• Bethesda Project:  Bethesda has been CORP's partner in WinterShelter for 25 years, providing intake services for our guests:  transportation to and from Bethesda, showers, clean clothes and counseling services.  Bethesda Project strives to be the premier provider of housing and services to the abandoned poor in Philadelphia through serving our brothers and sisters with quality and integrity.

• Cradles to Crayons:  Cradles to Crayons Philadelphia was founded in 2006. It provides, free of charge, low-income and homeless children from birth to pre-teen the basic essentials they need to be safe, warm, ready to learn, and valued. C2C also sets a foundation for lasting change through the meaningful, tangible volunteer opportunities it provides to thousands of youth and adults each year. The essentials it collects and distributes include clothing, shoes, school supplies, and much more.  How does it work? By partnering with social-service organizations in the Philadelphia area to connect communities that have surplus resources—new or used items in good condition—with communities that desperately need access to those resources.

• Books Through Bars: BTB collects and distributes selected educational books and other reading materials to individual imprisoned men and women as well as prison libraries. Community Outreach Partnership supports this effort by collecting relevant materials and delivering them to the BTB distribution site.

• After School Activities Partnerships:  Created in 2002 in response to a civic outcry for help with activities for the city’s youth during the critical unsupervised hours after school, ASAP/After School Activities Partnerships has provided after school recreational and enrichment activities to Philadelphia kids in some of the poorest and most dangerous areas of the city.  We are looking for volunteers to lead after school clubs in nearby locations to teach the city’s youngsters the fun of chess and Scrabble, while gaining skills at the same time. You don’t have to be an expert! ASAP provides training for club leaders and all materials.

• Philadelphia Futures:  Philadelphia Futures' Sponsor-A-Scholar (SAS) Program provides Philadelphia's public high school students with long-term mentoring, academic support and enrichment activities, college guidance, funds for college-related expenses, and on-going staff support during high school and throughout their college career.

We are looking for committed professionals who have earned a college degree to participate in the support of our students as long-term mentors. Prospective mentors have a strong commitment to education and a desire to give something back to the community through helping low-income, first-generation-to-college students realize their dream of college success.  For more information, please contact Stephanie Wenger, Director of Donor and Volunteer Services at Stephaniewenger@philadelphiafutures.org or at 215-790-1666 ext. 20.

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