These Chester County briefs:

Chester County Leads Philly’s Collar Counties in Turkey Production

Wayne based data visualization firm Esri has produced an innovative new online map that shows where many of the traditional ingredients for your thanksgiving dinner may have originated. This included items such as cranberries, sweet potatoes, green beans and of course the star of the show, the turkey.

While most turkey production is centered in Arkansas, Missouri, Minnesota and North and South Carolina, a number of counties in the Philadelphia region are no slouches either when it comes to producing high quality, delicious holiday birds.

Chester County leads the way for the counties surrounding the city with 182,275 turkeys produced from twelve farms throughout the county, far above other local municipalities such as Montgomery County which only sold 50. The largest producer in the region however, is Lancaster County, which produced over 552,000 from a total of 49 farms.

State Troopers Help the Chester County Food Bank Provide Meals over the Holidays

The Avondale Barracks of the Pennsylvania State Police recently held a Thanksgiving food drive to help the Chester County Food Bank boost its stocks ahead of the holiday season.

During the push for donations, troopers donated close to 400 pounds of nonperishable holiday themed food items and are continuing the drive with a collection point at the barracks to prepare for another delivery in time for Christmas.

“The goal is to raise public awareness of the reality that despite Chester County being ranked as the wealthiest county in Pennsylvania; estimates reveal that nearly 50,000 of its residents go hungry every day,” explained Avondale Barracks Community Service Officer, Tpr. Samantha Minnucci. “This is the first food drive of what we want to be a long term effort to help make Chester County better for all.”

If you want to assist with donations please contact Tpr. Samantha Minnucci, on 610-268-2102 or at sminnucci@pa.gov

Ben Davis Speaks at Delaware Press Club’s Luncheon

Ben Davis, the Malvern Prep grad and former Major League baseball catcher now turned sports broadcaster for the Philadelphia Phillies broadcast team, spoke at the Delaware County Press Club’s November luncheon at the Towne House Restaurant in Media this month.

Davis, started out as one of Malvern Preps finest catchers, and then went on to be selected second overall in the 1995 Major League Baseball Draft. This led to a very successful seven year career, where he played for the Padres, Mariners and the Red Sox.

After hanging up his baseball glove, Davis joined the Comcast SportsNet team alongside Tom McCarthy, Matt Stairs, Gregg Murphy and Mike Schmidt and has spent the last four seasons providing insightful analysis on the Phillies pre and post game shows on SportsNet as well as weekly appearances on 94WIP.

ICTV Signs Marketing Agreement with Dr. Ho’s Health and Wellness Company

Wayne based ICTV, the direct response marketing and branding company, has reached an agreement with Dr Ho’s Health and Wellness Company to provide marketing services for two of its core products, Dr. Ho’s Two-in-One Back Relief Belt and Dr. Ho’s Perfectback Rest.

The deal provides ICTV with the exclusive rights to market the Perfectback Rest across the U.S. for all formats apart from live televised home shopping and the U.S. Hispanic marketing rights to the Two-In-One Back Relief Belt.

“ICTV is focused on expanding our digital marketing platform and using it to bring new products to market quickly and at a lower cost,” said Rich Ransom, President of ICTV Brands. “I believe there are a number of great synergies with DR HO’s products and our portfolio of brands. My hope is this is just the beginning of a long term, multi-brand partnership with DR HO’s.”

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