Love Where You Learn Apparel Funds Teacher Appreciation Efforts
Principals, teachers, and staff at Beverly/Morgan Park schools have been heroic in their efforts to educate students during the pandemic. To demonstrate the community’s heartfelt appreciation, BAPA has added a line of Love Where You Learn apparel to it’s spring Love Where You Live store, which will be open for orders Mar. 1 through 31. Love Where You Learn items will raise funds for teacher […]
Don’t Wait to Get Medical Care
It’s been reported in publications from the LA Times to the Washington Post: As many as one third of Americans are delaying medical care because they are afraid of being exposed to the coronavirus. The result it that people could become seriously ill or even die not from the virus, but from leaving critical medical […]
Please Support BAPA’s Work in Our Community
CANCELLED The pandemic forced the cancellation of BAPA’s major fundraising events – Home Tour, Ridge Run & Memorial Day Parade, and Beverly Hills Cycling Classic Bikes & Brews – eliminating funding sources vital to our operations. ACCOMPLISHED Restrictions inspired BAPA to invest our scarce resources into free programs to meet the changing needs of our […]
Things to Do in the May Garden
By Barbara Gyarmathy, Master Gardener “Some of what happens to nature is beyond our control. But not our backyards. This is where we can do our bit to help the insects, butterflies, birds and animals that are necessary to life. The key word is habitat. It’s being lost all over the world, and with it, […]
Amidst Massive Work and School Closures and Banned Playdates, Outdoor Physical Activity Important
According to Dr. Jack Maypole, a pediatrician at Boston Medical Center and a father of three, social distancing may be a necessity to prevent the spread of the corona virus but physical activity outdoors is not. In fact, allowing children to play or exercise outdoors can be mental and emotional health boosts for them and […]
BAPA Board Announces New Executive Director
The Board of Directors of the Beverly Area Planning Association (BAPA) today announced that Susan Flood is moving on from the role of BAPA Executive Director to pursue other opportunities and BAPA has promoted Mary Jo Viero to that position. “It has been a real privilege to be able to give back to a community […]
Neighbor Represents at Illinois High School Theatre Festival
By Kristin Boza The 45th Annual Illinois High School Theatre Festival, presented by the Illinois Theatre Association, takes place on Jan. 9 to 11 at Illinois State University; theatre students from around the state will perform Elton John’s AIDA in the largest and oldest non-competitive high school theatre festival in the country. Three Mother McAuley High School students earned spots […]
Coloring books make great holiday gifts
Two coloring books featuring local landmarks are available this holiday season, Color Me Beverly II and Color Me Morgan Park. These books are the innovative and unique creations of Beverly artist Judie Anderson and local historian and writer Carol Flynn. Each book retails for $10 and features 12 illustrations accompanied by text explaining the origins […]
BAPA’s Cookie Crawl
Holiday Event Yields Sweet Surprises Easy steps for holiday fun: 1. Open tin. 2. Insert cookies. Beverly Area Planning Association (BAPA) is making collecting cookies especially fun at the 4th annual Holiday Cookie Crawl, Sat., Dec. 14, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Families are invited to purchase a tin then visit participating businesses to do some shopping and pick up a cookie at each stop. Tins […]
BAPA Has One Goal: Improving the Community
From representing our community’s best interests with city government to planting trees on neighborhood parkways, the Beverly Area Planning Association (BAPA) is at work making Beverly/Morgan Park the place where we love to live. BAPA’s staff are changemakers, connectors and cheerleaders, and everything they do has one goal: Improving the community. BAPA Means Business Building on the organization’s core programs, BAPA has been expanding and updating services, starting with staff. In […]