8-5 What's Going On Help Hope Live, Philly Free Streets & TD Bank National Liberty Museum Young Heroes

Published: Aug. 3, 2018, 10:20 p.m.

Philly Free Streets is back again –August 11th North Broad Street will be closed to traffic from City Hall to Butler Street but open to pedestrians and bike riders. Loraine Ballard Morrill speaks to Charlotte Castle, Philly Free Streets Program Manager and Waffiyyah Murray , Indego Bike Share Program Manager about all the activities happening that day. http://www.phillyfreestreets.com/

Loraine also talks to Kelly Green; Executive Director of Help Hope Live which supports community based fundraising for people with unmet medical and related expenses due to cell and organ transplants or catastrophic injuries and illnesses. The organization is celebrating its 35th Anniversary this year and to mark the occasion has started #bubblebreak35 with the goal of getting 35K people blowing bubbles to raise funds and awareness to reach more families in need.
https://helphopelive.org/bubble-break/
https://helphopelive.org/

The National Liberty Museum is honoring young people from around the country who are doing good with their annual TD Bank National Liberty Museum Young Hero Awards. Loraine speaks with one of the honorees; 18 year old Ryan Snyder who started the Gay Straight Alliance at his school providing a safe space where students could go to talk about issues they normally would be afraid to express.
http://www.libertymuseum.org/awards/young-heroes-awards/
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