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05/30/2026

Looking for some service work on Saturday morning?

Feel free to stop by the Ruth Street Garden at 3049 Ruth Street as we get ready to plant our harvest.

Our friends from Troop 437 Roslyn, PA will be there with for the fourth year in a row to help us get all the plants in that they donated to us.

We’ve got a great little harvest to start to grow and we welcome anyone who wants to come get their hands dirty and make some connections.

05/27/2026

We could use some help this morning cleaning up at the Ruth Street Garden.

Meet us at 10:30 am and get your grass cutting on!

05/19/2026

We are gearing up for garden season and we are in need of volunteers.

Please consider joining us at the Ruth Street Garden as we prep the garden this and plant our crops.

This week’s opportunities:

Tuesday, May 19 10 am - 12 noon
Saturday, May 23 10 am - 1 pm

Looking forward to connecting with you soon!

05/18/2026

We are in need of a couple volunteers to assist with some very general duties at the Ruth Street Garden.

We have three days throughout the week that we need covered and looking for someone who is looking to dedicate 2 hours a week to tending to the chickens (checking food and gathering eggs), watering the plants and just making sure the garden is safe and secure.

We are open to days and times.

If you are interested in assisting us please email us

[email protected].

We hope to hear from you!

05/15/2026

Join us tomorrow morning at 10 am as we partner with our friends from Release Recovery Foundation (Release Recovery) as they come down from
NYC and sponsor an outreach.

Their team has packed compassion bags and will be meeting at the Ruth Street Garden to hit the streets to spread some kindness and make some connections.

Want to be a part of the morning? Meet at garden and let’s gooooooo!!!

05/14/2026

Community Thrift by Philly Unknown is our hub of ops for our Workforce Program.

We provide day pay for individuals re-entering from substance abuse, treatment, incarceration and being unsheltered.

ALL proceeds made go directly back into the program in order to give individuals a fighting chance to make it and healthy connections to others.

We make NO PROFIT!

Please stop by and support our team!

Join the Philly Unknown team this Saturday at the Park to Broad Girard Avenue Street Festival.

We will be having a HUGE Community Blow Out Sale!

Stop by and say hi and check out our large selection of clothing.

ALL Children Clothing
$1

ALL Shoes*
$3

Most clothing*
$5

And MANY
more deals , deals, and more deals!

See you Saturday!

*Unless price is otherwise marked.

**Don’t forget we are open 11-6 Tuesday through Saturday.

***Current seasonal (Spring, Summer) clothing donations being accepted.

****We need Mens clothing.

05/07/2026

Stop by Community Thrift this weekend and check out their shoe sale blow out!!!

Stop by this weekend and say hi to the Philly Unknown team and check out our HUGE SHOE SALE!

We have more shoes than you can imagine on sale for $2 each!

We look forward to seeing you!

03/29/2026

Sending a huge shout out to all the runners heading out this morning for the “Philly LOVE Run.”

Best wishes on a good day ahead!


And runners, remember if you have a thermal blanket at the end hand it to someone on the streets who may need it or save it and let us know and we will distro with outreach. The nights are still very cold and on the streets it’s even colder.

03/27/2026

Join us tomorrow at the Ruth Street Garden for an Easter Egg Hunt for the community.

If you would like to donate to our hot chocolate and donut fund for the kids tomorrow please feel free to do so on this $5 Friday!

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EASTER EGG HUNT

Join the Philly Unknown team and our friends and partners in community Who Can We Help? and The Everywhere Project on Saturday morning, March 28, at the Ruth Street Garden for a community Easter egg hunt.

We hope to see you there!
Snacks
Hot chocolate
Gifts
Connections
More…

*ages 10 and under preferred, but we welcome all youth.

02/18/2026

Happy Wednesday!

We are in the process of rebuilding the Ruth Street Garden.

We would love to have a signage post similar to this to use a community announcement board.

We are raising $450 for materials and supplies.

Please feel free to donate to help us on our journey to rebuild Ruth Street.

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