B. Someday Productions at the Walking Fish Theatre, 2509 Frankford Avenue in Philadelphia, has received a $3,000 grant from the Henrietta Tower Wurts Memorial to support its FAMILY THEATRE SERIES. Announcement of the grant was made recently by R. Andrew Swinney, President of the Philadelphia Foundation, which administers the Memorial. Michelle Pauls, managing artistic director of B. Someday, said the funds would be used for marketing the program for children ages 2-7 in the Kensington/Fishtown area of the city, and other general support of the program.

"The Family Theatre Series is absolutely necessary in our community," said Terri Ramsay of the Neighborhood Parenting Program in Fishtown. "This program offers an alternative to teaching literacy to our children and engages their parents as well. We love it!"

The Family Theatre Series was started in summer, 2006 by Michelle Pauls as a way of reaching out to the youngest members of the community where B. Someday resides. For next season, Pauls aims to tour up to 10 performances of the Family Theatre Series to pre-schools and recreation centers in Fishtown, Kensington and Port Richmond.

The Henrietta Tower Wurts Memorial is a charitable nonprofit foundation, formed to carry out the wishes expressed in the will of Miss Wurts, who died in 1933. She was deeply committed to community service and in keeping with her wishes the Memorial directs grants toward support of needy children and the elderly in Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Foundation provides administrative and management support services for the Memorial.