Month: October 2013

“It’s Vision Sunday,” said Pastor Ray Bernard to his congregation. He told the attendees about his plans to form athletics programs within Impacting Your World Christian Center. The announcement was met with great applause. October

https://vine.co/v/hHElxm2bzmQ As new solar-powered trash cans replace the old wire ones in the Graduate Hospital area, residents continue to complain about the scarcity of places to throw out their waste while on-the-go. The new cans

https://vimeo.com/76489485] In the midst of the morning rush, the faint chanting turned heads in Center City. “SOS. Save our schools! SOS. Save our schools!” echoed from about 10 people under a storefront canopy near the

Along South Broad Street, there is a six-lane bowling alley tucked away in the basement of a building that is owned by a nonprofit organization. This bowling alley has only been open since 2009 and employs

https://vimeo.com/75906341] Education does not come just from textbooks anymore. Schools in Philadelphia are taking a different route and are taking students outside of the classroom in order to get the most out of their education.

At the Philly vs. New York All-City Basketball Classic last month, the first game of the day – between the two cities’ best high school freshmen – was not supposed to be much more than an

https://vimeo.com/75414017] Allegheny West Foundation, a community development center, is a pillar and has made great investments into the North Philadelphia neighborhood. “What we at Allegheny West are doing is embracing the community as a whole

https://vimeo.com/75230469] Every major city has stray animals. Whether they were born there or put on the street by owners who could not or did not want to take care of them, all of them want