This event is a free all day, church and or community festival, held out doors Sat. July 17th 2010 on the 6400 block of Ogontz ave . It will be a day of activities with Health Care Pavilions, State & City Representatives, Rides, Games Gospel Concerts, Food and more’
This free community event is sponsored by: State Representative Dwight Evans and Mt. Airy Church of God in Christ
Women of Faith and Hope was established in 1995 by an African American female breast cancer survivor who lost her mother to breast cancer in 1975. Women of Faith and Hope is a self-help group specifically designed to assist women afflicted with breast cancer, their family members and significant others through their diagnosis and treatment by providing information, resources and peer support. The mission of Women of Faith and Hope is to enlighten, encourage and empower women about issues related to breast cancer thus reducing the morality rate through early detection. To offer spiritual and emotional support to women and their significant others. Women of Faith and Hope is a private non-profit organization.
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Our Community Outreach office is located at:
7143 Ogontz Avenue (P.O. Box 14228, Phila. PA 19138)
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PHILADELPHIA – Come joinHistoric Germantown, Freedom’s Backyard, for a day of programs Saturday, June 19th celebratingthe 145th anniversary of Juneteeth, the oldest known celebrationcommemorating passage and ratification of the 13th Amendment and the ending ofslavery in the UnitedStates.
The outdoorfestival will be held along the 6300 block of Germantown Ave and will include activitiesfor the whole family, designed to bring history to life for all to enjoy. TheJohnson House, located at 6306Germantown Ave., will host a performance at 11:00 AMby ‘Harriet Tubman’ in which she will tell her story of helpingAfrican Americans to seek their freedom.
Otheractivities along the block will include SoZo’s Market Place, face painting,Story Hour, screening of the documentary film ‘My Slave Sister Myself’ at 1 PM and 3PM,and exhibits on art, slave memorabilia, and vintage beauty/barber equipment. Theexhibits will be hosted by Color Book Gallery, Lucien Crump Gallery, A&DHair Salon and other local businesses.
In addition,the historic Meetinghouse at 6133Germantown Ave., operated by the Germantown MennoniteHistoric Trust, will host an Open House from 10 AM to 2 PM, showing the table onwhich the first written protest against slavery was signed. Other historicsites along the avenue will be open for special tours, including Cliveden of theNational Trust from 12-4PM and the Concord School House and Upper Burial Groundfrom 11AM-4PM. For moreinformation, call 215.844.1683 or visit www.freedomsbackyard.com.
HistoricGermantown is a consortium of fifteen culturaland historic sites located in NorthwestPhiladelphia. Our members range from historic houses to an artmuseum and arboretum. The mission of Historic Germantown is to foster anappreciation of the diverse character and meaning of our cultural heritage inorder to preserve and revitalize our community. To this end, we cooperate inproviding knowledge and resources to help preserve Germantown’s historicsites, interpret them to the public, and incorporate them into the life of thelocal community. For more information about Historic Germantown visitwww.freedomsbackyard.com. Read More…
6500 block of N. Park Avenue, Philadelphia, PA.19126
Weather permitting, Park Avenue residents are having their 5th annual ‘yardSale’ on Saturday, May 15th. Since that is the same day as our scheduled “streetcleaning”, we will open from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. All are welcomed to stop on by.For information call; 215-519-4805
by KYW’s Lynne Adkins
Philadelphia area senior citizens are invited to a free informational expo on Wednesday afternoon.
From 1pm to 4:30pm, seniors have the chance to learn about area services available to them during the expo at the Cheltenham Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
Administrator Ed Burleigh explains there will be 40 vendors with a lot of information to pass along:
“Long- term care information, hospice information, homecare, assisted living and much more.Attendees will have access to free health screenings, including blood pressure and pulse oxygen.
There will also be representatives from the Mayor’s Commission on Aging, the Philadelphia Corporation for Aging and Liberty Resources.
The facility is located at 600 West Cheltenham Avenue in Philadelphia.
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