Thank you for Making PIHN’s

“There’s No Place Like Home” 5k Amazing!

- PIHN’s 2019 No Place Like Home 5k -

We are so happy to announce that PIHN’s community of “There’s No Place Like Home” runners, walkers, and donors raised nearly $21,000 to fund PIHN’s growing homelessness prevention efforts this year!

Special shout-out to Cheryl’s Champs for raising over $1,000, the Our Mother of Consolation Golden Knights for raising over $1,800, The Philadelphia Committee to End Homelessness for raising over $3,000, and Germantown Jewish Centre for raising over $5,000! We are so grateful for all of the amazing teams and individuals who ran through Oz on PIHN’s behalf. Thank you so much for all of your very generous donations!

Shout-out to the number of individuals who
represented PIHN on the winner’s podium this year!

Women’s Division:

Congratulations to…
Sabrina Borzi who placed THIRD in the 13-19 Age Division!
Andrea Horos who placed THIRD in the 40-49 Age Division!
Emily Kallmeyer who placed SECOND in the 13-19 Age Division!
Eve Laurito who placed FIRST int he 4-12 Age Division!
Jane Hohenleitner for placed FIRST in the 13-19 Age Division!
Melissa Paquette who placed FIRST in the 50-59 Age Division!

Men’s Division:

Congratulations to…
Pj Horos who placed THIRD in the 4-12 Age Division!
Dave Flanigan who placed THIRD in the 40-49 Age Division!
Joel Schneier who placed THIRD in the 50-59 Age Division!
Bruno Fleischman-Mayro who placed SECOND in the 13-19 Age Division!
Bob Byrne who placed FIRST in the 30-39 Age Division!
Joe Willard who placed FIRST in the 60-69 Age Division!

For a full list of the results, Click Here
and look yourself up in Generocity’s gallery of Finisher Photos.

- Giant Food Stores Team -

Finally, a GIANT shout-out to Giant Food Stores for organizing 13 teams, representing each regional store who raiseed roughly $3,000! Let’s thanks our Giant Supermarkets for their support, a great selection of food and their GIANT hearts!

PIHN children, teens and college kids are looking great and getting off to an awesome start for the new school year. Students received uniform gift cards and bookbags stuffed with school supplies for the upcoming school year at three PIHN Back to School gatherings held in our Northwest office last week.

SUPER Big thanks to:

• First Presbyterian Church in Springfield
• Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill
• Faith Lutheran Church
• & Jeane’s Hospital Employees of Temple Health

Finally, a special thanks to Cradles to Crayons Philadelphia for providing their efforts in making sure that the big kids and thousands of other Philly children, had all they needed too. Together, you have provided us with over 250 bookbags for our children this school year!

We seek members who share our values and reflect the diversity of our congregations and constituencies to help further PIHN’s mission. If this is you, please email LaVerne M. Jones at lavernemjones@gmail.com or call Rachel Falkove at (215) 247-4663 ext. 136

Thanks to City Councilperson, Jannie Blackwell, families who experience
homelessness will have more options toward resolving housing insecurity.

After meeting with members of the Family Service Provider Network (Philadelphia Interfaith Hospitality Network, HELP USA, Darlene Morris, and PEC) the Councilperson pledged to find new resources for families.  She convinced City Council the following week to add the $800,000 for prevention services, each year for the next 5 years.

The funding will be used for:

• Flexible financial assistance
• Short-term rental assistance
• Back rent
• Security Deposits/1st/Last month’s rent
• Utility Assistance, moving costs, transportation, furniture
• Housing Stabilization/Case Management
• Mediation
• Access to mainstream services

The Philadelphia Office of Homeless Services, which will manage the new funds, had only been able to provide such assistance to 28 percent of those who sought to help.

The Interfaith Service Project is a College Program on Islam including a one-week road trip that engages 25 ShiÔÇÖa, Ismaili Muslims between the ages of 18-25, who come from across the country. The program aims to experimentally teach students more about their faith, heritage, culture, and identity, as well as how they fit among other faith communities. As a part of this experience, students learn more about living their faith through service to other faith communities.┬á Together, these students painted 3 rooms at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Lawncrest, cleaned the Social Hall and also cleaned the grounds around the church.

According to Helen Tobin, a member of Church Council, ÔÇ£These students were so remarkable. It was truly amazing to see all that got done in just 3 hours of work! ÔÇ£

 

When the students finished their projects, the students and church members went outside to take photos and celebrate their work.┬á They shared songs about love and peace in Arabic, Hebrew and English, and ended with ÔÇ£Let There Be Peace on EarthÔÇØ. Helen summed up the day saying ÔÇ£This is the way we should live. …WouldnÔÇÖt it be wonderful?ÔÇØ

- PIHN receives Homeless to Housed Donations
from Regional Offices of Federal Agencies -

A BIG THANKS to the employees at these Regional Federal Offices:

• Department of Navy, Philadelphia Operations Center
• Federal Executive Board (CFC)
• Housing and Urban Development – Region 3
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission
• Security Exchange Commission
• Veteran’s Administration
• Federally Employed Women, Philadelphia