Posted February 10, 2009
Help for the homeless
| Sister Mary Scullion, co-founder of Project H.O.M.E. (Housing, Opportunities for Employment, Medical Care, Education) shared her life’s passion with students at the Health Sciences Center on Tuesday, Jan. 28.
Since 1989, Sister Scullion has helped grow Project H.O.M.E. from an emergency winter shelter to a comprehensive organization more than 400 housing units strong. Project H.O.M.E. helps Philadelphians living in poverty break the cycle of homelessness through housing, education, health care and employment. Temple students have participated in helping to break that cycle by engaging those at-risk in projects they helped create. |
 Photo courtesy of Kelly & Massa Photography
Sister Mary Scullion describes a Project H.O.M.E. initiative to Temple medical students Travis Omura and Rory Bricker.
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Adults aren’t the only ones to benefit from the programs offered through Project H.O.M.E. |
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 Photo courtesy of Kelly & Massa Photography
Sister Mary Scullion thanks second-year Medical School and M.P.H. student Stephanie Staples for creating Hip Hop Aerobics, a program that teaches adolescent girls healthy and fun ways to take care of themselves.
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Stephanie Staples, a second-year Medical School and M.P.H. student, developed Hip Hop Aerobics to teach adolescent girls healthy and fun ways to take care of themselves while being involved in an after school group activity. The Greater Philadelphia Schweitzer Fellowship Program selected Staples as a fellow to address the health needs of the underserved populations throughout the city. |
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