- Frankford Parks Group
When – Mon, October 25, 6pm – 7pmWhere – Second Baptist Church – 1801 Meadow St. Phila. PA 19124 (map)
- Celebration of Health
When – Tue, October 26, 2pm – 6pmWhere – Aria Health – Frankford Campus (map)Description – To help chart your preventive health and wellness goals, Aria Health’s Frankford Campus will host a FREE “Celebration of Health.” Highlights of the event will include health screenings, wellness exhibits, and healthy lifestyle information. We hope you can join us!
- Northeast Philadelphia EPIC Stakeholders Group
When – Thu, October 28, 5:30pm – 7:30pmWhere – Mastery Charter School, Smedley Campus, 1790 Bridge St. St. Philadelphia, PA 19124 (map)Description – The ultimate goal is to create a process that enhances the community’s ability to solve issues surrounding truancy, domestic violence, child safety and substance abuse.
- Winter clothes drive
When – Sat, October 30, 3pm – 6pmWhere – Overington Park 4600 Leiper St. and Wilmot Park 1800 Meadow St. (map)Description – We are having a winter clothes drive that will be held in two locations (Overington Park 4600 Leiper St. and Wilmot Park 1800 Meadow St.). If it rains we will move the locations to Cora’s Neumann Center 1000 Orthodox Street and to 2nd Baptist Church 1801 Meadow St. We will be giving away winter clothes and coats to needy families. The event will last from 3:00pm until 6:00pm. I have attached a flyer for the event. The partners that are responsible for this event are CORA’s EPIC Community Stakeholders and Young Professionals Group, The Frankford Recovery Coalition, The Frankford Boys and Girls Club, and Council Woman Maria Quinones` Sanchez’ office.
- Overington Park Fall Festival
When – Sat, October 30, 10am – 1pmWhere – Overington Park – Orthodox and Leiper Sts, Philadelphia, PA 19124 (map)Description – Costume parade, pumpkin patch, games, scavenger hunt and refreshments
- Friends of Overington Park
When – Tue, November 2, 7pm – 8pmWhere – CORA Neuman Center at 1000 Orthodox Street (map)Description – Come out and discuss our park and what we an do to make it a safe and pleasant place for everyone.
- PSA1 Meeting Police 15th District
When – Wed, November 3, 7pm – 8pmWhere – Aria Health – 4900 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, PA (map)
- Frankford Civic Association Meeting
When – Thu, November 4, 7pm – 8pmWhere – 2nd floor conference room, Aria Health, 4900 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19124 (map)
- Grand Army of the Republic Museum Open House
When – Sun, November 7, 12pm – 5pmWhere – 4278 Griscom Street, Philadelphia, PA 19124 (map)Description – Presentation at 1:30 PM:‘Meet Captain Percival Drayton, U.S. Navy’ – [Jack Lieberman, Captain USN (ret.) ] Drayton was South Carolina born from a wealthy Plantation family and a veteran of the U.S. Navy. He exemplifies the dilemma that Southern Unionists faced when he opposed his own brother Thomas, a Confederate General in battle at Port Royal Sound on November 7, 1861.
- Frankford Special Services District Board Meeting
When – Mon, November 8, 8:30am – 9:30amWhere – St. Mark’s Church, 4442 Frankford Ave, Griscom Street entrance. (map)Description – Open to the public
- Northwood Civic Association Meeting
When – Tue, November 16, 7pm – 8pmWhere – St. James Lutheran Church, at Castor Avenue and Pratt Street. (map)
Tag: Education
School District of Philadelphia Celebrates “Parent Appreciation Month”!
HB 2291 Passes Legislature
As reported on the Frankford Friends new building blog, HB 2291 passed with their funding intact. Now one more hurdle remains. Read what it is here.
HB 2291 Passes Legislature
Frankford High School is Hosting “Back to School Night”!
New Links
We have added a couple of new links to the Blogroll over there on the left side of the page. The news of the new building for Frankford Friends is being blogged at their own site. You can keep up with the developments as they happen. Click on Frankford Friends new building or follow this link to get a look.
Also Thanks to Tim Wisniewski, we got notice of the PSA1 meeting held last night. I haven’t been doing my job of monitoring the 15th district web site where they have the schedule of community meetings or I would have posted it earlier. So click on PPD 15th district or follow this link to get the most current information on any and all public meetings.