Tabla de contenidos para March 28, 2025 en ScoopUSA Digital

March 2025--The Office of Public Safety is pleased to announce the establishment of a new grant opportunity dedicated to serving communities in Philadelphia that are most disproportionately impacted by the overdose crisis, including Kensington and North Philadelphia. With an allocation of $3.6 million, this program places essential funding directly in the hands of trusted community-based organizations engaged in a diverse array of programming, education, and other life-saving work to create a safer, cleaner, greener Philadelphia with economic opportunity for all. “It is critical that the City of Philadelphia continues funding community groups working tirelessly day and night to restore our city to a state of health and dignity it deserves,” said Chief Public Safety Director Adam Geer. “Their commitment to our city is the backbone of our public safety work,…

PHILADELPHIA, March 2025 – State Rep. Anthony Bellmon, D-Phila., hosted a news conference at the Philadelphia Protestant Home where he presented a check worth $84,350. Bellmon helped to secure the funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development. It will be used to provide a new disability transport vehicle for the home. “For 135 years, the Philadelphia Protestant Home has provided excellent care and award-winning, amenity-rich living options for Philadelphia seniors,” Bellmon said. “I was very proud to help secure funding that will make it easier to get residents out and around. Whether it’s to visit loved ones, shop, attend appointments, or simply get out and connect with the community, this is an added amenity that will continue the Protestant Home’s excellent service to its residents.” The Philadelphia…

NEW YORK, March 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/-- In a powerful tribute to women's achievements and resilience, Dress for Success® Worldwide teamed up with the Empire State Building (ESB) to light the skyline in its signature red on the evening of March 24, 2025. As part of Dress for Success' month-long Women Who Inspire Campaign, this initiative helps honor the 31 women being celebrated, shining a light on stories of perseverance and success from around the world. Dress for Success is a global nonprofit supporting unemployed and underemployed women to achieve financial self-sufficiency. In honor of the occasion, Dress for Success visited the Empire State Building's iconic, reimagined Observatory Experience on March 24, featuring CEO Michele C. Meyer-Shipp and Olivia Palermo, renowned entrepreneur, style icon, and long-time champion of women's success. As…

HARRISBURG, March 26, 2025 – Attorney General Dave Sunday is urging consumers to check their eligibility for refunds for certain generic drug purchases as Pennsylvania joins a multistate coalition in seeking preliminary approval for a $39.1 million settlement with generic drug manufacturer Apotex over a conspiracy to inflate prices and limit competition. The Office of Attorney General and the multistate coalition announced last year the settlement with Apotex, along with a $10 million settlement with Heritage Pharmaceuticals. At the time of that announcement, the settlement with Apotex was conditioned on the signatures of all necessary states and territories. Those signatures have been obtained, and the coalition is filing the settlement today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut in Hartford. If you purchased a generic prescription drug…

PHILADELPHIA, PA – March 21, 2025 – In a heartfelt tribute to his late mother and grandmother, NFL linebacker Zaire Franklin hosted the inaugural Shelice's Angels Scholarship Gala at The Switch House by Cescaphe in Philadelphia on March 20, 2025. This star-studded event brought together community leaders, celebrities, and supporters dedicated to empowering young women in the Philadelphia area, coinciding with Women's History Month. Founded in 2019, Shelice's Angels is a nonprofit organization created by Franklin to honor the impact his mother, Shelice Highsmith, had on his life. The organization’s mission is clear: to provide mentorship, resources, and opportunities for young women to excel academically, financially, and personally. Through initiatives like the Shelice's Angels Business Academy and Day in the Life, Shelice's Angels have already empowered hundreds of young women…

HARRISBURG, PA, March 24, 2025 — Treasurer Stacy Garrity, Senator Scott E. Hutchinson (R-21), and Representative Ryan Bizzarro (D-3) announced that the first Pennsylvania Money Match checks, totaling more than $1.7 million, are now on the way to Pennsylvanians’ mailboxes. Pennsylvania Money Match is a new program that allows Treasury to return certain unclaimed property to rightful owners automatically, which was approved unanimously by the General Assembly and signed by the Governor last year. “In the coming days, more than 7,000 people will receive Pennsylvania Money Match checks totaling more than $1.7 million – and most of these folks didn’t even realize they had unclaimed property waiting for them,” Treasurer Garrity said. “We want to get the word out about this program and let people know that these checks will…

Sian Hayley Proctor is a geology professor, motivational speaker, pilot, artist, author, and spaceflight participant most noted for her flight on the civilian-funded Inspiration 4 Space Mission in September 2021. The flight was sponsored by U.S. technology billionaire Jared Isaacman to raise funds for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis. Proctor was born on March 28, 1970, in Hagatna, Guam, to Gloria Delores and Edward Langley Proctor Jr. Her father was a self-taught scientist who worked for NASA and instilled a love of exploration and science into his daughter at a very young age. Due to the work her father did, Proctor moved to Minnesota in her youth, then Florida, and ultimately New York, where she graduated from Fairport High School in Fairport, New York, in 1988. Proctor chose…

AURORA, COLO. (AP) — With members of a trailblazing Black Air Force unit passing away at advanced ages, efforts to remain true to their memory carry on despite sometimes confusing orders from President Donald Trump as he purges federal diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. Col. James H. Harvey III, 101, is among the last few airmen and support crew who proved that a Black unit — the 332nd Fighter Group of the Tuskegee Airmen — could fight as well as any other in World War II and the years after. He went on to become the first Black jet fighter pilot in Korean airspace during the Korean War and a decorated one after 126 missions. He was one of four Tuskegee Airmen who won the first U.S. Air Force Gunnery…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency illegally canceled grants worth more than $1.5 billion focused on improving the environment in minority communities hit hard by pollution, Senate Democrats say. Hundreds of grants were awarded by former President Joe Biden's administration under a 2022 law that directed the EPA to spend $3 billion on grants to help low-income and minority communities improve their air, and water and protect against climate change. Those environmental justice efforts were a major priority under Biden. President Donald Trump's administration, however, has cut funding, grants, and people focused on environmental justice. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced on March 10, 2025, that he was canceling more than 400 "DEI and Environmental Justice grants" totaling $1.7 billion. In a post on X, Zeldin said the cuts were…

The Caribbean’s global gospel ambassador, Sherwin Gardner, has reached a new milestone. The charismatic vocalist recently was surprised with the big news during his new album release event at the Bahamas Harvest Church in Nassau, Bahamas. During the packed event, Tyscot Records A&R Director Claudius Craig joined Sherwin Gardner, Gardner’s mother Rev. Merle Gardner, and Gardner’s wife Dr. Kristen Darville-Gardner, on stage to present him with a plaque celebrating the worldwide success of “Find Me Here)(Blessings Find Me).” The plaque recognized the song for over 2 billion TikTok views and 30 million digital streams. Link: https://sherwingfmeep.lnk.to/vRF7Xo Gardner, a Trinidad & Tobago native, moved to the Bahamas in 2019, where he has remained faithful to his calling to gospel ministry despite offers to record secular music over the years. The last…

Lord, We Give You Glory And Honor For The Assurance Of Our Salvation And Our Deliverance. Amen. All of us have said at one time or another, “You just can’t be sure of anything.” Life is full of many uncertainties, and we wonder what will happen next. We ask ourselves, are we the playthings of time and circumstance? Is there no place to stand or no foundation on which we can build? Is it true that we cannot be sure of anything? Not at all! For you see that glaring generality stands in direct contrast to the glorious certainties revealed in the Word of God. Briefly, let us look at two of them as presented by Paul in the wonderful and comforting words of Romans chapter 8. "In Christ, There…