Coast Guard Station Atlantic City Reunites with Survivor and Family

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More than 24,000 Local Low-Income Children Benefit from Cradles to Crayons

400 corporate volunteers stuffed 24,000 backpacks with school supplies at Lincoln Financial Field 

 

PHILADELPHIA, /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — More than 400 corporate volunteers stuffed 24,000 backpacks with school supplies for children from low-income and homeless backgrounds during the 2015 Backpack-A-Thon TM. Through Backpack-A-Thon – a partnership between Cradles to Crayons and United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey (UWGPSNJ) – children throughout the Greater Philadelphia region will be able to start the school year off right with the necessary tools for success.

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Ben Franklin bridge to close for 62 hours over pope visit

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Philadelphia drivers know to avoid the routinely congested Schuylkill Expressway under normal circumstances. Come the last weekend of September, they won\’t have a choice. Pope Francis delivers a speech July 21, 2015, in the Synod Hall during a conference on Modern Slavery and Climate Change at the Vatican. Francis\’ first visit to the U.S. in September…

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YMCA of Gloucester County’s Bright Beginnings Program Makes Going Back to School Easier

This community outreach program will provide children in need with the new clothes and school supplies needed to start the school year.

[August 6, 2015: Gloucester County, NJ] – Having the right \”stuff\” to start school means more success with learning. YMCA of Gloucester County’s (YGC) Bright Beginnings Program is a community outreach program that provides underprivileged children with the new clothes and school supplies needed to start the school year with confidence and excitement. YGC has organized a planned shopping day for Saturday, August 22 at the Walmart on Clements Bridge Road in Deptford. After a fun bus ride in typical Y-fashion, singing and cheering are a must – the kids meet their volunteer shopper and head out to find shirts, pants, shoes, socks and coat. And at the end of the day, the kids receive a backpack filled with school supplies.

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