From key-note speakers to a fabulous performance from Sapphira Cristal, the night was an incredible chance to learn more about the many ways in which the HRC fights to protect the queer community. 🏳️🌈
🧡To learn more about their critical work or to donate, please visit www.hrc.org!
⭐️The Tigris Foundation was grateful to attend the annual Greater Philadelphia Human Rights Campaign gala!
🧡Join their mission and sign up to volunteer today at www.jewishrelief.org/register-to-volunteer!
📣Registration for the Jewish Relief Agency’s March Food Distribution is now open!
Serving over 6,000 diverse, low-income individuals, the JRA works with hundreds of volunteers to deliver kosher and nutritious food assistance across Greater Philadelphia. 🍎
🧡Visit www.mitzvahcircle.org to learn how you can make a direct impact in your community!
This partnership helps Mitzvah Circle provide essential items and personalized care to families in crisis, ensuring they receive critical support without barriers. 🤝
Last week, we took the time to help package essential items for those in our community to be able to thrive this winter season. ❄️
📦The Tigris Foundation is proud to support Mitzvah Circle by donating resources, volunteering time, and facilitating vital community connections.
🧡Email Development@PaTransEquity.org for more details!
📣Save the date!
Join the Eastern PA Trans Equity Project for their next Trans & Gender-Creative Kids Playdate on April 18th! 🏳️🌈
🌟In collaboration with Cosmic Writers, children and their caregivers will have an opportunity to participate in a Magic & Mischief Kids Fantasy Writing Workshop!
In partnership with the Tigris Foundation, the Eastern PA Trans Equity Project has been organizing regular meetups focused on offering support and building a welcoming community for trans and gender-creative kids and their caregivers! 🏳️🌈
🧡Learn more about this program at www.tigrisfoundation.org
🏒From kickball to air hockey, the latest Trans & Gender-Creative Kids Playdate, hosted by the Wissahickon Valley Boys & Girls club, was a blast!
These supplies will go directly to menstruators who need them, building a healthier and more equitable community! 💪
💗Thanks to the generosity of a local donor and the Women’s Center of Montgomery County, the Tigris Foundation was able to deliver 1040 pads, 2000 panty liners, 2520 disposable wipes, and 2370 tampons to the students at Norristown Area School District!
🧡To join BookSmiles mission, visit www.booksmiles.org!
BookSmiles currently distributes more than 100,000 books a month, giving new life to used books while promoting childhood literacy and strengthening communities. 💪
🎉We look forward to continuing to support their work in 2026 with our second collaborative book drive on May 16th.
📚The Tigris Foundation was grateful to visit BookSmiles’ warehouse where volunteers were busy sorting thousands of books for distribution to kids who need them!
Thank you to everyone who came out to our @septaphilly.bsky.social Senior Fare Card event this week! We were happy to help our neighbors apply for or renew their card! Missed our event? Our offices are open M-F 9a-5p so stop by or call for an appointment 610-222-3490.
🧡Learn more about the Trans Equity Project’s impact by visiting www.patransequity.org!
🛝And in partnership with the Tigris Foundation, hosted regular meetups for young transgender and gender-creative children and their caregivers!
We are excited to continue our partnership with the Eastern PA Trans Equity Project in 2026 and continue the vital work in uplifting our queer neighbors! 🏳️⚧️
-Mentoring over 600 people to help them obtain legal name changes
-Paying for 20 College and Conference Scholarships
-Educating over 4,000 people through the Trans Training Bureau
-Expanding Basic Needs and Legal Name Change Services into 8 additional counties
-Providing 441 people with over $157,000 in direct aid for basic needs
-Serving 3,032 attendees through Community Support Groups
💫We are so proud to call the Eastern PA Trans Equity Project our partner!
🎉Despite a challenging year for transgender people and those who love them, in 2025 the Trans Equity Project managed to continuing serving folks with traditional programming while building-out additional services:
⏰Save the date!
The Eastern PA Trans Equity Project will be hosting their 2nd Annual Trans Art Showcase on March 8th, from 12-4pm at the Ice House in Bethlehem, PA! 🏳️⚧️
🎨🖌️This family-friendly event will feature transgender and nonbinary artists sharing their music, painting, and more.
🧡Learn about their impact in their 2025 Wild Lights Marketing Report!
❄️The Tigris Foundation was proud to support Elmwood Park Zoo’s annual Wild Lights spectacle this winter!
With millions of twinkling lights, live music, and illuminated animal displays, over 200,000 attendees were able to experience this stunning celebration of holiday spirit and community. 🎊
💫Submissions are due April 13th!
🧡Visit www.cosmicwriters.org/writing-democracy to learn more!
To encourage young storytellers to use their voices to make civic impact, students are invited to submit their own utopian and dystopian fiction, sharing their unique stories about their vision for the future of our country. 📝
🎉In honor of the United States’ 250th birthday, Cosmic Writers is teaming up with Vote.org to run “Writing Democracy: A Dystopian & Utopian Fiction Competition for 3rd-12th Graders!”
🧡Learn more about our impact in 2025 in our recent newsletter:
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🧡Visit www.tigrisfoundation.org to learn how you can make an impact in your community today!
