(LABA-CDC)
SHOWCASE
COMMUNITY NEWS
"Educating the Communities"
___________________________________2007_______________________________________
March / April
Bi Monthly Newsletter
COMMUNITY
NEWS TRIBUTE:
THIS BI MONTHLY NEWSLETTER IS A CONTINUATION OF THE SIXTEEN PAGE TABLOID
/ THE ORIGINAL SHOWCASE COMMUNITY NEWS PAPER,
FOUNDED
BY A MANTUA /BELMONT RESIDENT BUSINESS ENTREPRENEUR, COMMUNITY PIONEER
AND ACTIVIST, THE LATE
SHEIKH ABDUL-
MALIK MUHAMMAD (1939 -2001). THE SIXTEEN PAGE TABLIOD PROVIDED
COMMUNITY NEWS THAT CONNECT DIVERSE COMMUNITIES AS A WHOLE, LINKED
BY THE LANCASTER AVENUE BUSINESS DISTRICT, COMMUNITIES OF MANTUA, POWELTON,
BELMONT, MILL CREEK & OVERBROOK OF WEST PHILADELPHIA. ADVERTISING
SMALL BUSINESSES. THE TABLOID TRANSITIONED THROUGH FORTY-ONE YEARS
UNTIL THE
DEMISE OF
THE
FOUNDER AND
EDITOR.
" A
Legecy Remembered"
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LABA today, bridging business and community...
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Corridor / Community Newsletter
SHOP THE HISTORICAL LANCASTER AVENUE
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Pioneer,
FEATURED BUSINESSES
MODEL
LINE BOUTIQUE
4038 Lancaster Avenue
(215) 222-2259
10: am - 6:
pm
Mon. - Sat.
Good
Prices on Nursing Uniforms
All Styles, Colors & Sizes up to 5X
14 years on the Avenue...
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GIANT
SHOES * APPAREL
4034 Lancaster Avenue
(215) 387 - 7229
10: am - 6: pm
Mon.
- Sat.
Major
Brands - Sneakers & Sports Wear
15 years on the Avenue...
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EAGLES
LOANS / US POST OFFICE
4216 Lancaster Avenue
(215) 386 - 3570
9:30 am - 6: pm
Mon.
- Sat.
A
Multi Service Stop
30 years on the Avenue...
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YOO'S
FISH & PRODUCE
4064 Lancaster Avenue
(215) 662 - 5415
8: am - 6: pm
Mon. - Sat.
Fresh
Fish Daily
15 years on the Avenue...
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Clean
Corridor Campaign
TAKE THE PLEDGE !
* to use trash cans for litter
* to clean my sidewalk daily
* to securely bag & package trash for pick-up on collection
day
To Help Create A
CLEAN LANCASTER AVE.
SPONSORED BY THE LANCASTER AVENUE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION
INC.
ORGANIZING BUSINESSES EAST & WEST
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT
Sister Muhammad - 215 879 0909
A CLEANER LANCASTER AVE....LOOK
FOR THE MEN IN BLUE...
READY WILLING AND ABLE ...In
the Zone / 44th - 56th & adjacent
corridors in the
West Philadelphia Empowerment
Zone...
LOOK FOR UNIVERSITY CITY
DISTRICT, 34th - 43rd on the Ave. In the Renewal Community
CLEAN
CORRIDORS =EQUAL= CLEANER ENVIRONMENT & HAPPY SHOPPERS
Another SHOWCASE INC. / LABA-CDC Inclusive Initiative
In Collaboration with West Philadelphia Weed & Seed Project...
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FRIENDLY REMINDER...
To: ALL LANCASTER AVENUE BUSINESS
MERCHANTS
& SERVICE PROVIDERS, Community Residents, Supporters and Friends...
LABA-GENERAL
MONTHLY MEETINGS
2nd MONDAY'S
WHEN: March 12, April 9, May 14, June 11,
Sept. 10, Oct. 8, Nov. 12, 2007
SUMMER BREAK
- July & August
WINTER BREAK - December
WHERE: Always held at - 16th POLICE DISTRICT 3900 LANCASTER AVE.
