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CAMBRIA COUNTY---“Having a deserving student receive the scholarship each year,” said Bud Strandquest, benefactor. “That’s my favorite part.” Bud Strandquest is the reason the Strandquest-Simmons Program and Scholarship exists. “The scholarship was set up as a means for us to give…

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Penelec Sustainable Energy Fund Offers Grants

BEDFORD, CAMBRIA, SOMERSET COUNTIES---The Penelec Sustainable Energy Fund (managed by the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies) is pleased to offer its Energy Audit Grant Program for the fourth consecutive year. This year, the program has broadened the eligibility requirements to…

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Making Makers of the Future

CAMBRIA COUNTY---Did you ever think about creating or inventing something? Or do you have an idea for a new business? If you do, then PittLIVE is the place where you can put your imagination to the test and the sky…

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Capture the Excitement

CAMBRIA COUNTY---The excitement surrounding Vision 2025 has really taken off in the last year, and now it’s adding a new twist. Vision 2025, Discover Downtown Johnstown Partnership, and Community Foundation for the Alleghenies have announced a new opportunity designed to…

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Empowering a Community

CAMBRIA COUNTY---One Johnstown family is turning their personal loss into a movement to energize a younger generation with the creation of a scholarship fund at the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies to honor their loved one and a walk/run to…

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CFA Awards Nearly $130,000 in Grants

BEDFORD, CAMBRIA, SOMERSET--- The Community Foundation for the Alleghenies is pleased to announce that it has recently awarded 60 applicants with grants totaling $126,382. This year’s Spring grant round received 93 applications requesting nearly $500,000 in grants to support projects…

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Portage, “Gem of the Mainline”

CAMBRIA COUNTY--- Since 1998, The Portage Regional Endowment Foundation has distributed more than $45,000 to the local community. “We are small group that is civic-minded and we like to give back to our community,” said Randy Stager, Chairman. The Portage…

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Spreading Hope

CAMBRIA/SOMERSET COUNTY--- Hope is a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen> One local group is trying to spread that feeling and give people hope for a positive future. The Commission on Hope is a collaborative…

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Tomahawks Help Boost Memorial Game

CAMBRIA COUNTY---March 19, 2016, was the ninth year for the Brad Wess Memorial Hockey game. Each year the game is put on by the Forest Hills Hockey Boosters. Win or lose it’s not about winning for these hockey players. It…

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Brad Wess Memorial Scholastic Showcase

On Saturday, March 19, family, friends, students, and the hockey community will come together to remember and honor Bradley Wess. The 16- year old died in an automobile accident on Oct. 19, 2007. He was a junior at Forest Hills…

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