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Entries from September 2008

September 21st, 2008 · No Comments

YOU decide!

Which worthy nonprofit organization will be awarded the $10,000 ACCF 10th Anniversary Grant?  YOU get to decide . . . .
Because we are a COMMUNITY Foundation, we want our community to award our special 10th anniversary grant from the 10 finalists chosen by the ACCF.  Your vote counts!
Log on and vote here: www.accfound.org/vote!  One vote [...]

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September 17th, 2008 · No Comments

Don’t be a CAVE person* . . .

The Armstrong County Community Foundation is very pleased at the turnout for the Jack Schultz’s presentation of “Boomtown USA” on Tuesday evening.  Many thanks to our sponsors, who helped make an informative evening possible:  Snyder Associated Companies, Klingensmith’s Drugstores, Klingensmith’s HealthCare, and Lenape Heights.

*CAVE person = Citizen Against Virtually Everything
Much applause and fanfare to the [...]

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September 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment

$10,000 Grant Award PUBLIC VOTING Goes “Live”

[ September 22, 2008; 12:00 am; ] Beginning September 12, the public may vote for our $10,000 grant award finalists–voting continues until October 3.  Winner to be announced at our Annual Dinner Celebration on October 8th!

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September 15th, 2008 · No Comments

“We treat people, not viruses.”

Last Friday, I spent most of my day learning about AIDS in the rural counties of Southwestern PA. Is there HIV/AIDS in rural counties? Here? Yes, and the risk factors are not exactly what we would think they are.
(Photo: Stewart Fisk, Coordinator of the Positive Health Clinic, Allegheny General Hospital, [...]

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