Operation Warm Hearts!

The article noted below was found online and I thought that you might be interested in it.

".........WHY? Its going to be a long, cold winter...where will you be? Think of how many folks living on the streets of Philadelphia who may not be as fortunate...

Operation Warm Hearts has teamed up with Opportunities PA to do a Blanket Drive.

With the economy as it is, joblessness at an all time high, and many not for profit and community based organizations are downsizing. There is a CRISES. Shelters, which cater more to families, are running at capacity with 20 percent more beds than five years ago, city statistics show.

Philadelphia's homeless system cannot keep up with the magnitude of today's problem. There are going to be some crowded city streets, back alleys and some back yards. "Efforts to find new emergency shelters and longer-term assisted-living units have been blocked for more than two years by a lack of resources and crippling neighborhood opposition. Even if all the homeless in Philadelphia wanted to come in off the streets, the city would have no place to put them, said Dainette M. Mintz, who has run the city's homeless housing program since 2006"."

The Blanket Drive Began: October 1, 2010

Last Day for Blanket Donations: March 31, 2011

What is needed:

Covers, Comforters, Duvets, & Quilts will be appreciated and accepted. All items must be CLEAN and new or gently used.

FOR INFORMATION ON VOLUNTEERING, DROP OFF LOCATIONS and PICK UPS CALL: 267-243-1468.

Sponsored by

Operation Warm Hearts

OPPORTUNITIES-PA

OPPORTUNITIES is a nonprofit organization that Educates, Equips, Empowers, and Encourages homeless and other at risk youth and young adults to achieve their academic potential and professional goals by offering them supportive services and stable housing.




"In any given year, there are approximately 500,000 children in foster care throughout the United States. Of these, about 20,000 age out* each year and are at risk for a variety of problems, including homelessness, un or under employment, criminal activity, and a lack of education."



CREATING OPPORTUNITIES:

OPPORTUNITIES was established in April 2008, to bridge the gap homeless youth experience transitioning from adolescence to adulthood. Ms Justina Shaw and Nijah Famous states that a lack of local organizations providing supportive services to homeless adolescents ages 16 to 25 motivated them to create a solution. In November 2009, Ms. Justina Shaw became the Chief Executive Officer and a board of 12 members was formed. This team is the driving force for OPPORTUNITIES success.



OPPORTUNITIES provides mentoring, life coaching, educational assistance, career counseling and housing to homeless and at-risk youth ages 18 to 25. Through mentorship, goal setting, and financial literacy training, OPPORTUNITIES residents will be equipped with the skills necessary to become self sufficient adults.

Win A Free Laptop!

I have just entered a contest to win a free laptop!  It is a Dell Inspiron 14R personal laptop and the contest is being sponsored by KYW 1060 newsradio! 

I really do hope that I win 'cause I could sure use a free laptop!

To enter this contest you have to go to KYW1060.com and register to become an insider where they will ask for your name, address, email and phone number.

Once you register and enter the contest then you will have to listen to the station at 7:48 am and 3:18 pm to hear if they call your name and if they do you will have 30 minutes to call them to claim your prize!

Again - I hope I win!!!!!

Update!

The contest ended Friday, October 22nd and alas, I didn't win!

The Philadelphia Inquirer Is On Twitter!

Actually I really shouldn't be surprised that the Philadelphia Inquirer is on Twitter but when I got an email that said that they were following me I was quite surprised!

You see since I work from home I do a lot of my work online so I am online quite a lot of the time!

If you don't know what Twitter is it is sort of like a social networking site. People sign up (it's free) and they post messages so that the whole world can see them. You can visit my own Twitter site by clicking here.

As far as the Philadelphia Inquirer goes they post the latest news headlines from their paper and if you want to know more you can click on the links in the Twitter posts and that will take you to the full story(s). That way you will know what the latest news in Philadelphia is.

If you're interested in following the Philadelphia Inquirer on Twitter you can visit their site:

http://twitter.com/PhillyInquirer

KYW Radio Has A Twitter Site!

I listen to KYW Radio all the time! I listen to it mostly for the weather but I also want to hear the latest news going on in Philly! However today I found out that KYW Radio has a Twitter site as well!




If you have a Twitter site like I do then you already know that Twitter is like a social-networking site that is all the rage right now.

If you decided to "follow" KYW Radio's Twitter site then you will be updated on the latest news happening here in Philly.

KYW News Radio's Twitter Site!

Officials Warn of Scams That Steal Homes from Elderly « KYW Newsradio 1060

Officials Warn of Scams That Steal Homes from Elderly « KYW Newsradio 1060

Philadelphia People - Congressman Chaka Fattah

Congreesman Chaka Fattah is a Congressman for the 2nd District.

Below you will find more contact information:

Main Office:
4104 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 215-387-6404
Fax: 215-387-6407

Northwest Regional Office:
6632 Germantown Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19119
Phone: 215-848-9386
Fax: 215-848-3884

2301 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone: 202-225-4001
Fax: 202-225-5392

Website: http://www.house.gov/fattah/

State Income Tax Website

I have added a new list of links to the side of this board. What prompted me to do that is that I'm currently filling out my income taxes and since the April 15th date is so near I was looking online to see if there was a site where I could download a copy of one of the Pennsylvania state tax forms that I need. I found the website and here it is:

State Income Tax Website

You can go to the website to find the Pennsylvania State Income Tax forms that you need and you can download them from the site as well.

Philadelphia Webcams

Because of the bad weather today I thought I might look around to see if I could find some Philadelphia related webcams. There is supposed to be a webcam site for the Philadelphia National Airport but when I went to that site their webcam was "temporarily" down. I did find another Philadelphia Webcam site which is supposed to be a skyline view and taken from the perspective of the Philadelphia Franklin Institute.

Since the above picture was taken today I notice that I don't see any snow there!