Learn more about new partnerships, community-wide events, pilot programs, and the success of our participants.

Our companionship programs carefully match volunteers to seniors living independently in Philadelphia and in facilities throughout the region.

Summer break is just around the corner, and what better way to spend your extra free time than with an exciting paid internship?

As the saying goes, “good things come in small packages,” and each young philanthropist from St. Peter’s School is walking proof.

Late one evening, after a night of partying and heavy drug use, Robin realized enough was enough. As she stood outside waiting for the bus to arrive, she knew she had hit rock bottom.

Episcopal Community Services is proud to be a WorkReady provider for the third year in a row.

Spring is the time we shake off the winter, greet the sunshine, and tidy up the spaces we call home. We all experience a sense of satisfaction when chores are completed—a great feeling of pride of place.

At the end of each RISE Initiative cohort, an empty seat is hard to find in our main conference room. Participants, their families and friends, and staff swarm the space to celebrate the program’s most recent graduates. And last week’s winter graduation was no exception.

On any given Sunday, Cheara fixes breakfast for his family while his wife rallies their kids together for church.

I can remember clearly the first time I was told that change is constant: “Change is what happens, and if you don’t adapt, you die.”

On the day Cheryl met up to share her story, classmates cheered for her from the schoolyard as if she were leaving for some big Hollywood movie premiere.