There are easier ways to spend a cold Saturday in March than standing beside a creek at dawn, stringing fly rods and explaining knots to middle school students who’ve never done this before. But I can’t think of many better ones. I serve as a mentor with The Mayfly Project’s first Philadelphia chapter. During four outings this spring, I had...

In the last two years, Philadelphia-based Healing Hands Fund (H2F) has grown from a group of healthcare professionals working to mitigate a manmade healthcare crisis in Palestinian communities to an all-volunteer organization that strives to lessen health crises throughout the world. On May 12, Weavers Way shoppers will have the opportunity to contribute to H2F with a Giving Twosday donation....

Last year, Weavers Way marked the first full year of the Germantown store being open, approached the 15,000 member threshold and started the Cooperative Food Fund to give cash benefits to Co-op members in response to the withholding of SNAP benefits during the federal government shutdown. But wait — there’s more! The full report, with charts, photos and everything, begins...