Dennis Cramer’s retirement concert last evening not only benefited the ACCF’s Michael Petronchek Musical Scholarship Fund, it benefitted the audience as well! Kudos to all the performers for a wonderful evening. We are so blessed in Armstrong County to have so many musicians and artists who generously share their talent with us.

I heard […]

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 West Hills Primary Elementary School asked for a grant to help fund an “outdoor classroom.”  In partnership with the Armstrong School District Education Foundation and other groups, the ACCF’s Richard G. and Barbara A. Snyder General Charitable Fund provided West Hills Primary teachers and students with a resource center, a butterfly garden, and butterfly habitats, […]

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The Council on Foundations hosted a world-wide summit of philanthropy this week in National Harbor, MD.  Three thousand foundations were represented (there are approximately 80,000 foundations in the US alone.)  I was so exciting to hear what other folks are doing; a young woman at my table for this plenary session was from Brazil, and had […]

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Infinity, the women’s giving circle of the Armstrong County Community Foundation, goes green with a great reusable bag fundraiser.  (Infinity mascots, pink flamingos Mercy & Good Will, prepare to shop for shrimp.)
Did you know that Americans throw away 100 billion plastic bags each year?  That is the equivalent to dumping nearly 12 million barrels of […]

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