Come volunteer! Northwest Philadelphia
A neighborhood church hosts an event to connect volunteers with community, social service and environmental organizations in Germantown and Mt. Airy.
Category: VOLUNTEERING
Neighbors retrieve iPhone from storm sewer
After her quickly pulling her phone out to pay for parking upon exiting the hardware store, it flew into the storm sewer where neighbors gathered to engineer a successful rescue.
Chestnut Hill Library Friends open bookstore to public (softly)
Todayh,the Friends of the Chestnut Hill Library unofficially opened the doors of their new, second hand bookstore, named “Hilltop Books” to eager members of the community
Mount Airy Neighbors recycle Christmas trees
East and West Mt. Airy Neighbors jointly hosted a jolly Christmas tree recycling event this first Sunday after New Year’s at Upsala mansion. Dampness and [Read More…]
Maintaining bird boxes in Wissahickon meadows
A volunteer crew cleans out and tightens screws on the bird boxes for bluebirds, swallows, wrens and sparrows in the meadows of the Wissahickon section of Fairmount Park in Philadelphia.
Right winger on soul patrol for homeless
Christian Romig has plastered “Hillary for Prison 2020”, “Police Lives Matter” and similar bumper stickers on the back of his compact SUV. But most prominent [Read More…]
Health care is outrageous
Senior citizen volunteers from AARP display big sign and gather petition signatures against government medicare and healthcare cuts at neighborhood ice cream store.
Missionaries raise funds for Haiti relief trip
Philadelphia missionaries raise funds for a trip to repair school buildings in Haiti damaged by 2010 earthquake and conduct bible study in an orphanage.
Family moves into their Habitat Home
Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery County, PA supported by a coalition of community partners including AmeriCorps National Community Service members along with sweat equity put [Read More…]
Periscope viewers aid baby sparrow rescue
At our neighborhood train station my son and I heard lots of frantic chirping then saw a baby bird on the concrete ground. It appeared [Read More…]