Community Outreach

The Saturday Club and beloved local book store, Main Point Books, are kicking off a book drive in support of the West Philadelphia Alliance for Children (WePAC). WePAC’s mission is to promote childhood literacy by engaging volunteers in Philadelphia public schools through re-opening and staffing libraries and academic mentoring. The book drive will supply much needed books to aid in these efforts. Books should be in new or like-new condition and geared towards children in grades 1-8 and can be dropped off in the designated bin at Main Point Books, located at 116 N. Read Full Post

By: Lucy Brunelli, TSC Kids member The Saturday Club Kids put together Jared Boxes for kids who visit the hospital. It was fun to shop with our families for all of the supplies, then get together with the TSC Kids group to assemble and decorate the boxes. The Jared Box Project sends boxes of toys, games, puzzles, stuffed animals, clay, bubbles etc. Read Full Post

On May 2, The Saturday Club Kids held their last event of the year. Each child assembled and brought in a Jared Box, which is a shoe box-sized plastic storage container filled with small gifts, toys, games and fun activities for children in the hospital. Each box contains items selected for a specific age and gender and are delivered to local hospitals. Read Full Post

At the April membership meeting, Saturday Club members collected more than 30 bags of new and gently used size 0-2 baby items for The Baby Bureau, located in Warminster, Pa. The Baby Bureau is a 2018 Saturday Club grant recipient whose mission is to provide underserved babies in the community with “baby bundles” of clothing, bottles, shoes, blankets and other necessary items. Read Full Post

The Saturday Club is proud to be among several local organizations participating in an exciting community event that will take place this May at the King of Prussia Mall. Laurel House, a local community domestic abuse agency, will be the recipient organization of a national exhibition project called “Work of heART.” Participating organizations, including The Saturday Club, will collect donations for Laurel House and then use those products to build a work of art, in sculpture form. The Saturday Club will collect thousands of donated items throughout March and April and utilize those donations to construct a unique, one-of-a-kind structure that aligns to the exhibition’s theme “Healthy Relationships and Strong Communities”. Read Full Post

Throughout the month of February, members of The Saturday Club collected nearly 1,000 books to help WePAC – a nonprofit organization that promotes childhood literacy by engaging volunteers in Philadelphia public schools through re-opening and staffing libraries, and providing academic mentoring – reach their goal of expanding to 20 libraries by 2020. At the conclusion of the book drive, volunteers sorted and barcoded the books to prepare them for WePAC’s libraries. Read Full Post