Topic: Citizen of the Week

Twenty-two years ago, a veteran from West Philly felt left out of the parenting equation. Today, he’s turned thousands of local dads into successful child-rearers

A group of PA Masons, our Citizens of the Week, have come up with an ingenious way to surprise, delight and assist growing military families: mass baby showers

How one local resident is bringing neighbors together to fight flooding, one cleanup at a time

The local organizer of an international event believes Philadelphia can still become a beacon of nonviolence and cooperation

Five years after collecting her first donations, Penn student Natasha Agarwal is celebrating 250,000 books distributed to young readers.

Is Port Richmond the coolest library in Philadelphia? If so, it’s thanks to a clever, kind, and innovative worker bee living three blocks away (and actual bees who dwell there)

The 2025 finalist for the Be Well Philly Health Hero Challenge, presented by IBX, carried on her son’s legacy after his death from lymphoma, helping nearly 40,000 cancer patients find free lodging during their own treatments

When her husband Anthony was diagnosed with younger-onset Alzheimer’s, a Doylestown woman chose to speak out and create a national community of support

His Center City shop offers shaves, haircuts — and health care

Even before she experienced cancer herself, the retired Penn English professor had a knack for “magical” prompts to help patients write through their illness at the Abramson Cancer Center