Memorial Day weekend is upon us and that means summer is — at least unofficially — here!

A lot can happen in a week, especially before a holiday weekend, so #PhillyMayorThisWeek recaps five moments from the past seven days you might’ve missed.

Check it out and get updated about what’s going on in your city!

1. Mayor Kenney took questions as part of the monthly #AskKenney Twitter chat.

#AskKenney is a monthly opportunity for Philadelphians to ask the Mayor questions directly on Twitter. This past week, he took questions ranging from controlling litter to what the Mayor’s dream mass transit project would be. Want to participate in June’s #AskKenney? Be sure to follow the Mayor on Twitter to find out when it’s happening!

2. The Mayor joined organizers from the Wawa Welcome America festival to announce this year’s schedule.

Now that summer is almost here, we’re already starting to think about Independence Day — and this year it’ll be amazing! Mayor Kenney joined organizers from the Wawa Welcome America festival this week to announce the full lineup of festivities from June 29 — July 4, 2017. You can check out the schedule on Wawa Welcome America’s website.

3. Mayor Kenney welcomed attendees to Planned Parenthood’s forum on women’s health and listened to several people share their perspectives and stories.

This week, Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsyvlania held a forum and panel on women’s health. Specifically, several women in elected office, including Councilwoman Helen Gym, talked about the effects of the proposed Affordable Care Act repeal would have on women both here in Philadelphia and nationwide. For his part, the Mayor posed a question to leaders in Washington: “Do you really want to take healthcare away from the poor and elderly — just to give a tax cut to the rich?”

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4. The Mayor visited Gideon, one of Philadelphia’s community schools, to see the school’s nutritious food distribution program.

Funded by the Philadelphia Beverage Tax, Philadelphia’s community schools provide services directly to students and their families to combat barriers to success; these barriers are oftentimes created by poverty. Some of these services include job training, parenting classes, expanded after-school activities, and clothing banks. Each school has a full-time, dedicated coordinator to oversee programming and the partnerships necessary to provide these services. At Gideon, the school partnered with nonprofit Philabundance to provide backpacks full of nutritious foods each month to every student. Mayor Kenney visited to see the program at work firsthand this week.

5. Mayor Kenney toured Olney Rec Center with Councilwoman Cherelle Parker.

Rebuild, made possible by the Philadelphia Beverage Tax, is the City’s $500 million initiative to provide much needed renovations and updates to parks, rec centers, and libraries throughout Philadelphia; Rebuild’s renovations will be accompanied by a job training program providing unemployed and lower skilled Philadelphians with a career in the building trades, too. This week, Mayor Kenney joined Councilwoman Cherelle Parker on a tour of Olney Rec Center. While there, Councilwoman Parker and the Mayor met with kids who participate in programs and community members who manage programs and utilize the rec center. “Our communities have waited long enough for great public spaces,” the Mayor observed, “Rebuild will change that.”

Councilwoman Cherelle Parker and Mayor Kenney on a tour of Olney Rec Center. (Photo by Samantha Madera.)

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