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A Spaghetti Dinner In Upper Dublin This Weekend Will Benefit Families Displaced by Ida

An Upper Dublin Education Association-sponsored spaghetti dinner will take place this weekend to benefit residents displaced by Ida.

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Damage, like the scene pictured above, was widespread in Montgomery County following Hurricane Ida. This Sunday, the Upper Dublin Education Association will host a dinner designed to aid local families who were displaced by the damaging storm.
Damage, like the scene pictured above, was widespread in Montgomery County following Hurricane Ida. This Sunday, the Upper Dublin Education Association will host a dinner designed to aid local families who were displaced by the damaging storm. (Photo Courtesy of Commonwealth Media Services )

UPPER DUBLIN, PA — A fundraiser will be held this weekend for those who were negatively affected by last week’s damaging storms tied to Hurricane Ida.

The spaghetti dinner, designed to aid displaced Upper Dublin families, will be held on Sept. 12 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Upper Dublin Lutheran Church at 411 Susquehanna Road in Ambler.

The event is being sponsored by the Upper Dublin Education Association.

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Anyone wishing to make a donation to those in need can also feel free to do so via Venmo to @UD-EA and adding “Hurricane Ida” under the “What’s it for?” section.

Upper Dublin was one of those Montgomery County communities that were hit very hard by the tornado winds and flooding caused by last week’s intense storm.

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The township building and police department sustained extensive damage, as did the local high school and Fort Washington Elementary school.

Read some of Patch's previous coverage on Upper Dublin's recovery efforts here and here.

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