(LABA-CDC)
SHOWCASE
COMMUNITY NEWS
"Educating the Communities"
This Bi -Monthly
Newsletter is a continuation of the sixteen page tabloid / Original
Showcase Community Newspaper founded by a Mantua / Belmont resident
business entrepreneur and community pioneer and activist. The
Late Sheikh Abdul Malik Muhammad ( 1939 - 2001 ). The sixteen
page tabloid provided community news that connect the community
as whole. Linking the Historical Lancaster Avenue Business District
to the, Mantua, Powelton, Belmont, Mill Creek, Cathedral and
Overbrook communities of West philadelphia. The Tabloid also
adevertised small businesses and educational highlights. The
paper transistioned through forty years until the demise of the
founder and editor.............A Legacy Remembered
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July/2010/August ____________
Corridor / Community Newsletter
LABA today, bridging business and community...
Upcoming
LABA-Events:
Help
us by volunteering for the (
Seasonal BA-Corridor -Clean Up)
Saturday
July 24, 2010 - 8: AM - - 12:Noon
Much Appreciation and Thanks to all of the
volunteers who participated in the LABA-Spring
Into Action / Saturday Clean-up on
Lancaster Avenue, Residents & Businesses are encouraged to support
the LABA-Clean Corridor Campaign...
THE
CLEAN BEAT GOES ON- Please Join Us ... CARE TO DO YOUR SHARE! Help
Create A Clean Lancaster Ave!
Don't
Trash Your Community, Use the Newly Provided Trash Recepticals Along
the Commercial Corridor.
There
will be continued seasonal clean-ups organized for the Lancaster
Avenue Commercial Corridor. Volunteer
Help is always
needed
and
projects are
made available for all community partners seeking community service
outreach. Contact the office of the Lancaster Avenue Business
Association-CDC with
interest to participate.
Thanking
you in advance for your community service support.
PEACE
IS POSSIBLE WITH YOUR HELP!
Another Showcase Inc. / LABA-CDC Inclusive
Initiative...
Hey
Neighbor! Please Join the Weekend of Peace Committee...
3rd Annual "Community DAY
OF PEACE " on Lancaster Ave!
Saturday
July 31, 2010
10:00 AM til 3:00 PM
4232 Lancaster Ave. Community Lot featuring "Local
Heroes Mural"
-
Community Speaks Against Violence...
* Health Screening * Open Mic * Entertainment * Kiddy Activity
Table * Resource Tables *
* Mural Arts & Anti Violence Information & Conversation * Tour The
New Africa Center *
* Step w/ the Gold Coast Buccacneers *
Refreshments Compliments of Brown's ShopRite*
* Special Guest: State Rep. Vanessa Lowery Brown Recognizing 'Local
Heroes"
For More Information - Contact
Brother George Dunbar 267 456 2051 or Sister Muhammad 267 602 5037
Annual
Weed & Seed National Night Out, Tuesday August 3, 2010
16th District : Clara Muhammad Square 47th Lancaster Ave. 5:
00 PM til 8:00 PM
19th District Evans Park: 53rd & Parkside Avenue 5:00 PM til 8:00
PM
Bring your lawn chairs and enjoy the entertainment, resource
information and refreshments.
Community Partners & Town Watch Integrated Services Inc.
Working Together Works
Philadelphia
Weed & Seed Project,
DEFY - 2010 Drug Education
For Youth * Serving Youth 9 - 12 Years of Age
July 11, to July 17, 2010
Call For An Application or More Information
North Philadelphia (215) 739 7950
West Phialdelphia (215) 477 7747
Clara
Muhammad / Philadelphia Masjid, Community Health Fair
Saturday
August
7, 2010
Clara Muhammad Square 47th Lancaster Avenue
All Day Event...
.
In the News:
Lancaster Avenue Business Association-CDC is featured in an article
(Snapshots
from West Philadelphia),
published in the Penn State Outreach Magazine, Spring 2009.
Overbrook
Environmental Education & Art Center : JASTECH
Development Services, Inc.. Local Non-Profit -Directed by the Founder,
Brother Jerome Shabazz - ( Grid Magazine
Story Profile ) www.jastechdevelopment.org
Islamic
Holy Day of Ramadhan starts Wednesday August 11, 2010
Worldwide Muslims will observe the 29 to 30 day Fast...from the
break of dawn till sunset... Followed by Eid Prayers & Eid ul-
Fitr, Community Celebration @ local Community Mosque and community
sites throughout the Philadelphia Area.
Other Community Events: (
Click Here)
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Friendly Reminders
$PEND DOLLAR$ IN YOUR
NEIGHBORHOOD
$HOP THE HISTORICAL LANCA$TER
AVENUE
$AVING$ YEAR
ROUND, $EA$ON AFTER $EA$ON...
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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
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LABA- CORRIDOR TOWNWATCH
Supporting Safer Streets Initiative...
Merchants Getting Involved...
JOIN OUR TEAM...
For More Information Contact
Brother Leon Shamsid'Deen
267 972 6484
Affiliated with the Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs
Coalition
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LABA-CDC Clean Corridor / Safer
Streets Initiative in Collaboration w/
Philadelphia Weed & Seed Project...
Philadelphia Town Watch Intergrated Services
16TH & 19TH Police Districts
FOR BUSINESS ASSOCIATION ASSISTANCE
CALL
215- 879 - 0909
ONE VOICE, ONE ASSOCIATION,
LABA - today bridging
business and community.
Another
Showcase Inc. - LABA-CDC NCLUSIVE INITIATIVE
SINCE 1986
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DID
YOU KNOW… ?
Team Work & Unity are the Cornerstones
of Successful Efforts!
And Progress Begins With YOU...
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SHOWCASING FAMILY HEALTH :
Family
Tip... Enjoy Summer Fun and Excitement, Keep Kool & Drink plenty
of Water, Why because Water Is Your Friend during the Hot Days
of Summer..
&
Dont forget to check on your Seniors in your community.
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. Here's 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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WHAT
HAVE WE DONE FOR YOU LATELY...
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Introduce a firm Agenda Working
towards A Stronger
Business Association and a Better Lancaster Ave.
ONE VOICE, ONE ASSOCIATION,
ONE COMMUNITY...
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PROMOTE
CLEAN & SAFE CORRIDOR
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STRENGTHEN
ORGANIZATIONAL, BUSINESS & COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
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PROVIDE
ELECTRONIC ADVERTISEMENT
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ORGANIZE COMMERCIAL
CORRIDOR CLEAN-UPS
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ORGANIZE CORRIDOR
TOWN-WATCH
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INCREASE BUSINESS
ACCESS TO INFORMATION & SERVICES
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TOGETHER WE CAN DO
SO MUCH MORE.......
Voice
your concerns... Support Your Business Association... Today!
Call 215 879 0909
or E-mail
your community anouncement to,
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