Week Ahead: Enter a Photo Contest, Go for a Hike

Here's everything you need to know about this week.

Enter the Photo Contest: The Chestnut Hill Community Association is holding a photo contest for local photographers who's pictures could be featured in a calendar put out by the association later this year.  Click here for more information.

Summer Adventures: Awbury Arboretum is hosting summer camps for the entire week.  From small gnome homes to giant teepees and wig-wams, come and build with natural materials and explore nature’s own structures through trees and plants.  There is a cost.  Click here for more information.

Hike: Go for a hike with Friends of the Wissahickon trail ambassador Bruce Wagner on Saturday, Aug. 17 at 9:30 a.m.  Here's how organizers describe it: "The east ridge above the Wissahickon (Chestnut Hill side) and the west ridge (Roxborough side) top surprisingly different forests. This will be a 3.5 mile stroll reaching both ridge tops and enjoying how different the terrain is and how different Wissahickon Creek looks from either side. We will take a leisurely pace, and our paths are sometimes rocky trails up and down hills, but not terribly arduous. Children, accompanied by a responsible adult, are welcome so long as they can manage themselves, the trails, the hills, and needs of other walkers. Wear sturdy boots or shoes. Dress for the weather. Bring at least one liter of water. Meet at The Cedars House at the upper end of Forbidden Drive and Northwestern Ave."