Grant and Vindy. Chances are, if you live in Johnstown, you know their names. When Tyler and Katey Skovensky’s Westmont home caught fire on July 26, 2023, they suffered a devastating loss -- two of their four children died, 22-year-old…
A new scholarship administered by the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies will not only support veterans and their family members, but will also honor a longtime local leader who has been a fierce advocate for veterans. The Thomas Caulfield Veterans…
Scholarship Season Opens Try our EASY APPLY Scholarship Application Scholarship season has officially begun! This year, students can apply for scholarships beginning Nov. 1, with most applications due by March 8. With more than 300 scholarship funds available, our donors…
‘A Gentle, Kind-Hearted Person’ Honoring the legacy of an influential engineer and businessperson As a kid growing up in the ‘50s and ‘60s in Cairnbrook, George David Dooley never allowed himself to be bored. He’d sift through junkyard scrap looking…
Former Student Honors Beloved United English Teacher With little interest in English or writing, Ian Kordish-Murdick didn’t expect much from his first class of the day when he started his freshman year of high school. Longtime English teacher Richard “Ric”…
Somerset County insurance agency provides support for 10th year in a row For the past decade, BDH/Konhaus LLC, a Meyersdale-based insurance agency, has employed Pennsylvania’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) Program to save on taxes and make a difference for…
Scholarship Fund Established to Honor Que's 'Big Ken' We wanted to find a way to continue to bless people in the way he would have if he were still living. Anyone who visited Quemahoning Family Recreation Park over the past…
Brian Wincer "Goals 4 Education" Scholarship Fund Established When Brian Wincer passed away suddenly last summer, the shock hit hard for family and friends. He was only 46, a loving husband and father of three—a daughter and twin boys—raising…
New Fund Addresses Critical Gaps in Work Readiness, Advancement Opportunities Supporting Learning Communities—a new program made available through the Y.S. and Y.W. Nam Fund at Community Foundation for the Alleghenies (CFA)—responds directly to two of the most pressing employer, employee,…
The headlines are inescapable: college is expensive, averaging about $17,500 a year for a public two-year college, to over $50,000 a year for a private 4-year university.* To pay for it, families navigate a labyrinth of funding sources, tapping into…
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