The West Philadelphia Alliance for Children
The West Philadelphia Alliance for Children
The 2023-2024 academic year was our first full program year post-pandemic. Not only was it a successful and impactful year, but we also expanded our programming in meaningful ways. This report highlights our key achievements, financial health, and the impact we have made together! FY24 Impact Report (.PDF)
Children from birth to age five who live in West Philadelphia (19104, 19131, 19139, 19141 and 19151) can now be enrolled in the WePAC Dolly Parton's Imagination Library program to receive a free book in the mail once a month. Enroll your children now!
The West Philadelphia Alliance for Children (WePAC) promotes childhood literacy in West Philadelphia by providing access to high quality, representative books and literacy enrichment that inspire children to become lifelong readers.
WePAC’s mission is to bring the joy of reading to Philadelphia kids by reopening and staffing public school libraries. We currently partner with 11 West Philadelphia public school libraries, with 3 in the pipeline for Fall 2025 and we support 2 ‘member’ schools with an emphasis on cultivating representative, high-quality book collections and engaging library programming.
WePAC’s libraries are 100% volunteer run and operated. Dedicated library volunteers are at the heart of our organization’s work and model. We also couldn’t do this work without the time and energy of groups supporting our library reopenings with one-time service projects.
11
libraries reopened in
2024-2025
2,078
students served
each week in 2024-2025
36,000+
books circulated
in 2024-2025
80+
volunteers trained
4125 Lancaster Avenue, 1st Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-452-0333
info@wepac.org