept. 18) for A Woman's Place, a shelter for battered and abused women in Bucks County.

From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. South State Street between Centre Avenue and Penn Street will be transformed into a fundraiser featuring free carnival games and activities for the kids, local restaurants and food trucks, live music and dance, information booths, and lots more.

“We’re excited to do this and we thank the borough and the police chief for helping to make this happen,” said Nathan Breece of NextGen, the young adult arm of the Newtown Rotary Club.

“First and foremost this is a fundraiser so we will be raising money for A Woman’s Place,” said Breece. “It’s also going to be fun. It’s a great time for the community to come out, meet some of the businesses in town, grab some food, enjoy the street and for the kids to have a great time
playing the games.”

A big change this year is that wristbands won’t be needed to play all the carnival games. “Kids will be able to play games up and down the street at no charge,” said Breece.

Each of the event’s more than 30 vendors has been asked to offer at least one carnival game or children’s activity at their booth. Last year they included everything from a record toss to balloon games, corn hole, bean bag throw, obstacle course and shuffleboard.

“We’re also going to have more food trucks and they will be up on State Street this year,” added Breece. “Last year we had them in a back parking lot.”

Look for Goodnoe Ice Cream, World of Flavors (Guru’s Indian Cuisine), the Halal Guys, Playa Bowls and Rita’s Water Ice.

In addition, over at Triple Sun, 126 South Main Street, anyone over the age of 21 can enjoy handcrafted beer from BTKitchen of Morrisville along with Triple Sun’s cocktail offerings. Smokerhead Barbecue will also be serving its authentic smoked barbecue.

The event will also bring some live entertainment to the street, including the Sam Ryan Band and the Philadelphia-based power trio, Keven Oates and the Electric Rodeo. Also performing will be the BC Discoveries Dance and Theater Arts Company.

Some of the day’s participants and sponsors include American Insurance, Triple Sun, Kristin Marcell for State Rep., Access Services, Patient First, The Halal Guys, Relic on State, Educational
Consortium, Countryside Framing and Gallery, Blaak Out Training, Salon on State, F45, Yoga Six, Playa Bowls, Opus Elite Real Estate, Ivory Tree Family Portrait Boutique, LUXEpsn Fitness Boutique, Newtown Hardware House, the Salt Cave, Let’s Learn Tutoring and Weed Man.

In addition support from its sponsors, organizers are encouraging visitors to make a donation to A Woman's Place, a community-based social change organization committed to the empowerment of women and to ending intimate and domestic violence for all.

Founded in 1976, AWP is the only domestic violence community benefit organization in Bucks County. It provides a full range of programs and services to individuals experiencing domestic violence, their children, and the community, which include emergency housing, counseling, support groups, legal advocacy, medical advocacy, civil and legal representation, prevention education and financial empowerment programs.

For more information, or to access AWP programs or services, call the free, private, and confidential 24-hour hotline at 1.800.220.8116.