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What's Going On: ACME's 130 Days of Giving, Heart Month, Women's Screenwriting Competition

Published: Feb. 5, 2021, 8:02 p.m.

b'Temple University student Madeline Neville was 20 when she got COVID 19. Madeline\\u2019s symptoms were mild and didn\\u2019t think much about them until weeks later she was medevacked to University of Penn Hospital with Heart Failure. As we mark Heart Month \\u2013 Her story is a cautionary tale about knowing the signs of heart disease, listening to your body and appreciating that heart disease can happen even if you don\\u2019t have preexisting conditions thanks to COVID 19 .
https://www.heart.org/en/affiliates/pennsylvania/philadelphia

Are you a woman and a budding screen writer? The Greater Philadelphia Film Office is launching the Nina Lo Presti women\\u2019s screenwriting competition which offers a prize of $5000.00. Sharon Pinkenson, Executive Director of the Greater Philadelphia Film shares all the details. Office.https://film.org/greater-philadelphia-filmmakers/sip-screenwriting-competition/

First, If you are a nonprofit working to ease hunger \\u2013 ACME Foundation has a grant for you. I speak with Dana Ward, Communications and Public Affairs Manager for ACME Markets about ACME\\u2019s 130 Days of Giving to mark the company\\u2019s 130th Anniversary. Local food organizations can apply for funding consideration now through February 12, 2021 by visiting http://acmemarketsfoundation.org and utilizing the invitation code ACME130.'