Economic Development on Thursday, 11/12 at 7:00p (ZOOM LINK)
DID YOU KNOW?
You can take your trash to nearby sanitation drop-off centers:
The centers below are open seven days a week from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.
West Philadelphia
5100 Grays Ave.
215-685-2600
Southwest Philadelphia
3033 S. 63rd St., near Passyunk Ave.
215-685-4290
BLUE RECYCLING BINS
Available at the sanitation centers listed above. (Please bring proof of
residence; 2 bins per household; FREE). Also available for purchase at
Rittenhouse Hardware or Lowe's.
LOVE YOUR PARK
This Saturday, November 14th is LOVE YOUR PARK Fall Service Day all around the City.
Join us to clean, green, and celebrate our
two parks: Julian Abele (22nd and Carpenter) and Carpenter Green Park
(17th & Carpenter).
OPENBOX ATHLETICS
SEEKING NOMINATIONS FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS
OpenBox Athletics
was founded in 2017 with a goal of providing access to healthy
lifestyle options for our community. As we grew, we created a community
outreach arm in order to go beyond the classes that we offered within
our walls to create fitness options accessible to all. The goal was to
reduce or remove the barrier to entry to aid our community that may be
dealing with health-related illness but not know where to start from a
physical perspective. While ideally broad reaching, the target has been
to connect with the surrounding black communities of Philadelphia which
are typically hardest hit by systemic inequalities which lead to reduced
health outcomes. Throughout the pandemic, we have offered Community
Fitness classes for free; we recognized early in the lockdown that
people were being more sedentary which can lead to a diminished immune
system as well as onset of depression.
Our next initiative involves providing free memberships to nominated and
qualified members of our community. We are working with local
organizations and groups to accept nominations for individuals who seek
to raise our communities and whom could benefit from direction as it
pertained to a healthy lifestyle. Through creating awareness and access,
we hope to increase the perception of how a healthy lifestyle can
benefit long term health prognosis and life enjoyment.
In seeking nominations, we are looking for the following:
Nominee’s name and contact information
Name and contact information for the submitting individual
Background on relationship with the nominee
How the nominee would benefit from the OBA CF Membership
How the nominee would benefit the community by having access to an OBA CF Membership
During the time of the pandemic,
patient-families are in urgent need of private-setting lodging. Please
let us know if you or anyone you know may have some type of private
housing to offer at any time now through next winter: e.g., AirBnBs,
carriage houses, in-law suites, corporate apartments, vacant homes or
apartments, places of people becoming ‘snowbirds’.
HOSTS for HOSPITALS
continues the call to help build their network of safe,
socially-distant housing for patient-families coming to Greater
Philadelphia for medical care.
Join PACDC on Thursday, November 19th at
6:00 pm until 7:00 pm as the Honorable Tracey L. Gordon shares her Plan,
Prepare, Protect Tour via Zoom to our constituency. During this free
event, participants will learn more about:
• Inheritance taxes
• Tangled Titles and Deeds
• Wills
The locations are the same as last year, with our closest location @ Broad & Christian.
These collections are only on Saturdays, from 9am-3pm.
Leaves must be in brown paper bags. If you leave these out with your weekly trash, they will be treated as trash and not composted.
Collection dates:
November 21st
December 5th
December 12th
December 19th
Request water bill assistance before shutoffs restart in 2021
The Philadelphia Water Department and
PhilaRevenue took the bold step of extending COVID-19 emergency
water-protection measures. That means residential and commercial water
customers won’t be shut off until April 1, 2021 –even in the case
non-payments. However, if you’re not paying your water bill, your
balance will continue to grow and become harder to manage once shutoffs
restart. Get ahead of the problem by applying for water bill help
today: www.phila.gov/water-bill-help. A loss of income during the pandemic may qualify you for special assistance.
SUPPORT MARIAN ANDERSON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Our neighborhood's beloved Marian Anderson Museum & Historical Society suffered
from flooding in the basement of the Museum and is working to repair
and cover the cost of the damage. In addition, the Historical Society
and Museum has been closed due to COVID and unable to receive any
support loans or grants to subsidize their ongoing operational costs.
SOSNA's created
a folder for job resources to reference when looking for a new job,
career fair, training or other opportunities in the Philadelphia
area. We update the folder below weekly so check back often!
Our office will be closed until further notice. If you have any concerns or questions, you can reach our Executive Director, Nicole via email at nicoleatsosna@gmail.com.
HELP US CREATE THE NEIGHBORHOOD YOU WANT TO LIVE IN.
Your
thoughtful donation is an impactful investment in our neighborhood, and
it helps SOSNA and our volunteers continue to be a resource for you and
engage more of our neighbors.
SOSNA
is only able to do our work with the support of our neighbors, our
neighborhood businesses, and our community partners. We depend on the
countless hours our neighbors volunteer with us and we rely on generous
donations, like yours, from neighbors and businesses to carry out our
mission of improving our community.
SOSNA is only able to do the work that we do with the support of our
neighbors, our neighborhood businesses, and our community partners. We
depend on the countless hours our residents volunteer with SOSNA, and we
rely on generous donations, like yours, from neighbors and businesses
to carry out our mission of improving our community.
C&R Building Supply is your one-stop shop for all things building supply on 18th & Washington Avenue. C&R Building Supply works with the best manufacturers in the world to bring you the highest quality building materials
for your use. They provide our customers with a wide range of choices
such as lumber, kitchen products, bath products and much more!
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