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Lady Dirtbags

JOHNSTOWN -- The team's name, ‘Lady DirtBags,’ is not an accurate description of the girls who play on it, but it automatically catches your attention. “We have an amazing environment for these girls that reinforce how having a positive attitude…

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Spring 2015 Grants

JOHNSTOWN -- For the Spring 2015 grant round, on behalf of its donors, the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies’ Distribution Committee has awarded $132,405 in grant funding. A wide range of projects has been supported, from a food backpack program…

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Fund to Aid Victims

JOHNSTOWN -- Allison Vaughn was tragically killed on March 31, 2015. Her co-workers started a fund at the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies in her memory to raise awareness about domestic violence. “We have over 500 funds here at the Foundation,”…

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Celebration Continues!

JOHNSTOWN -- The Project Party may be over, but the celebration lives on. Lift Johnstown’s 4th Project Party was the biggest celebration to date. About 80 nonprofits were registered at the event, and more than 450 people showed up to look…

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‘Egg-stra’ Special Smiles

SOMERSET -- SOS Secret Santa in Somerset County, a fund within the Community Foundation, gave out 500 filled Easter Eggs during the month of April. The group performs random acts of kindness each month in Somerset and surrounding communities. The…

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Inspiring Others To Give

JOHNSTOWN -- Cuddles for Kids, a nonprofit charity through the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies, announced its winner for its 10th Anniversary t-shirt design. “I was really happy I was able to do this for a good cause,” said Anthony Laiuvara,…

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Cuvée Wine Dinner

WESTMORELAND -- Join us on Friday, April 24, 2015, at 6 p.m. as Green Gables Restaurant presents the inaugural Cuvée Community Wine Dinner, an event to benefit the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies and the Community Foundation of Westmoreland County. Steve…

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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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Register Now: 2015 Project Party

JOHNSTOWN -- Join Lift Johnstown for the 4th annual Project Party on Thursday, April 16 during National Volunteer Week. The event will be held from noon to 6 p.m. at the Pasquerilla Conference Center in downtown Johnstown. Nonprofit organization participation…

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Everett School District Visits Holocaust Museum

BEDFORD -- Each year, hundreds of area students visit the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, thanks to the Beerman Holocaust Museum Fund at the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies. The project, launched by the late Abe Beerman in 2005, typically coincides…

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