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Northeast Philadelphia Community Senior Centers List 东北费城社区老年人中心清单

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    费城市政府 老年人的娱乐项目   提高费城老年人的生活质量                我们做什么 费城公园和娱乐局在全市范围内经营六个老年人中心。 这些中心帮助老年居民在家中和社区中拥有充实和独立的生活。对于 55 岁及以上的成年人,我们提供: 健康餐食。 娱乐和教育项目。 保健活动。 交通。 社会福利服务。 该计划还向老年低收入居民提供农贸市场食品券。 老年人活动 体操和保健计划 有氧运动、太极拳、瑜伽、力量训练、步行小组、椅上运动、营养课、糖尿病教育讲习班、运动器材、受伤和跌倒预防计划、健康筛检、讲座和每年的长者活动和健康展。 终身学习 西班牙语会话班、英语班、社区学习中心 ESL 班、计算机班、创意写作小组和读书俱乐部。 社会服务 信息和转介、个人和团体咨询以及资源咨询。 志愿者机会 志愿者机会有机会回馈自己的中心和社区。 艺术项目 水彩、丙烯酸、粘土和陶瓷、艺术鉴赏课程和博物馆之旅。 高级艺术营 两个为期一周的课程,包括绘画、水彩、中国水彩和素描。 娱乐和文化项目 一日游、戏剧、舞蹈课、生日和节日庆祝活动、音乐课和合唱团。 费城老年运动会 奥林匹克式的活动、包括高尔夫、保龄球、田径、篮球、垒球、游泳、拼字游戏等。 宾州东南地区交通局 (SEPTA) ADA Paratransit 服务为符合条件的人提供前往中心的交通。 这项服务由费城老龄化公司的有限资金支持。 前往当地目的地的面包车使用该单位的面包车。 Source: https://www.phila.gov/zh/programs/programs-for-older-adults/   费城市政府主办的六个社区老人中心 Source: https://www.phila.gov/zh/parks-rec-finder/#/locations/older-adult-centers 东北区社区老年人中心清单  Northeast Community Senior Centers List Northeast Older Adult Center  8101 Bustleton Ave., Phi...

Petition to Support 2 New Public Health Centers in Northeast Philly 支持东北费两个新的医疗中心

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Dear friends, partners, community members, As a resident of Northeast Philadelphia, I am deeply concerned about the severe shortage of affordable primary care in our area. Our only public health center, Health Center 10 on Cottman Avenue, serves nearly 67 thousand visits a year, and new patients can wait up to a year for their first appointment. This is not just an inconvenience; it's a threat to the health and well-being of our community.  The population of Northeast Philadelphia has increased from 300,000 in 2000 census to more than 500,000 in 2023. There is an urgent need for additional healthcare facilities. We are encouraged by Philadelphia City's plans for two new health centers in Lower Northeast Philadelphia.  More health centers mean faster appointments and better access to healthcare for everyone.   Still, a small group of residents oppose putting the new health center at the Friend Hospital site. They have expressed that: 1) ...

Sending a message of Love, Peace, and Harmony to Building a safe and better community together

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In the fiscal year 2023 (July 1st, 2022 - June 30, 2023), NEPCA promoted building a safe and better community together. We wish to bring people from different ethnic backgrounds together in the spirit of love, peace, and harmony. Our volunteers have designed and printed and distributed stickers, T-shirts, and bags with the slogans, “Building a safe community together”, “Building a safe and better community together”, “Love, peace and harmony”. Facing unrest in society, people have been blaming the government, the police, China, immigrants, etc. The norm has been blaming everyone else for any problem. We should reflect on the problem and see that we all participate in creating our world the way it is. We sowed the seeds and collected the fruits in a collective common karma. Social issues cannot be solved by one side because to improve our environment, there is no shortcut, but people have to work together in a collective effort to build a better world for us and future generations. NEP...