On Thursday, December 20, The Philadelphia Young Artists Orchestra, an ensemble of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, along with the Upper Darby High School Encore Singers, and the Choral Society of Montgomery County, performed the 13th Annual Holiday Benefit Concert for The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's Reach out and Read, a national pediatric program supporting emergent literacy.

The Residences at The Ritz-Carlton recently celebrated the holidays in the Ritz-Carlton rotunda with cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and cocoa. As part of the event, green cleaning products were donated to new homeowners and residents in North Philadelphia who are enjoying environmentally friendly homes through the efforts of Project H.O.M.E. and the Philadelphia Soul Charitable Foundation.

The Devon Horse Show and Country Fair hosted a "Girls' Night Out at Devon" shopping event featuring home, holiday, and fashion vendors on Thursday, December 6th.

Philadelphia Magazine hosted a party to celebrate its December "Good Issue" and the city's most altruistic citizens at Water Works Monday, December 3rd. Local activists such as Sister Mary Scullion of Project H.O.M.E. and artist Jane Golden attended.

Lacroix hosted an event celebrating its 5th anniversary on Monday, November 19th. A special menu was served by Lacroix’s own Matthew Levin and star of Food Network’s Dinner: Impossible Chef Robert Irvine.