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JOHNSTOWN -- The Community Foundation publicizes grants and grant stories through media relations, social media, publications, and our website. We encourage you to share success stories and photos so we can promote partnerships to make the Alleghenies a better place.…

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Strengthen What You Love

Strengthen What You Love BEDFORD -- When 6-year-old Kayla was sick and in the hospital, she was touched by the outpouring of love that was shown to her. She soon decided to pay it forward. Along with her family, she…

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Singing Along

The Community Singers continue to play a vital role in Bedford.  In February the group performed for a full house at the Bedford Church of the Brethren.  The theme was love- love of family and friends, love of country, romantic love…

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YPI Blog: The Greater Prospect Store

One great, new addition to Johnstown is the Greater Prospect Co-Op Store. This convenience store opened in the summer of 2014 at 110 William Penn Ave. Among its many products that are sold, it provides fresh produce from local community gardens,…

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Grantee Spotlight: Helping Hands’ Backpacks for Kids

In early December, the Helping Hands Food Pantry in Boswell received a grant of $2,500 from the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies for their new weekend backpack program. Begun in September 2014, the program feeds children who benefit from free…

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More Than $530,000 in Awards to 84 Programs

The Community Foundation for the Alleghenies is proud to announce that recent grant awards from several of its funds have put more than a half million dollars into a broad array of area projects over the past few months. “Often…

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YMCA Receives $200,000 Grant

Community Foundation president Mike Kane presented representatives of the Greater Johnstown Community YMCA with a $200,000 check towards its Capital Expansion/Renovation Project. The check represents the combined grant awards from three Foundation funds: the Penelec Sustainable Energy Fund, the Community…

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YPI Blog: Hands That Give

Volunteering is very important to a community and to a person in general. Throughout our internship, we had time to volunteer with different organizations, whether it be sorting clothes at the Saint Vincent de Paul Thrift Store or weeding at the…

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AT&T Helps Kids Attend Camp in 2015

A $10,000 contribution from AT&T  will make summer camp possible for more than 100 at-risk students at The Learning Lamp’s free Outreach program next year.  Community Foundation for the Alleghenies facilitated the connection between the nonprofit and AT&T, which made…

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