Panel on Homelessness Including LSNA's John Barrett - Wednesday, March 4, 2009 at 7:30 pm at the Free Library (Parkway Central Library's Montgomery Auditorium)

Join panelists Dr. Dennis Culhane, University of Pennsylvania professor; Sister Mary Scullion, Executive Director of Project H.O.M.E.; Paul Levy, CEO of Center City District; Christine Smiriglia, Chief of Operations at Pathways to Housing; and John Barrett of the Logan Square Neighborhood Association (Co-Chair of LSNA's Subcommittee on the Homeless) as they respond to Philadelphia's homeless crisis. John Timpane of The Philadelphia Inquirer will serve as moderator.

Make Donations to Help the Homeless, Not to Panhandlers

Giving change to people on the street usually only helps keep them there by feeding addictions and preventing them from seeking the help they need. Instead, please make donations to organizations that provide real help to people who are homeless by providing shelter, food, medical service, drug and alcohol treatment, and job training.

Please visit makerealchange.org to learn how you can donate in a way that is productive.

Holiday Trash Alert

Please note that, as a result of the President's Day holiday, which falls on Monday, February 16, 2008, trash will be collected one day late for the remainder of the week. Please visit the Health & Safety Committee's Resources page for links to the Streets Department's holiday schedule and other sanitation-related information.

Next Health & Safety Committee Meeting

Please join the Health & Safety Committee at its next meeting on Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at 7:45 p.m. (location TBA). Please RSVP to lsnahs@gmail.com to be informed of changes in time or date and the location. To help make efficient use of board and committee meeting time, please email lsnahs@gmail.com with any health and safety-related concerns before the next board or committee meeting.

Please also visit the Health & Safety Committee's web pages for resources links and other contact information, crime reports, crime prevention tips, homeless-related resources, and other health and safety-related information relevant to the Logan Square community.

Logan Square Town Watch

Logan Square Town Watch, an independent organization, needs volunteers. Please contact Ed Novack at logansquaretownwatch@gmail.com and visit the Town Watch web page to learn more.

New Park Towne Chapter of Town Watch!

The residents of the Park Towne apartments have formed a new chapter of Town Watch. Please contact Alan Borowsky at park.towne.watch@gmail.com for further information.

Light Up Logan Square!

Help Make the Logan Square-Parkway Neighborhood Safer, One Stoop at a Time.

The Logan Square-Parkway neighborhood is generally safe but is located in a large city and therefore requires "street smarts." Adequately lighting your property is one of the best and least expensive ways to prevent crime directed at you and your loved ones, friends, and neighbors.

Currently, many streets in Logan Square are simply too dark. LSNA's Health & Safety Committee has created a task force to work on improving street lighting in our area (volunteers welcome). In the meantime, however, you can help immediately improve neighborhood safety by ensuring that your property is well-lit.

Please help make our neighborhood safer by taking inexpensive, easy steps to install lights, if you haven't already, such as:

         • Over your front door, installing light timers or photo-cells
         to turn lights on/off automatically, so the street is well-lit at all times; and

         • In the rear and/or on the side of your home, installing light
          timers, photo-cells, or infra-red motion sensor lights, which help deter
          intruders.

If you would like help installing or fixing your outdoor lights, please contact Pamela or David at lsnahs@gmail.com. They will negotiate a group rate with an electrician to reduce the cost for LSNA affiliates, if enough people participate.