🌱 Hit & Run Injures Three + Reading Tutors Coming To Philly Schools

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Here are the top three stories today in Philadelphia:

1. A three-year-old, five-year-old, and an adult man were all injured in a West Philadelphia pedestrian hit-and-run crash Friday afternoon. The crash happened at 56th and Vine Streets. The driver fled the scene and the striking vehicle was later found at the intersection of 53rd and Race Streets. The five-year-old girl was listed in critical condition as of Friday evening. (NBC 10 Philadelphia)
2. Full-time tutors are coming to Philly schools to make reading more fun for students. In Philadelphia, only about 30percent of students in third grade can read at grade level. Joyful Readers, a nonprofit, wants to encourage students to read by fostering their love of books. (WHYY)
3. A four-year-old child was shot in the stomach inside a Germantown home. The police describe the shooting as an accident. The child's 45-year-old grandmother was unloading the gun when she said it accidentally went off. (WPVI-TV)

Today in Philadelphia:

• Yonnys Diaz Art Show At Exhibit B Gallery (11:00 AM)
• Pop-Up Program: "With the British in Philadelphia" At Independence National Park (11:00 AM)
• Weekly Taiko Drum Workshop At Shofuso Japanese House and Garden (2:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Free coffee is available for all teachers at Wawa all September long as part of as part of "Cheers to Classrooms." Wawa salso set up a $50,000 "chainwide matching fund" to support schools with supplies and funds. (WPVI-TV)
• The world's largest bounce house is coming to suburban Philly. The bounce house is open now through Sunday at Bridgeport Speedway in New Jersey, as well as Sep. 9 through Sep. 11. (Philadelphia Patch)
• "Chronicling Resistance: The Exhibition" is opening later this month and running through Dec. 31 at the Parkway Central Library. The programs reveal what eight local activists, cultural organizers, and artists unearthed when they dug deeply into the same Philadelphia archives that have historically excluded their voices and perspectives. (Free Library of Philadelphia via Facebook)

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— Miranda Fraraccio

About me: Miranda Fraraccio is a born and raised Rhode Islander, now living in New York. She works as a staff writer for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and is a graduate of The University of Rhode Island, where she earned a degree in Writing & Rhetoric and Communication Studies. In her free time, you can find her traveling, drinking tea, or photographing her neighborhood as a street photographer.