Family Fun Days
by Tito Caba, Green Space Director Family Fun Days have become a beautiful rhythm in the life of our community — a time when children arrive full of energy and […]
Urban Gardening
Summer Youth Internship
by Martina Barbour, Literacy Director This year, we welcomed 9 young people into our Summer Youth Internship program. The theme that guided our learning was Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. Through this
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Native Pollinators
By Tito Caba, Green Space Director In early June, we welcomed the addition of a pollinator habitat kit from the Xerces Society, a science-based nonprofit organization focused on protecting the
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Youth Internship
This summer our staff had the pleasure of working alongside 7 fabulous youth interns. These students were all from the Fairhill community and ranged in ages from 12-16. They met
Volunteer Opportunties
Historic Fair Hill would be nowhere without our incredible volunteers! As we start a new school year, there are plenty of opportunities to get involved and we hope you will
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Food Distribution
By Isa Pickett, Quaker Voluntary Service Fellow On a hot July morning, the corner of Cambria and Germantown Avenue is flooded with cars around St. John Memorial Baptist Church. Neighbors
HFH featured in GROW Magazine – Article inside
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A Letter from Bri, Garden Manager
Hello neighbors, friends, volunteers and family! It’s been a beautiful whirlwind at Historic Fair Hill this spring. We’ve accomplished so much because of you. Yes, you! Thank you. The gardens
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City transfers corner gardens to Historic Fair Hill
This spring, the city of Philadelphia transferred the lots at the corner of Ninth and Indiana Street to Historic Fair Hill. The community gardens that our team and neighbors have
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Sharing green ideas at Hannah House garden
Saturday, April 30 at the Hannah House garden was a neighborhood workday and workshop on “Growing Safely in Urban Soil.” The city Parks and Recreation Department, Department of Public Health,
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A Day of Service for MLK Day
While others worked indoors on our new library project at the Julia de Burgos Elementary School, 25 volunteers spent their Martin Luther King Day working outside with us at Historic
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Lenni Lenape Food in the Colonial Era
On Thanksgiving, we think about the help that the Wampanoag tribe of present-day Massachusetts offered to the recently arrived English settlers in 1621. The harvest that the group ate that year
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