people
Oct. 17, 2014 12:30 pm
Penn Haven Housing Co-op Gives Students Opportunity to Live Sustainably
About four years ago, a few University of Pennsylvania students had an idea: create a homeless shelter for college-aged kids, where Penn and other university students would live alongside them. They received grant money for their idea, but that plan didn’t work out. Instead, the Penn Haven Co-op was born. “That’s why it’s called the […]
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Oct. 17, 2014 11:36 am
Event: KEYSPOT Open Houses
In the upcoming weeks, KEYSPOT will hold two open houses to allow people to learn about free computer access, education, and job preparation resources offered by the program. KEYSPOT is a citywide coalition of community-based groups who are committed to bringing Internet access, digital literacy and technology to all Philadelphia communities. There are 51 KEYSPOT […]
funding
Oct. 16, 2014 12:41 pm
Impact100 Philadelphia Opens its 2015 Grantmaking Process
Impact100 Philadelphia, the all-volunteer women’s giving circle that awarded $328,000 to local nonprofits in June, is preparing to begin its 2015 grantmaking. “At this point, we’re fielding questions about the process,” said Emily V. Biscardi, a co-chair of Impact100’s grants committee. “We’re always interested in bringing in new organizations.” Last year’s awardees receiving $100,000 project-based […]
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Oct. 16, 2014 11:30 am
Magazine on Community Life Hits Streets to Improve Homes Across City
Last May, Proud Neighbor magazine enlisted the help of 80 volunteers and nine organization partners to beautify 24 properties in eight neighborhoods across the city for the first-ever Help A Neighbor Day in Philadelphia. The day was geared towards improving home exteriors for seniors, the impoverished and those with disabilities. This Saturday, October 18, Proud […]
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Oct. 15, 2014 12:45 pm
Storefront Challenge 2014 Celebrates How Good Design is Good Business
The Commerce Department and the Community Design Collaborative (CDC) held an award ceremony yesterday, October 14, for businesses that have made storefront improvements in the last two years. The winning storefronts were selected from a city-wide call for nominations that included a range of designs, from formerly vacant buildings transformed by new businesses to minor retrofits made […]
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Oct. 15, 2014 11:47 am
Red Fox Gourmet Goes to Campus, with Support from the Center for Culinary Enterprises
Cayenne popcorn. Maple-roasted pecans. Coffee walnuts. These are just a sampling of the handcrafted snacks soon to be available for purchase on Drexel’s campus — due to a unique partnership between the university, Sodexo, the Dorrance H. Hamilton Center for Culinary Enterprises, and an ambitious local snack maker. Sarah Merrick, the sole proprietor of Red […]
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Oct. 14, 2014 1:16 pm
Event Series: City Sessions–Making Philadelphia Family Friendly, University as Community + Gentrification, Integration and Equity
Next City is partnering with 900AM-WURD and AL DÍA News, with the support of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, to host a series of discussions about ideas that will shape Philadelphia’s future. The first in the series, Making Philadelphia Family Friendly, will be held October 29 from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Moore College of Art & Design Auditorium. Local and national […]
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Oct. 14, 2014 11:42 am
Eastern Tower Community Center Plans to Build Grassroots Support Through Fundraiser
The Philadelphia Suns, a Chinatown-based youth basketball league, is holding its 42nd annual fundraiser next Saturday, October 18. The fundraiser, usually located in a Chinatown restaurant, has helped sustain and expand the organization throughout its history. This year the proceeds will go towards the construction of the the Eastern Tower Community Center. Eastern Tower is […]
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Oct. 13, 2014 1:06 pm
At Compass Philly Project Launch, Biz Grad Meets Nonprofit
It was an exercise in matchmaking for 100 or so business school grads, who sized up the opportunity to lend strategic consulting to nine local nonprofits at Compass Philadelphia’s project launch last week. Compass, an organization that connects MBAs and other professionals with pro bono consulting work, expanded to the Philadelphia area last year. An […]
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Oct. 13, 2014 11:50 am
Philadelphia’s First Spanish Immersion Preschool is Coming in January 2015
Melissa Page’s students were struggling with learning a new language at the magnet school where she taught Spanish and French in Philadelphia. “[My students] were getting so frustrated that they just didn’t have any kind of language ability–they were frustrated that they were doing something so foreign and different and I wanted to change that,” […]