(Unless other wise specified)
TIME: 6: O'CLOCK PM
Friendly Monthly Reminders Distributed
...
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LABA-CDC CORRIDOR TOWNWATCH
Supporting Safer Streets Initiative...
Merchants Getting Involved...
JOIN OUR TEAM...
Operation Town Watch Integrated Services
Douglas Evans
Trainer / Recruiter
215 686 - 1453
Affiliated with the Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs
Coalition
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LABA-CDC Clean Corridor / Safer
Streets Initiative in Collaboration w/
West Philadelphia Weed & Seed Project...
FOR BUSINESS ASSOCIATION ASSISTANCE
CALL
215- 879 - 0909
ONE VOICE, ONE ASSOCIATION,
LABA - today bridging
business and community.
Another LABA-INCLUSIVE
INITIATIVE
SINCE 1986
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DID
YOU KNOW… ?
Team Work & Unity are the Cornerstone of Successful Efforts!
And Progress Begins With YOU...
SMALL BUSINESS OWNER ALERT..
Lancaster Avenue
Businesses - Join Philadelphia Forward...
Update:
Continue to show your support, Show Philadelphia City Council how important
tax reform is to the future of small business.
Right -Now City Council members
are trying to work on a compromise so that, this time, when legislation
passes, it will actually become the law of the land so we can grow
jobs in Philadelphia, and help continuing businesses to thrive
in Philadelphia.
What you can do...
1st ... Text Message City Council - Visit Snd A Txt
2 Cty Cncil! and literally put your views right into the palm of the
hands of key undecided Council members.
2nd... Email City
Council- asking
them to "Vote for Bill 050669-A To Grow Jobs" so City Council
understands your position!
3rd... Call the
Stubborn Seven (NOW and then again and again and again so they can't ignore you)
to tell them you're counting on their vote to grow jobs...
District 3 --------------------Jannie
L. Blackwell ---------------------215-686-3418
District 5 --------------------Darrell L. Clarke ------------------------215
-686-3442
District 6 --------------------Joan L. Krajewski -----------------------215-686-3444
District 7 -------------------- Richard Mariano-------------------------215-686-3448
District 8 -------------------- Donna Reed Miller ----------------------215-686-3424
At -Large -------------------- Juan F. Ramos ----------------------------215-686-3420
At-Large --------------------- Blondell Reynolds Brown -------------215-686-3438
Maybe those on City Council who are still " undecided" about
tax reform haven't heard the incredible out cry of public voice demanding
that we
phase out the job-killing Business Privilege Tax to grow jobs in Philadelphia.
Maybe they didn't read the calls for tax reform from the Tax Reform
Commission, the Mayor's 21st Century Forum transition team, or the
Pennsylvania Intergovernmental
Cooperation Authority. Maybe they haven't opened the letters sent by
community organizations, haven't seen the faxes sent by business groups,
and haven't noticed the emails sent by Philadelphians from every corner
of the city.
Vote to Eliminate
Business Privilege Tax ...
SEND A LETTER TO YOUR COUNCILPERSON IN SUPPORT OF THIS BILL
Voice Your Concern: Contact Brett Mandel / Executive Director Philadelphia
Forward 1700 Market Street Suite 3131 Philadelphia, PA. 19103 (215)
563-3881 or visit - www.philadelphiaforward.org...
Economic Development Initiatives:
The Empowerment Zone (EZ) / NEIGHBORHOOD TRANSFORMATION
INITIATIVE (NTI) works to invigorate commerce in the commercial districts
and neighborhoods through
economic
development
initiatives which include:
> Access to capital
> Development of
commercial corridors; and
> Business support programs
Are You In The Zone?
For
More Information Contact ...Dr. H. Ahada Stanford,
Ph.D -West Philadelphia Business Organizer - 215
683- 2171
or Christine V. Randall - West Philadelphia Business
Outreach Coordinator - 215 683- 2155
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SHOWCASING FAMILY HEALTH :
FOR WOMEN ............................... Your
guide to understanding BREAST CANCER ....
