The Simple Way, an inner city Philadelphia community center, was destroyed by fire early in the morning of June 20. The seven-alarm fire consumed an abandoned warehouse in the Kensington neighborhood, the Simple Way Community Center on Potter Street, as well as at least eight nearby homes. More than 100 people were evacuated.
There were no casualties; all affected residents reached safety.
Eight families are now homeless, many having lost their automobiles as well. Shane Claiborne, author of The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical, a resident and leader of the community center, lost all his possessions to the fire.
For further information, as well as information for making donations, go to www.thesimpleway.org.
