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Celebrating Joe and Tony Kompardo’s Legacy in Portage

PORTAGE -- The Joe and Tony Kompardo Portage Volunteer Fire and Ambulance Scholarship Fund is a scholarship for members of the Portage Volunteer Fire Company (PVFC) and Portage Area Ambulance Association (PAAA) who are looking to pursue higher education. The fund was named…

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Apollo Celebrating 15 Years

JOHNSTOWN -- It started out as an idea by Mark Pasquerilla to get the medical community involved in giving back. Now, 15 years later, the Apollo program is helping to keep great doctors right here in our area hospitals. “It’s…

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Celebrating Zahorchak

JOHNSTOWN -- The Zahorchak Economic Endowment Fund, named in honor of Dr. Gerald Zahorchak, is a dual education fund that provides scholarship aid for low-income youths who are committed to pursuing education for in-demand professions—that is, where the need for…

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The Apollo Scholarship

JOHNSTOWN -- The scholarship is part of the Apollo Award program, which each year honors one or more area physicians for their contributions to the community above and beyond their professional duties. The deadline to apply for the Apollo Scholarship…

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A Passion for Caring

JOHNSTOWN -- The Elizabeth L. Brawley Nursing Scholarship Fund awarded two high school students with nursing scholarships in June. It was the first time the fund was able to give the scholarships and for one family, it was more than…

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YPI Blog: Why Not be the Leader?

YPI Blog: Why Not be the Leader? Let’s face it; there are never going to be as many things to do here as there are in major cities such as Pittsburgh or New York City.  However, that does not mean…

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Three Seniors Awarded Scholarships

Three area high school seniors were each awarded a scholarship on Sunday evening in honor of Brad Wess. Tyler McCall from Forest Hills received a scholarship and will be attending Penn Highlands Community College in the fall.  Trace McBreen of Central Cambria…

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The Game Is On

On Saturday, March 8, family, friends, students, and the hockey community will come together to remember and honor Bradley Wess. The 16- year old died in an automobile accident on Oct. 19, 2007. He was a junior at Forest Hills…

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Scholarship Benefit Concert

Save the date! Sunday, October 19 at 3 p.m., Jimmy Fortune, former member of the Statler Brothers will present a concert along with Illusionist John Robertson and family at Richland High School Performing Arts Center, in memory of Kiersten A.…

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Broad Horizons Fund

This summer, Kaitlyn Josephson, a 16-year-old junior at Forest Hills High School, traveled from Johnstown to Sante Fe, New Mexico by herself, toured the nation’s capital for the very first time, and made lifelong friends with teens from China, Belgium…

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