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Welcome to East Falls Village!
A community within a community, the volunteer-driven East Falls Village was established in 2011 as a way to enable members to remain in the houses and community they call home.
Click “About Us” and “Benefits of Membership” on the menu for additional information.
We are part of a growing national movement with 205 open Villages and over 150 in development. We are proud to be a member of the Village to Village Network, a national umbrella organization for villages.
How to Keep From Getting Scammed
Want to learn about scams, and how to avoid them? CLICK HERE to see the Tech Team's recent presentation (PDF), and CLICK HERE for many online resources.
Re-Zoom
We've collected the YouTube recordings of more than a dozen Zoom presentations, and put them on a new page. Click here to see them.
Our Mission
We will work together to build a sustainable and supportive membership community by providing support, services, social and educational programs, and access to information that enables our members to continue to live healthy and meaningful lives in their own homes as they age.
In the News...
June 2023
East Falls Village members participated in a Client Educator Project with Jefferson Occupational Therapy students. After two interviews by the OT students, an Industrial Design student helped design and fabricate a device to help the client with a difficult task. Click here to read about the students' experiences in the 2023 Client Educator Project. And Click here to read an article about the Village members who participated in the Client Educator Project."
December 2021
The 10th Anniversary of East Falls Village was featured in the Village Buzz (page 5), the newsletter of the National Village Network. For more photos of the event, see the Event Photos.
December 2019
EFV volunteers helped set up and decorate the tables for Mifflin Elementary's annual Thanksgiving Feast, assisted with serving, and even wrapped 400 packets of silverware ahead of time.
Click here to read the article.
July 2019
East Falls Village and Jefferson University held a Carfit event, in which Occupational Therapy students reviewed optimal adjustments of seats, mirrors, and more with each Villager, as well as evaluating need for any adaptive devices. Click here to read about the event..
November 2018
Consumers' Checkbook featured an article on Elder Villages, highlighting information on villages in the Delaware Valley, including East Falls Village. Click here to read the article.
Philadelphia Neighborhoods, a publication of Temple University's Multimedia Urban Reporting Lab, features East Falls Village and Mifflin in an article on East Falls Community Involvement. Click here to read the article.
April 2018
Philadelphia Inquirer article on "virtual villages" featuring East Falls Village and other Philadelphia villages. Click here to read the article.
February 2017
Philadelphia Inquirer article featuring local event celebrating 15 years of the Village Movement, co-sponsored by three Philadelphia-area villages: East Falls Village, Northwest Village Network and Penn's Village. On Feb 13th at the Parkway Central Library, the three Villages will mark the occasion with a live telecast presented by Village to Village Network & Beacon Hill Village, featuring Atul Gawande, author of Being Mortal. Click here to read the article.
December 2016
East Falls Village co-chair Mary Flournoy named 2016 "Volunteer of the Year" by Village to Village Network. Click here and scroll down on the page to read all about Mary's countless contributions to East Falls Village over the years. Congratulations, Mary!
Access the full East Falls Village News Archive here.
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