YSI - Youth Service, Inc.

After thoughtful consideration, HopePHL™ is postponing the Rise & Dream Philly Teen Conference, originally scheduled for May 20, 2023, until 2024, to deliver a more robust program, accessible to a larger audience of teens.

With more time to plan, we hope to engage more partners, sponsors, speakers and teens. Thank you so much for your support of the Rise & Dream Philly Teen Conference and we look forward to working with and seeing you next year, for a bigger, better event!
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See our website for more details: http://ow.ly/4Swj50NMitX

The Metro Philly's Best voting period has begun, and HopePHL has been nominated in two categories: Nonprofit and Best Annual/Event Festival for the Lancaster Avenue Jazz & Arts Festival! The voting period is from May 1 - August 7. Supporters are encouraged to vote once a day in each category. ​At the end of the voting period, the nominee with the most votes in each respective category will be awarded the distinction of "Philly's Best 2023."

CLICK HERE TO SUPPORT: http://ow.ly/39iE50OjPhe

HopePHL now offers emergency housing space to families with more than three children. We are grateful to Philadelphia's Office of Homeless Services for deepening our partnership with them. Learn more at https://www.hopephl.org/news--publications/emergency-housing-opens-its-doors

Join our Team - We're hiring! Check out our website to see our current job openings. https://www.hopephl.org/join-our-team.html

Thank you to Shante' Brown for mentioning HopePHL's work with the PA Office of Child Development and Early Learning in her first video message. We look forward to working with you, OCDEL, shelter staff, and childcare workers to increase participation in early childhood education by families experiencing homelessness. Shante' is the Deputy Secretary of OCDEL, and you can find her message here:

Introduction Message from Shante' Brown OCDEL Deputy Secretary, Shante' Brown, introduces herself and shares her vision for Early Childhood Education in Pennsylvania. Contact OCDEL: Phone: 1-877-4-...

HopePHL was selected as the Penn Medicine CAREs Community Champion for 2022. The annual honor, in its fourth year, is awarded to a CAREs-funded program whose growth and outcomes exceeded expectations.

We are so excited and grateful for this award! Read more here:

Penn Medicine CAREs Grants Continue to Support Community Service Projects, Increasing Access to Medical Care Twenty-seven Penn Medicine employees and medical students recently received Penn Medicine CAREs grants for projects designed to improve wellbeing, health equity

Have you seen Lancaster Avenue? Wow!

This year's MLK Lancaster Ave. Freedom Day of Service brought hundreds of volunteers to clean up the streets. HopePHL Commercial Corridor Manager, Dante Leonard coordinated a day of events with the help of UPenn Medical, You're Beautifully Made Inc., Full Court Development, the H.U.B. Coalition, West Belmont Civic Association PDAC President, Drexel Athletics Department, We Embrace Fatherhood, Black Men Run, The Black Achievement Fund, LA21, Truist Bank, Belmont and Lancaster neighborhood residents, Chosen 300, and the Mantua Civic Association.

We thank each of you for this wonderful partnership and service to our communities!