Thank you to every one who got your game on for Geeks Who Give Game Night for Philadelphia Futures. From Apples-to-Apples to Yahtzee, we all had a good time for an excellent cause, making it a win-win situation for everyone involved. And of course, we love Tattooed Mom for hosting our shenanigans and making the [...]
Remember the first day of school? When you had a brand new notebook that didn’t have little pieces of paper stuck in the spiral? Remember how that spiral was still actually in the notebook and not half unraveled? When you had pens that weren’t all chewed up, that still had ink and had caps on [...]
Philadelphia Futures is looking for a few good geeks, in the form of new mentors! From board games to card games, and maybe a few mind games, (Werewolf anyone?) G2: Geeks Who Game will be all about old school fun for some new school altruism. Tattooed Mom is raising the stakes with some amazing specials [...]
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!
Get involved, become a mentor!