Staff Profile: Tito
Tito Caba is our Lead Gardener, as well as an accomplished tailor and artist. He has been working with us since 2020 and has become an essential part of our …
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Quaker Voluntary Service
By Ike Pickett, QVS Service Fellow I came to work with Historic Fair Hill through a fellowship with Quaker Voluntary Service, a year-long fellowship that pairs service-oriented people with not-for-profit …
Staff Profile: Marisol
Marisol Berrios is one of our very talented Classroom Literacy Assistants working at Julia de Burgos Elementary. These bilingual parents are able to provide much needed support to students, teachers, …
Becoming an Arboretum
by Lori Litchman, Board Member Historic Fair Hill is super excited to announce that we are applying for Level 1 accreditation to become an official arboretum! Trees have always been …
Potter-Thomas School Library Opens
On January 10th, Historic Fair Hill welcomed a new generation of readers into the newly opened library at Potter-Thomas Elementary School. In addition to having thousands of books at their …
La Fuerza de Familias Latinas (The Strength of Families)
by Ciara Vargas and Jess Graciani, HFH literacy staff Historic Fair Hill (HFH) along with Read by 4th is presenting La Fuerza de Familias Latinas literacy workshops to families in our …
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Fairhill Fun Run 2021
Event date: Dec. 11, 2021 Twenty middle school runners from Potter Thomas and Julia deBurgos Schools arrived on a wet Saturday for their 8K run. Teacher coaches Taylor, Paul, and …
Fairhill Garden soup – Saturday Cooking Demos
HFH gardeners cooked up a batch of Garden Soup over a camp stove for volunteers and neighbors to try. Tito picked the onions, peppers, collards, tomatoes, kale and added them to …
Pawpaws – a Washington Favorite
George Washington’s favorite native fruit is ripe in the HFH orchard >> the pawpaw. Enjoy, but beware. The following excerpt is from Wikipedia: Wild-collected fruits of the common pawpaw (Asimina triloba) …
PYM Youth Programs Annual Session at Historic Fair Hill
Friends at Fair Hill welcomed our intergenerational group during Annual Sessions. We gathered in that beautiful, outdoor space for in-person community, service, learning, fun and fellowship. It was a gift …
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Ujima Friends Peace Center at HFH this summer
Historic Fair Hill was thrilled to share our green space this summer with our Friends at the Ujima Friends Peace Center for their Summer Freedom School. The campers spent two …
HFH Urban Farmers
Jorge Diaz and Tito Caba, 28, have been friends since 4th grade at BVM Visitation School in Kensington. Jorge is now a software developer at a tech-consulting firm and Tito a …
Supporting Students Online
With school online, the HFH Bilingual Classroom assistants work for their teachers and students in Google Meet and Google classroom. They call parents to help them get online and navigate the …
Books into the hands of children
With school online and looking at screens all day, children need real books in their hands. HFH is buying new and collecting used book for Fairhill children. Friends can help. Put out …
Annual Appeal 2020
Dear Friends of Historic Fair Hill, This year has been hard for all of us and especially hard for our neighbors in Fairhill. For their protection, many children have hardly …
What would Lucretia Say? An essay.
“I love Lucretia Mott because she was a real life Wonder Woman. Her love of humanity and her refusal to bow to the prejudices of her time are an inspiration …
Under the Bonnet Performances August 22 & 29
Description:Quaker, wife, mother, teacher, orator, friend, activist and symbol of strength and determination. A tenacious woman who spent her life fighting for the rights of women and African Americans, Lucretia …
HFH Women’s History Contest Winners
Earlier this year, students and teachers in Fair Hill were invited to participate in the annual Women’s History Essay Contest at Historic Fair Hill, where Lucretia Mott and Harriet Forten …
Recap: The 2019-20 School Year
Classes at Julia deBurgos and Hartranft Schools were cut short by COVID-19, but the HFH partnership for literacy showed good success this school year. Our bilingual parent assistants reduced class …
Saturday Open Hours in a Zone of Peace
Neighbors who have sheltered at home for two months can now come out to walk and play and de-stress in the beautiful 5 acre park of Fair Hill Burial Ground. We …
Thursdays – Free Farm Stand at Semilla Children’s Garden
Every Thursday morning, as Julia deBurgos School distributes hundreds of boxed meals, HFH gardeners give away fresh produce with good conversation and cooking tips in English and Spanish. The four big …
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Dear Friends and Neighbors of Historic Fair Hill
We at Historic Fair Hill grieve the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery and recognize that they represent many other lives taken and suppressed by structural racism, …
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Introducing our 2020 Garden Team
Despite the virus, our garden team is doing essential service of planting gardens for food and for beauty in Fairhill.
School Libraries, An Update
The school libraries at Julia deBurgos and John Hartranft Schools in Fairhill are busy and happy, filled with beautiful books where children can choose those that interest them. At JDB, …
MLK Day of Service – January 20, 2020
On a frigid MLK Day, 30 hardy volunteers came out to mulch the fruit trees, pick up fallen branches,clean up the school garden, and fill 25 contractor bags with trash. …
Annual Appeal 2019
Dear Friends of Historic Fair Hill, 2020 is the 100th anniversary of Women’s Suffrage in the US. We honor Lucretia and James Mott and Robert and Harriet Purvis, abolitionists and …
Annual Report 2019 – The Year in Review
Every year, we make it a point to review our programs and offerings to the neighborhood and our community. We publish our Annual Report to document our accomplishments in working …
Zone of Peace
Historic Fair Hill has been recognized as a Zone of Peace by the Religious Leaders of Greater Philadelphia. At the October 12 Harvest Fest, the Religious Leaders of Philadelphia presented banners for …
School Partnerships for Literacy
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 with …
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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. Your …
