https://vimeo.com/18010975 NGAP founder and director David Wolf tends to the facility’s medical supplies. When faced with the reality of animal abuse, David Wolf, an already successful real estate investments owner,… [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/18012238 Isaac Young didn’t always have a passion for basketball. As a 5-foot-10-inch 8th-grader, he simply was not interested. One year and a 6-inch growth spurt later, a basketball coach… [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/18012315 It’s the end of spring and heading toward summer. All of the plants are coming into bloom. Everywhere you can see small and large urban gardens throughout the city…. [continue reading…]
…the church holds an event in which members of the community may come and receive free school supplies, bikes, clothing, and other necessities that come with the start of a… [continue reading…]
…help them participate more actively in their community. He said many community members come from a mentality of, “the neighborhood just being a ‘hood,’” but he and the volunteers try… [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/18011013 Never before has a group been named so aptly. The Friends of Sedgley Woods are truly friends in the most sincere sense of the word. “All of us here… [continue reading…]
…to their community. But the Canaan Baptist education doesn’t start there. At six months, children in the community can begin attending the 33-year-old day care located within the walls of… [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/18641514] The yellow brick road in Philadelphia doesn’t lead to Oz. Instead, it leads to the Golden Block in Fairhill, the heart of the city’s Hispanic community on Fifth Street,… [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/18011093 It is not every day that a police officer can boast that he garners the respect and trust of a community. For Southwest Philadelphia Officer Richard “Butch” Riddick, this… [continue reading…]
…sport the names of the businesses that have donated to the organization. While the events are a large component of the organization, what keeps Campbell Square Park a beloved community… [continue reading…]
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