From City Kitties (excerpted from yesterday's posting on their
website):
Our work is not done. We must continue to support the Windermere
tenants — our neighbors — in their efforts to retrieve their
irreplaceable possessions. And we must ensure that this NEVER happens
again.
Here is what YOU can do:
1. Go to 4800 Walnut Street at 8:45am tomorrow, 2/14. Windermere
residents, the Walnut Hill Community Association, City Kitties
volunteers, neighbors, and other supporters will be there to meet the
owner and the demolition company. Let’s keep the pressure on them.
2. Call or email the below people and calmly, politely inform them
that the City of Philadelphia’s response in the wake of this disaster
was unacceptable. Tell them that the City failed the tenants and their
pets at every turn, and that we will hold City agencies accountable
for their inaction, poor communication, and lack of support.
Office of Mayor Michael Nutter
215.686.2181
[email protected]
Office of Emergency Management
Samantha Phillips, Assistant Managing Director
[email protected] or 215-686-4465
Joan Przybylowicz, Deputy Director for External Affairs/Public
Information Office
[email protected] or 215-686-4474
3. Write a letter of support and thanks to George Bengal, Director of
Law Enforcement at the PSPCA, and copy Sue Cosby, PSPCA CEO. Let them
know that the animal cruelty investigators/humane law officers did an
amazing job. We can’t thank George and his team enough.
The Pennsylvania SPCA
350 E. Erie Avenue
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19134
[email protected]
4. And last but certainly not least, you can support the Windermere
tenants by making a donation to the Walnut Hill Community
Association’s fund for victims of the fire. Donations to the Red Cross
and Salvation Army do NOT go directly to the victims. Donations to
WHCA will make it directly into victims’ hands.
