For 20th Year, Jefferson Hospital Employees 'Take Your Child To Work' For A Day
All across America, children and parents were bonding as part of the 20th annual "Take Your Kids to Work" Day.
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All across America, children and parents were bonding as part of the 20th annual "Take Your Kids to Work" Day.
"Only 15-percent think we'll get back to normal this year," Poll director David Redlawsk said. "Another 64-percent think it's going to take one to five years to get there."
Volunteers started work yesterday on what they're calling an "urban farm," across the street from the Kensington facility, that will provide fresh ingredients for its lunch program and food cupboard.
Join Hadas for her latest exploration of the tastiest aspects of Philadelphia and vicinity!
The mayor says it will show unified support for victims of the Boston Marathon bombings and raise awareness of the "One Fund Boston."
The 16th annual "Richie Ashburn Home Runs for Heart" event gives you the opportunity to stand at home plate and swing for the fences.
During last week's events in Boston, residents were told to "shelter in place," which raises the question, would you know what to do if a similar order was issued in Philadelphia?
"We're giving away money (through the abatement) that we don't necessarily need to give away," Goode said. "And at the same time, driving up tax bills for everyone else."
At 19, Mike is older than most of the young people we highlight on "Wednesday's Child."
The room, in Franklin Mint Federal Credit Union on Sproul Road in Broomall, Pa., is designed to teach area schoolchildren important life lessons about money.
It'll be another breath of fresh air every time the Phillies "go yard" this season.
This is National Volunteer Week, and here in Philadelphia the importance of ordinary people who respond to emergencies took on special meaning in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings just one week ago.
Peggy Dolan turned tragedy into triumph 36 years ago after she lost her six-year-old daughter, Kelly, to a rare form of leukemia.
The day included lunch, a two hour cruise aboard the Spirit of Philadelphia and a whole lot of dancing and other live entertainment.
This past weeks events in Boston were very much on the minds of the participants. Each event Sunday preceded with a moment of silence for people and the victims in Boston.
The Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations held a public meeting last week about the Philadelphia Magazine cover story "Being White In Philly" published last month.
Some plays start with a script. For others, you make it up as you go along.
Thousands of people turned out today Saturday for the 3rd annual Science Carnival on the Ben Franklin Parkway.
The historic school is one of nearly two dozen Philadelphia public schools slated to close at the end of the academic term.
As of Friday afternoon, just over 1,000 people had been "invited" to partake, with 832 who said they were "going."
About 100 protesters marched from Philadelphia City Hall to Corbett's regional office at Broad and Walnut Streets, demanding that he agree to expand Medicaid to cover an additional 700,000 uninsured Pennsylvanians.
"The best scams out there leave people thinking they've done just fine," notes Pennsylvania senior deputy attorney general Michael Foerster. He says that's why donors should do some research first.
This week Hadas previews two dining-out fundraisers coming up this month, and talks with the organizer of "Main Line Restaurant Week," also this month.
The Franklin Insitute is asking for city permission to put up digital display panels to replace its static sign at the corner of 20th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
Just days after the Boston Marathon explosions, a Philadelphia group is organizing a citywide event to show support.
