🗓️Saturday, December 20th, 2025
⏰1:00 PM
📍2798 S 69th St., Philadelphia, PA 19142

🌟We are proud to support their mission through collaboration with the Power of Paint Academy and William C. Bryant Academy to empower students as they design a mural on their attached Community Center! 🎨

What an incredible evening of nourishment, reflection, and celebration! 🧡

🌻It’s inspiring to witness the impact of The Community Grocer—strengthening community and making healthy and affordable food accessible, all while celebrating a recent Forbes 30 Under 30 nomination.

His story was one of the most creative! It was titled, “Unknown Creatures vs. Mortimer!”

🌟These stories make us believe even more deeply in the impact of supporting small and rural libraries in becoming local writing hubs and the power of creative writing! ✏️

One of the siblings — a little brother in second grade — saw how much fun his sister was having and asked to be a part of the program. He kept up with the others by dictating his story to me while I wrote it in his book.

Her novel is about a little girl, whose father is remarrying because her mother passed away. They move from their NY apartment to a house in the country, where there happens to be a monster living in the attic.

She is writing a “novel” loosely based on the booklet. She took every character in her novel and wrote a description of them based on the outline established in the Monster Building Handbook.

One of the girls wants to be a writer. She took the characterization part of the booklet — the internal and external traits, their likes and dislikes, age and physical description — very seriously.

On the day of the presentation to the parents, his dad pulled me aside and said that Colin told him that morning that he decided he could be a writer when he grows up!

“We had some wonderful testimonials [from the kids]! My favorite was from a fifth grade boy who has never really written a story before. I wasn’t sure if he was going to enjoy the program. But he did worked hard on each assignment.

🍎We are proud to support Rebel Ventures as they continue to grow their student team for the 2025-2026 school year and work to improve the school food system through healthy, student-created food options.

🧡Learn more about our partnership at www.tigrisfoundation.org!

Over 100 students participated in the challenge, putting their problem-solving skills to the test. 🧠

Already, 7 Co-op members have taken advantage of this new volunteer opportunity—helping vulnerable families in our communities get the resources they need to thrive during this holiday season! 🤝

🧡Interested in getting involved? Visit www.mitzvahcircle.org to volunteer or donate today!

📦Through this partnership, Co-op members can now fulfill their volunteer hours by sorting and packaging donations for Mitzvah Circle.

We are grateful to be a part of this mission through collaboration with WC Bryant School and Power of Paint Academy to sponsor a mural on the grocer’s upcoming Community Center! 🎨🖌️

🌱Visit www.thecommunitygrocer.org to learn how you can support and uplift their work!