Dan Cirucci: Video: Cherry Blossoms On Chapel Ave, Cherry Hill

Monday, April 22, 2013

Video: Cherry Blossoms On Chapel Ave, Cherry Hill

From Joe Zanghi, here is the 40th Anniversary Cherry Blossom Video - 1973 - 2013. This video displays the "completion" viewing of Chapel Avenue's two-mile avenue of continuous rows of blossoming cherry trees extending from Haddonfield Road to Kings Highway in Cherry Hill, NJ.

The first cherry tree was planted on Chapel Avenue in 1973 and the first Cherry Blossom Parade marched on Chapel Avenue in the same year! These two events were presented to the community of Cherry Hill, by a small band of residents who wanted to bring the diverse community proudly together to celebrate all that was good and meaningful and the fine attributes of the Township of Cherry Hill.

On the 40th Anniversary of these two events, political approval was finally given to allow for the removal of the last 17 shade trees still standing among the two-mile rows of hundreds of cherry trees! The removal of all shade trees from Chapel Avenue took 40 years for a small group of supporters to achieve. Today only beautiful Kwansan cherry trees can be seen along the entire length of a two mile section of Chapel Avenue in Cherry Hill, NJ.

Cherry Hill Firefighters have been planting these cherry trees on Chapel Avenue for the past 40 years! American Legion Post 372 War Veterans have been placing American flags and yellow ribbons on the cherry trees since September 11, 2001 as a show of proud support to our country and our military. Chapel Avenue's cherry blossoms are Cherry Hill's living memorial to the 2,996 innocent victims that perished on September 11, 2001,

In total - through 40 years of varied community efforts - more than 1,464 cherry trees have been planted in Cherry Hill to unify the townspeople in a proud celebration of Cherry Hill.

Cherry Blossoms arrive in Cherry Hill, NJ toward the last two weeks of April! They are in bloom right now! All are welcomed to visit Cherry Hill to see this beautiful patriotic spectacle of a two mile avenue of blossoming cherry trees adorned with American flags and yellow ribbons.

If you are interested in learning more about this idealistic quest for Cherry Hill, please visit the cherry blossom website at:

http://www.cherryblossomsincherryhill...

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He's been cited by the late Rush Limbaugh, quoted in the New York Times, featured at Real Clear Politics and Lucianne.com and interviewed across all media.

He's Dan Cirucci, the founder and editor-in chief of the Dan Cirucci Blog, a Save Jersey blog columnist, frequent guest on the Matt Rooney radio show and one of the most widely honored public relations professionals in his field. He's also been a public relations consultant to numerous organizations and individuals and hosted The Advocates on RVN-TV.

Inducted into the Philadelphia Public Relations Hall of Fame, for many years he served as a Lecturer in Corporate Communication at Penn State University. A former President of the Philadelphia Public Relations Association (PPRA) he has lectured at Rowan University, Temple University, The College of New Jersey and Arcadia University. He has conducted workshops on public relations for thousands of participants throughout the nation and has taught countless others the art of public speaking. He has also advised numerous lawyers, judges, public officials and political candidates.

Cirucci is a prolific writer and his op-ed pieces have appeared in the Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer, Courier-Post, Broad and Liberty and other print and online platforms.

A native of Camden NJ, Cirucci is a former President of the Philadelphia chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators. Cirucci served as Associate Executive Director of the Philadelphia Bar Association for nearly 30 years. He served as Chair of Penn State University's Professional Advisory Board for the Corporate Communication major at Penn State Abington and on the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Judicial Selection Commission.

He received his MA degree from Rowan University and his BA from Villanova University. He has been named a Distinguished Alumnus of Rowan's public relations program and received the E. A. "Wally" Richter Leadership Award, the highest honor from the National Association of Bar Executives' Communications Section. He has also been honored by numerous other local, state and national groups.

In his hometown of Camden, Cirucci taught fifth grade at the Ulysses Wiggins Elementary School named for the founder of the Camden NAACP. There he was one of the first teachers in the country to teach African-American history to inner city students. He later served as editor of a local weekly newspaper, as Assistant to the Township Manager of Cherry Hill Township and as Associate Director of Communications at the New Jersey State Bar Association.

Cirucci's passions include all things Italian, politics, the popular culture, books and authors, art, communication, music, theatre, movies, dining and travel.

He and his wife Carole have two grown children and seven grandchildren.

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