For One Phila. Volunteer Group, Snowfall Means a Chance To Serve Those In Need

February 17, 2015 3:36 PM

(The group Able Bodied Christian Men shovels snow from in front of a Philadelphia home. Photo by Cherri Gregg)

Cherri Gregg is the community affairs reporter for KYW Newsr...

By Cherri Gregg

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) Three volunteers from Southwest Philadelphia were traveling around the city today to shovel the sidewalks, driveways, and porches of people in need.

Jackie Wleh (wearing white t-shirt in photo) is founder of the nonprofit group, Able Body Christian Men (ABC Men), Inc. Today, he and two youth volunteers packed into a small car packed with shovels and salt, heading for jobs in Southwest Philadelphia, Drexel Hill, Upper Darby, and elsewhere, to remove snow from the sidewalks and steps of senior citizens, the disabled, and others who need help.

This is our best way to show love, Wleh says. This is the best way we know to show how much we care for our seniors.

Beverly, who lives near 60th and Christian in West Philadelphia, called ABC to help her 82-year-old mother, Dorothy. Beverly says she fell the last time she tried to clear her mothers property of snow.

Its nice, she said afterward. And look we didnt ask for the car, and they did the car!

Fifteen-year-old Varney (wearing tan jacket at right) is an ABC Men volunteer and says the experience is teaching him respect for my neighbors.

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For One Phila. Volunteer Group, Snowfall Means a Chance To Serve Those In Need