Location TBD! Join us for our annual 4 Blocks in 4 Weeks event where we will start the day with a block cleaning and end it with a block party celebrating impact!
Location TBD! Join us for our annual 4 Blocks in 4 Weeks event where we will start the day with a block cleaning and end it with a block party celebrating impact!
Location TBD! Join us for our annual 4 Blocks in 4 Weeks event where we will start the day with a block cleaning and end it with a block party celebrating impact!
Location TBD! Join us for our annual 4 Blocks in 4 Weeks event where we will start the day with a block cleaning and end it with a block party celebrating impact!
Join The Block Gives Back on Saturday, May 11th to prepare and serve chicken wraps on Torresdale Ave!
Save The Date and join us on our Love Thy Park Tour one Saturday a month from May to September!
Boost Mobile is our sponsor and partner for 2024 End of the Month Jawn events! Join us at Boost Mobile (5611 N. 5th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19120) where we will prepare and distribute chicken over salad!
Save The Date- Love Thy Park Tour with The Block Gives Back is back! Join us on our adventure to various Philly parks with the goal to keep them clean and safe for the youth of Philadelphia to play productively.
Join us at The Block Shop - 6831 Torresdale Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19135 - for ART DAY! Community members can enjoy a day with various crafts, art mediums, and fun for ages 5+!
Did you know the Block Shop is available Monday - Saturday as a community space? Do you need a space to make your dreams come alive? let’s coordinate!
We hope to see you there!
The Love Thy Park revamp you’ve been waiting for is here! Join us June 22nd, 2024 to kick off the Peace and Play Offs Event series!
Join us at Boost Mobile on Aramingo for a TBGB BBQ! This wouldn’t be possible without our sponsor and partner- Boost Mobile!
Save the dates and join The Block Gives Back on our Love Thy Park Tour! From May - September we will visit one park a month inviting partners and the surrounding community to join!
Join us for our Peace and Play Day event, our annual anti violence initiative! The Block Gives Back is looking for support for this event as we plan to hopefully host at Ferko Playground in Juniata! Support we are looking for include sponsors that are looking to be involved, partners that are local and can provide reliable resources to the present community, and volunteers to assist in the success of the event!
Save the date and join us on the Love Thy Park Tour! One park a month each Saturday from May - September! Partners, community members, community leaders- all are welcomed to join this much needed initiative!
Join us on Torresdale Ave once again to get ready to go back to school! Our annual Block 2 School event consists of local community partners, games, activities and 1,000 filled backpacks to give away- FOR FREE!
Join us at Boost Mobile for the End of the Month Jawn! We will be doing a BBQ and it’s free for you! Stop by 2nd and Lehigh for a cheeseburger and some amazing giveaways!
Save the date and join The Block Gives Back on our Love Thy Park Tour taking place one Saturday a month from May- September. This is our finale event of the tour so please be sure to join us to make the close of the event even more special!
This event is now called Peace and Play Offs! Join us for a clean up and then beat us in a game of kickball (or try!)
Feed The Block is back on Torresdale Ave! Did you miss it? Because we did! Nothing like gathering volunteers at our home base the Block Shop, to prep meals together and distribute them for FREE. No matter what side of the table you’re on, we’re happy you’re here. With that said, we hope to see you on Saturday, September 21st!
The End of the Month Jawn is hosted the last Saturday of each month. TBGB is grateful for our sponsor Boost Mobile that makes it possible to continue this event adventure! We are running it back to their S. Broad location offering chicken tacos to all who come by until we run out. No matter what side of the table you’re on, we are happy you’re there! Prep will begin at 1 PM, and meals will be distributed as they’re ready! Hope to see you there!
TBGB is excited to partner with Concilio CUA 3 and Boost Mobile as cohosts for Wissinoming Community Day! We look forward to a day with various partners coming together to provide various resources, activities, and more! Rumor has it there will be kittens for adoption available ON SITE! With our partners Emancipet being present too, stop by and learn about their low- cost pet services available to you!
