This list was compiled by the Service Organization Summit
(SOS) to assist your search for volunteering opportunities
in the Greater Philadelphia Area. This list is frequently
updated and improved.
Whether you want to help out once on a specific project
or you want to establish a more ongoing relationship with an
agency or person in need, you'll find what you're looking
for in here!
For more information about volunteering activities and community service
student organizations on Drexel University's campus, contact the Office
of Campus Activities at (215) 895-1328 or the Service Organization Summit
(SOS) at SOS@drexel.edu.
The following agency listings are provided as a service
of Office of the Student Activities and the Service
Organziation Summit. All listings and descriptions are
provided by the agencies. While we believe the information
to be accurate, we do not guarantee the accuracy of the
listings or availability of any volunteer opporunities.
Agency listings and volunteer opportunities are provided as
a service and do not constitute an endorsement or
recommendation of any agency or volunteer opportunity.
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Organization
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Contact
Name
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Phone\
Extension
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Mission
Statement
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ACT UP Philadelphia
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Kisha Shirley
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(215) 985-4448
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Direction action community organizing group
dedicated to ending the AIDS crisis. Most of the
organization's membership is comprised of low
income African-Americans living with HIV.
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Action AIDS
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Al Vernacchio
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(215) 981-3303
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Action AIDS is a nonprofit, community-based
organization founded in 1986 to meet the physical
and emotional needs of men, women, and children
affected by HIV/AIDS.
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AIDS Law Project
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Nan Taylor
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(215) 587-9377
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A non-profit organization, public interest law
firm that provides free legal services to people
living with HIV/AIDS and others affected by the
epidemic.
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AIDS Services in Asian Communitites
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Jon Park
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(215) 563-2424
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Dedicated to providing culturally sensitive and
language appropriate HIV related services to Asian
and Pacific Islander communities in the
Philadelphia area.
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AIDS Treament Hotline
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Kiyosha Kuormiya
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(215) 545-2212
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Has 85 webpages (free) with the past involvement
with the advocacy for people with AIDS
webpage: www.critpath.org
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Alzheimer's Association
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Pam Barton
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(215) 925-3220
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We are an alliance of family members and
professional dedicated to helping people with
Alzheimer's disease and their families through
education, advocacy, and support. Our goal is to
provide leadership and to enhance care and support
services for individuals with dementia and their
families, while supporting the elimination of
Alzheimer's disease through the advancement of
research.
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Alzheimer's Association
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Pam Barton
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(215) 925-6019
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Provides support and services for Alzheimer's
patients and their families in Southeastern
Pennsylvania.
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American Cancer Society
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Karis Coleman
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(215) 985-5309
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American Red Cross
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Robyn Stevens
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(215) 451-4229
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The American Red Cross goal is to improve the
quality of life; to enhance self-reliance and
concern for others; and to help people avoid,
prepare for, and cope with emergencies. It does
this through services that are governed and
directed by volunteers and are consistent with its
congressional charter and the principles of the
International Red Cross.
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Asian American Youth Association
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Patricia Louie
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(215) 729-3350
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Asian Americans United
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Lisa Yao
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(215) 925-1538
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Dedicated to developing leadership skills among
its youth. It has increasingly focused on reducing
the barriers which restrict the civic participation
of recent immigrants and refugees-adults as well as
youth.
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Asian Arts Initiative
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(215) 557-0455
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The Asian Arts Initiative is grounded in the
belief that the arts can provide an important
political and cultural "voice" for the Asian
American communities in Philadelphia. Our goal is
to become a community arts cetner where artists and
everyday people will explore and express our
diverse experiences as Asian Americans.
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Associated Services for the Blind
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Linda
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(215) 627-0600
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Provides services for the blind.
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Association Puerto Rican en Marcha
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Evelyn Pomero
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(215) 235-6788
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Youth center that works to prevent substance
abuse through preventive education among the Latino
population.
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Best Buddies
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Liz Wolford
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(215) 569-0069
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Provides an opportunity for college students to
be matched in a one-on-one friendship with an adult
with mental retardation.
