“Give Kids Sight Day” a Rousing Success - Over 1,100 Philadelphia Children Get Eye Checks and Glasses in a Single Day Download PDF (Philadelphia, PA) November 23, 2009 – More than 1,000 Philadelphia children received free eye checks at two...
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Free children’s eye exam and glasses – Examiner.com – November 18, 2009
Take advantage of this free opportunity to bring your child for a free eye exam & glasses. Families take time for proper eye care with world renowned Wills Eye Institute for your children. Vision Coalition led by PCCY in partnership with the Eagles Youth...
Give Kids Sight Day
Free eye checks and glasses for Philadelphia school children and Eye Awareness Campaign. Download Press Release PCCY Aims to “Give Kids Sight” on November 21 and Every Day with free eye checks and glasses for Philadelphia school children and Eye...
Pennsylvania Budget Stalemate (video) 6ABC – October 9, 2009
The state Senate is returning to the Capitol on the 100th day of Pennsylvania's budget stalemate, and action on two major bills is possible. The Keystone State is the only state in the nation without a budget and on Thursday, several demonstrators took to the streets...
Budget Delay Foces Peak’s Little Angels to Cut Back, Stop Checks – Philadelphia Tribune – October 9, 2009
Anyone who doubts the hardship caused by the 100-day state budget impasse need only talk to daycare center owner Thelma Peake, who has not received her state funding since July. For Peake, the president and owner of Peak’s Little Angels, a daycare center in Southwest...
Rally Marks 100th Day Without a Pennsylvania State Budget
Download Press Release PHILADELPHIA, PA (October 07, 2009) – Advocates, non-profit agencies, businesses, faith communities, and individuals negatively impacted by the state’s budget impasse will mark Pennsylvania’s 100th day without a budget with a...
What’s Behind Pennsylvania’s budgetary disaster? – Philadelphia Inquirer – October 1, 2009
With cameras rolling, Gov. Rendell and legislative leaders stood side by side on the night of Sept. 18 and announced that, after months of trying, they finally had come to terms and a budget deal was in hand. Read More...
PCCY Issues Statement on – Mixed Bag – State Budget
Stimulus Funding Reduced, But Good For Kids Download Press Release (Philadelphia, PA) September 23, 2009 – Public Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY), releases a statement on the Pennsylvania state budget agreement: As most Pennsylvanians know,...
Schools Wait To Make Cuts To Close $160M Budget Gap – Philadelphia Inquirer – September 24, 2009
School district officials yesterday released a few more details on how they plan to deal with a $160 million drop in funding while preserving a multimillion dollar, five-year school-reform plan. Read More...
Rally Attendees Decry Education Funding Cuts – Daily Times – September 15, 2009
Amie Mansaray knows exactly what will happen if the proposed Pennsylvania state budget passes in its current form. “We wouldn’t be able to make it,” the Sharon Hill resident said as she picked up her twin sons from Today’s Child Learning Center on Sharon Avenue. “My...