10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania

05/26/2025

Remembering and honoring the brave men and women of Pennsylvania who gave their lives for our freedom and our country

04/02/2025

We are celebrating Earth Day all month long in April!

04/02/2025

Now is your time to shine – tell us about how you want Lancaster County’s parks and trails to look in the future. Should we focus on new green spaces or invest in our existing areas? What stops you from going to parks more often? What is your favorite trail and why? Tell us in the survey for the Lancaster County Parks & Trails Master Plan!
https://tinyurl.com/ParksLCP

04/02/2025

🗓 Mark your calendars for April 30th, as we discuss how our city can transition to an economy which equitably benefits everyone. Help us create one plan for our Pittsburgh.
RSVP at pgh2050.com


01/28/2025

Each year MyGivingCircle gives $1,500,000

05/28/2024

“By the late 1860s, Americans in various towns and cities had begun holding springtime tributes to the countless fallen Civil War soldiers, decorating their graves with flowers and reciting prayers.

It is unclear where exactly this tradition originated; numerous different communities may have independently initiated the memorial gatherings. And some records show that one of the earliest Memorial Day commemorations was organized by a group of formerly enslaved people in Charleston, South Carolina less than a month after the Confederacy surrendered in 1865. Nevertheless, in 1966 the federal government declared Waterloo, New York, the official birthplace of Memorial Day.

Waterloo—which first celebrated the day on May 5, 1866—was chosen because it hosted an annual, community-wide event, during which businesses closed and residents decorated the graves of soldiers with flowers and flags.” Source: History.com

03/28/2024

As the weather gets warmer, the City of Harrisburg becomes more beautiful. Harrisburg’s Spring tree planting is coming up in April, and we need your help!

03/19/2024

Earlier this month, the Bucks-Mont Collaborative joined more than 200 individuals for a HealthSpark Foundation Community of Practice to discuss how to take action on homelessness and affordable housing in Montgomery County. Our very own Executive Director, Kristyn DiDominick, was honored to join a panel on housing advocacy to lift up the work that the Collaborative Advocacy Network (The CAN) is doing.

Kudos to the leaders at The Montco 30% Project, 10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania, and the Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania, for leading the way in this work and sharing your wisdom and expertise with all of us! We were so thankful to join this panel with you. And big shout out to HealthSpark Foundation for this beautiful community of practice and advocacy leadership!

Watch this video recap - https://buff.ly/3PmL2Uq
We encourage you to get involved by join the CAN - https://buff.ly/3lsL0OZ
More resources:
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02/16/2024

We need more neighbors like this. "The Back Bay neighborhood associations – which wanted to preserve the historic brownstone and its commercial tenants – had caught wind of the development plans. In two public letters of support, the associations advocated for affordable housing to be expedited in the neighborhood. “We’re often accused of being NIMBYs, but we’re not an island to ourselves,” says Mr. Roetter. “It’s the right thing to do. And it’s also a vehicle through which we inform ourselves of what the problems really are.”

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11/17/2023

We believe that everyone deserves a great place to call home and the choice of where to live. We’re collaborating with partner orgs across the state to build the PA Housing Choices Coalition because there are too many barriers and not enough options for people to find homes in the right places. You can help us today with a gift to 10,000 Friends in the Extra Give and your funds will be stretched from the stretch pool. Can we count on to help? Please give today 11/17 before 11:59pm on our giving page: https://www.extragive.org/organizations/10-000-friends-of-pennsylvania Thank you for being a friend!

06/30/2023

Fireflies face a variety of threats, but we are learning that there are ways that we can help them, including turning your outdoor lights off at night, especially during the summer firefly season.

Learn more about fireflies and how to help them ➡ https://bit.ly/4336fXu.