https://vimeo.com/20016934] “We celebrate Valentine’s Day by acknowledging and thanking our Veterans, whether they’re here or not,” said Dr. Althea Hankins while scouring the crowd for a Tuskegee airmen who happened to be missing in action. [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/20008672] With its large stonewalls and windows peering down upon the almost deserted street, Hannah House Inc. seems almost out of place. On a street some distance from the business district in Fairhill, the looming [continue reading…]
Hannah House Inc., located at 2831 N. Hutchison St. in Fairhill, has been helping women for over 20 years. It has made efforts to accommodate women who have been incarcerated, who are on pre-release from [continue reading…]
Food Central, a community Spanish corner store located on Diamond and 17th streets caters to the North Central neighborhood of Philadelphia. With merengue music bursting through the speakers, Food Central offers traditional Spanish dishes along [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/19996483] Places of worship are very common throughout the city of Philadelphia. With what started as a congregation that met in the house of its minister, The Greater St. Luke’s Disciple Church has since grown [continue reading…]
Principal Sister Mary Ripp patrolled the hallways of Our Lady of Port Richmond on her way to supervise the lunch room. The hallways were alive with second-, fourth- and sixth-graders making their way to the [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/20015668] Every weekday afternoon, there are 60 kids running around the halls of the Hunting Park Christian Academy. Rowdy relay races and dodge ball faceoffs in the basement produce enough screams and cheers to echo [continue reading…]
The Greater Philadelphia Asian Social Service Center recently devised a plan to help children who need optical care. After teaming up with La Salle University, both institutions constructed a program to provide uninsured children with [continue reading…]
Mayor Michael Nutter announced that Mt. Airy, USA, a community development corporation, will be receiving a $100,000 grant from the city’s Commerce Department to develop retail, parking and residential space within the Mt. Airy community. [continue reading…]
Perhaps dreaming of warmer days, a group of garden enthusiasts, amateur and experienced alike, recently met in the Education Center at the Wyck Historic House and Garden to listen to a presentation on how to grow [continue reading…]
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