Fairhill Women’s History Essay contest Fairhill school students grades 4th-8th are working on their essays about Harriet Forten Purvis leader of abolition and early women’s rightist movement, buried at...
Hartranft School Library Opens The second HFH partnership school library has opened in Fairhill at the John Hartranft School. John Hartranft School in Fairhill prepared for several years and...
Roast marshmallows and work in the winter garden with us! Dress warmly and bring a friend. Meet at the picnic table!
Join us on the MLK Day of Service at the Fair Hill Burial Ground to tidy the grounds, reset headstones, tend the the trees, and reflect on the teachings...
Your gift pays for library books and free books to support reading at home. Your gift pays for history events and field trips to teach children their honored heritage....
Join us for our annual Christmas Star Lighting. We’ll have a bonfire, treats, and sing carols. The HFH Star will be placed high above Germantown Ave and powered up...
For the month of December, drive under the two big Christmas stars hanging in the trees along Germantown Ave!
Come help plant 27 bare root trees along the streets of our neighborhood. Meet at the burial ground at 9am. Dress appropriately for weather and hard work.
Garden Workday: Every Second Saturday this season, join us in the gardens! We’ll be tending to the beds, planting new flowers and veggies, weeding, mulching, and more. No experience...
This is your last chance to meet us at the Youth Farm Stand! Our youth group meets during the summer months to provide fresh vegetables to the neighborhood at...
Garden Workday Join us in the gardens! We will build a retaining wall and spreading wood chips. This event is family friendly, so bring your kids!
Help foster the love of reading and learning in our kids! We are in need of reading buddies! Every week, 35 mostly retired volunteers come to Julia deBurgos School...
Garden Workday Every Second Saturday this season, join us in the gardens! We’ll be tending to the beds, planting new flowers and veggies, weeding, mulching, and more. No experience...
All month long, we are registering voters around the neighborhood. Voter registration in Pennsylvania ends October 9th! Fairhill Neighbors are doing voter registration and education with Spanish materials commissioned...
Our youth group meets during the summer months to provide fresh vegetables to the neighborhood at their weekly farm stand on Germantown Ave. They’ll have veggies for sale, harvested from...
Garden Workday Every Second Saturday this season, join us in the gardens! We’ll be tending to the beds, planting new flowers and veggies, weeding, mulching, and more. No experience...
Today marks 170 years since the Seneca Falls Convention, an event organized by HFH’s own Lucretia Mott, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. At the convention, women declared their equality and...
Summer Festival: Come hang at one of our favorite neighborhood events of the year! We’ll have family friendly activities: pony rides, games, face painting, live music, and tons of...
Our youth group meets during the summer months to provide fresh vegetables to the neighborhood at their weekly farm stand on Germantown Ave. They’ll have veggies for sale, harvested...
With thanks to all of our friends and supporters for a stellar year. Please click the blue button below to download your copy of the Annual Report. Also,...
Lets get together to celebrate women in our lives: the peace-makers that are laid to rest at Fair Hill, and the activists who work day in and day out...
“Lucretia Mott at Seneca Falls: Religion, Race, and Women’s Rights.” Remembering Lucretia Mott, 225 years old this year, powerful abolitionist and grandmother of the women’s movement. She and McLintock, two of five organizers...
Garden Workday Every Second Saturday this season, join us in the gardens! We’ll be tending to the beds, planting new flowers and veggies, weeding, mulching, and more. No experience...
Garden Workday: Every Second Saturday this season, join us in the gardens! We’ll be tending to the beds, planting new flowers and veggies, weeding, mulching, and more. No experience...
Spring is in full swing at Fair Hill! Check out some happenings from around the neighborhood. — In the gardens: The little peas survived the snow and are pushing...
Rain Date: Saturday, April 21, 7:30 – 10:30pm In partnership with the Franklin Institute, this stargazing event is a family-friendly chance to learn more about our night skies. While...
Work Day Come ready to work in our 2nd St Garden. We’ll be prepping for planting and doing general clean-up. Bring gloves and a friend! History Tours Learn about...
Historic Fair Hill will host volunteers for Day of Service. 1. Historic burial ground 29010 Germantown Ave. 10am-1pm for street clean up, fire, and sharing quotes from MLK...
Reposted from “A Friendly Letter”, a blog by Chuck Fager. Read more from Chuck Fager here: www.afriendlyletter.com For more helpful reading on Lucretia Mott, see the bottom of this...
Thanks to our wonderful funders, we are buying NEW BOOKS that the children request. When a 5th grader asks and the books are out four weeks running, Jean Hurd...