by Stephen DeWitt | Jun 8, 2015 | blog, news
On Sunday we had our annual Block Party for the guests. We served the meal outdoors on a beautiful June day. We served 452 chicken meals to our guests. After the meal was over many people stayed for a couple of hours of music and dancing. We provided entertainment and...
by Stephen DeWitt | Mar 20, 2015 | blog, news
In May of 2010 the St. Francis Urban Center opened St. Margaret House as a permanent supportive housing program for families. This was a small housing program in our neighborhood for single mothers and their children. Due to personnel reasons we had to phase-out the...
by Stephen DeWitt | Feb 5, 2015 | blog, news
The Inn has been serving meals to the neediest individuals and families in Philadelphia since 1979. We opened our doors in December of 1979 and have served a meal every day since then. A breakfast of hot or cold cereal or pastries is served three days a week, while we...
by Stephen DeWitt | Jan 29, 2015 | blog, news
The 32nd annual assessment of hunger and homelessness, conducted by the U.S. Conference of Mayors was released in December 2014. The survey was conducted in 25 cities including Philadelphia. The report shows that while the nation’s economic indicators are...
by Stephen DeWitt | Jan 19, 2015 | blog, news
We served a total of 159,477 hot, nutritious meals to men, women and children in our dining room for the year 2014. We served 7,778 more meals in 2014. This is the biggest increase of meals served in one year. We are very grateful to our volunteers, benefactors and...
