Philadelphia Futures is a local nonprofit that has been the youth of Philadelphia teens realize their dreams of a higher education for more than 20 years. Inspired by Geeks Who Give, I’d like to take a moment of your time to ask you to consider donating. . . more of your time.
What Futures does is [...]
Philadelphia’s high school graduation rate is approximately 50%. You read that correctly: only 50% of high school students in Philadelphia actually graduate (compared with 89% in the suburbs). The percentage of those Philadelphia students who actually go on to four year colleges and universities is much lower.
Philadelphia Futures is a local nonprofit that has [...]
This Saturday, December 20th, 2008: Bibliodiscotheque at National Mechanics in Old City, Philadelphia:
Three librarians and one geek will be spinning great music to the tune of saving the eleven branches of the Philadelphia Free Library that are slated to close due to Mayor Nutter’s budget cuts.
Like the libraries this event aims to save, this event [...]
Please join us on Thursday April 2nd for our next GWG event to benefit Philadelphia Futures!
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