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Receiving the initiative
Through a yearlong program, uncovered students from three local high schools will receive health insurance. By Joseph Myers r e v i e w s ta f f w r i t e r
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ith all of the squabbles adults have engaged in over healthcare reform, one can easily forget the debates’ most vulnerable elements — children and youth. Over the last six months, Public Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY) has been implementing The Student Health Insurance Enrollment and Renewal Initiative, its plan to ensure that uninsured South Philadelphia high schoolers receive free See HEALTH INSURANCE page 12
Sports
With more tempting items behind her, Ernestine Anderson, a resident of the nearby apartment complex, inspects some of the moderately priced watermelons that Irvin King and Abeeer El-Zaher, back from left, sell in Grays Ferry.
Fiber of the community
S ta f f P h o t o b y G r e g B e z a n i s
A Grays Ferry housing development receives a nutritious boost from a renowned produce supplier.
Capping the summer Local soccer talents recently captured medals in the state’s largest amateur sports festival.
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he never-ending quest for optimal health is making a summer visit to South Philadelphia. Passersby and residents of the Conswiller B. Pratt Apartments, 3001 Moore St., have had weekly Friday opportunities to satisfy their desires for affordable produce since July 2. Fresh fruits and vegetables greet
their eyes and please their wallets through the Food for Life program, a collaboration between the Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA) and Center-City based Iovine Brothers Produce & Catering. The five-month-old partnership visits four PHA sites one day a week, with Wednesdays meaning treks to Wilson Park, 2500 Jackson St., and Fridays providing stops at the Greater Grays Ferry Estates, of which the Pratt apartment complex is
a part. At these locations and two North Philadelphia spots, two workers offer an array of goods. The even distribution of fruits and vegetables allows for what one might think will be a brief stay for one or two items to become an extended adventure in being thrifty. “The peaches and nectarines are the most popular items,” Irvin King, formerSee MARKET page 10