Tag: community
North Light Weathers the Viral Storm
February 7, 2022[caption id="attachment_273862" align="aligncenter" width="600"] North Light's Jared Poindexter helps one of his students in the community center's after-school program, one of the many services the center provides.[/caption]
Remember when the pandemic hit back in March 2020, and non-profits like the Schuylkill Center and North Light Community Center shuttered our doors, assuming we’d close for a few weeks, “flatten the curve,” and reopen in April? Well, that didn't happen.
Instead, non-profits have been battered financially and programmatically by choppy waves in the viral ocean. Some of us have swum these pandemic seas-- not always gracefully-- but many non-profits have sunk, disappearing…
All We Want for Christmas
December 20, 2021[caption id="attachment_273543" align="aligncenter" width="350"] Santa visited Ridge Avenue two Saturdays ago to spread his Christmas cheer-- but what will he leave under Roxborough trees this year?[/caption]
With Christmas coming at week’s end, I asked a group of Roxborough leaders, community activists, nonprofit executives, and old friends what they wanted Santa to leave under their organization’s Christmas trees. As expected, they gave thoughtful, funny, and even surprising answers. Enjoy!
Michael Devigne, executive director of the Roxborough Development Corporation, told me via email, “This holiday season I would like to see Roxborough residents strolling Ridge Avenue and visiting our many shops and…
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