"I am amazing. I am courageous. I am dynamic." Ka'Mya Shanelle hopes her published coloring books, filled with self-love affirmations, will inspire other children with confidence.
Corina Newsome is a Philly Native making national waves in wildlife conservation. Her career today has set her on a path more monumental than she imagined for herself growing up.
Highschool sweethearts Bryon and Natasha Dockett used to sleep under the I-95 bridge in South Philadelphia. Nearly six years later and just 5 blocks away, that story has turned around.
Maureen Carreno has become known as the "Souper" Mom for giving away more than 5,000 quarts of soup at her Delaware County home through the coronavirus pandemic.
Through the chaos of a global pandemic and a contentious presidential election, Snacktime Philly brass band cheers on the city, while urging support for local musicians.
Paris Fit, inspired by Noel Davis' own physical rehabilitation, helps clients cope with ailments through physical fitness and employs young people to keep them off the street. During the pandemic, things got harder before they got better.
Paoli high school junior Hita Gupta, who started the nonprofit Brighten A Day with her allowance in April, has raised $30,000 to bring smiles to senior citizens' faces around the world.
Philadelphia grandmother Darlene Burton has given away hundreds of masks in her community to curb COVID-19 by hanging them from a tree in front of her house.
The instructions are simple: Take what you need, and leave what you don’t. Though the refrigerators on the sidewalk in a couple of South Philly neighborhoods may seem odd to some passersby, they offer free fresh produce and pantry staples to neighbors in need.
Tony Royster is the brain and soul behind "Philly Elmo" and Positive Movement Entertainment. Many people have seen social media videos of someone in a big, red, hard-to-miss costume leading a drumline through Philly's streets, but few know the background of the group and, more importantly, their message.
After a day of demonstrating the killing of George Floyd, Alexis Akarolo says she felt called to help support Black-owned businesses suffering from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, magnified by long-existing racial and systemic inequities.
The Big Cleanup started with Gianni Lee bringing a group of artists and influencers together for a conversation following the George Floyd uprising.
Paya Williams works with teenagers around Philadelphia neighborhoods struggling with a health crisis on top of the coronavirus pandemic. As the city faces record gun violence, many of the teenagers she and her husband coach are from the worst-affected communities.
Samyah Smalley and Sofia Cavicchia are both 17-year-old students at Central High School. Although they’re both not yet old enough to vote in the upcoming election, that hasn’t stopped them from stepping up to play their part in our democracy. KYW Newsradio's Antionette Lee shares their story on Philly Rising.
Ava Rajappa, a creative 10-year-old who lives in Virginia, is helping kids in the Philadelphia area facing homelessness, food insecutiry and mental illness by giving them artistic tools to help heal their trauma. Her project, Art Love, has donated more than 2,000 art supply kits to kids in 10 states, including Washington, D.C.
Nonprofit SistaTalk has become a connector for single mothers in Philadelphia during the pandemic after founder Adam McNeil devised a way to help meet several needs through one essential service: laundry.
Carlos Aponte teaches history at an alternative high school in Fairhill, one of the most impoverished neighborhoods in Philadelphia. Aponte founded the nonprofit We Love Philly to help build students’ confidence, relationships, and experience through acts of service. "We help graduate those students that the school district couldn’t," he says.
Like many things, COVID-19 has complicated normal routines for trash collection. But it’s also festered an even larger waste problem for neighborhoods, creating a lot of “trash talk” in the city.
Tyreek Wanamaker’s "North Philadelphia story" on a recent episode of Netflix's "Queer Eye" has inspired people around the world during trying times. His newfound popularity has helped his volunteer work and social justice outreach.
Normally, Cat Parker would be doing photography and web design for the ballet school she works at. However, as she found herself mostly unemployed and stuck at home, she felt a calling to do something meaningful at a time when so many social inequalities are being revealed by the coronavirus.
Chris Donnay’s day job used to be teaching math and computer science at a K-12 school in Bryn Mawr. Lately, he’s been using those complex skills to measure up ingredients instead of grades.
A 5-year-old miniature horse that usually spends time with patients at a Philadelphia hospital gave some Philly kids a much needed pick-me-up in West Philadelphia. KYW’s Antionette Lee has more.
Usually this time of the year, Farrell’s Florist in Drexel Hill is booked with back-to-back events, but the coronavirus changed all that. So Timothy Farrell decided to stay busy by delivering flowers with messages of appreciation and gratitude to health care workers on the front lines of the pandemic.
There’s much to love about Jerry Rice. Not to be confused with the Hall-of-Famer football legend, this Rice is more well-known for his big personality and lavish homemade desserts. KYW’s Antionette Lee has more.
In recent weeks, brands and businesses in Philadelphia and around the world have released statements, taken actions, and collected money to convey their stance on racial justice. Two Black businesswomen in Philadelphia are standing out as they figure out their roles in the fight.
In light of the recent looting in West Philadelphia, many businesses in the area have been closed and boarded up. But a few places were spared from damage, and they’re trying to be a beacon of hope during troubling times.
At the Arden Courts: Memory Care facility in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, a program that helps residents get a wish or special moment fulfilled has helped over 4,000 residents including 85-year-old Marianne S., whose wish recently just came true. KYW Newsradio's Antionette Lee reports
KYW’s Antionette Lee reports on a teacher who is reinventing prom memories for her students.
Richard Ost has operated the Philadelphia Pharmacy in Kensington for nearly 40 years. The pandemic has made an already important part of the community even more essential — especially for those who can’t easily get to it.
Spike’s Trophies (of Northeast Philly) has been around for nearly half a century…providing the awards & hardware for the city’s most popular sporting events like the Broad Street Run, Penn Relays and more. KYW Newsradio's Antionette Lee has more.