Breast Cancer is the most common form of cancer in women
in the United States (other then skin cancer). Even through it is discussed
freely on television, in magazines, and in news papers, many women do
not know the facts about breast cancer. In fact, a 1998 survey showed
that only 67% of American women 40 and older had a mammogram within the
previous two years. Why should you know about breast cancer? Because
it can save your life. The key to surviving breast cancer is early detection
and treatment. According to the American Cancer Society, when breast
cancer is comfined to the breast, the 5-year relative survival rate is
close to 100%. The early detection of breast cancer increases your chance
of survival and increases treatment options.
Know Risk Factors for Breast Cancer:
American
Cancer Society Guidelines For the early Detection of Breast Cancer,
* Age 40 and older: screening mammogram and breast examination by a
health care professional every year
* Ages 20 to 39: clinical breast examination by a health care professional
every 3 years
* Age 20 and older: breast self-examination every month
What else can you do ? Please Call for more information about breast
cancer screening and education, 1-
800-345-4334
FOR MEN........................REAL
DEPRESSION...IT TAKES COURAGE TO ASK FOR HELP....
What makes depression different from the blues? Depression
is a serious medical condition that involves the body, mood and throughts.
It affects how you eat and sleep. It alters your self
preception, it changes the way you think and feel. Men with a depressive
illness can't just "snap out of it" or pull themselves together', because
depression isn't the samae as a passing mood. Left untreated, depression
may last for weeks, months, or years at a time.
The facts about men and depression. An estimated six million men in
the United States have a depressive disorder-major depression, dysthymia
(chronic, less severe depression), or bipolar disorder (manic-depressive
illness)-every year. Although these illnesses aare highly treatable,
many men do not recognize, acknowledge, or seek help for their depression.
While both men and women may develop the standard symptoms of depression,
they often experience depression differently and may have different ways
of coping. Men may be more willing to report fatigue, irritability, loss
of interest in work or hobbies, and sleep disturbances rather than feeling
of sadness, worthlessness, aand excessive guilt, which are commonly associated
with depression in women. Also tragically, four times as many men as
women die by suicide, even though women make more suicide attempts during
their lives. If you are feeling depressed, tell someone about your symptoms.
The truth is, depression is a real and treatable illness.
Where to get more information
? National Institute of Mental Health- Public Inquiries... 6001 Executive
Boulevard Room 8184, MSC 9663, Bethesda, MD 20892-9663 - Toll -Free 1-866-227-NIMH
(6464) - TTY: 1-301-443-8431 or e-mail nimhinfo@nih.gov
Web site: http://www.nimh.nih.gov
FOR YOUTH.......................How
to help your teen or preteen quit smoking..........
If your teenager is smoking or chewing tobacco it will
be up to him or her to quit. But you can help. Herels how:
Try and avoid threats and ultimatums. Find out why your child is smoking.
Your preteen may want to be accepted by a peer group, or he or she might
want your attention. Plus adolescence alone can be stressful. Show your
interest in a non threatening way. Ask a few questions and determine
why your teen is smoking and what changes can made in his or her life
to help your child stop.
If you smoke quit. If you did smoke and have already quit, talk to your
child about your experience. Personalize the little problems around
smoking and the challenge of quitting. Quitting for a day is easy, Quitting
for a life is a bit tougher, be supportive.
Both you and your teen need to prepare for the mood swings and crankiness that
can come with nicotine withdrawal, offer your teen the 5 D's to get through
the tough times,
* DELAY: The craving will eventually go away.
* DEEP BREATH: Take a few calming deep breaths.
* DRINK WATER: It will flush out the chemicals.
* DO SOMETHING ELSE: Finf a new habit.
* DISCUSS: Talk about your throughts and feelings.
Parenting can mean prevention. Those battling chronic disease at your
state health department and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention struggle every day with some alarming problems. Every day,
6,00 youth try cigarettes for the first time - and one out of three smokers
will die from the addiction. Preteens who report they regularly eat meals,
follow a family calendar, and discuss free-time activities with their
parents are less likely to smoke. And more likely to live longer, healthier
lives.
HELP WITH THE MISSION... CAMPAIGN AGAINST SMOKING, AND PROTECT A FUTURE
GENERATION AGAINST THE RAVAGES OF TOBACCO RELATED DISEASE... CDC
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FACT…