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As the neighborhood’s RCO, ACHIEVEability hosted a meeting on 10/22 for the proposed project at 6164 Walnut Street. Watch the recording at: https://youtu.be/K1pw8dLK4aA. After you watch the full meeting, you can vote for the project here: https://forms.gle/TMTP8G64NQjSB4raA The views and opinions expressed in video by participants do not reflect the official policy or position of ACHIEVEability.

A huge THANK YOU to Juniata College for welcoming the ACHIEVEability team to campus. We look forward to a partnership with Juniata, as we have a shared vision to empower individuals to develop the skills and knowledge to lead to a fulfilling life! A special thanks to board members and alumni Keith and Elaine Jones for connecting us to this great institution!

Please join our virtual RCO meeting tonight with your neighbors to learn about a new, proposed project at 6164 Walnut Street. Tonight's meeting begins at 6 pm, the proposed project will be presented and questions from the community will be answered. Following the presentation and question and answer, a vote will be held on community support for the project and that will inform our RCO’s position on this project. Click here for more information about the event: https://bit.ly/2FKF3bg

There less than 1 week left to apply for a mail-in/ absentee ballot. Apply by October 27th at https://bit.ly/2RGQxPA Also October 24th is Vote Early Day! Interested in voting early and in-person? Visit a Satellite Election Office to fill out a mail-in ballot in person or return a mail-in ballot. Click here to find a site near you!: https://www.philadelphiavotes.com//1867-all_seventeen_sate

Support ACHIEVEability this Holiday Season As we come closer to the end of an unprecedented year, we think of the hope and possibilities that await us in the coming months and the New Year. With even more determination in 2020, we’re committed to making sure that the families we serve have the resources and support they need to enjoy a happy and healthy holiday season. With your help, we can do just that! Thanksgiving Drive Thanksgiving is a time for families to gather aroun...d the table, share a meal, spend time together and give thanks. This year's table may look a bit different to all of us due to COVID-19. For the families in West Philadelphia who are among the most vulnerable and hardest hit by the pandemic, celebrating Thanksgiving could pose a heavy financial burden. Join ACHIEVEability in providing meals to families in need. For 2020, our goal is to provide 150 meals to feed more than 600 people on Thanksgiving and we need your help! The price of a full Thanksgiving dinner for a family in need is $40. CLICK HERE TO GIVE NOW: https://bit.ly/3khWHSC and sponsor a family or multiple families and ensure they have a happy, healthy Thanksgiving. If you prefer to do the shopping yourself, please contact Matt at [email protected] or 215-748-8800 ext. 8826 by November 6 for more information. All donations and items must be received by ACHIEVEability at 21 S. 61st Street, Philadelphia no later than November 13 to ensure time to safely distribute the meals to families. Children's Holiday Gift Drive Every year, ACHIEVEability provides holiday gifts to children in West Philadelphia that would otherwise go without and this year will be no exception. Join us as we continue our tradition of bringing joy to families in need and spreading holiday cheer throughout our community. Our goal is to give over 300 gifts to children in West Philadelphia, and we can only do this with your help. Here's how it works: Signup to provide holiday gifts for those in need by December 6 by emailing Matt at [email protected]. Indicate how many children you wish to sponsor. We will send you a link to an Amazon wish list for each child you are sponsoring. Purchase a gift(s) totaling up to $50 for each child you sponsor, and wrap and label the gift(s). Click here to sign up for AmazonSmile and a portion of your purchase total will also be donated by Amazon to ACHIEVEability. Deliver all items to ACHIEVEability at 21 S. 61st Street, Philadelphia by December 13. If you ship the items directly to ACHIEVEability from Amazon, please include a gift note with your package, including your name and contact information, so we can properly thank you. Thank you for helping us make the holidays brighter for families in our community!