Join the Block Gives Back for our annual Blockoween event! Enter on Devereaux Street to the American Legion Rec Parking lot and you’ll find the fun! There will be candy, giveaways, prizes, and a trunk decorating competition just beyond the sign in! Make sure to get your wrist band and your tickets to vote for best trunk. We’ll see you there!
Join TBGB on November 16th, 2024 down the block of Torresdale at Tacony Lab! November is their Fiber Month where they will be collecting hats and gloves for our TENTH End of the Year Jawn! We are extremely happy for this collaboration and look forward to working together!
Individuals and families are invited to join TBGB and Safehub as we decorate Scanlon Rec together! We look forward to making decorations together and memories as we prepare for End of the Year Jawn!
Come get connected and crafty with TBGB and Safehub! We will be hosting a 21+ volunteer event/ social on December 10th, 2024! Partners, volunteers, community members are welcomed to join for this BYOB occasion.
Join us for the End of the Year Jawn December 14th, 2024 from 11 AM - 2 PM! This is the tenth year of this event and it has truly come so far. Walk through the years with us as we prepare to make this one the best yet. Get a tote to collect winter necessities, hygiene products, resources, toys, and more! We hope to see you at the End of the Year Jawn this year!
Learn more or sign up to be involved here!
Join us for the End of the Month Jawn where we will hand out Pinchos together in 19128! Thanks to our partner and Sponsor Boost Mobile!
Join us for the annual GALA fundraiser! Check out The Gala landing page for more information!
Join us for Feed The Block! The menu is chicken wraps, so together we will prepare them beginning at 1 PM and serve at 3 PM! Bombas socks are back so community members can anticipate a giveaway of socks as well.
Community members can join in on a raffle during the event where we will gift grocery stipends to the winner!
Thanks to Boost Mobile we will be continuing our End of the Month Jawn adventures city wide! Join us at their Broad St. location for some delicious tacos— did we mention they are free? Everybody eats!
Thanks to Boost Mobile we will be continuing our End of the Month Jawn adventures city wide! Join us at their Broad St. location for some delicious tacos— did we mention they are free? Everybody eats!
Tacos and community! Free food prepared by amazing volunteers at The Block Gives Back!
Join us for Block 2 The Future as we share our impact from 2023 and devise plans together for 2024!
The End of the Year Jawn is just around the corner! The Block Gives Back is excited to partner up with Safehub once again to make this possible at the Maken North Building. It wouldn’t be the same experience without Scanlon Rec joining in to offer some amazing activities in their space, too!
We are beyond excited to see what this year has in store for us alongside amaizng community partners. The Block Gives Back is prepared to serve at least 500 individuals and families with a warm meal, hygiene and winter necessities, and more!
If you are interested in being a sponsor of the event, volunteering, or attending as a partner- please contact amber.allen@theblockgivesback.org!
Join us on December 9th, 2023 for the last Feed The Block of 2023! Volunteers are welcomed to join at 1 PM to help with food preparations, and we will distribute meals, groceries, and resources at 3 PM!
If you’re interested in being a sponsor of Feed The Block 2024, please contact amber.allen@theblockgivesback.org!
Join us for a Feed The Block at the Block Shop! Volunteers are welcome to join at 1 PM to help prepare food, and the meals will be served at 3 PM. The event ends when the food/ groceries/resources are all given out.
Interested in sponsoring a Feed The Block for 2024? Please contact amber.allen@theblockgivesback.org!
Come sit and eat with the degenerate do-gooders the Saturday after Thanksgiving for a community Blocksgiving!
It’s getting chilly! Join The Block Gives Back for Feed The Block on November 18th, 2023 for a warm bowl of Chili served alongside groceries!
Join The Block Gives Back for Feed The Block on November 4th, 2023! The menu for this event is meatball subs. Volunteers are welcome to join at 1 PM to help prepare, and the food/ groceries will be given out at 3 PM.
