Dec 20, 2019
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...
Dec 3, 2019
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...
Oct 11, 2019
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...
Oct 4, 2019
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...
Oct 4, 2019
May 10, 2019
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,...
