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Muslims Serve

Updated 2/19/20

Muslims Serve is a hunger relief non-profit that has been serving the Greater Philadelphia area since 2012. Muslims Serve was founded by a physician who was a fellow at Penn. We provide hot meals to individuals experiencing housing and food insecurity in Philadelphia.

1 in 4 individuals in Philadelphia live in poverty and are food insecure. This city has one of the nation’s highest poverty rates. With your help, we can provide individuals with a hot, healthy meal in a dignified setting.

Outside of the Hub, Muslims Serve feeds about 2500 meals a month, on the third and fourth Saturday, and every Sudnay. We cook at the Dorrance Hamilton Center for Culinary Enterprises, a commercial kitchen in West Philadelphia, and always need volunteers to help us prepare, transport, and serve the food.

What: Volunteer tasks include place setting, bussing tables, plating desserts, distributing plated food, refilling water pitchers, collecting meal tickets, kitchen tasks such as washing dishes or packing and distributing items, and setting up and breaking down tables.

When: Thursday-Monday 3-5:30 PM

Where: Hub of Hope, 1401 JFK Boulevard in Center City (below the Municipal Building across from City Hall)

Email: volunteer@muslimsserve.org

Website: https://muslimsserve.org/

For volunteering opportunities visit their volunteer hub: https://muslimsserve.volunteerhub.com/

Phone:833-Hunger0, ext. 2 (Shafia Rana, volunteer manager)

 

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ClariFi

Updated 12/17/2019

Located in , ClariFi promotes financial clarity through one-on-one financial counseling, phone counseling, boot camps, workshops, group education, and more. Our programs are aimed at reducing debt, improving credit, managing homes and avoiding foreclosure, and overall financial wellness.

Our Mission: We create hope by helping people identify and secure the most important assets in their lives.

Our Promise: Clarity, hope, empowerment.

Our Envisioned Future: Everyone will have affordable access to the intellectual and technological resources required to comprehend and master the financial aspects of their lives.

Our Core Values:
We starts with you. No one believes in the organization unless we all believe in each other, so we work together to affect change with the understanding that one person can make a singular difference.
We have a fierce sense of urgency. Whether it’s on behalf of our clients or colleagues hope springs eternal when we spring into action.
The truth works.We tell it like it is; clarity is our friend.
We view everything we do within the context of an entire life – be it that of a project or a person. We stay engaged and see things through, and guide difficult decisions that help secure life’s most important priorities.
We must innovate and adapt to advance: big, new and different ideas are welcome here every day.
Turn every misstep into knowledge. We believe in second chances and new beginnings, and gaining wisdom from every honest mistake.
There is joy in what we do.
Diversity is the foundation of transformation. We welcome and strive to understand and apply all perspectives because different cultures view life, money and family differently.  This is the only way we can transcend cultures and empower lasting transformation.We bring our hometown values with us.  Because we are deeply anchored to where we live, we do whatever we can to make it better even when opportunity takes us afar.
Opportunities are available to volunteer and intern.
Phone: 215 563-5665 or volunteer services at: 215-320-1484
Email volunteer services: volunteer@clarifi.org
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Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians

Updated 12/17/2019

Mission: The Welcoming Center promotes inclusive economic growth through immigrant integration. Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization based in Philadelphia. We believe that a steady influx of new customers, workers, and entrepreneurs can reinvigorate Pennsylvania’s aging population, renew its neighborhoods, and re-energize our economy. By making Pennsylvania a magnet for immigrants, we will become a more vibrant, more creative, and more dynamic competitor in today’s global economy. We work closely with government agencies, service providers, employers, business associations, trade unions, and economic development groups.

The Welcoming Center runs programs that support entrepreneurship, workforce development, and community engagement.

Phone: 215.557.2626

Website: https://welcomingcenter.org/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/welcomingcenter/

Instagram: @welcomingcenter

Twitter: @welcomingcenter

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/welcoming-center-for-new-pennsylvanians/

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Ceiba

Updated 12/17/2019

Ceiba is a coalition of Latino community-based organizations in Philadelphia that was founded in 1989. The coalition is named after the Ceiba trees that grow in the Caribbean which are renowned for their longevity and as great gathering places for people to meet and talk under the shade.

Ceiba’s mission is to promote the economic development and financial inclusion of the Latino community through collaborations and advocacy aimed at ensuring their access to quality housing. Through Ceiba, the member agencies enhance and coordinate the delivery of their asset building services through an approach that integrates financial literacy, comprehensive housing counseling, free tax preparation services, access to the Earned Income Tax Credit, Individual Development Accounts (IDAs), and public benefits. IDAs are structured savings programs that provide matching funds for participants who meet a savings goal.

Ceiba is a leader in meeting the asset building needs of immigrants in Philadelphia. It is the only community organization in Philadelphia designated by the IRS as a Certifying Acceptance Agent to facilitate Individual Tax Identification Number (ITINs) applications.

Ceiba is also a strong advocate for the rights of people who are Limited English Proficient (LEP).

 

Positions are available for volunteer, work-study, and internship opportunities. For more information, call (215) 634-7245 or send your resume to info@ceibaphiladelphia.org.

Website: http://www.ceibaphiladelphia.org/