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AmeriCorps in Frankford

From Manny Citron of PhillyRising:

PhillyRising is working with a team of volunteers from the AmeriCorps to do some clean up work around the city. The National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) is a nation wide Americorps program that has teams working across the US. The City of Philadelphia is hosting a 9-person NCCC crew for an an eight week work rotation assisting with projects in PhillyRising neighborhoods across the city. A few weeks ago they built a community garden in Swampoodle. Last week they were cleaning out back alleys in Point Breeze. This week they are working in Frankford.

Here are some photos of the clean up work that has been performed at Overington Park and the work that was done on the 1700 block of Foulkrod Street with a work crew from the City’s Community Service Program.  The last set is of a cleanup at 4735 Duffield Street.

 

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PhillyRising Grant Awarded to Overington Park

The Friends of Overington Park today received a tool grant from PhillyRising!

In acknowledgment of the fine work the Friends of Overington Park have done with Overington Park, PhillyRising gave our group a tool grant consisting of hand spades, hand pruners, saws, lopers, and a lovely tree pole pruner. All together several hundred dollars of new equipment to care for our trees and plantings. They will be put to good use this Saturday April 14th from 10 till 1 as we clean up our park for Spring! Please come out and join us!

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FrankfordRising

The process of writing an action plan for PhillyRising in Frankford began last night.  Jimmie Saunders, Ade Fequa, Manny Citron and John Farrell led a group of 25 Frankforders through the process of visualizing the future.

The Subject issues were identified in previous meetings of Frankford residents as being at the top of their wish list:

  • After school activities
  • Infrastructure
  • Community health
  • Vacant lots and green space
  • Economic development

What amazed me was the qualified people who walked through the door of Denby’s last night.  Everybody seemed to be an expert at something except me, so I just took notes.

I’m kind of cautiously optimistic about this PhillyRising thing because I am tired of people making promises they don’t keep.  PhillyRising only promises to help us find out what we can do using what is already available.  There is no magic, no smoke and mirrors.  We’ll get something done if we focus and plan and make use of existing resources.

Some great ideas emerged at the meeting but it is far from final yet.  There will be another followup meeting in a few weeks.

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Frankford Summer Camp Expo

From: Jim Sanders
Assistant Managing Director
City of Philadelphia

This summer is shaping up to be one of the most exciting summers yet in the City of Philadelphia!  There are over 170 different city sponsored day camps being held at various neighborhood playgrounds and recreation centers throughout the City of Philadelphia.   In addition, many local youth based agencies and organizations are offering affordable summer programming for children of all ages.  To encourage our youth to participate in safe summer fun, PhillyRising and the City of Philadelphia’s Department of Recreation are hosting a Frankford Summer Camp Expo! The Frankford Summer Camp Expo is an opportunity for Frankford families to come out and enjoy a day at their neighborhood recreation center/playground and learn about various summer programming and activities for youth.

Please join us on Saturday, June 18th, from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. located at McIlvain Recreation Center (5200 Penn St.) and Saturday, June 25th, from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. located at Gambrell Playground (4800 Ditman St.). We are featuring this event on two different dates to accommodate the vast number of youth in the Frankford area.  See you there!