{"id":170459,"date":"2025-08-24T00:53:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T00:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/170459\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T00:53:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T00:53:12","slug":"thousands-come-together-for-community-appreciation-day-in-south-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/170459\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands come together for Community Appreciation Day in South Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"

City Council President Kenyatta Johnson held his annual Community Appreciation Day on Saturday in South Philadelphia as thousands of people came together for the celebration.<\/p>\n

Point Breeze Avenue and several other streets were shut down for the event that featured dozens of vendors.<\/p>\n

It was also a family-friendly event where kids enjoyed amusement rides, a bounce house and other free entertainment.<\/p>\n

“The first time I was here, the second we walked down the street, it felt like family right away,” said Chris Millares. “Everybody was so welcoming [and] inviting. Just proud to be a part of it.”<\/p>\n

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CBS News Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

“It means a lot because we have so much violence and I think this is really nice. It’s bringing the community together, it’s bringing everybody together and it’s a good event,” said Chanel Jacobs.<\/p>\n

The event has been held since 2009. Johnson said it means a lot to him to bring people together for something positive.<\/p>\n

“Seeing smiles on our children’s faces, seeing smiles on families’ faces, most importantly coming together as a community is what this day is all about,” he said.<\/p>\n

Johnson was also joined by other elected officials, including Mayor Cherelle Parker, as they honored the work of several community leaders.<\/p>\n

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CBS News Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

The day was also about giving back. The theme of the event was education matters. Kids received free school supplies, which couldn’t have come at a better time with the school year starting on Monday.<\/p>\n

“My daughter needs everything that they handing out,” said Sabrina Webb. “She’s going to the 7th grade.”<\/p>\n

Johnson said this day was all about showing appreciation to the community. And for many, the love was well received.<\/p>\n

“I love what they are doing for the community,” Webb said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"City Council President Kenyatta Johnson held his annual Community Appreciation Day on Saturday in South Philadelphia as thousands…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":170460,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5132],"tags":[5229,718,1448,2830,1311,11590,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-170459","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-community","10":"tag-pa","11":"tag-pennsylvania","12":"tag-philadelphia","13":"tag-south-philadelphia","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-united-states-of-america","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115081013801315779","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}