The School District of Philadelphia launched its #AttendanceHero initiative on Tuesday at John F. Hartranft School as the Sixers Youth Foundation and key community influencers were on-hand. #AttendanceHero is designed to encourage students to attend class and improve attendance rates across all Philadelphia public schools. This...
PHILADELPHIA - The smell of fresh hardwood - northern hard maple wood, to be precise - was immediate, and symbolic. For many reasons, the scents, too, were cause for a justifiably celebratory mood - the byproduct of the rallying of a neighborhood; the culmination of hard,...
Twelve youth from South Philly joined Philadelphia 76ers Executive Chef JaeHee Cho on Monday at the Novick Family Urban Farm for a special mentoring and culinary lesson. In partnership with Grow Philly, Chef Cho led the teenaged participants through the entire process of farm to table...
On June 17, La Liga del Barrio tipped off its Summer Basketball League with a fun-filled event. The event started with Governor Tom Wolf addressing La Liga’s student-athletes and their parents discussing Schools that Teach, one of his three budget priorities. The program also included Sixers...
Aye Aye, a local seventh-grade student from Southwark School in Philadelphia, battled head-to-head with some of the nation’s most-promising, young mathletes in the 2017 Math Hoops National Tournament at Stanford University on June 2-4. Once the dust settled, Aye Aye found herself in the Final...
The Sixers Youth Foundation hosted the inaugural Math Hoops Tournament on Thursday, April 6 prior to the Sixers game vs. the Chicago Bulls. The tournament consisted of 48 students from 13 middle schools across Philadelphia, Pa. and Camden, N.J. The tournament was tipped off by...
The Philadelphia 76ers believe in fostering meaningful conversations across all communities and continued to do so at the Leadership Together Reception before the game on April 4 against the Brooklyn Nets. Attendees included members of the Governor’s Advisory Commission on African American Affairs, Governor’s Advisory Commission...
As part of the Philadelphia 76ers continued efforts to promote inclusion across all communities, the organization hosted its Autism Awareness Night at the Sixers game on April 4 against Brooklyn. The Sixers extended a number of recognitions and experiences to individuals and organizations with a...
On Saturday, March 18, the Philadelphia 76ers partnered with Temple University to host the Sixers “Bounce Out the Stigma” Autism Awareness Clinic featuring Sixers Head Coach Brett Brown and youth coach "Mighty Mike" Simmel. ...
On March 16, the judging for the Sixers My Brother’s Keeper Mentoring Art Contest presented by PECO was held. The judging panel was comprised of five distinguished representatives from the City of Philadelphia, PECO, Mural Arts Philadelphia and current Sixers player, Robert Covington....