WEEKLYPRESS.COM · UCREVIEW.COM · OCTOBER 19 · 2011 Health Awareness Month Visits the Pennsy Flea Market


By Nicole Contosta Staff Reporter


“Without your health, you don’t have anything,” says Josh Zoppel, the Marketing Manager for the Pennsy Flea Market at 1600 S. Warfi eld Street. That’s why the Pennsy Flea Mar- ket was happy to host the Inaugural Mary Mahoney Health Fair on Saturday, October 22nd


from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Named after Mary Mahoney, the fi rst professionally


trained African American nurse, the health fair is part of State Senator Anthony Williams Health Awareness Month for the 8th


District, explains Zoppel. The fair, Zoppel went


on to explain, will focus on health awareness and the early detection of health problems. As a result, it will include free health-related tests, advice, literature and demonstrations. “There will be something for everything in the community,” Zoppel added. It should come as no surprise that the city’s largest indoor


bazaar would host an event geared towards benefi ting the community. Now in its third year, the Pennsy Flea Market sells affordable goods to families. The choices offered by its vendors run the gamut from household items, clothes, col-


lectables, furniture sports jerseys, jewelry, cleaning supplies, used computers, toys, designer hand bags, books, movies, and hand made soap. Shopping patrons can also have a snack at the fl ea market’s food court. And since kids usually don’t enjoy shopping as much as their parents, Penny’s Kid Zone provides a variety of moon bounce-styled rides for kids to play on while their parents leisurely shop, knowing that the market will have attendants stationed nearby to keep an eye on the youngsters. Moreover, parents can book birthday parties for their children in the fun zone, Zoppel adds. Since May of 2011 Pennsy has also hosted live auctions


every Saturday. Like the goods sold throughout the fl ea market, items up for auction also run the gamut from sports memorabilia to furniture to fi gurines, to kitchen sets, to col- lectable games. Each week’s auction generally highlights one type of product. The Pennsy Flea Market is open every Saturday and Sun-


day from 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. For more information on its events and auctions or to learn how to become a vendor: www.pennsyfl eamarket.com. For more information on this Saturday’s Inaugural Mary Mahoney Health Fair, contact Desaree Jones in Senator Wil- liams’ District Offi ce at 215-492-2980 or djones@pasenate.com.


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COUNCILWOMAN JANNIE L. BLACKWELL and the PENN MUSEUM invite you to a


FREE COMMUNITY NIGHT! An Evening to Imagine Africa


Wednesday, October 26, 2011 5:30–7:30 pm


Explore the vast continent of Africa with local artists through:


- Hip Hop Workshop with Instructor from Rennie Harris RHAW


- Spoken Word with the Philly Youth Poetry Movement


- African Dance Workshop with African Rhythms from UPenn


- Belly Dancing with Habiba - Complimentary refreshments!


HOW DO YOU IMAGINE AFRICA?


Imagine Africa with the Penn Museum is a twelve-month gallery project that seeks to investigate your thoughts on Africa.


Imagine Africa with the Penn Museum, a multidisciplinary initiative using a new visitor- centered method of exhibition planning is funded by the Pew Center for Arts and Heritage through the Heritage Philadelphia Program, and the PoGo Foundation.


3260 South Street | Philadelphia, PA 19104 | www.penn.museum


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