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Back on My Feet (BoMF)

BackOnMyFeet.org 100 S Broad St, Suite 1400, Philadelphia PA 19110 Contact:  Casey Venella,Director of National Events and Communication, casey@backonmyfeet.org, 215 772-1080 Back on My Feet (BoMF), launched in Philadelphia in 2007, is a national nonprofit organization that uses running to help those experiencing homelessness change the way they see themselves so they can make real change in their lives that results in employment and independent living.  The organization creates a community built on the very profound and innate desire for all of us to feel recognized, appreciated and supported.  Back on My Feet does not provide food nor shelter, but instead […]

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Second Chance Toys

Second Chance Toys Contact: Bronna Lipton, Executive Director 908 789-2993, blipton@secondchancetoys.org The goal for Second Chance Toys is to create a groundswell of interest around the mission (to rescue and recycle plastic toys for needy children) throughout communities in the United States. By providing the necessary tools, step-by-step instructions and facilitating essential connections with local organizations, sources of funding and media exposure, Second Chance Toys hopes to empower others to create their own local programs, the first of which, Second Chance Toys of PA and Second Chance Toys of NYC are already underway as well as many other school and […]

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CONCERN

CONCERN 49 Easton Rd., Suite 202, Willow Grove, PA 19090 Contact: Belinda Edwards, Regional Director 215-654-1963 or at bedwards@concern4kids.org CONCERN is a dynamic private non-profit 501(c)(3) human services organization dedicated to providing prevention, placement and treatment services to children, adults and families. Founded in 1978, CONCERN began as a pioneer of treatment foster care, believing that children placed into care should live in a traditional family setting in the community, rather than in a residential or institutional setting. Since this time, CONCERN has been at the forefront of innovative programs to meet the individual needs of the child. Since 1978, […]

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