| WYNNEFIELD HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOUNDED |
During the year leading up to the WRA’s 50th anniversary in May 2006, a Historical Committee was formed and met to plan for the publication of a booklet on the history of Wynnefield and the Wynnefield Residents Association.
Volunteers who joined the committee chose topics on which to do research for the history. The committee met regularly from the fall of 2005 to the spring of |
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2006, during which time the members decided to change the name of the committee to the Wynnefield Historical Society, which, after the publication of the booklet, would continue to study subjects related to Wynnefield’s history and to publish articles in the FOCUS, the WRA’s newsletter.
Copies of the historical booklet are still available and can be purchased in the WRA office in the John C. |
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Anderson Cultural Center, 5301 Overbrook Avenue.
If you wish to order copies for your block Club for as little as $1.00 a copy, please call the WRA Office at 215-
878-0571. Those who are interested in joining the Wynnefield Historical Society may call Dick O’Malley at 215-878-5182. |
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| SETTLEMENT MUSIC SCHOOL |
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Settlement Music School has six branches which serve every zip code in the eight county Pa, NJ and Philadelphia. The West Phila Branch is located in Wynnefield at 4910 Wynnefield Ave., and was opened in 1995. Settlement Music School will celebrate 100 years of service in 2008 with exciting concerts and events that showcase students, faculty and alumni. The events will culminate in the Settlement Centennial Gala on Sat. May 3, 2008 |
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at the Marriot Philadelphia Downtown. The program of the Gala will include dinner and dancing, performances by Settlement’s Gleeksman-Kohn Children’s Choir and Trowbridge Chamber Orchestra. The program will also include the introduction of the final 40 members of the Settlement 100, a diverse group of people associated with Settlement Music School through the years who have either contributed to its growth or gone on |
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to greater things whether music or not. Included in the Settlement 100 are: Albert Einstein, film score composer Michael Bacon, and. soprano Wilhelmerna Fernandez among others.
Throughout the year the West Philadelphia Branch hosts a series of student recitals and concert hours that are open to the community. |
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| WEED AND SEED PROGRAM MEETINGS |
| The Weed and Seed program goals for 2008 are to assure that each and every household within the Wynnefield’s Weed and Seed area is given the opportunity to participate with WRA in programs and projects aimed at the prevention, control and reduction of violent crime, drug abuse and criminal activity in the community. The Weed and Seed area within the Wynnefield community is the area that begins south of Lebannon ave. and ends at Oxford street. this section is bound in the west by Upland Way and in the east by 52nd street. There are close to 2,200 households in this community of 38 residential blocks. To be successful the program must have
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participation by the residents on each block.
| Meeting Schedules |
| Crime Prevention 19th Police District |
| 22 Jan 2008 5901 Columbia Ave(Tustin Playground)—7:00pm |
| 28 Feb. 2008 6059 Haverford Ave—7:00 pm |
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| West Phila. Weed and Seed Project |
| Community Policing Committee 4601 Market street. |
| 5 Feb. 2008 5:30 pm |
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| Neighborhood Improvements Committee |
| 12 Feb 2008-5:30 pm |
For more information please call
215 477 7747 |
| Community Improvement |
Park West Town Center 52nd & Jefferson street. (the new mall)
| 20 March 2008 Discovery Charter School, 5070 Parkside Avenue-6:00 pm |
| For more information please call 215 972 5550 |
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