Blackwell Invites 3,000 ‘Home’ For Christmas
Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell invited city’s homeless to Christmas party at the Convention Center on Tuesday evening.
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- COUNCILWOMAN Jannie Blackwell is greeted by Lawrence West, a grateful recipient of her splendid Holiday Party for homeless citizens at Convention Center Tuesday.
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- EVERY YEAR Councilwoman Blackwell throws a party for 3,000 homeless Philadelphians, full of all the bells and whistles she can think of.
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- SQUADS of volunteers spent days rounding up and wrapping high-quality gifts to ensure every homeless child in city gets a Christmas gift. Here Council aide Marty Cabry with assistants Myree and Laura prepare to hand them out.
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- MORE volunteers worked cheerfully at food service to ensure every guest enjoyed bounteous Christmas meal.
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- LONG LINES snaked around enormous hall as partiers waited for dinner, while children merrily scampered and bounced around beside them.
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- READY WILLING & ABLE members Gregory Long, left, and Gregory Jones were glad to be of service to less-fortunate fellow citizens.
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- CHILDREN got chance to decorate their own Christmas cookies…
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- …AND ALSO PLAY computer games.
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- NO CHRISTMAS is complete without a visit to twinkly Santa. You bet he was present in Convention Center that day.
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- WAS THIS the greatest Christmas ever? These kids sure thought so!
