Cheltenham Students Experience Your Tax Dollars at Work

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Cheltenham , Glenside | Local News

February 21st, 2019 | By Randy Garbin

Last Friday, Cheltenham Township students between the ages of 6 and 14 came out to learn about local government operations in Cheltenham Township during the Annual Government Day.

The free event began at 9:00 a.m. at the Ogontz Fire Company, located at 8215 Old York Road in Elkins Park. All participating students received a certificate for participation at the close of the program. The student activities included:

President of the Board of Commissioners reading the Government Day Proclamation to participants. From left to right at the table: Township Manager Bryan Havir, Commissioner Mitchell Zygmund-Felt, Commissioner Ann Rappoport, Commissioner Daniel Norris, Commissioner, Irv Brockington and Cheltenham School Board President Julie Haywood.
At top: Some students with Kim Kirshner from Emergency Management.
  • Tours of Police Station, Policing Unit 1011 Call Room/Communications Center
  • community policing unit and communications center
  • Tours of Ogontz Fire Company
  • Tours of the Emergency Operations Center 
  • Tours of the Emergency Medical Service  Facility
  • Scavenger hunt throughout various municipal departments in the Township Administration Building

Did your child participate in this program? If so, we’d love to hear about their impression of how Cheltenham government works.