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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Recap: Meeting the Moment on Homelessness and Affordable Housing in Montgomery County

Last week, over 200 people joined us for our Community of Practice event, ‘Meeting the Moment: Taking Action on Homelessness and Affordable Housing in Montgomery County’ to discuss these dual crises taking place. Our goal was two-pronged: bring together the voices solutioning this important work and...

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Monday, December 5, 2011

Lessons Learned from Childhood Obesity Prevention Summit

Foundation staff attended the Partnership for a Healther America summit in D.C. in November.
Friday, December 2, 2011

Foundation Awards over $500,000 in grants to local nonprofits

Seven area nonprofits received $556,850 in grants.
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Thursday, November 17, 2011

Tamela Luce joins foundation as program officer

The foundation is pleased to welcome Tamela Luce as its first program officer.
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Candy for our Troops day at the Y huge success

Nearly 750 pounds of candy was collected and approximately 250 people attended the event.
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Transformative Organizational Change through Hybrid Capacity-Building

How do we get the most bang for our buck?
Logo that reads, "Pennsylvania 2-1-1 Get Connected. Get Answers. Southeast region."
Friday, November 4, 2011

Persistence Pays Off - Online Services Directory and 2-1-1 Call System

NPCHF spearheaded a six-year collaborative effort that resulted in the pilot of Pennsylvania’s first 2-1-1 health and human services one-stop call service, now serving all five counties in SE PA.
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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Penn Foundation at Indian Creek Foundation Outpatient Center

Indian Creek Foundation and Penn Foundation collaborated to provide behavioral health services for intellectually or developmentally disabled individuals diagnosed with a mental illness.
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Glasspockets Find: Embracing Transparency

Read VP of administration Jennifer Pedroni's article on transparency.
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Cultivating Communities seeks partners

The Campaign is looking to identify more community organizations interested in becoming garden and/or food distribution partners.
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Not Your Father's School Lunch

School food service departments entice students to eat healthy with tasty offerings.