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Phila. Heat Emergency Plan
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010
Today (July 7th) the City of Philadelphia outlined measures to be implemented in response to the current heat wave. Five heat related deaths have been reported in Philadelphia this year.
The Heat Emergency Plan includes the following initiatives of interest to seniors in the city:
Operation Thirst Quencher - The Philadelphia Fire Dept. and Phila. Housing Authority have partnered to provi… click for more
Special thanks to the major sponsors of our first SeniorPROM fundraiser!
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010
Thanks to the generosity of the following major sponsors, our first SeniorPROM fundraiser was a sparkling success:
King and Queen of Prom
Senior
Anthony Creamer, Navigant Consulting
Fox Rothschild LLP
Junior
Abramson & Denenberg, P.C.
ASTM International
Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll LLP
Blank Rome LLP
Cozen O'Connor
Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock D… click for more
SeniorLAW honors PECO as 2010 Partner of the Year!
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010
SeniorLAW Center is proud to honor PECO with our 2010 Partner of the Year Award for PECO's support and many partnerships with SeniorLAW Center to improve the lives of Pennsylvania seniors. PECO’s leadership and staff have worked closely with SeniorLAW Center to provide pro bono legal services to low-income elders, including special projects to serve more than 100 Latino elders in their own langu… click for more
SeniorPROM 2010 is a dazzling success!
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010
SeniorLAW Center's 2010 fundraiser, the SeniorPROM, drew over 250 friends and partners for dancing, food and celebration at The Westin Philadelphia on a beautiful Spring evening on Friday, April 23, 2010. PECO's Bill Donohue and Jeff Gordon accepted the 2010 Partner of the Year Award honoring PECO's support and volunteer efforts to improve the lives of Pennsylvania seniors. Special thanks to… click for more
2010 Stimulus Grant Awarded to SeniorLAW Center to Serve Older Women Victims, in partnership with CARIE
Monday, March 1st, 2010
SeniorLAW Center has been awarded a federal stimulus grant to expand services to older women who are victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking. In partnership with CARIE, the Center for Advocacy for the Rights and Interests of the Elderly, this grant will enable SeniorLAW Center to create a multi-disciplinary Senior Domestic Violence Team and partner with domest… click for more
Temple University Beasley School of Law Conwell Community Corps Fellowship awarded
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
SeniorLAW Center was recently awarded a Conwell Community Corps Fellowship, an innovative program established by Temple Law providing a 6-month full time fellowship for recent graduates at non-profit legal organizations. We are pleased to welcome Erin Worrell, Esq., who began her fellowship at SeniorLAW Center in January 2010 and will be focusing her work on housing issues facing seniors and the… click for more
New Program Launched to Foster Connections to Kinship Care and Help Grandparents Care for Children at Risk (supported by Independence Foundation)
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
THE FOSTERING KINSHIP CARE LEGAL PROJECT provides legal advice and representation to senior relatives who wish to participate in the care and placement of children in their families who are involved in the Philadelphia child welfare system. Recognizing the importance and necessity of kinship care families, this project seeks to assist senior relatives as they navigate their way through the diffi… click for more
Prestigious National Borchard Fellowship on Law & Aging Awarded!
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
SeniorLAW Center’s Roxane Crowley, a previous recipient of an Independence Foundation Public Interest Law Fellowship, was awarded a Borchard Foundation Center on Law & Aging Fellowship. This is one of only two Fellowships awarded by the Borchard Foundation Center on Law & Aging in 2009-2010. The fellowship project, THE HOSPICE AND HOME CARE LEGAL PROJECT, will strengthen the relation… click for more
