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From the Stated Meeting of Philadelphia City Council held Thursday, December 8, 2016:
Councilman Derek Green (At Large) honors Mount Airy Learning Tree on the occasion of their 35th Anniversary.
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You
can
learn
anything
from
yoga
speaking,
foreign
language
or
basket
weaving
and
all
in
the
same
day.
So
this
is
a
resolution
honoring
mounting
Learning
Tree
on
the
35th
anniversary
of
its
founding,
whereas
Barbara
bloom,
the
catalyst
behind
Manor
e-learning
tree
and
current
member
of
advisory
board
had
a
lifelong
dream
of
creating
an
affordable
community
education
program
that
would
bring
a
diverse
group
of
residents
together
to
learn
from
and
get
to
know
one
another
and.
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Well,
as
in
1980,
miss
bloom
approached
both
east
and
west
valley
area,
neighbors
explained
to
them
the
conceptual
basis
for
the
program,
neighbors
teaching
neighbors
in
community
settings
and
requested
their
co-sponsorship,
which
they
agreed
to
provide
and
whereas
the
resulting
program
was
named,
Mount
Airy,
Learning
Tree,
inspired
by
Gordon
Parks
his
book
The
Learning
Tree,
which
contains
the
phrase
everything
you
need
to
know.
You
can
learn
under
this
tree
and.
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Whereas
the
Learning
Tree
was
an
apt
metaphor
for
the
early
organisers
goals
and
a
fitting
tribute
to
the
talented
people
of
Mount
Airy
and
the
broader
Northwest
Philadelphia
community,
from
which
mountain
air
e-learning,
trees,
first
instructors
and
the
students
were
drawn
and
whereas
Mount
Airy
learning
trees
first
course,
catalog
distributed
in
February.
1981
was
a
hand
assembled
single
sheet
booklet
offering
17
classes
which
attracted
125
registrants
and.
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By
the
council
of
the
city
of
philadelphia,
the
council
does
honor
manner
e-learning
tree
on
the
35th
anniversary
of
its
founding
resolve.
Further
than
engrossed
copy
of
this
resolution
be
presented
to
manatee
learning
tree,
evidencing
the
sincere
admiration
and
respect
of
this
legislative
body
introduced
by
council
members
green
best,
Parker,
Bob
and
Tom
voter
and
support
by
all
members
of
council.
Congratulations.
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Thank
you
very
much
to
the
council
for
this
amazing
honor.
We
were
very
excited
this
year
to
celebrate
35
years
of
community
education,
and
we
are
just
really
proud
of
our
mission
and
bringing
neighbors
together.
We
have
teachers
who
have
a
passion
to
skate
to
share
a
skill.
We
have
students
who
want
to
learn,
and
we
have
community
organizations,
churches,
businesses,
synagogues
that
open
up
their
homes
to
us
and
we
bring
neighbors
together,
who
might
not
otherwise
be
together.