A Second Chance

poles in South Philly after a huge win for one of the city’s major sports franchises.

When all of our hopes turned toward a Phillies World Series win, Wawa got into the game with its “SchwarberFest,” a good luck charm for Kyle Schwarber who gave us all of those postseason home runs. Fans are already turning to October 2023 for another SchwarberFest event and another National League win!

Ahead of the Phillies vs. Astros World Series matchup, the Philadelphia Orchestra released its own rendition of “Dancing on My Own,” the anthem that took over the city of Philadelphia. Kyle Schwarber brought the song over from the Red Sox’s magical playoff run a few years back, and the entire city and Phillies fans all around the world truly embraced it. The group has always had the backs of our professional sports teams, as they did a rendition of “Fly Eagles Fly” back in 2017 during the Eagles’ run to the Super Bowl.

Tyrants to out of staters and wild animals to even the fonder gazers from afar, Philadelphians have proven again they live in one of the world’s greatest sports cities. The economic impact of the Phillies miraculous run to the World Series, Fall, 2022, totaled some $78 million pumped into the local economy, reported the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau. THE PHILADELPHIA UNION

The 2022 season is really hard to top; you can only really top it by winning the Major League Soccer (MLS) Cup, but unfortunately, the club left their historic campaign without a trophy.

The Union had their best-ever season amid their best-ever run over the last half-decade, making the Audi MLS Cup Playoffs each year and incrementally improving to be viewed as one of the elite clubs in the league. Along the way, The club finished second in the Supporters’ Shield standings and first in the Eastern Conference. The Union appeared in their first MLS Cup, where they lost to Shield winners Los Angeles FC in a penalty shootout. Technically speaking, not a loss but a draw … the game can be cruel sometimes!

November, 2022. Deputy District Attorney Mike Hill joined the Honorable John Capuzzi; Stephanie Price, Second Chance Court Coordinator; Kenneth Collins, Office of the Public Defender; Danielle Hibberd, Adult Probation and Parole Director; and Stacy Nawn, Executive Director, MVP Recovery, for a great discussion of the Second Chance Court and its many accomplishments since the program’s inception. The program was sponsored by KMDick Real Estate Investments LLC and the Delaware County Paralegal Association.

This Court of Common Pleas initiative was established in 2017 under the direction of the Honorable John P. Capuzzi, Sr. in conjunction with the Office of the District Attorney and Delaware County Council in direct response to the opioid crisis which plagues the county and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a whole.

The objective of this initiative is to identify those persons who, at the time of their arrest, are suffering from any substance use disorders and provide an immediate opportunity for their voluntary entry into a treatment program.