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Hard at work on a Sunday morning, and not for their own benefit, but someone else’s. Someone they’ve never met, named Sharon Sibley, of Northeast Philadelphia.

by Sally Downey, for the Inquirer

After moving into her new townhouse in North Philadelphia earlier this summer, Latasha Raynor hung a “Bless Our Home” poster on the wall. She and her four children were finally home.

by Lini Kadaba, for the Inquirer

She prayed for something better for her two children — Jade, 3, and Cameren, 9 — than the too tight, rundown apartment in West Philadelphia of the last four years, where she says mold has taken over the closets and aggravates her son’s asthma, the roof leaks, and cockroaches run roughshod every winter.

American Trucks

$4,000 in Grants Awarded to Hardworking Non-Profits

Barra Foundation

Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia’s ReStore offers a unique and significant opportunity for the organization to increase revenue and, in turn, build and repair more homes for Philadelphians living in poverty. Despite a strong business model and success in other cities, the local ReStore had struggled financially. Determined to diagnose the problem and turn the fledgling business around, Habitat enlisted professional counsel on retail management and real estate and determined that the store’s location was dramatically hindering its potential.

A major building project underway in Point Breeze. (WPVI)

In September 2014 members of Team Rubicon, Student Veterans of America, and The Mission Continues assisted Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia with construction on 4 new homes for some worthy new homeowners.