Poll worker interviews candidates and poll workers
Your correspondent interviewed candidates and poll workers at the Grace Epiphany Church polling site in the Mount Airy section of Philadelphia, home to 3 voting [Read More…]
Category: VOLUNTEERING
Lisa’ Army- Pumpkin Race to help cancer patients
According to her Dad, Bill, when Lisa Loonstyn was diagnosed with ovarian cancer at age 20, she accelerated the process of having a baby in [Read More…]
Hog Island Audubon Camp Journal 2014
Your correspondent volunteered for a week cleaning dishes and bathhouses at the Audubon Society Camp on Hog Island off of Bremen, Maine. He collected an [Read More…]
Dozens clean up Cresheim Creek new parkland
(Above, volunteer Marilou Buffum) Dozens of volunteers showed up on Saturday to help remove invasive plants and debris from newly acquired Philadelphia parkland in Mount [Read More…]
Empty Bowl Dinner fights hunger and homelessness
Twenty five percent of Philadelphians live below the poverty level. This somber statistic was delivered last night to hundreds of diners, along with delicious soups [Read More…]
Travelers Aid Kiosk offers some help
Chris Levey, a saturnine looking yet pleasant 3-day a week volunteer at the barren- looking Travelers Aide kiosk at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia says [Read More…]
We Freecycle recycle bookcase
Amy Hsu came by our house in her car to pick up a tall bookcase. She had seen my post on the popular Northwest Philly [Read More…]
Life at Henry Got Crops Farm
During a break from cultivating and weeding a raised bed of peas at the Weavers Way Henry Got Crops farm in Roxborough where he volunteers, [Read More…]
Donated kidney to animal rescuer needing rescue
“WHERE IS YOUR KIDNEY?” “Well, one of my kidneys is in North Carolina right now.” Hillary Rettig had been reading and thinking about donating a [Read More…]
Coop collects goods for Sandy victims
Through the initiative of one of its members, the Weavers Way Cooperative Association in Mount Airy, Philadelphia mounted a clothing and supplies drive for the [Read More…]