Dear Friend,

I hope you’re enjoying the warmer weather and the arrival of May flowers. We have some exciting activities coming up in the 24th Senatorial District. I’ve outlined them below, along with some other important items.

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Sincerely,
Bob Mensch

In this issue...

The Mensch Report Visits the Limerick Power Plant
Plan Your Getaway with the PA Tourism Office
PA Camping Guides Available
Sportsman/Outdoorsman Forum on June 4
“Are You Getting What You Paid For” Seminar on May 29
Keeping Kids Safe
New Office Location Reminder
New Survey

The Mensch Report Visits the Limerick Power Plant

This edition of The Mensch Report features my tour and visit of the Limerick Power Plant in Montgomery County.

The Limerick Generating Station is a safe and valuable resource for the surrounding community.  In addition to the electric reliability and environmental benefits that the plant provides, Limerick Generating Station provides direct and indirect economic benefits to its host community and the state, including over $200 million in economic contributions annually to Pennsylvania.

Join me for this great tour here.

Plan Your Getaway with the PA Tourism Office

Planning a road trip, field trip or weekend getaway? The Pennsylvania Tourism Office is available to help you plan a trip to Pennsylvania's landmarks, parks, museums, festivals, sporting events, shopping locations, wineries and more.

Also, this resource assists individuals, groups, and families who need to find a place to stay during multi-day trips. You can request a vacation guide to learn about the various options that are available to you. You can also stop by any of my district offices to request a Pennsylvania map to assist you on your travels.

PA Camping Guides Available

For those of you who enjoy the outdoors, I encourage you to stop by one of my district offices and pick up a copy of the Pennsylvania Camping Guide. 

Whether your pleasure is fishing or hunting, boating or swimming, snowmobiling or skiing, or any other outdoor activity, you will find it in Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Camping Guide provides a directory that is divided into six regions which includes campground names, facilities available, driving directions and more.

Sportsman/Outdoorsman Forum on June 4

Do you enjoy the outdoors? Do you want to learn more about different outdoor/sportsman programs, activities, and resources available to you and your family? If yes, please join me for my first Sportsman/Outdoorsman Forum June 4 at the Perkiomen Township Fire Hall to learn more about the different state programs and resources available to Pennsylvanians!

This event will feature special guest speakers to provide updates on fishing, state parks and trails, camping and open space, hunting regulations, and much more. The event will also have vendors from various non-profit environmental organizations. Please bring your family and friends to this FREE forum to find out how you can enjoy Pennsylvania’s great outdoors!

You can register for the event online here or call 215-541-2388.

“Are You Getting What You Paid For” Seminar on May 29

Do you ever feel “ripped off” in the marketplace? Do you understand Pennsylvania’s amusing and confusing sales tax application? Have you noticed that the packages are shrinking the amount of product we get for the price you pay?

Your shopping trips will never be the same after you join me May 29 at the Milford Fire Company Social Hall for an entertaining and educational presentation designed to make you a smarter consumer and help stretch your shopping dollars. This event features special guest speaker Mary Bach from AARP Consumer Issues Task Force.

You can register for the event online here or call 215-541-2388.

Keeping Kids Safe

Protecting Pennsylvania’s children from abuse and neglect is a shared responsibility. It requires collaboration from the formal child protective services system, community partners and our citizens to provide local safety nets for children and families that are facing challenges within our communities and neighborhoods.

Recently, 23 pieces of legislation were enacted, changing how Pennsylvania responds to child abuse. These changes significantly impact the reporting, investigation, assessment, prosecution and judicial handling of child abuse and neglect cases.

These changes:

• Strengthen our ability to better protect children from abuse and neglect by amending the definitions of child abuse and perpetrator;
• Streamline and clarify mandatory child abuse reporting processes;
• Increase penalties for failure to report suspected child abuse and protect persons who report child abuse;
• Promote the use of multi-disciplinary investigative teams (MDITs) to investigate child abuse related crimes and
• Support the use of information technology to increase efficiency and tracking of child abuse data.

The Keeping Kids Safe website, KeepKidsSafe.pa.gov, is designed to serve as the hub for information related to critical components impacting child protection including a link for mandated reporters to make reports of suspected child abuse electronically, training on child abuse recognition and reporting, information related to clearances and general information related to child protection.

New Office Location Reminder

This is a friendly reminder that my district office has moved from Main Street in Pennsburg to the second floor of the Red Hill Borough building in Red Hill. Please note the telephone and fax numbers are the same. 

Office of State Senator Bob Mensch
56 West Fourth Street, Floor 2
Red Hill, PA 18076
Telephone: 215-541-2388
FAX: 215-541-2387

The office is staffed Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Please stop on by if you have a chance. We’d love to see you.

Senator Mensch greatly enjoyed reading to preschoolers at Life Span School and Day Care in Quakertown!

New Survey

I value your input and opinions and encourage you to complete my new 3 question survey! Click here to share your thoughts with me: http://www.senatormensch.com/constituent-survey/

Twitter and Facebook: I post regular updates on legislative action, committee developments, useful state-related information, happenings in the 24th Senatorial District and more on Twitter @SenatorMensch and on my Facebook page.
 

Harrisburg Office
Senate Box 203024
Harrisburg, PA 17120-3024
Phone (717) 787-3110
FAX (717) 787-8004

Red Hill Office
56 West 4th Street
Floor 2
Red Hill, PA 18076
Phone (215) 541-2388
Toll Free 1-855-247-9020
FAX (215) 541-2387
Monday - Friday
9-4:30 pm

Lansdale District Office
645 W. 9th Street
Lansdale, PA 19446
Phone (215) 368-3117
FAX (215) 541-2387
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
9-4:30 pm

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