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FREE
workshop about Food
Safety for Family Childcare Providers
This workshop will is required by the City of Philadelphia for the licensing of Family Providers for
safe food handling. The course includes:
• The importance of the city regulations protecting health •
Sanitation and hygiene procedures • Proper food storage & preparation requirements
• Required cooking procedures • Regulations regarding
waste disposal and city requirements
Choose your date & location! Thursday, February 16,
2012 NIM Mt. Airy, 7047 Germantown Ave. 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Septa H, 23, Chestnut Hill East and West Thursday,
April 22, 2012 NIM West Philly, 4117 Lancaster Avenue 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Septa 10, 40, 43 Tuesday, June 12, 2012
NIM Mt. Airy, 7047 Germantown Ave. 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Septa
H, 23, Chestnut Hill East and West
Register on line at www.pakeys.org or email Zeyna Rodriguez:
srodriguez@nimphilly.org or call 215-475-3031 & leave message
American Cancer Society Helps Female Cancer Patients Look Good and Feel Better
BETHLEHEM -- The Lehigh
Valley Unit of the American Cancer Society is holding a Look Good…Feel Better® makeover workshop on three consecutive
Mondays in January including January 9 at 1 p.m. at the Cancer Support Community in Bethlehem, January 16 at 1:30 p.m. at
Lehigh Valley Health Network Cedar Crest, and January 23 at 2 p.m. at the St. Luke’s Hospital Anderson Campus in Easton.
These free workshops teach women with cancer how to understand and care for changes in their skin which may occur during treatment.
Participants will receive a free make-up kit. This is a great program! Come and spend some time learning how to
look good and feel better. Please call your American Cancer Society at 1-800-227-2345 to register. Donatucci has applications
for elementry school scholarship program HARRISBURG – State Rep. Maria P. Donatucci,
D-Phila./Delaware, today said her offices have applications for the Children’s Scholarship Fund Philadelphia to provide
recipients with the financial ability to attend tuition-based kindergarten through 8th grade schools in the Philadelphia area. Donatucci said the scholarships will be awarded for 2,000 students to attend classes
beginning in September 2012. Each student will be eligible for up to $2,150 in funding per year.
The scholarships are awarded through a random lottery among applicants.
To be eligible, families must be residents of Philadelphia, meet income requirements and complete a required essay
question on the application form. The deadline to apply
is March 1. Families can submit an application through regular
mail or online at www.csfphiladelphia.org. Donatucci’s constituent
service offices are located at: 2115 Oregon Ave. , Philadelphia, PA 19145 Phone:
(215) 468-1515 -8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily 2821 Island Ave.,Mercy Wellness
Center 2nd Floor Philadelphia, PA 19153 - Phone: (215) 492-5811 713 Sharon Ave. - Office 1B Sharon Hill, PA 19079 - Phone:
(610) 522-2290 Darby satellite office: Darby Borough
Resource Center, 11 N. Ninth St., Darby, PA 19023 - Wednesdays noon
- 4 p.m. SERVICIOS DE SALUD EN ESPAÑOL
Puentes de Salud. Una organizacion sin fines de lucro ofrece desde hace mas de 3 años servicios de salud a la Comunidad
Hispana en su propio idioma, pero a partir del 4 de Febrero cambia de ubicacion en Penn Medicine at Rittenhouse 1840 South
Street Philadelphia 19146, este servicio es todos los Jueves de 6:00 a 9:00 PM., para citas o mayor informacion llame al Telefono
215 490 6700 o 215 764 6069 o visite www.mexicanosenphiladelphia.org
215-386-7705. Fowler Youth Center After
School Program of the Council of Spanish Speaking Organization 502 E 4th St, Bethlehem, PA 18015
Monday thru Friday 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm The Fowler Youth Center is a place where our youth can go
right after school and get the support services they need to be successful.
Services include: Homework help, Counseling (by Valley Youth House) and other recreational activities
like Chess Club, Aerobic Exercise, Martial Arts, Weight Lifting and Boxing.
For more information call us: 610-868-7800 or email: SpanishCouncilED@gmail.com PHILABUNDANCE’S
FRESH FOR ALL SITE IN WOODLYN, DELAWARE COUNTY SHIFTS TIME OF DISTRIBUTION
Effective Friday, October 8, Philabundance’s Fresh For All (FFA) location at the Delaware County Housing Authority Community
Center in Woodlyn will shift from a 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. distribution to a 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. distribution every Friday. Now into its third year of operation, the Woodlyn FFA site, which launched Philabundance’s
FFA program, is currently serving 2,231 households, comprised of 7,120 individuals. The site has distributed 511,147 pounds
to date, most of which is fresh produce. Beginning October 8, this site will distribute food from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. every
Friday, rather than 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., to encourage stronger participation.
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