Join us for a safe and fun Halloween celebration, the continuation of one of our favorite events: Blockoween! Taking place October 28th at Oak Street Health in Aramingo will be a trunk or treat, carnival stryle games, refreshments, crafts, prizes, and more! Tell a friend to tell a friend, all are welcomed to join!
Blocky’s Fall Ball Fundraiser will be taking place at River Fields on October 7th! Get a team together for the opportunity to compete for prize money! All profits from the event will support our annual End of the Year Jawn taking place in December. Bring the family to watch the games, or take part in activities alongside them! We hope to see you there.
Join us for Feed the Block on Saturday, September 9th, 2023! We will be serving meatball subs with a side salad. the Block Gives Back hosts this event rain or shine, so food will be ready outside the Block Shop at 3 PM!
Shout out to City Wide Mental Health Services for being our Sponsor of Feed The Block all year!
Join us at PHILLY TROPICAL TREATS (524 W. Girard Ave, Philadelphia, PA 9123 ) for our last End of the Month Jawn of the Summer! We’re planning the best cookout you’ve seen this Summer! Come grab a burger, hotdog, some refreshments, free resources, and more!
Join us August 12th as we celebrate the community after a morning of cleaning the park! Come join the park cleaning, get a head start on your volunteer hours for the school year, and then enjoy an amazing community picnic amongst community leaders!
Stay hydrated with our free fruit bowls this Saturday at Emancipet!
Join us for our annual PEACE AND PLAY DAY! This is one of our favorite events at The Block Gives Back. Every July, we focus our efforts on our antiviolence initiative inviting partners and community members to join us for a day of peace. This year we will be hosting in partnership with City Wide Menthal Health Services and the L.O.T. Crew as they host their annual basketball tournament.
Join The Block Gives Back on our Love Thy Park Tour! We are headed to Tarken Rec for a good cleaning in preparation for our Peace and Play Day taking place the following Saturday!
Volunteer roles include cleaning up trash and debris from the park, painting benches, giving out refreshments, and more! We hope to see you there!
Join us at The Block Shop to make fruitbowls at 1 PM! We will distribute them to the community at 3 PM on Torresdale Ave.
We had to reschedule our End of the Month Jawn with Hopeworks! The Block Givse Back is usually rain or shine, but our partners and host recommended rescheduling as the area we were designated too got a lot of rain that stayed.
Join us at Hopeworks for our End Beginning of the Month Jawn for chicken wraps and amazing company!
Join us in the courtyard at Hopeworks for free food, resources, and a day of fun in the Kensington Community!
Looking for something to do this Saturday, June 17th, 2023? Join us as we bring our Feed The Block on the go in partnership with the Local 158. We are looking forward to this opportunity to work together and hope you will join us! TBGB will be preparing and serving for volunteers and attendees of the event. The event begins at 8 AM and goes until 3 PM.
Join us at Feltonville Rec Saturday, June 10th from 10 AM - 2 PM in partnership with the office of councilmember Isaiah Thomas for our third annual Community Clean-up! This will kick off our annual Love Thy Park tour, too! Volunteers of all ages are welcomed as always! Attendees can expect resources, activities, food, and a huge clean-up! We will have materials to give away thanks to our sponsors: Independence Blue Cross, PECO, the Chamber of Commerce, and Councilmember Isaiah Thomas!
Join us at Jack Costellos Boxing Club (6846 Torresdale Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19135).
This year, End of the Month Jawn will be hosted on the go at various community partners locations! Huge thank you to our community partner Jack Costello Boxing Club for hosting us! Attendees can expect resources and activities while The Block Gives Back prepares food to be distributed to the community!
Our annual 4 Blocks in 4 Weeks event is a street-cleaning initiative that brings the community together each Saturday in April. There will be food, giveaways, music, resources, and plenty of opportunities to volunteer and connect with one another! Each block is preselected through nominations made by Philadelphia community members for various reasons. We encourage any and everybody to volunteer and be a part of this community-building event, use the link below to sign up or share the link with a friend.
