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H.O.M.E. Page Café at the Free Library of Philadelphia
On Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 the H.O.M.E. Page Café, a wireless internet café, held its grand opening celebration. Located in the lobby of the Free Library of Philadelphia's Central Branch on 1901 Vine Street, The H.O.M.E. Page Café is an innovative collaboration that provides employment for formerly homeless individuals and teen students in Project H.O.M.E.'s Harold A. Honickman Entrepreneurial Program. Starbucks is providing the coffee for the Café, Project H.O.M.E.'s Back Home Café and Catering is offering lunch food, and Metropolitan Bakery is supplying baked goods and training employees. The overall mission of the new wireless internet cafe is to provide formerly homeless individuals and teenagers in the Harold A. Honickman Entrepreneurial Program the opportunity to gain useful job skills while transitioning into the workforce.
Café hours are Monday through Saturday, 8:30am-5:00pm and Sunday 1:00-5:00pm.
Night Commuters of Northern Uganda
THF supports the work of photographer, Stephen Shames, whose foundation educates the night commuters as well as AIDS orphans, street kids, working children, and other vulnerable youngsters. He creates winning photo essays on social issues (see images below), primarily the problems that face children of poverty and neglect. In 1995, a non-profit organization that helps highly motivated children graduate from high school, and in some cases, college. The foundation pays for the student's school fees, purchases the books, pens, and paper needed, in addition to making sure the children have the food and emotional support that is critical to their success.
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