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Brotherly Love: Operation Birthday Box

One local woman and her daughter are going the extra mile to brighten birthdays for children in need.

2013/05/14

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Messages Of Salvation And Hope For The Homeless In Philadelphia This Easter

The homeless advocacy organization, Project HOME, held its own Easter service at its headquarters on Fairmount Avenue in Philadelphia on Sunday.

2013/03/31

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Organization Using New Idea To Help Homeless Become Self-Sufficient

It’s called “The Way Home” and it places five men into a rental home, with support services if needed, like alcohol, drug or mental health treatment.

2013/03/16

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Bitter Cold Temperatures Keep Philadelphia’s “Code Blue” In Effect

The bitter cold temperatures gripping the region will keep Philadelphia’s “Code Blue” in effect for the next few days.

2013/01/22

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City Of Philadelphia Issues A Code Blue

The City of Philadelphia has declared a “Code Blue” ahead of what could be the coldest week of the year in the Delaware Valley.

2013/01/20

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Thousands Attend Annual Holiday Party For The Homeless

Thousands attended the 14th annual Holiday Party for the Homeless Tuesday evening.

2012/12/18

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Children’s Stress Impacts Health And Academics

Positive, short term stress is healthy. Children need to learn to manage adversity like dealing with the first day of school. But sustained and severe stress, such as poverty, can be toxic, with longterm implications.

2012/11/26

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Brotherly Love: Honey’s Angels Feed Families

This Thanksgiving, more than 100 families will eat a meal delivered with love from “Honey” and her angels.

2012/11/21

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Winter Woolies Fill City Council’s Caucus Room After Annual ‘Warmth In Winter’

City Council’s Caucus Room was awash in winter woolies this week. For the 13th straight year, volunteers brought in knitted hats, scarves, and mittens for children in need.

2012/11/18

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Opinion: Big Cities’ People-in-Power Don’t Understand Crime And Murder

For America’s big cities: the people who are supposed to have, need to have, and claim to have all the answers simply don’t have a clue.

2012/07/11

Stigall Show Log 7.10.12

Chris reviews last night’s Major League Baseball Homerun Derby, President Obama’s plan to extend the Bush tax cuts for households making less than $250,000, Tom Corbett’s Voter ID law, Mayor Nutter’s ban on feeding the homeless and parents that let their 5-year-old daughter swim with sharks.

Talk Radio 1210 WPHT–2012/07/10

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Philadelphia Teams Up With Local Organization To Provide Housing For Homeless Veterans

The City of Philadelphia teamed up with the South Philadelphia social services group CATCH, Inc. to provide housing for homeless veterans.

2012/06/19

(File photo: a group of people being given free meals at a parkland location in Philadelphia.  Credit: John McDevitt)

One Supporter Of Controversial Philadelphia Feeding Ban Speaks Out

The recently instated ban on outdoor feeding in the Fairmount Park system has drawn a lot of heat from some homeless advocates and religious leaders. But some local leaders do support the ban.

2012/06/03

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Two NJ Assemblyman Want ‘One-Way Tickets’ For Homeless Put To An End

It’s no secret that many towns handle the problem of chronic homelessness by simply moving them somewhere else. Now, a pair of New Jersey legislators wants to make that practice illegal.

2012/05/13

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Bristol Homeless Encampment Clears Out

The remaining residents of a suburban Philadelphia homeless camp have moved out on the order of authorities to make way for a new warehouse.

2012/05/08

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