SENATOR KITCHEN HOLDS LUDLOW COMMUNITY DAY

            PHILADELPHIA, May 28 - State Sen. Shirley Kitchen recently sponsored an afternoon of fun at the Ludlow Community Day, held Saturday, May 26 on West Oxford Street between 6^th and 7^th streets in North Philadelphia.

            Throughout the day there was free food, entertainment, health vendors and activities for children, including double-dutch rope, chess games, backgammon and more.

            Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb and his wife Roxie participated by helping event staff hand out fruit to the needy during the community event.

            “Donovan McNabb is an excellent role model for our young people, so I was so pleased that he and his wife helped us out at the Ludlow Community Day,” said Kitchen, who presented the couple with Senate-issue citations.

            “He is always professional in any situation, and he never lets circumstances or people determine how he reacts. Our young people can look up to McNabb, who is his own person and thinks on his own.”

            Kitchen hosted Ludlow Community Day with Pastor Maria Gardner-Thomas of B.M. Oakley Memorial Temple C.O.G.I.C. and Da-Network Housing. Keystone Mercy Health Plan sponsored the event.