40 Good Neighbors

Donald M. Black, Sr.

Don Black moved to West Mt. Airy in 1955 and has been active in the community in the widest range of capacities ever since.  He was a WMAN board member for several years, serving on the Crime and Safety and Human Resources Committees.  He is a founding member of the Mt. Airy Town Watch and is currently a block captain on Westview Street, as he has been for many years.

Don's community service extends beyond the boundaries of Mt. Airy.  He served as a board member for Northwest Victim Services, where he currently volunteers as a Victims Counselor.  He has also served on the boards of Northwest Interfaith Movement and Temple University's Full Circle Theatre, which produces interactive dramas about ethnic diversity.  Don has also long been active in politics and is a member of the 22nd Ward, 7th Division committee.

Don has worked with children as a member of both Big Brothers of America and the Boy Scouts of America.  He has been a Cub Scout Master and a Boy Scout Master and served as a commissioner of the Boy Scouts as well.  He was actively involved in and is a past President of the Home and School Association of Martin Luther King High School.  He is a member of Center in the Park Intergenerational Learning and a former member of the Advisory Council of the Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science.

Year after year, Don Black has done the work necessary to sustain these, and other, community organizations.

Don Black spoke at a forum on the early years of integration at WMAN's annual meeting on June 15, 1999.  To read his comments click here.