. >> john mcdevitt from kyw news radio reports. >> reporter: volunteers were treated to performance fromhow troop speaker after speak are thanked those gathered for their support for christmas in july care package s sent to military personnel overseas, tastykake and herrs potato chips among goodies being put into bags for troops. joe brooks is president of the uso of pennsylvania and south jersey. >> it was an idea been out of the fact that this is time we're recreating and having a good time, whether it is poconos, jersey shore, delaware beaches. when we have folks serving overseas that are not recreat ing, we wanted those young men and women to remember we have not forgotten them. >> reporter: she knows how it feels when receiving a care package she's an army reservists and received treats when deployed in gatar and afghanistan. >> it is a taste of home. when they come around, it is tastykake. everybody local knows tastykake are amazing. >> reporter: 1300 boxes will go to qatar, africa, south korea and they will be in the troop's hand in a matter of days. >> sugar house wants to reach

john mcdevitt from "kyw news radio" takes us inside. >> the palm philadelphia owned in the late 80s, known for steaks and seafood and deck can't signs, and of course the clark can i tours of good customers and the famous, olds ones cut out of the wall before the remodel given to those who inspired them, like former mayor and governor ed rendell getting a sneak peak of the new place and making a reservation for next week. >> almost two decades, the place where political people go, business people, inter mink link, always the day after the election, that there is a big meeting of all of the political people, had lunch at the palm. >> paul sands err the palm philadelphia general manager. he said the menu pretty much the same. it is the space that has changed. >> if you look around, tremendous amount of eye appeal. >> final preparations are underway, the char can i tours painted on walls, not all of them are newment take rocky over there. he's from the old wall. >> we can't show you all of them because it is a surprise for opening day. we can show this one, bradley cooper and his mother

john mcdevitt, "kyw news radio," cbs-3 "eyewitness >> tuck away in a philly studio. >> awed see yost uses fire to create arts, of course, as meisha johnson shows us on this dream drive, watch for yourself. >> here we are in east falls, we will be doing something limb unique today, working with glass. >> it isn't just glass working studio, they encourage the public's come watch and learn. you could call it a look at for glass. >> so cool. and the temperature. >> four years ago, shawn bradley was a mechanic when he gave glass work ago whirl, got hooked, now manages the studio. >> so tell me what you are doing right now. >> right now i just got a bead, blue a bubble, you see, i got that lit, nice and hot. then i could start to kind of pool on it. >> starting to take a little shape here. >> within a few minute, sean has carved off excess glass, and shapes into a vase. >> you're making it look so easy, but it is going from one shape to the next shape. and you're just doing it as you talk like okay, like vacuuming. >> some glass working techniques date back up to 3,000 years. a combination

the palm has been closed for nearly a year and a half for extensive renovations, john mcdevitt of sister station "kyw news radio" takes us inside. >> the palm philadelphia opened in the late 80s, it is known for steaks, seafood, decadent sides, and of course the charicatures, good customers and the famous. olds ones cut out of the wall before the remodel, give tone those who inspire them like former mayor and governor ed rendell getting sneak peak of the new place and making a reservation for next week. >> place where business people, particularly people who have developed their inner mink link, always a tradition the day after the election there is a big meeting of all of the political people, have lunch at the palm. >> paul sander the palm philadelphia's general manager. he said the menu is pretty much the same, it is the space that's changed. >> if you take a look around, i think there is a tremendous amount of eye appeal in what we presented here. >> final preparations are underway, the charge can i tours being painted on the wall, not all are new, take rocky over, there from the old