By TTF Philadelphia Community Organizer Malcolm Bundy. “No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence” – Dr. […]
Did you know that the part of our watershed in Philadelphia has roughly 12,000 storm drains that flow into the Tacony Creek, many of which are still unmarked? Our Montgomery […]
Over 120 Mariana Bracetti Charter School fourth graders and teachers participated in a storm drain marking and clean-up event around the Tacony Creek Park gateway at Bingham & E. Ashdale […]
We have lots of connections to Juniata Park! There’s a busy gateway to Tacony Creek Park at the intersection of I Street and Ramona Avenue, which is right around the […]
We had another successful Martin Luther King Day! Temperatures below zero didn’t stop us from working hand in hand with our communities on the 24th Annual Greater Philadelphia Martin Luther King […]
Are you looking for a fun environmental activity for your group? Connect people to their creeks by marking storm drains to keep pollution out of our waterways! We’re partnering with Primex Garden […]
Are you looking for a fun environmental activity for your group? Connect people to their creeks by marking storm drains to keep pollution out of our waterways! We’re partnering with Primex Garden […]
Community leaders, are you looking for a fun environmental activity for your group? Connect people to their creeks by marking storm drains to keep pollution out of our waterways! Join us […]
Community leaders, are you looking for a fun environmental activity for your group? Connect people to their creeks by marking storm drains to keep pollution out of our waterways! Join us […]
By Robin Irizarry, Philadelphia Watershed Coordinator In 2012, TTF established the Trash Task Force to address trash and illegal dumping in our creeks. The Task Force includes representatives of key municipal […]
by Marcus Paul, Community Organizer TTF’s Philly Team hosted a Storm Drain Marking event with the Philadelphia Wooden Boat Factory and students in their RiverGuides program on Friday, October 14th. We […]
It was windy and chilly, but that didn’t stop over fifty volunteers from loving Tacony Creek Park on Love Your Park Day on Saturday, November 14. We started with a […]
“What’s Your Clean Water Savvy?” was the theme of a survey of Cheltenham residents completed over the past several months. The survey was a cooperative effort of the Township (using an […]
It was all about WATER at the Naval Support Activity Philadelphia on November 19! First, we hosted a Lunch & Learn to kick off a day filled with watershed activities! We […]
The Olney Rain Garden got some tender loving care from volunteers all the way from New York! For the past few years, the Hackley School — a private college preparatory school […]
By: Jason Rodriguez, North 5th Street Revitalization Project/Philadelphia Youth Network Intern Did you know there are two types of sewers running through the City of Philadelphia?! And get this: native […]
In late June, TTF Community Watershed Specialist Alex Cooper presented watershed education tools as part of a Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) Green City Teachers workshop at Kelly Elementary School in […]
The Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting (OVYM) Teen Group Service Trip joined TTF last week for a storm drain marking and clean-up event at the Tacony Creek Park gateway at Rorer Street […]
TTF presented our successful third annual Watershed Milestones Award Ceremony & Reception on May 21. Hosted for the first time in our own watershed at the Juniata Golf Club, this […]
While you were celebrating our nation’s independence by eating hot dogs during the July 4th weekend, TTF was working with students from the University of Hawaii at Hilo to improve […]
TTF kicked off our countdown to Healthy Trails 5k Run/Walk coming up on April 27 by hosting a cleanup event at Friends Hospital last Saturday. We’re on a mission to work […]
Over 50 seventh grade students from the Hackley School joined TTF for a Green Apple Day of Service to mark storm drains in Jenkintown, one of our watershed communities on […]
A sunny, dry afternoon provided the perfect time to do a little something different from the day-to-day routine for Sightlines LLC in Jenkintown, PA this Thursday. Ten employees from their […]
TTF recently led fifteen Arcadia University students in marking over twenty storm drains in Wyncote in Cheltenham Township. These storm drain markers serve to remind people that our storm drains […]
