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New Partnership in Somerset County

Effective February 16, 2015, Aspire Grant & Development LLC and the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies will launch a strategic partnership. Under the agreement, Michele R. Beener, President of Aspire Grant & Development LLC, will serve the Community Foundation as…

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Dancing Like a Star for Autism

Beginnings, Inc. and the Alternative Community Resource Program (ACRP) will host the Fifth Annual “Dancing Like a Star for Autism,” on Saturday, February 7, 2015, at the Pasquerilla Conference Center in downtown Johnstown. This year, the dancing teams will be…

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Interns, Apply Today!

The Community Foundation for the Alleghenies encourages current high school seniors from Bedford, Cambria, and Somerset counties with an interest in community affairs, journalism, and current events to apply for its Youth Philanthropy Internship. This innovative, paid summer internship provides…

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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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YPI Blog: Growing a Future Worth Fighting For

Growing a Future Worth Fighting For Urban agriculture has been growing in the Greater Johnstown area, as well as in many other small and large cities for many years. Community gardens had been planted where abandoned buildings once stood and…

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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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Fund for the Future

This holiday season, consider the gift of philanthropy for your friends, employees, and loved ones with a contribution in their name to the Community Foundation's Fund for the Future. Our Fund for the Future is used by our Distribution Committee…

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Point Stadium Award Banquet

The Point Stadium Award Banquet recognizes the outstanding talent of our local athletes and supports the Community Foundation's Point Stadium Preservation Fund. The event will be held Friday, January 2, 2015 at the Holiday Inn in Downtown Johnstown at 6:00…

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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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