City of Philadelphia - File #: 250819

• File #: 250819
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 9/25/2025
• In control: CITY COUNCIL
• Final action: 9/25/2025
• Title: Recognizing September as National Senior Center Month in the City of Philadelphia, honoring the Philadelphia Corporation for Aging (PCA) and the City's senior centers for their exceptional service and support to older adults, and uplifting this year's National Council on Aging theme, "Powering Possibilities: Flip the Script."
• Sponsors: Councilmember Brooks, Council President Johnson, Councilmember Phillips, Councilmember Thomas, Councilmember Jones, Councilmember Landau, Councilmember Lozada, Councilmember Young, Councilmember Harrity, Councilmember O'Rourke, Councilmember Driscoll, Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember Squilla, Councilmember Bass

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
9/25/2025	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass
9/25/2025	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar

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Recognizing September as National Senior Center Month in the City of Philadelphia, honoring the Philadelphia Corporation for Aging (PCA) and the City's senior centers for their exceptional service and support to older adults, and uplifting this year's National Council on Aging theme, "Powering Possibilities: Flip the Script."

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WHEREAS, National Senior Center Month is celebrated each September to spotlight the invaluable role senior centers play in enriching the lives of older adults, fostering connection, health, purpose, and resilience through inclusive programs and services; and

WHEREAS, The National Council on Aging (NCOA) has designated the 2025 theme as "Powering Possibilities: Flip the Script," encouraging communities to challenge outdated perceptions of aging and shine a light on senior centers as dynamic, empowering hubs for creativity, social connection, health, economic security, and independence; and

WHEREAS, In Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Corporation for Aging (PCA) plays a central role in overseeing and supporting a network of city senior centers, providing leadership, funding, technical assistance, and programming to ensure older Philadelphians have access to high-quality meals, social services, wellness programs, creative activities, and more; and

WHEREAS, PCA-supported senior centers serve as beaconed community anchors, offering services including, but not limited to, congregate meals, nutritional support, fitness and wellness classes, counseling and case management, cultural and educational programming, economic security assistance, digital literacy, and opportunities for social engagement and volunteerism; and

WHEREAS, In Fiscal Year 2024, PCA supported senior centers provided 337,540 instances of service to older adults including nutritious congregate meals, wellness classes, social programs, and counseling and across Philadelphia, PCA supported the provision of 1,634,306 meals in total, including 336,648 congregate meals and...