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Bethesda Project
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Jennifer
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(215) 985-1600
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A residential project aimed at helping the
homeless individuals that are ill.
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Big Sisters of Philadelphia, Inc.
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Megan Barbano
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(215) 735-7775
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A mutli-service agency providing support
services and programs for girls, young women and
their families, with a special emphasis on at risk
youth.
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Cambodian Association of Philadelphia
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Cindy Suy
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(215) 324-4070
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CARIE
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Lori Walsh
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(215) 545-5724
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Provides services for the frail elderly.
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Children & Youth Services Division of
Congresso de Latinos Unidos
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Jeredith Sofka
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(215) 229-4040 x 24
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Children's Advocacy Center
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Marcia Liebman
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(215) 387-9500
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Provide investigation in child sexual abuse
cases. Also provides health education.
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Children's Crisis Treatment Center
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Donna M. Carter
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(215) 496-0707
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Children's Crisis Treatment Center addresses the
needs of impoverished, socially and emotionally
disordered children whose mental health problems
arise from a variety of factors including physical
and sexual abuse, severe trauma, family stress and
neurological developmental impairments. the
children are offered a healing early childhood
experience through a therapeutic developmental
approach. Children from community are provided with
evaluation, treatment, habilitation and community
integration, while their families receive
case-management, parent education and behavioral
intervention.
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Elizabeth Schlasser
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(215) 590-1093
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The nation's first pediatric hospital that has
committed itself to improved health for
children.
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Choice
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Jody Wilkins, M.A.
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(215) 985-3355
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Community AIDS Hotline (Offering English and
Spanish languages) that is toll free as well as
confidential.
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Community Occupational Readiness &
Program
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Lori Medica
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(215) 592-8011
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CORP's Literacy and Adult Basic Education
Program is located in center city. It provides
volunteer tutoring in reading, writing, and
mathematical skills to high-risk Philadelphia
residents. Volunteers help clients progress toward
job training, steady employment or promotion,
higher self-esteem, improved relationships, and a
high school degree or GED
-Fostering independence and responsibility through
education.
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Community Outreach Youth Center
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Rev. Beatrice Strefter
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(215) 572-7993
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Provides academic assistance for underpriviliged
children.
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Concerned Citizens of North Camden
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Delia Delgado
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(856) 966-3360
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Neighborhood based organization whose focus is
on keeping the family together, looking out for the
welfare of its citizens, and protecting thier
individual rights.
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Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
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Susan m. Yannessa
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610-325-6001
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Elizabeth Blackwell Health Center for Women
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Mia Gossett
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(215) 923-1124 x212
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The Center was founded to provide feminist
women's health services and women's health
advocacy. The Center is committed to providing high
quality, accessible health services for all women
regardless of age, race, religion, national origin,
marital status, sexual orientation and physical
ability, in a setting that enables women to be
active participants in their health care. The
Center believes that advocacy both for individual
women and women's health care issues is essential
for creating a just health care system.
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Families in Transition
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(215) 546-0971
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This is an organization that acts as a homework
hub for children whose families are homeless.
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From All Walks of Life
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Jennifer
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(215) 731-WALK
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Organizes the annual Philadelphia AIDS walk.
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Greater Philadelphia Food Bank
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Atacie Woodlan
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(215) 739-7394
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To serve charities in southeastern Pennsylvania
that care for the need by collecting, storing, and
distributing surplus food and other food
products.
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Habitat for Humanity
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(215) 477-4639
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HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy
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Sally Maser
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(215) 222-2566
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School for children with cerebral palsy children
and youth from 2-21 years old who have this
infliction.
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Intercultural Family Services, Inc.
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Shiela Stevens
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(215) 386-1298
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This is an independent non-profit, human service
agency that has been in existence since 1979. IFSI
offers a range of family centered human and social
services aimed towards self sufficiency for Asians
and African Amrericans in the Philadelphia
area.