The deadline for the COVID-19 Emergency Rental and Mortgage Assistance Program is November 4, 2020 for renters and homeowners financially impacted by COVID-19! Renters can receive up to $1,500 in assistance! Don’t hesitate to contact our offices for support in completing these applications! Contact: Tempest Carter at [email protected]/267-341-8301 for assistance or more information.... You can also reach out directly to @phfa.org ’s call center weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 1-855-U-Are-Home (827-3466) to ask questions about these applications. Click here to learn more about rental assistance in Philadelphia: https://phlrentassist.org/phase-2/ Philadelphia Department of Planning & Development For mortgage assistance, applications go directly through the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency: https://www.phfa.org/pacares/mortgage.aspx

In response to changes to school schedules caused by COVID, ACHIEVEability is launching a virtual tutoring program to support families and students. We are looking for students of all ages interested in receiving tutoring and volunteers over the age of 18 interested in tutoring at least one hour per week. If you are an interested student, please fill out the student interest form: https://forms.gle/iBcxjsF5YNreCEQC9. If you are an interested volunteer, please fill out the tut...or interest form: https://forms.gle/GzH6kpqkF15yn5Ld9. Admission to this program is rolling and students will be matched on a first-come, first-serve basis based on availability of tutors.

Join Executive Director, Jamila Harris-Morrison at 12:00 pm on Monday, October 26th to kick off Episcopal Community Services, Philadelphia 's Forum on Justice & Opportunity as she and other panelists: Vai Sikahema; John L. Jackson, Jr., Ph.D., Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania; Omar Woodard, GreenLight Fund Philadelphia; Victoria R. Bennett, MHS, Episcopal Community Services, Philadelphia discuss the role that human services in Philadelphia have in addressing the root causes of poverty, discrimination, and access to opportunity, which have at the core have a long history of racism. Click here to register: https://ecsphilly.org/news-events/forum2020/

Today is the last day to register to vote in PA! Make sure your voice is heard on November 3rd! Go to https://bit.ly/registertovoteachieveability to register! Need help registering to vote? Join us & Small Pieces of the Puzzle Learning Academy at Lene's Daily Childcare II (238 S 60th St.) from 12:00 to 3:00 pm today to register to vote and learn more about ways to vote safely on November 3rd!... The Enterprise Center CDC

Unfortunately, we have had to cancel our event scheduled for today. We appreciate everyone who was interested in this event! If you are still interested in learning more about ACHIEVEability, please contact us at 215-748-8838. Don’t forget you can still participate in the rest of Young Involved Philadelphia 's State of Young Philly. Click here to check out upcoming events! :https://www.younginvolvedphila.org/soyp

DoorDash and the Pennsylvania Restaurant & Lodging Association are providing grants to help Philadelphia restaurants prepare for colder weather and continue to serve customers throughout the winter! The grants are part of DoorDash’s Main Street Strong initiative to help restaurants recover and succeed amidst COVID-19 related challenges. Funding can be used to defray winterization expenses, such as the cost of heating equipment, additional safety materials to improve indoor di...ning, and more. Applications opens today, October 16th! Selected restaurants will be notified of their $5,000 grant, by the end of December. Eligible restaurants are located in Philadelphia with three or fewer locations operating currently, 50 employees or fewer in 2019, and $3M or less in 2019 annual revenue per store. Click here to access the application: https://doordash.helloalice.com/

There is less than 24 hours left to complete the 2020 Census! The deadline to complete the census has been changed to tomorrow, October 15th! Make sure to fill it out today to be counted! Go to https://2020census.gov/en.html or call 1-844-330-2020 to complete your census! Also there are only 5 days left to register to vote in Pennsylvania! Go to https://bit.ly/registertovoteachieveability to register to vote!... Did you know you only have to show ID when you are voting for the first time at your polling site. Here is some information about acceptable forms of nonphoto ID: - Non-photo ID include: voter registration card, non-photo ID issued by the commonwealth, non-photo ID issued by the U.S. government, firearm permit, current utility bill, current bank statement, current paycheck, or government check. Remember! If you don’t have ID, you are still allowed to vote by provisional ballot!