Tag: Chase Lenfest

Hunting Park: Lenfest Center Deepens Commitment to Neighborhood With New Strategic Plan

June 8, 2022Kyla S Jackson

The Lenfest Center, also known as North10, has released a new strategic plan centered on the organization’s commitment to the surrounding community.

Hunting Park: Five Places That Uplift The Members of the Community

February 20, 2017Dalton Balthaser

Hunting Park in North Philadelphia offers many places for its community members to come together. These places inspire growth in the community and keep the lights on to promote a positive environment. Here are five

Hunting Park: Shoot Basketballs Not People is a Game-changer For Youth

March 2, 2015Paul Klein

It slipped out of someone’s mouth. There are consequences when that four-letter word gets uttered. Not the bar-of-soap “Christmas Story” consequences. There was no swear-jar on-hand storing allowance money. No time-out corner to get exiled

Hunting Park: Five Parents Who Refuse to Sit on the Sidelines

February 20, 2015Paul Klein

Absent parents. Incarcerated fathers. Children of violence. For parents and children in underserved parts of the city, the narrative far too often reads the same. Headlines tell of kids losing their lives too soon, a

Hunting Park: Lenfest Center Coordinator Recruits Youth to Safe Space

February 6, 2015Paul Klein

Lights were out and a sign on the door read “closed,” but a few tiny fists still came knocking on the Lenfest Center’s doors during after-school hours on Jan. 27. Kevin Oberst, the youth center’s