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photo of Pepe & Elena Piperno with schoolchildren and their book ark

Dignity & Hope

Last week we mailed our 2022 annual report to all our friends and supporters near and far. Yes, snail mail! But you can also view the report here on our website. Looking back gives us the chance to remember all the wonderful work our community partners did in 2022. We are

photo of middle school students practicing drums

Camden Students Make Beautiful Music

Every Tuesday after school, you can see and hear budding percussion players like these using practice sets to learn to play the snare drum. Down the hall, children are learning to play woodwinds: clarinet, flute, and saxophone. Another group is practicing brass instruments: trumpet and trombone. On Wednesdays, the string

young people on colorful stairs

Making Space for Camden Youth

We were so proud to help LUCY celebrate its grand opening on October 20! Over 300 people came to celebrate this milestone—participants, past participants, staff, community members, and, of course, funders like us.

group shot of Domenica Scholars with Pepe and Elena Piperno at a Phillies game

Phillies Outing a Hit with Domenica Scholars

What an awesome day we had with Domenica Scholars at the Phillies game on September 24! As you can see, it was a perfect fall day for baseball. The nearly 30 scholars who accepted our invitation had a marvelous time.

Student from Catholic Partnership Schools with the book ark she codesigned

Kids + Books + Art, Part 2

With support from the Domenica Foundation, children from Catholic Partnership Schools are making free books available in their Camden neighborhoods. Above, Tina stands next to the Sacred Heart School book ark, which she helped design.

Over the summer, children from Catholic Partnership Schools designed and painted book arks that were delivered to them last spring. Last week, we joined them in installing their book arks on sidewalks near their schools.