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Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia
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Lillian Youmen
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215-893-5826
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MANNA (Metropolitan AIDS Neighborhood
Alliance)
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John Greene
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(215) 496-2662 x113
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We work to ensure that no man, woman, or child
who is homebound with HIV/AIDS in Philadelphia goes
hungry.
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Mercy Hospice
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Sister Beverly Palumbo
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(215) 545-5153
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Because we are all in God's handiwork, our lives
are sacred and valuable as all life is sacred and
valuable. This belief causes the members of the
Mercy Hospice community to bring our efforts to
bear on any force that keeps people from being all
that God invites them to be, in particular,
homelessness
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Mountain Meadow Summer Camp
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Rachel Milenbach
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(215) 731-6150
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Volunteer based feminist overnight summer camp
for children aged 9-14 of lesbians, gays,
bi-sexual, and transgendered families and
friends.
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Nationalities Service Center of Philadelphia
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Christa Snow
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(215) 893-8400
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Seeks to eliminate the barriers caused by
language and cultural difference and promotes the
assets that these differences provide for the
community.
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Nationalities Service Center of Philadelphia
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Christa Z. Snow
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(215) 893-8400
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Nationalities Service Center seeks to eliminate
the barriers caused by languages and cultural
differences and promotes the assets that these
differences provide for our comunity.
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Pentridge Children's Garden
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Mimi Budrick
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(215) 474-6549
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a non-violence program in a multi-racial
neighborhood. Neighborhood children ages 4-14 learn
about gardening and related subjects daily during
the summer months and twice a week throughout the
school year.
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People's Emergency Center
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Kira StRong
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(215) 382-7523x 221
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People's Emergency Center is a community of
concerned citizens with a shared belief in the
equality, dignity, and worth of every person. We
recognize homelessness and poverty as systemic
issues that require community responses. Therefore,
we are committed to advocating for social change
and we invite members of the community at large to
participate both tn the policymaking and operation
of our agency as well as in the larger task of
promoting social and economic justice.
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People's Emergency Center
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(215) 981-3303
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This organization advocates homeless families.
PEC is determined to offer nourishment for the body
and soul for these unfortunate families. The
purpose of this organization is to provide shelter,
food, medical care, clothing, and counseling for
the women and children who are either in an
emergency, in transition, or are seeking permanent
housing. Through case management services,
education, child care, and advocacy, PEC
replenishes the spirit of these mentally,
emotionally, physically, abused souls.
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Philadelphia Cares
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Renee Beebe
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(215) 564-4544
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Provides a vast array of services in all areas
for the needs of the Greater Philadelphia area.
Holds many volunteer events.
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Philadelphia CASA Program
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Travis Oliver
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(215) 735-4948
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Provides trained volunteers to work with Family
Court, legal counsel and children to assure
protection and welfare to children in the system as
a result of abuse, neglect, or abandonment.
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Philadelphia Committee to End Homelessness
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Sara Whittington
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(215) 232-1823
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To work toward the elimination of homelessness
by encouraging the development of necessary
resources in the public and private sectors
including housing, income, health care and other
basic life supports and by raising and maintaining
public awareness of the causes of homelessness in a
way that contributes to its elimination.
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Philadelphia Nursing Homes
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Lesley Puruis
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(215) 685-0800
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A nursing home with people of many diverse
backgrounds and ages. We are looking for friendly
visitors to help meet the needs of the diverse
population.
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Philadelphians Concerned About Housing
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Terry Guerra
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(215) 748-8750
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PCAH is committed to the need for safe, decent
and affordable housing for single parent, low
income families. We believe that housing is a basic
right, essential to human dignity. While impacting
upon the housing shortage, our program also
enhances the ability of the tenants to participate
in and improve the quality of their living
environments.
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Planned Parenthood
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Marla Barr
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(215) 351-5500
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Planned Parenthood Southeastern Pennsylvania has
been committed to providing accurate and honest
information about sexuality to the Greater
Philadelphia community for over 70 years.
