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"Fill-The-Truck" Fall Fest!
⭐️We’re so excited to share our upcoming “Fill-The-Truck” Fall Fest event, benefiting BookSmiles! 🚙 Join us for a family-friendly afternoon with coffee, storytime yoga, resource tables, and a chance to meet your state representatives! 🍂 🗓️November 22nd ⏰9:00AM-1:00PM 📍Upper Dublin Lutheran Church 411 Susquehanna Rd, Ambler, PA, 19002 📚Donate your gently used books to help fill the BookSmiles truck—giving your books new life and distributing them to promote childhood lite
Oct 28, 20251 min read


Joining the Storytime Bash!
🎃We had so much fun joining Cosmic Writers at their “Storytime Bash” the other night! It was an empowering evening of merriment and celebrating the power of creative writing. 📖 We are continually inspired by everything that Cosmic Writers has accomplished—from being a finalist for the Milken-GSE Education Business Plan Competition, the most prestigious global competition for education startups, to providing professional development to over 100 libraries through the Rural Li
Oct 28, 20251 min read


Rural Library Partner Toolkit
👋Meet Caleb (second from the left)! Traditionally having a hard time with reading and writing, he had a blast designing and personalizing his creature at the Monster-Building Handbook Workshop. 🧟 Montgomery County Library, MO is just one of the many libraries running these workshops with the help of the Rural Library Partner Toolkit. 📖 🤝With support from the Tigris Foundation, Cosmic Writers has launched an initiative to support rural and small libraries with these compre
Oct 19, 20251 min read


Tigris Foundation Covers Cost of BookSmiles Delivery
🚛BookSmiles donates more than 100,000 books each month to educators and community groups, spreading the joy of reading and promoting childhood literacy. 📚 To help get more stories into kids’ hands, the Tigris Foundation was proud to cover the cost of delivery for the Wissahickon Valley Boys & Girls Club! 🤝 We hope that by making reading materials more accessible and affordable for our partners, we can inspire the next generation of learners and help foster their curiosity.
Oct 19, 20251 min read


The Urban Bloom Gardening Ambassadors Program
☀️This past summer, the Tigris Foundation supported the Black Farmers Coop initiative at Southwest Leadership Academy in Philadelphia: the Urban Bloom Gardening Ambassadors Program. 🧑🌾 🚜Guided by Master Farmers, students were empowered to connect with the gardens in their community while harvesting a variety of fruits and vegetables to sell at local Farmers’ Markets. 🥕 🧡Click this link or visit @TigrisFoundation on YouTube to watch more!
Oct 15, 20251 min read


Zoo on Wheel!
In partnership with the Elmwood Park Zoo, the Tigris Foundation was pleased to arrange a Zoo on Wheels event at the Wissahickon Valley Boys & Girls Club! 🚙🐒 ✨Bringing animals and expert-led education right to the kids, the Club had loads of fun petting armadillos, feeding the turtles, and asking lots of questions! Here are some of them: 🦎What is the long tail on the skink for? 🐢 How old is the turtle? 🦔Why are there bands on the armadillo? 🧡We loved seeing these kids’ c
Oct 15, 20251 min read


Abington Pride
🙌Thank you to Abington Pride and Abington for Peace for hosting such an inspiring and impactful rally to support our trans community!...
Oct 8, 20251 min read


William C. Bryant Mural Program
🌱The Community Grocer is launching their first after-school program in partnership with the Power of Paint team and the Tigris...
Oct 8, 20251 min read


Art For Resilience 10/5
From the Resilience Resource Center: Sunday, October 5th: RESILIENCE RESOURCE YOUTH – ART FOR RESILIENCE: SELF-PORTRAITS WITH DARREL 🎨✨...
Oct 3, 20251 min read


Tigris Foundation in The Shuttle
The Tigris Foundation is proud to support the Mitzvah Circle—a local organization providing essential items and personalized care to...
Oct 3, 20251 min read


Drag Queen Story Time 10/5
✨Join Brittany Lynn on October 5th for a Drag Queen Story Time at Tildie’s Toybox! 📖 Drag Queen Story Time is a literacy program that...
Oct 1, 20251 min read


Family Drag Workshop 11/2
✨The Tigris Foundation is excited to sponsor an upcoming Family Drag Workshop with the Trans-Parent Support Group! 💄 Led by Trixie...
Sep 29, 20251 min read


Second Trans & Gender-Creative Kids Meet Up!
The Eastern PA Trans Equity Project’s second Trans and Gender-Creative Kids Meet-Up was tons of fun! 🎉 From making fidget toys to leaf...
Sep 29, 20251 min read


Beginners ASL Class
✨This past Wednesday, the Tigris Foundation sponsored a Beginners ASL Class at the Abington Library led by Karen Kennedy from the...
Sep 28, 20251 min read


Respect & Protect Rally
✨We are so excited to be a community sponsor for the upcoming “Respect & Protect” rally taking place this Friday! 🌈 Come listen to...
Sep 28, 20251 min read


#ArtForResilience Edible Art
The Resilience Resource Center 's latest #ArtForResilience "Edible Art" workshop was a huge success! Participants learned different...
Sep 21, 20251 min read


Flow Freedom with Gentle Gratitude
🤝Flow Freedom is an initiative by Gentle Gratitude to combat Period Poverty and assist with Period Management in Philadelphia. 📫If you...
Sep 18, 20251 min read


Beginner's ASL Class 9/24
🙌Are you interested in learning American Sign Language but don’t know where to start? 🤷 The Tigris Foundation is pleased to support a...
Sep 18, 20251 min read


Respect & Protect Rally
⭐️We are so excited to be a community sponsor for the “Respect & Protect Rally to Support Our Trans Community”, hosted by Abington for...
Sep 16, 20251 min read


Senator Maria Collett Roundtable
Join Senator Maria Collett on September 17th at the Upper Dublin Public Library to discuss what a statewide paid leave program would look...
Sep 12, 20251 min read
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