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"A Family Value- Renewed Respect for Life." To address and recommend options to resolve critical neighborhood social and economic development issues. |
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Organization History & Program Highlights1967 - Tioga Community Youth council (TCYC) was born due to the death of a Simon Gratz High school student. It was, organized and incorporated under the leadership of Margie Brown-Boynes.. TCYC negotiated a partnership with Simon Gratz High School and implemented the following programs: Day Care Center for 50 infants and toddlers whose parents were continuing their high school education, Alternative High School for 100 students per semester, entrepreneur training that consisted of four hot dog trucks, a sidewalk café, and a sandwich truck plus social services for families
TCYC became a practicum site and laboratory for local and national organizations and for students attending Temple University, University of Pennsylvania, and St. Joseph College/University.
TCYCs’ Youth and Police Live-in was collaborated with the Philadelphia police department, Legal Community Services, Law offices, and National Conferences on Christian and Jews (NCCJ). The design was filed by the National Police Chiefs Organization in law libraries in eight countries, and Temple University archives.
1976-The City of Philadelphia, the Fairmount Park Commission, and the Pennsylvania Bicentennial Corporation honors Margie-Brown-Boynes for her contribution to at-risk-youth by planting a Tree of Concern in Fairmount Park with a marker.
1977-TCYC lost funding, reorganized and incorporated under the name of the Tree of Concern International Foundation (TCIF). TCYC/TCIF, Tree of Concern logo was designed into a line of jewelry and sold in seven Sears Delaware Valley stores.
1980 -Tree of Concern Foundation’s selected solution-oriented programs: The Help Light initiative was born and designed in collaboration with the Franklin Institute, created as a security option for neighborhoods. (UL approval was cost prohibited). * 1997- Neighborhood Bed and Breakfast training was collaborated with the Office of Community Housing, University of Pennsylvania, (Zoning prohibited growth).
1997- Neighborhood Bed and Breakfast training was collaborated with the Office of Community Housing, University of Pennsylvania, (Zoning prohibited growth)
21st Century - Home Partnership-Customized (HPC) focuses on Alternative Housing for independent, self sufficient seniors who live alone, and prefer not to; two per household. It is a lifestyle preservation option. |
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