Leadnomics is having a blood drive Monday and they’re giving away pie, too
This Monday, donate blood, eat pie from Kermit’s Bake Shoppe and check out Leadnomics’ new-ish office. Leadnomics, the University City lead generation company, is having a blood drive from 10 a.m. to 3...
View ArticlePhilly Game Forge is collecting gifts for kids at CHOP again
It’s time for the Philly Game Forge’s Holiday Social, version 2.0. For the second year, the shared workspace for game developers (and other makers now, too) is having a holiday party and charity toy...
View ArticleLooking for volunteer opportunities? Join Think Brownstone at Broad Street...
At Think Brownstone, the agency where I’m executive vice president, we believe that design and technology fundamentally exist to improve life for everyone. One of the founding principles of our company...
View ArticleHere’s a new program where devs can inspire Philly kids to code
As CEO of Coded by Kids, an education program for inner-city youth, I talk to a lot of people — potential partners, budding entrepreneurs, devs looking to volunteer. Often, when I speak with...
View ArticleDonate gifts for kids and play locally made games at the Philly Dev Night...
Yes, Philly Game Forge is gone, but don’t count its annual toy drive out just yet: say hello to the Philly Dev Night Holiday Social V3. On Friday, Dec. 16, at the Microsoft Reactor Philadelphia, the...
View ArticleA silent auction called Collective Action rallied 100 Philly artists through...
Some 100 Philly-based artists have pledged work for Collective Action, described as “a silent art auction for social justice under Trump,” and they did it through social media. The event, happening on...
View ArticleHere’s what Philly tech was up to during MLK Day
While some view Martin Luther King Day as a straight-up holiday, a few Philly technologists honored the day’s spirit by taking on impact projects across town on Monday. We saw Code for Philly partner...
View ArticleHere’s how you can help Philly girls see ‘Hidden Figures’ for free
Following a national trend, Philly nonprofit Camp Sojourner is raising money for girls to see Hidden Figures this week. The movie tells the story of three Black women who helped send a man into space....
View ArticleMicrosoft gave out 50 tablets to these Philly nonprofits
The Microsoft Reactor Philadelphia, through the software maker’s Microsoft Philanthropies division, donated 50 Surface tablets — plus peripherals like keyboards and mice — to seven Philadelphia-based...
View ArticleHere are 5 places in Philly to donate your old electronics
When Nonprofit Technology Resources closed up shop in 2015 it left a void in Philly. The Spring Garden-based nonprofit, which had been taking in donated computers, fixed them up and giving them to...
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