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SOWN’s GrandFamily Resource Center — Grandmothers Raising Grandchildren Travel to Washington, DC as Advocate Ambassadors
Grandmothers board the bus on Wednesday, May 7, 2008 traveling to Washington, DC for the Third National GrandRally for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren. Joining more than one thousand grandparents from across the country, SOWN’s grandmothers raise their voices by personally meeting with U.S Congressman Chaka Fattah’s staff and U.S. Congressman Robert Brady’s staff. SOWN’s grandmother ambassadors focus on the need for supportive services for grandparents and their grandchildren.
Richelle Phillips, GrandFamily Resource Center Coordinator and Caitlin Prusko, GrandFamily Social Worker coordinated SOWN’s participation. This trip was made possible by the organizational efforts of Sandy Cross, Grand Central, Inc.
SOWN’s GrandFamily Resource Center is based at Project H.O.M.E.’s Honickman Learning Center Comcast Technology Labs (HLCCTL) in North Philadelphia. The program enhances the ability of grandparents to continue in their role raising their grandchildren by providing a strong safety net of educational, health related, counseling, information/referral and supportive services.
SOWN receives a GlaxoSmithKline IMPACT Award
According to Mary Linda Andrews, GlaxoSmithKline Director, Community Partnerships, the organizations receiving this award "have committed themselves to promoting health and well-being. Their missions focus on outcomes that improve the quality of human life despite the numerous challenges they face as they help those who are less fortunate. All of the winners are committed to the idea that everyone should have better access to healthcare — that no one should be left behind". Learn more by reading the press release and watching a news report.
SOWN receives a major grant award from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
We are thrilled to announce that SOWN has been awarded a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Local Initiative Grant to provide a network of support services for grandparent headed households, The GrandFamily Resource Center. This is a collaborative project with Project H.O.M.E.’s Honickman Learning Center and Comcast Technology Labs. For more information go here or visit the Foundation's site.
