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DCNR Grant Workshops

Pennsylvania's Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is offering free grant workshops to outdoor and recreation organizations interested in applying for state funding. The DCNR application period runs from January 22 through April 11, 2018. Workshops are offered throughout the…

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Can You Hear Me Now?

BEDFORD COUNTY---Hearing the performances will no longer be an issue for guests who attend plays at the Garner Theater at Old Bedford Village. That’s thanks to a $1,200 grant through the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies that allowed for the…

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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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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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Making Waves

CAMBRIA/SOMERSET COUNTY--- A program geared towards making a difference in teenagers’ lives along with cleaning up the environment is making waves in the film community. Ian Smith, program coordinator of First Waves, said they have finished editing the movie that…

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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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Students Take the Lead

BEDFORD COUNTY--- More than 250 students from the Bedford County area have successfully completed the Youth Leadership Bedford County program.  This has been an active –month servant leadership development program for 10th graders in the county. “This will be the…

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$5,000 Donation to Area High School

CAMBRIA --- The Community Foundation for the Alleghenies’ Trojan College Access Fund recently received a $5,000 check from Waste Management. The intent of this fund is to provide scholarships to students committed to furthering their education beyond high school, thus…

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A Cut Above

ROCKWOOD -- Rockwood Area School District's superintendent, Mark Bower, and Engineering and Technology teacher, Joseph Kush, recently invited the Foundation and local business owners to tour the school's Tech Ed department and STEM labs to check out all that the…

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