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…]
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…]
Clouds of thick, scented smoke emanated from the grill outside of Jamaican D’s as jerk chicken cooked along the sidewalk. The small eatery is nestled between the shops along Chelten Avenue by Wister Street. Owner [continue reading…]
Being a parent has been said to be the hardest job. The MOMS Club of Northeast Philadelphia, a chapter of the MOMS Club, understands that statement. MOMS stands for moms offering moms support. “We’re a [continue reading…]
Philly AIDS Thrift located on 514 Bainbridge St. has a reputation for having almost anything one could possibly think of. The store has so many items they seemingly fall out of the front door onto [continue reading…]
On a Monday afternoon in Center City, seven coders filed into a conference room to chat with Technically Philly’s Chris Wink about Code for America. Code for America is similar to Teach For America in [continue reading…]
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