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Please Touch Museum
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Eric Parr
Jane Pap
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(215) 963-0667
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To be a first museum experience for children,
that stimulates learning through hands-on
interaction with exhibits.
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Police Athletic League
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Agnes Fung
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(215) 291-9000
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The Police Athletic League mentors children in
sports and tutoring. Police officers assist in
helping the children.
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Project H.O.M.E.
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Jennifer English
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(215) 382-1622
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Designed to provide a continuum of care to the
homeless.
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Project H.O.M.E.
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Jennifer English
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(215) 382-1622
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The mission of Project H.O.M.E. is to work in
partnership with chronically homeless persons in
Philadelphia as they strive to attain their fullest
potential as individuals and as members of the
broader society.
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Ronald McDonald House
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Tina McDonnel
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(215) 387-8406
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A home-away-from-home for families with
seriously ill children who are being treated in
local hospitals. There is temporary housing for 43
families.
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Rudolphy Home for the Blind
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Francine Lingham
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(215) 382-6412
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This is a residency for the blind.
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Salvation Army
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Major Norma Fatterlae
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(215)787-2854
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Provides meals for homeless, shelters, day
cares, Bundle up Program, and distribution at
special events.
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Selected Technology at the University of
Penn
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(215) 898-TECH
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Demonstrating the every-day applications of
internet and computer technologies to West
Philadelphia residents in the hope that these
technologies might serve the economic neighborhood
development in the area.
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Special Olympics
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Robin B. Arnold
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(215) 842-4690
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Sponsors and runs athletic events for physically
and mentally challenged people.
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The Penn Center for Rehabilitation and Care
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Yevette Odom
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(215) 386-2942
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It is a care facility for elderly individuals.
There are approximately 130 residents.
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The Village of Arts & Humanities
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Jason Brooks
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(215) 225-7830
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The Village of Arts and Humanities seeks to
build community through its innovative arts,
education, construction, and social programs. In
all of its projects and activities, the Village
seeks to do justice to the humanity of people who
live in North Philadelphia and in similar inner
city situations.
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Thrift for AIDS
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Jean Marie
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(215) 592-4327
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profits from this thrift store provide the
primary funding for transport for access, a program
dedicated to ensuring access to services for those
living with HIV/AIDS.
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To Our Children's Future With Health, Inc.
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Cynthia Echewa
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(215) 879-740
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This organization is a community-based agency
that specializes in providing comprehensive publich
health services to youth and familiies in
inner-city Philadelphia. Our service and program
cover large areas of Philadelphia with a special
focus on the West Philadelphia and North
Philadelphia areas of the city.
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University City Hospitality Coalition
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David Lynn
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(215) 898-9643
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Student and community based organization that
provides meals and other services for the homeless
and other needy people.
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Voyage House
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Sharon Stern
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(215) 545-2910
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The first "official" runaway center in SE
Pennsylvania. We seek to provide runaway and
homeless youth with immediate assistance and
support.
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West Philadelphia Community Center
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Gene Kaminsky
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(215) 386-4075
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West Philadelphia Cultural Alliance
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Fran Aulston
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(215) 747-4675
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William Way Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual &
Transgender Community
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Ben Maulbeck
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(215) 732-2220
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William Way was formed in 1996 with the common
goal of creating a stronger, more stable community
center out of penguin place. Furthemore, unity, and
cooperation is promoted and enhanced in the
community.
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Wissahickon Hospice
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Barbara
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(215) 247-0277
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Wissahickon Hospice provides health care and
supportive services, primarily in the home, to
people witha terminal illness. The goal of hospice
is to care for the physical, emotional and
spiritual needs of those patients and their
families.
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World Game Institute
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Lisa E. Payne
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(215) 387-0220
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A non-profit research and educational
organization based in Philadelphi, offering
internship opportunities for interested college
students in the following: Research and Program
development; Marketing; Public Relations and
development; Program Delivery; and Operations.
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Youth Services, Inc.
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(215) 222-3262
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YWCA
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Georgianna Collick
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(215) 963-6457
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