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12-09-2023 NEPCA Host FY25 Budget Feedback meeting for PHL City Budget Office

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  On 12/9/2023, the Northeast Philadelphia Chinese Association (NEPCA) hosted a FY25 Budget Feedback meeting for the PHL City Budget Office.  This meeting is customized for Chinese residents. NEPCA collected the following feedback.  --------------------------------- FY25 Budget Feedback/2025财年预算反馈 Northeast Philly Chinese Community additional inputs to the 12/9/2023 feedback meeting 费城东北部华人社区就2023年12月9日举办的2025财年预算反馈会议提出补充意见 Reported by: Mingchu Pearl Huynh/报告人:黄明珠(音译) Phone: 267-423-3323/电话:267-423-3323 Email: Pearl.huynh@gmail.com/电子邮箱:Pearl.huynh@gmail.com 12/18/2023/日期:2023年12月18日 The following FY25 budget feedback inputs are collected and compiled by the Northeast Philadelphia Chinese Association (NEPCA) voicing the needs of the underserved Chinese immigrant communities in the Mayfair neighborhood in Lower Northeast Philadelphia. (Although the dance sisters and senior spaces issues are unique to the local Chinese, the rest are also the needs of the residents in the ar...

Sending Messages of Love and Healing - NEPCA's November 2023 Winter Reliefs Project

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Snowflakes fell from the sky one by one, and the earth was about to return to snow-white again, pure, and flawless, but this white snow was also accompanied by strong cold air. Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas, when winter comes, people always hold events to celebrate, which is happy and beautiful. But the people who live on the streets and under bridges will always be unable to enjoy these happy times for various reasons. Furthermore, some live-alone seniors may have no family members finding time to visit them.  As volunteers of the non-profit organization Northeast Philadelphia Chinese Association of Cultural Trust (NEPCA), we believe that helping others is the source of happiness. We hope to bring some love and care to the homeless and the live-alone seniors during this winter holiday by bringing them usable gifts. We hope that the gift will warm their heart and bring them hope. We want them to know we are thinking about them this holiday season. At the same time, we also...