Posts from — April 2010

Advocates Honored for Social Change Work

Jo Ellen Bowman, Executive Director of Helping All Victims In Need (HAVIN), and Bylinda Brown, Executive Director of the Mental Health Association in Armstrong County, were honored as heroines of social change at the Three Rivers Community Foundation’s Social Change Summit at Indiana University of Pennsylvania on April 17, 2010. (Above from left: Craig Stevens and [...]

April 27, 2010 Comments Off

A Model of Collaboration

CHERRYISH OUR COMMUNITIES: a Celebration of School, Community, and Youth Interaction. Dixie Lipnichan, President of Cherryish Our Communities, Inc., thanks the many organizations and individuals for their contributions to the project, which is committed to educating young people in successful civic engagement. ”Cherryish” is a model of cooperation–an intergenerational and multi-community effort to beautify the [...]

April 25, 2010 Comments Off

A new way to help the ACCF . . .

. . . at no cost to you!

April 23, 2010 Comments Off

Cherryish Our Communities – April 24th

April 20, 2010 1 Comment

Cherryish Our Communities April, pg. 2 :)

April 20, 2010 Comments Off

Blogging Live from the Social Change Summit

The morning panel and town hall forum on social change–panelists discuss local social change campaigns and the challenges of organizing in the region. L-R: Jo Ellen Bowman/Helping All Victims in Need, Dr. Yvonne Branan/Evergreen Conservancy, Amanda Gearhart, Kittanning Library, Debby Graff/Indiana County Community Action Program, Kathy Yandura/accessAbilities, Mark Wolfe/IUP student, and Malinda Cowlas/HAVEN of Indiana [...]

April 17, 2010 5 Comments

ACCF Sponsors Social Change Summit

The Armstrong County Community Foundation is participating as a co-sponsor with the Three Rivers Community Foundation in conducting a Summit on Social Change for Armstrong & Indiana counties to: Increase communication, collaboration, and synergies among grassroots organizations throughout the region. Make organizations more aware of TRCF and its grant programs, as well as potential support from [...]

April 12, 2010 Comments Off

Sustainable Results

About 2 dozen people showed up to discuss sustainability in Armstrong County and the surrounding region at Lenape Tech today. Topics covered included historic development, the advantages of local food production, community development, green building practices, urban forestry, outdoor recreational tourism, and stormwater management. Senator Jim Ferlo honored us with presenting the keynote during lunch. [...]

April 10, 2010 Comments Off