Join Senator Amanda M. Cappelletti for a kids fair for state senate district seventeen residents at Elmwood Park Zoo on August 24, 2021 from 5:30-7:30 pm.

Questions? Call our office at 610-768-4200 or email us at cappelletti@pasenate.com.

If you are interested in sponsoring the event, please contact Shae Ashe at 717-756-4551 or email him at shae.ashe@pasenate.com.

Join Senator Amanda M. Cappelletti for a Senior Fair for State Senate District 17 residents at the Community Recreation and Environment Center on October 6, 2021 in Haverford! Register below. Lunch will be provided! This event will have resources available for senior citizens including: property tax/rent rebate assistance, Medicare assistance questions, long term care assistance questions, and much more! Questions about this event, please contact Shae Ashe at 717-756-4551 or email him at shae.ashe@pasenate.com.

SUPPORT YOUR COMMUNITY DURING COVID-19!

The Drive Thru Food Drive Collection will be held on Sunday November 14, 2021 from 12:00pm to 3:00pm at the Cardinal O’Hara High School located at 1701 S Sproul Road, Springfield, PA. The event is hosted by Delaware Co. Department of Human Services, in conjunction with Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon, Sen. Tim Kearney, Sen. John Kane, Sen. Amanda Cappelletti, State Rep. Jennifer O’Mara, and State Rep. Leanne Kruegar.

This is a contactless food drive. People drive through the parking lot, and volunteers will take items from their trunks to pantry trucks.

Some suggested culturally specific items include: Rice: parboiled, jasmine, Lentils, Dry Beans: black, pinto, kidney, Flour: Gram, Semolina (Sooji), Whole Wheat, Maseca (Tortilla Flour), and Fufu, along with cereal, powdered/evaporated/boxed milk, oil, sugar, salt, instant coffee, peanut butter, canned meat (ham, chicken) and fish (sardines, tuna),vegetables: corn, okra, spinach, canned meats, stews, cleaning supplies, personal products: deodorant, bar soap for bathing, toothpaste, feminine hygiene products, and of course holiday fixings, stuffing, yams, cranberry sauce.

All Food & Items will be donated to Delaware County food pantries.

For more information please contact: Gayle Oddi @ 610-713-2376 or OddiG@delcohsa.org.

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Join Senator Cappelletti for a virtual town hall enrollment event on November 16th to learn more about the health insurance options in PA and how to enroll.

Finances can be stressful and confusing. Often, these basic skills are not taught in schools or are not easy to learn for many individuals. On Wednesday, April 5 at 6:00 pm, my office will be hosting a financial and tax literacy event at the Montgomery County – Norristown Public Library. Representatives from the PA Treasury Department, Philadelphia Legal Assistance, and Vanguard will be joining us for the presentation and to answer your questions. I hope to see you there!

On April 7th, 2022, Senators Muth, Cappelletti, Schwank, Collett, Hughes, and Santarsiero will host a hearing on the movement against sexual assault on college campus and the Governor's It's On Us package of bills designed to address this issue.

The It’s On Us campaign is a national initiative started by the Obama Administration to raise awareness about sexual assault; teaching participants that assault includes non-consensual sex, advising them on how to identify dangerous situations, empowering them to intervene, and urging them to create an environment of support for victims and survivors. 

On April 28th, Senators Collett, Cappelletti, Schwank, and Comitta will hold a hearing to discuss the challenges facing student and staff at institutions of higher education surrounding childcare. Lack of affordable and accessible childcare has impacted every industry and become dire during the pandemic. Colleges are in a unique position to help bolster the childcare space while preparing current and future economic contributors for the challenges and opportunities in a COVID-endemic world. The hearing will explore the need: with testimony coming directly from students; the means: hearing direction from institutions which offer childcare; and the opportunity and risks involved from researchers and advocates. There is nothing in statute which limits a university or college’s ability to offer childcare and the PASSHE system could use the service as a way to bolster recruitment of both students and staff. Gov. Wolf recently proposed expanding childcare offerings as a way to make the Commonwealth a more attractive and competitive employer. There is no reason our higher education institutions shouldn’t be utilizing the same tactics. This hearing will be held at Montgomery County Community College − Health Sciences Center − Room 1804 with a ZOOM option for those who wish to participate virtually. Montgomery […]