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/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…]
The block is reminiscent of news footage from the streets of a war zone, but it’s not an international war zone. This is Kensington. Nearly a month after a four-alarm fire at Second and Somerset [continue reading…]
Tucked away at 3439 N. 17th St. in Nicetown is the HERO Community Center. This colorful building isn”t huge in size, but is huge in what it provides for this community. “This community doesn’t have [continue reading…]
You may notice some sidewalk construction in Francisville this month. Some areas of sidewalk in the neighborhood are cracked or noticeably missing, with pebbles and grass peeking out from beneath the snow. But several streetscape [continue reading…]
The door is opened with a smile, and a little dog to greet you at your feet. When inside, it appears to be a normal house with artwork by children posted on the walls. But [continue reading…]
Tucked away in upper Strawberry Mansion at 28th and Dauphin streets is the local branch of Community Mental Health and Retardation or COMHAR, Inc. Since 1975, this system of outpatient mental health clinics have been [continue reading…]
As you walk north of Fifth Avenue toward Somerset Street in the business strip of Fairhill you will pass by an important cultural organization. Raices Culturales Latino Americana or Latin American Cultural Roots, with the rear [continue reading…]
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