Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting

Entities under the care of
Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting

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• Delaware Valley Friends School
• Fair Hill Burial Ground
• Friends Center City Retirement Community
• Friends Neighborhood Guild
• Stapeley in Germantown

Delaware Valley Friends School

The mission of Delaware Valley Friends School is to prepare students with learning differences for future work and study. The school develops those personal strengths which enable students to succeed in its college preparatory curriculum. The school also recognizes that it has a responsibility to share its expertise with teachers and students beyond the school community.

Delaware Valley Friends School carries forward the Quaker heritage of compassion and justice. We acknowledge that of God in everyone and nurture the unique personal worth and potential good inherent in each individual.

19 East Central Avenue
Paoli PA 19301
(610) 296-4989
URL: www.dvfs.org
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Fair Hill Burial Ground

The Fair Hill Burial Ground was founded in 1703 on part of a grant of land of 16 acres given to the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) by George Fox, who is known as the founder of the Society. He received the land from William Penn as a gift. The present burial ground was laid out in 1843 and enlarged in 1853, providing almost five acres of green space in this urban neighbohood.

Most of the persons buried at Fair Hill are Quakers, many of them participants in the early abolitionist and women's rights movements. Some of the more renowned include Lucretia Mott, James Mott, Thomas and Mary Ann McClintock, Sarah Pugh, Ann Preston and Edward Parrish. Some colleagues in the anti-slavery movement, not Friends, are also buried there, most notably Robert Purvis, an African-American known as the President of the underground railroad, and his family. The site was recently placed on the National Register for Historic Places.

A group of Quakers and community members formed a corporation to purchase the burial ground in 1993 and have ever since been restoring it to its original beauty with the help of many neighbors and friends. We hold volunteer clean up days three times per year.

E-mail:
URL: www.fairhillburial.org
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Friends Center City Retirement Community

"We are a group of confirmed Center City dwellers who have a vision of an in-town retirement setting where we can occupy apartments in a common living environment. We seek an alternative to high cost, full "life care" models, recognizing that the cost of land, construction, and operation of such a facility downtown will necessarily put costs beyond the reach of many. We are hopeful, however, that through creative fund-raising and other means, we can create a community that is as diverse as possible."

The group does not yet have a site, so no map is linked to. They do have a Web site that explains their goals, and identifies the board members.

E-mail:
URL: www.centercityretirement.com

Friends Neighborhood Guild

The FNG is a settlement house and neighborhood center which exists to serve and respond to the needs of the people in its community. Services include:

• Energy Assistance
• Food Cupboard
• After School Program
• Freedom School Program
• Summer Youth Employment Program
• Day Treatment Program

704 West Girard Avenue
Philadelphia PA 19123
(215) 923=1544
Felica Coward, Executive Director
E-mail:
URL: www.friendsneighborhoodguild.org
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Stapeley in Germantown

Stapeley was founded in 1904 by Anna T. Jeanes as a boarding home for Friends and "friends of Friends". In 1985 it was expanded to include apartments for an independent lifestyle and a 120 bed skilled nursing facility. The original boarding home has recently undergone major renovations and now has 70 private assisted living units with large private bathrooms and spacious closets.

6300 Greene Street
Philadelphia PA 19144
(215) 844-0700
URL: www.stapeley.org
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