The township is happy to announce we are starting our 2025 campaign for the Hometown Heroes Banner Program. This has been a project we have been diligently working on for 2 years. To get all approvals from PP&L and Brightspeed to allow the banners to be placed took longer than we expected, but we have gotten their blessing and we are ready to proceed with the project!!
Letters were mailed on February 25th to all resident of South Newton Township. If for some reason you do not receive a letter, please call the township secretary. We will be happy to send you the information.
Here’s what you need to know:
The South Newton Township Hometown Heroes Banner Program is a living tribute created for the community to recognize and honor our Veterans who have served or are serving our country in the United States Armed Forces.
Application Requirements:
To be considered for a banner, the nominee must meet the following requirements:
- Lived in South Newton Township/Walnut Bottom at some point in their lifetime.
- Be serving, have served with an honorable discharge, or died in the line of duty in one of the following branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard or Space Force.
Banner Design, Timeframe & Location:
Banners are double-sided 30″x60″ heavy weight block out vinyl which holds up very well. The banners will stay up year-round. The banners will be displayed on PP&L and Brightspeed poles along Main Street in Walnut Bottom & the 1st block on a few of the side streets (i.e. Firehouse Rd., Furnace Hollow Rd., Water Street, Maple Ave. & High Mountain Rd.). Placement will be selected randomly. Specific display locations cannot be requested. We have a limited number of poles to hang the banners. We hope to have enough for everyone that sponsors a banner, but you may have to be placed on a waiting list if all poles are taken. If we have available poles after the initial 2025 sponsorship campaign, we will open up additional enrollment applications/sponsorships. We will post the additional application/sponsorship enrollment on our website, on the bulletin board outside the township office & on the post office bulletin board.
Banner Photograph:
Please submit an original photograph or high-resolution image of your Hero in uniform to the township. If a photograph is submitted, it will be scanned and returned to you.
Banner Pricing:
The banner, bracket & installation package is $260.00 for each banner application submitted. You may pay via check or cash. Checks should be made payable to: South Newton Township (reference Hometown Hero Banner on the memo line). This fee will allow your sponsored banner to be displayed for 3 years.
2025 Sponsorship Campaign:
Submit application, photo & payment to the township via mail at: PO BOX 11, Walnut Bottom, PA 17266 or drop off at the office. All must be submitted at the same time or your request to sponsor a banner will not be processed. All applications must be received by no later than April 25, 2025 – late submissions will be returned. We anticipate to have this years sponsored banners installed by the Summer of 2025.
Other Information:
The sponsor of the banner will be notified when the banner is eligible for renewal. You will have a timeframe in which to renew your banner. There will be no exceptions for late submittals. Individuals wishing to continue to sponsor their banner will be subject to a reasonable processing fee. If banner or bracket needs to be replaced at the time of renewal, you will be subject to the complete package cost. Fee will be based on banner, bracket & installation cost at that time. The renewal will allow the banner to be displayed for another 3 years. If you do not wish renew your sponsored banner, you may request your sponsored banner from the township.
The township is not responsible for weather related damage, deliberate destruction, banners taken down by PP&L/Brightspeed due to pole repairs/replacement or theft of banners. If a banner becomes damaged, the township will pay to have the banner removed and reorder another at the expense of the sponsor if they choose to do so.
