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        A long history of fighting for the future As this year winds down, we are looking to 2020, which will be a milestone year for us – our 40th Anniversary. A philanthropist and prominent business leader was just remarking the other day that it...

  Meet Jalen and his mother Avril. Jalen was poisoned by lead at the age of 12.  It's shameful that forty years after lead-based paint was banished from store shelves, lead's toxic legacy lives on poisoning thousands of children, like Jalen, in Philadelphia....

  Ready for some solutions? If you’re raising a family in Philadelphia, you can probably attest to some of the common challenges most of face, like issues of affordability, education, and child care. In an upcoming PCCY report, we found the struggles of...

      Octoberfest: Gisele Fetterman headlines benefit to help kids! Here are the top five reasons you want to reserve your ticket to PCCY’s Octoberfest bash! 1. Come meet Second Lady of PA, Gisele Fetterman! When her partner, John, was elected PA’s...

Remembering Marciene Mattleman When you wear a carnation this Mother’s Day, think fondly of the late Marciene Mattleman, Philadelphia educator and social entrepreneur, who wrote the book on how the city can help kids succeed.  Marciene passed away on March 29, 2019,...

  Engineering a brighter future for our kids Our annual celebration remains the social event of the year for those who just want the best for kids in Southeastern PA as well as those in the child-serving sector. Here are two more reasons to join us, along with...

Extraordinary, everyday heroes Since our founding in 1980, in response to the critical need to ensure every child has access to the fundamental building blocks for success, PCCY’s effectiveness is due in large part to the extraordinary and yet everyday efforts of our...